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Reality & MetaphysicsToward the most numerate…
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In mathematics, we would say that infinity denotes an unbounded limit. What this means is not exactly clear, but I would be tempted to quote Aristotle, and say that the infinite represents a potential... |
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Theory of the Man-Machine
12 Posts • 9454 Views Philosophy Forum |
I think that the main thing that differentiates Man (humans) from machines is logic, for example, anyone who has seen i Robot, the robot decides to save Will Smith from the cars at the bottom of the r... |
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Movie Trailers & ClipsMovie Trailers II (YouTube)
110 Posts • 23124 Views Photos, Videos & Music Forum |
Apocalypto
Gibson inspired by 'fear-mongering' Bush
Film star and director Mel Gibson has launched a scathing attack on US President George W Bush, comparing his leadership to the barb... |
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Infinite universes from Matter and Anti-Matter
39 Posts • 10521 Views Philosophy Forum |
Philip,
I have been to yoga classes. during this time I began to feel more than human; i.e. a kind of aura of peace and power. I put this down to the environment I was in and the belief that this w... |
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SpiritualityWe didn't exist before we got here
48 Posts • 13601 Views Religion Forum |
at least the essence of what you were, are and will be, exists throughout time
Xanadoool: Well that all depends on what one defines 'existence' as. It seems that you are attempting to d... |
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Reality & MetaphysicsTruth, reality and the meling pot
13 Posts • 2944 Views Philosophy Forum |
Put yourself in the mind of an early human, you might call this man a savage. His stomach growls and so he searches the area for potential food. You're suggesting that once this man finds berries... |
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evolutýon????
83 Posts • 20279 Views Philosophy Forum |
1. Fossil evidence shows:
- transitional link between groups of organisms
- geological time scale
- mass extinctions
2. Biogeographical evidence shows:
- biogeography
- continental drift... |
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SocietyA New Discovery
27 Posts • 9954 Views Philosophy Forum |
I read the first 3 posts I am absolutely certain you could be more succint!
*sigh* I'll read the other ones now.
(you could have said assuming free will does not exist...)
And here's my... |
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Life & DeathVoluntary Human Extinction Movement
233 Posts • 131149 Views Philosophy Forum |
TO: KGB
Hey, wait a minute, where's my discourse about punctuation? :)
'KGB' you're a man of Honor (you didn't edit your information of April 23, 2009) and you have a sense of humor. Kudos.... |
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Is It Possible To Not Judge Someone?
20 Posts • 15818 Views Philosophy Forum |
The question has room for varying contexts, there is a perfectly healthy, natural, and even necessary sizing up, assessing.
A judgement is a conclusion, a premature assessment sometimes, but its ju... |
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Can we escape our pre-conditioning?
21 Posts • 9731 Views Philosophy Forum |
"Absolutely. but not initially. I'm not observing the mind from the point that you're 14. I'm observing it from the day you are conceived and have the capacity to have a sub-consci... |
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GodWhy did God create the universe
119 Posts • 39263 Views Philosophy Forum |
summit, yes, the universe is just a bunch of electrical signals interpreted by the brain, yes we only have an image of reality nit reality itself, but there's no point in putting forth this type... |
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ChristianityGive up sin?
22 Posts • 5859 Views Religion Forum |
To butt in -
It's true, when asleep the subconcious is known to reason out the problems we encountered while awake...
You can even type more accurately and faster after a day of typing and... |
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Homosexualityborn gay
182 Posts • 45768 Views Sexuality & Intimacy Forum |
why is a condition of the mind a problem; just because it does not fit into the norm?
a tumour cuses the person pain. if gays are happy being gay so be it.
I see the sense behind having too many... |
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Something to do with life.
2 Posts • 2276 Views Stories & Poetry Forum |
3/29/08,
I feel like I have some sort of human repellent seeping from all of my pores. I went to Nick's SSBB party and everything was good until the crowd filtered down into the video game puris... |
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Life & DeathLife...
7 Posts • 3154 Views Philosophy Forum |
Ok, maybe I was vague because I did not really have much to add. I prob should have started the thread off with, you are exactly correct. However there is definitely such thing as "fact" wit... |
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Ethics & MoralityWar - What The Hell Is It Good For
164 Posts • 32457 Views Philosophy Forum |
Bush Sr didn't go to Baghdad. I suspect because he had seen the battlefield first hand and knew what he would be getting us into.
Bush Jr. however was unafraid to send us in harms way, because... |
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HomosexualityWhy Condone Fruitless Deviant Behavior?
94 Posts • 26936 Views Sexuality & Intimacy Forum |
There are plenty of things that exist including forms of behaviors that are not well enough understood, often due to unwarranted fear and ridecule, but that both exist and perhaps serve purposes we ei... |
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God in ReligionThe Problem of Evil
202 Posts • 41436 Views Religion Forum |
Another person giving man power over God, and again letting God off the hook for tragedy, suffering, and indeed Evil, the Devil etc. etc.
If God is the entity described by the Bible and most peopl... |
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Commonsense Australian Politics
15 Posts • 3073 Views Talk Talk |
You have to remember that martyrs who are willing to die in the name of islam see the west as the devil.
And US and UK soldiers dying because they think "Haji's" are evil, scum, the... |
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BooksTYPER'S CORNER
112 Posts • 26693 Views Talk Talk |
Hey here is a thought about pop and bottled beverages-
Now think about the city you live in or near and try to imagine just how many Gallons or litres are stored in bottles or containers- I am talk... |
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GodOBVIOUS EXISTANCE OF GOD
64 Posts • 19077 Views Philosophy Forum |
to him i called vindictive-
i can only say, to have pure faith alone and to undoubtedly prove your love for God(assuming he exists)-You must have the highest form of faith...which is that with no... |
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Life & Deathare u ready to step outside the box? part II
10 Posts • 3908 Views Philosophy Forum |
There are two camps to be distinguished in the race for collecting as much humans to 'believe' their given explanations which hold their own truth in one or another way. Before you read on,... |
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September 11
16 Posts • 5768 Views Stories & Poetry Forum |
We should certainly mourn for them too. Do we not mourn for all those that we ourselves lose? The American men and women who have been killed in the service of our country are no less human than we ou... |
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What do you think about the rascism ? Can it disappear ?
16 Posts • 6836 Views Philosophy Forum |
Well kind of...I wouldn't really call it fear almost more human nature. People believe it or not really do naturally fear the unknown. It's like you know nothing about it and then from the p... |
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