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THREAD SocietyThe Next Generation
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Politics & Current Events Forum
The Blue Ray technology may give Sony the edge- wow is that incredible - obviously the next media type will be blue ray- "Blu-ray Disc: Blu-ray, also known as Blu-ray Disc (BD) is the name o...
THREAD Reality & MetaphysicsThought and Reality
26 Posts • 7536 Views
Philosophy Forum
Reality is relative to each individual, through countless conversations with others - you couldn't say it was an "illusion." What is an illusion, anyway? Good old Webster states: a o...
THREAD Intelligence, Memory & BrainHow is our focus
9 Posts • 3689 Views
Psychology Forum
I've heard of different studies on this in psychology class. I think the accepted conclusion is: you can be consciously aware of about 7 things at a time. Once you become fluent in it, it's your uncon...
THREAD Mental IllnessAre insane people really insane
23 Posts • 9837 Views
Psychology Forum
Everybody has illusions… It would appear the mentally ill have these illusions at more times or at more significant (or even important) moments in time… Dreams are a source of illusionÃ...
THREAD AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
216 Posts • 85066 Views
Science & Technology Forum
14 February 2013 Solar System Portrait Image Credit: Voyager Project, NASA On another Valentine's Day (February 14, 1990), cruising four billion miles from the Sun, the Voyager 1 spacecraft...
THREAD Amazing Clips
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(People, Animals, Things) Dragon Illusion http://www.extremefu nnypictures.com/funnypic616.ht m Talking Dogs http://www.extremefunnyp ictures.com/funnypic620.htm Dog Evolution http://www.extr...
THREAD Human Nature & EmotionWhat causes us to have illusions/fantasies?
3 Posts • 2788 Views
Philosophy Forum
Bruce Hood argues in his book "SuperSense" that the belief in fantasies (religion, magic, superstitions, cognitive biases, etc) is hard wired into the brain. Considering belief in one for...
THREAD Life & Deathwhat defines life
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Philosophy Forum
Lastresort, how can you just say life isn't real? At least put in a little explanation into your theory. Now, tell me this. If life isn't real, does that mean you could go up to a cop right...
THREAD TechnologyNokia Lumia 920: The Most Advanced Smartphone On The Market
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Science & Technology Forum
Once available, the Nokia Lumia 920 is going to be the most advanced smartphone there currently is. Why anyone would purchase the new iPhone 5 comes down to loyalty to Apple over choosing the better p...
THREAD Epistemology: Truth & KnowledgeKnowledge and illusion
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Philosophy Forum
How can people tell what they know from what they think they know. I like to think I know my self, but thats always challenged by new experiences. When I go abroad people ask me whats it like living...
THREAD Physics & CosmologySomething out of nothing
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Science & Technology Forum
wizardslogic, I don't find that strange. I think we've evolved somewhat recently to understand that matter does reduce into essentially something we can't fathom how it manifests itself...
THREAD Science vs ReligionEVOLUTION
226 Posts • 63293 Views
Religion Forum
Back in the old days, people went around talkiing about 'how organic this and that as being natural and therefore better for you. Which was later disproved by man's production of organic (ca...
THREAD mirror mirror on the wall?
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Philosophy Forum
Yeah wyote is right. A lesson on lights and colors. (Because I felt like researching this stuff.) Why is a mirror reflecting? Because the material in the mirror(not the glass but the silver or...
THREAD Reality & MetaphysicsPerception
5 Posts • 3274 Views
Philosophy Forum
I can look at the 'same' thing and view it entirely differently to how you 'see' it. The only 'reality' is born through change, specifically through language which decide...
THREAD Physics & CosmologyGUT Grand Unification Theory
7 Posts • 3915 Views
Science & Technology Forum
Four Dimensional Space http://www.captaincynic .com/thread.php3/frmid=21-u-th rdid=13596-u-page=1#28533 How to build the Universe Is causality an inherent and necessary characteristic of the Univers...
THREAD Epistemology: Truth & KnowledgeEnilightenment
23 Posts • 7664 Views
Philosophy Forum
no, Enlightnment is not simply a 'ascension of matter to pure energy', although yes, many people have a chance to experince a little bit at the time of death. Basically, it is based upon...
THREAD How do we know?
60 Posts • 16358 Views
Philosophy Forum
any form of substance that looks like this we all call it something, or any typre of occurane we call it something whatever it is that we call it... toe is a toe by the way it looks same with compuite...
THREAD What Is The Perfect Person?
20 Posts • 6874 Views
Talk Talk
Its like love; I'll tell you what love is...its not being attracted to a person who is perfect, but seeing an imperfect person, perfectly. Its an illusion. A person isn't perfect. Dont t...
THREAD GodWhy did God create the universe
119 Posts • 39274 Views
Philosophy Forum
the concept of an 'image of reality' is an absract concept, as for all we know reality could be exactly as we percive, or perhaps not. Perhaps some cruel god just gives a computer electrical...
THREAD Humankinds place
7 Posts • 2311 Views
Philosophy Forum
Is nature everything but me? I'm sure Einstein said it was. I disagree. Psychologists would say that its possible to predict other people's behaviour based on stereotypes. Why does thi...
THREAD AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
216 Posts • 85066 Views
Science & Technology Forum
23 January 2013 Nearby Spiral Galaxy NGC 4945 Image Credit & Copyright: SSRO-South, J. Harvey, S. Mazlin, D. Verschatse, J. Joaquin Perez, (UNC/CTIO/PROMPT) Large spiral galaxy NGC 4945 is s...
THREAD The Thinker
19 Posts • 6401 Views
Philosophy Forum
Yeah, so what tells the sub concious to start swimming? We, 'I' don't, its automatic, I have no choice, either I swim, or I don't, and automatically i will start to swim because of...
THREAD Atheism & AgnosticismThe last leg for Atheism
185 Posts • 40032 Views
Religion Forum
"Faith doesn't give you knowledge" My problem with this statement is the assumption that anyone can know anything and i say this because if the person/people who originally invented...
THREAD Epistemology: Truth & Knowledgeacquiring knowledge
1 Posts • 3859 Views
Philosophy Forum
this is a note a wrote in my journal one day and i think it sounds pretty good, so i will print it out for you guys to have a look at. knowledge is "knowing" something for absolute certai...
THREAD Epistemology: Truth & KnowledgeEnilightenment
23 Posts • 7664 Views
Philosophy Forum
decious, yes ultimately matter is an illusion and the highest enlightnment comes after you die, but for that you must be enlighnted in this world. For enlighntment you must be concious of it, and you...
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