General Philosophy

1. You cannot be certain the external world exists because the external world if it does exist is only known to exist via the electrical signals which offer its presentation in our head yet we cannot be certain there is an external world in the first place, the external world may be completely in our brains. 2. If you cannot be certain the external world exists this opens up the possibility of the external world not existing regardless of it being true or not it is possible and if so then the real world is not the external world yet what is the real world? we do not see the real world if the external world is not the real world yet if we don't see the real world how c…

Jonathon Livingston Seagull ( A film that will lift your spirits and make your heart soar) also recommended are the literary works of Richard Bach on which the film is based. Music soundtrack by Neil Diamond. Open up your mind and psyche And dare to dream Dare to be your true self The person you were born and meant to be. Is there anything the human spirit and mind Cannot conceive of and achieve ? Can we fly like the birds and soar like the eagle ? An ancient dream of man is coming true As we learn how and another limitation slips away. Can we fly higher and further and faster than we Ever have before ? Can…

Well. I had a naive idea a few minutes ago, due to that i'm kinda ashamed to share and ask about but i'm gonna do that. On various historical moments, we had ideas that were possible due to some variables. What were these variables? Why they made/make us think like that? What are the possible variables and what can they make us think? Do you know some book or something about it? Do you think i'm completely stoned/drunk?

In my opinion. Racism is actually culturalism, the ignorant are blind. LABELS and CATEGORIES, tools of the trade for the ones who aren't content with not understanding or having knowledge of.

In education, should we give more importance to learning the facts or teaching morals such as how to behave with others, how to control anger, how find a purpose in life, etc. I feel we should teach morals more, because that gives the child a base to do good to the society.

After prolonged thought about the slippery slope fallacy, I've decided that it is wrong to not appeal to it. Its a double edged blade. If a new hitler comes along and says, its wrong not to kill all life, and therefor your wrong for not agreeing because it's a slippery slope, they should be able to silence him for good purposes. Survival, replication, or better yet, solidification of the mind.

Are there really answers to the universe and such things as philosophy?

For every action, there is an equal and opposite and reaction. Rocket ship blasts off. The most common image that comes to mind. But what about life? Kids hate school. They love summer. One bad, one good. The happiness and sadness cannot exist without the other. No school, no joy in not going. I hate running, but I love being in shape. Good and bad. Without running a 5k every week, I would be fat. You cannot name something good without naming the bad side. 1-1=0 something positive minus something positive (negative) equals zero. Happiness minus sadness is nothing. Math and life join. Create your own equations about your life and share

Something that is going to make you think I'm more of a crazy loon than you already do - How you perceive reality is a minuscule of what is actually going on around you. Everything you know is only relative, whether it be speed, size, or anything for that matter. One revolution of the earth around the sun is a long time, however compare it to the revolution of particles like electrons around a nucleus and a blink of the eye doesn't is almost unfeasible to compare relative speeds. Nobody knows how big space is, what if were merely particles among a much larger infinitely finite structure. I'm not saying it is but open your mind. Earth is relatively small compared to everyt…

Do eggs smell sulfur or does sulfur smell bad eggs?

Can we conceptualize thought? Is it an agent and a driver, or an effect? Is it anachronistic or rooted in the present? Is it tangible or intangible? Please provide your insights. Thanks in advance.

So of you believe in the univerese having no ending and that anything can happen has happen and will happen, is resurection posible. Tbh i dont believe in it just curios as to what others believe. (Also i read it on sandersons book legion:skin deep awesome book btw)

Throughout my long life I have accepted as fact the existence of a 3-D material world more or less identical to the world I am currently experiencing and which is common to each of us. Years ago, when I was actively involved in the brain sciences, I felt that I and others were being objective in the research we were doing and that brain activity could, or at least at some time in the future would, explain all behavior, human and otherwise. During this time I knew intellectually that each of us has our own subjective reality (our private world), but this has not changed the previously described fact of a common material reality as I am currently experiencing it. As I h…

The question is simply, "Name an ability, experience, or quality of humans that artificial intelligence will have difficulty with." An example: Emotion. I am hoping the list will grow long. In fact, today I wrote to the help/info people at Wikipedia asking them the in's and out's of starting a Wiki for this. If anyone knows where the wiki should start -- Wikipedia proper vs. Wikibooks vs. wikiProjects, etc -- or, for that matter, if anyone could then start the Wiki, that would be great. So we're talkin' the list growing extremely long -- perfect for Wikipedia. Moving on, so far we have Emotion. Then there's Creativity, Imagination, Art, and Humor, each of which c…

Fate Not There. But there is a probability facts. The destination does not exist. The destination does not exist the way we know it. Fate would not be a force. Fate has no power to control the course of our lives, because the destination does not exist. There trajectory. And this trajectory is not controlled by fate, simply because it does not exist. The path is influenced by the facts of Probability. However, the facts of probability also not be a dominating force acting on our paths, but a set of influences trajectories. The facts of probability can not be called Destinations, as this would be to consider that target exists the way we know it. The Facts probab…

Reality: Mortality bears witness that we are the dream.

Can we conceptualize an ideal man ? What would be his attributes ? Good physique / Good IQ / Flair for art and music etc. ? And where would that leave autistic individuals (especially those with Asperger's syndrome) ? Would we then have another Newton or Einstein ? Please opine.

Why do some people spend hours at work. It is observed that people with Asperger's syndrome are workaholics. Is work an attribute of the mind? In fact, in Japan, work related suicides (karoshi) are said to be not uncommon.

1. "If tomorrow comes" is a truism. There is no known law which can predict if we exist the next day. 2. Work today like there is no tomorrow. (This follows from 1 - if we intend to make the most of our lives). 3. Replace tomorrow with today - whenever tomorrow becomes today.. (This involves nothing more than a paradigm shift). 4. Then tomorrow will never come (follows from 3) 5. This marks the end of worrying and the beginning of enjoying your life to the fullest. Is this the right strategy to making your own destiny ?

I have asked this question before ** so it feels like I am trolling and was not happy with the answer I got. Anyway, it is the size of the universe. To me it feels like it is so big that "size" really doesn't describe it. It does me no good to say to myself "of course it may be infinite so what do you expect" Again , if it was finite I might say to myself "well it is small then if you can somehow sum it up". What I see is something in nowhere land and the question I have is "does this "size" have an import? Not in any implications but in its own right. Is it just an invitation to say "so what?" and think of something else that actually means somethi…

Time bends the light still

The last Newtonian law of classical mechanics "To every action there is an equal but opposite reaction" was in fact formulated by an Arab. The law has been wrongly ascribed to Newton.

Which occupation do you think is capable to create huge or almost infinite number of jobs in the future? Or unemployment will always grow due to automation and an eternal vocation is what majority of humans have to expect?

Science: The intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behaviour of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment. Philosophy: The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, especially when considered as an academic discipline. Or: A theory or attitude that acts as a guiding principle for behaviour To me: Question science by simple to the point logic. There are numerous "flaws" in science, that absolutely make no sense, but which hold the key to become a completely NEW theory. Note, I am more than aware of different scientific equations that tell us t…

Per my promise to Eise, the following is a copy of a post that I wrote many years ago. I copied it from another forum, and it should be considered as a first draft, as I can already see that I made changes in my ideas since that time. There is no reference to Established truths like Laws of Physics, Laws of Nature, Universals, or even Mathematics, and I had not yet determined that emotion is real, so there is no reference to Emotional truths. Please note that I was not looking to find truths, but looking to categorize and rate as to reliability the truths that I understood. So please consider: Like all philosophers, I have spent a lot of time contemplatin…