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Tagged > Optical illusion
THREAD The dilemma of Choice
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Philosophy Forum
I suspect "choice" is a matter of perception: A moment before, free will; a moment after, destiny. I suspect "choice" is an illusion -- that there is ALWAYS a reason that we make t...
THREAD Ignorance: acceptable?
17 Posts • 5576 Views
Philosophy Forum
I think everyone must understand why Mohammed is important to muslims but not everyone respects other peoples beliefs We talk about tolerance and respecting all ideas, but this is just an illusion...
THREAD A Little Bit of Everything
6 Posts • 2828 Views
Philosophy Forum
from what i have encountered, with regard to neurological research and theory, there are more than enough neurons in the human brain to remember exactly everything the organism experiences. indeed, so...
THREAD God in ReligionIf god exist why doesn't he show himself to the world?
145 Posts • 33537 Views
Religion Forum
"A human being is a part of a whole, called by us _universe_, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest... a kind of...
THREAD What I'll Never Be
63 Posts • 16071 Views
Stories & Poetry Forum
Colors mold together As the moon turns red. The only thing discernable? The globe of blood. Stand silent as changes Happen beyond control The silence breaks. The prosecutors find their voices....
THREAD How do we know?
60 Posts • 16358 Views
Philosophy Forum
*roll* mmmmmmmmm i wunder. seriously tho, have u ever thot about this: what if u see the color blue. and u call it blue. and someone else sees blue in there head, n they call it blue, but its not the...
THREAD God in ReligionIf god exist why doesn't he show himself to the world?
145 Posts • 33537 Views
Religion Forum
Yep, that's our curse...trapped in linear time and three-dimensional illusion and, thus, constantly preoccupied with material existence--a completely different thought process than god. That'...
THREAD Free Will
60 Posts • 14961 Views
Philosophy Forum
Although I don't know for sure, I suspect the free will is an illusion made to make people blameable (and therefore punishable). A society with blameable people works much better then one where e...
THREAD Random Picturescolour illusion
48 Posts • 22396 Views
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I got most of them from some book years ago. here are some sites though. http://www.grand-illusions.c om/ http://web.mit.edu/persci /people/adelson/checkershadow_ illusion.html http://www.cool optical...
THREAD War & TerrorismTen years after "war on terror"
11 Posts • 4455 Views
Politics & Current Events Forum
I was in the Marine Corps in 1991 and we were in Iraq ... Sadaam... Richard Nixon developed the middle-East policy and groomed Pres.Regan Regan groomed Bush Bush is Bush's son OBAMA is a clo...
THREAD televangelist-faith "healer"- Peter Popoff....liar and fake
5 Posts • 5707 Views
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I understand vicariously what you are stating, about the biological processes of conditions involved such as 'stress' and its interconnection with various other health problems. And yes Pete...
THREAD Life & Deathwhy is death so scary for ppl
48 Posts • 23520 Views
Philosophy Forum
death is the unkown, our minds are almost pre-programmed to fear the unknown, and it is after all the the worst outcome for our survival instincts. secondly, death is an activity that can only truely...
THREAD PerceptionOut of Body
4 Posts • 2987 Views
Psychology Forum
yes, sometimes when u look at urself, u suddenly think that if I m there, then who am I. Through meditation I get that feeling almost all the time now, withought needing a mirror. Basically, this feel...
THREAD Fake?
51 Posts • 19826 Views
Philosophy Forum
As I read I'm persuaded back and forth. I think that there are different ways to look at being fake and none of them are 100% correct. In one aspect of it you could say there is no such thi...
THREAD The Theory of the Multi-verse(Omniverse)
18 Posts • 5926 Views
Philosophy Forum
And the best way to benefit others is to give them what they are seeking out, forgiveness. Forgiveness for an illusion they cannot see,by thinking they are separate from god.Only by pardoning sins do...
THREAD Poetry*Smiles with in Solitude*
202 Posts • 49162 Views
Stories & Poetry Forum
I seem to understand you, Your tears seem all too familiar. Your pain and fears go right through me, I know what you are going through. Your fragments of illusion are magnified through my imag...
THREAD Time and Absolute Zero
52 Posts • 13445 Views
Philosophy Forum
yes, regarding the black holes, 'time' as a whole doesn't stop. It will only appear to stop for observers on earth observing the man being sucked into the black hole. But even this is j...
THREAD Emotions & Feelingsare emotions what define human beings?
42 Posts • 26242 Views
Psychology Forum
Enlightnment is about getting rid of this 'illusion', that we are our mind. When we realize that we are not our mind, our personality, our character, then we getin touch with the true '...
THREAD what is it we feel?
10 Posts • 3700 Views
Philosophy Forum
Eventually, scientists might be able to change it. Cloning has happened, now what about cloning personalities/traits or growing personalities.... And i dont beleive in souls =O Love is just a con...
THREAD Emotions & Feelingsare emotions what define human beings?
42 Posts • 26242 Views
Psychology Forum
I didn't see the pitcure, but I know what ur talking about. It's being talked in detail in the thread 'what is the soul' Basically, he's asking the question, 'who am I...
THREAD Riddles & Puzzlesoh zeno and you paradoxs
11 Posts • 4537 Views
Philosophy Forum
Have any of you come across the man zeno or any of his paradoxes? if not i thought you might like to here one, being the philosophy lovers that you are. the paradox of movement - ie movement is logic...
THREAD televangelist-faith "healer"- Peter Popoff....liar and fake
5 Posts • 5707 Views
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My point is that I am very skeptical about the placebo effect entailing its cause, process and consequences. A placebo in my understanding is a psychological illusion and a response to treatment. Corr...
THREAD Reality & MetaphysicsDoes Time Even Exist?
85 Posts • 29639 Views
Philosophy Forum
I think we only convince ourselves that there is some kind of universal time. Say, for instance, I'm mentally preoccuppied or under some kind of duress, time may go slower or faster for me. When...
THREAD developing your existence through experience?
13 Posts • 3322 Views
Philosophy Forum
^^^precisely.... why would you want to know everything? If you did then what would be the point of existence? knowing everything is the understanding that you know nothing at all, and in that scenario...
THREAD Life & DeathLife, Death, Choice
19 Posts • 7038 Views
Philosophy Forum
^^^I love humans........I mean we're slow...but it's all to the good, most of us will realize what we are and where we're supposed to be in this twisted up reality we've created......
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