General Philosophy

sorry don't know how to spell unnesiserly. im not sure if this should be under philosophy. Are people unnesiserly embarrassed over things they shouldn't be embarrassed about? has the scocierrty made people be embarrassed about things that there is no reason to be embarrassed about? I coundnt find any studies on this exact question but i did find some studies on embarrassment. " Results are consistent with the compliance model that embarrassed individuals seek the positive experience of helping someone in order to relieve the discomfort of their embarrassment." http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/psp/32/1/145/ I wanted to figure out why are we embarrassed? how is embarrassme…

Der Algorithmus zum Lösen der Überbevölkerung The Human race is growing at an alarming rate. In order to save the planet and it's inhabitants from the virus called humanity, we must take action. In my 37 years of research on being a human, I have come to many conclusions about this necessary step, which I would like to lay out here. I hope I can explain all of these very complex ideas in a way, that you can understand them at least to a fraction of the level that I do. First of all, you need to understand that the overpopulation of the human race is caused by many complex chemical reactions in the human body. The main reason causing this problem i…

I just wanted to take a little poll of everyone's view of the world. Are you a Platonist of mathematics, or someone that thinks that Mathematical structures exist in nature and are abstract, but real forms or do you believe that Mathematics simply is a human construct that allows us to interpret the nature of the world?

I came to the incredible conclusion that we might all be the same person. I know that sounds absolutely ridiculous, but I promise you that conclusion is based in logic. 1 The apartments thought experiment. I am going to start with this thought experiment since it best visualizes the overall theory. It does not ‘proof’ the theory in any immediate way. However in the short chapters that follow, I will try to show that there might be no difference between this thought experiment, and how conscious life in universe works. The apartments thought experiment We have a drug which is capable to regulate to which part of the brain a person can read/write memory. …

This could also be a topic in the maths forum, but I would like to approach the philosopher Zeno and his famous paradoxes in this sub-forum Are Zeno's paradoxes logical fallacies? One paradox is about a race between Achilles and a tortoise, with the tortoise given a half way start to the finish line. According to Zeno's ,logic, Achilles will never catch up and pass the slower tortoise , because the distances between them are just subdivided smaller and smaller infinitely. There have been solutions to this paradox, but my point are his paradoxes really fallacies?

Sometimes people commit suicide b/c they see no solution to a problem (granted it's not incurable terminal cancer). In reality this problem is merely temporary and can be resolved. One could say to them, "Don't worry, this will pass and everything will be ok". Then the suicidee says, "No, its too much, theres no 'positive' part of life right now" Based on the suicidee premise, shouldn't everyone kill themselves, as we will all encounter a negative part of life, and to avoid the pain should just do ourselves in? This I believe reveals out how pointless suicide is using the premise, "its bad for me right now". I dunno is this just rambling o…

Can we tell the difference between arrogance and genius? And would a genius be seen as arrogant from an outside perspective in today's world?

Informal introduction: I've tried other places of debate and discussion (most notably Reddit and LinkedIn), but they inevitably devolve into hostility. Some are hostile and insulting from the getgo, others descend into it after a few messages. Ars Technica forum locked me even before I could even respond to questions. I'm going to give this a go one last time before giving online discussion forums a rest. Purpose of Discussion: To advance this specific topic through challenge. As of now, avenues of counterargumentation seem to have been exhausted; Additional arguments I've received after the publication of my article all fell into categories that I've alrea…

A human is in and of reality. We experience a "here and now". We internalize the outside world and build an analog model of it. When our model fits the actual world that we have a model of, it makes us feel good. When the actual world does not fit our model, we adjust our model to fit, or when within our power, we adjust the world to fit. When things do not fit, it makes us feel bad. We have hunger, thirst, and other "feelings" of emptiness or lack that "need" to be fulfilled for things to be right. We are born, we grow, we learn about the world, we explore the world, we share our experience of it with others, and try to fix what is "wrong" and enjoy what is …

I Was going to post this as a science question but realized I would only be starting a philosophical debate anyway, I have been pondering, as scientists do you believe that the origin of life can be explained with a series of chemical reactions or do you think there is more to it than that, to my knowledge we have never witnessed the creation of something that is by definition alive out of inanimate matter, it seems to me that there is a driving force behind life that defies description. As far as I know all forms of matter and chemical reactions do little more than react with other forms of matter but life itself seems to have a very different nature than anything el…

This question rattles in my head for a long time now. Is it possible there are milions of layers uppon layers of "realities" and we are barely scratching the surface of the first layer with our current understanding of the universe? Is it possible that each of those milions of "realities" have their own distinct physical laws completely incompatible with each other? On one hand this might seem a little depressing but when you think about it from evolutionary and existencial point of view this might be an atractive concept. If we would find the "holy grail" of physics and understand everything that is, was and will be we would loose our curiosity and essencialy our main dr…

Hey guys might be a bit of a silly one, but I was wondering this the other day in class. To expand on it a bit if my consciousness is made up of billions of parts and eventually those parts dissipate, over time say billions, trillions of years is it possible that those parts will come back together to form some if not all of my conscious self, sort of like a new after lifetheory? Again I have no idea what I'm talking about here so let me know what your thoughts are and thank you.

We think of our universe as being a whole entity, but in my theory you will see how our universe is made up of infinete small things and infinately big things at the same time.....Firstly think of our sun in our solar system this is very simalar to the structure of an Atom. The structure of our Galaxy the milkyway is also simalar... this structure is universal and aslo iconic. Now the sun in our solar system is very simalar to an Electron in a Atom, also our sun is our solar systems energy giver. Here we can see that our galaxy the Milky way has millions of suns just like electrons in a atom and round those suns are planets, these planets act in a clockwork f…

This was brought on by a discussion between a friend of mine and I a while back. Simply put, the question is the same as the title: At what point does something stop being what it was before. Example: You have a wooden boat with long wooden planks from one end to the other with all the accouterments needed to hold it all in place. As time goes on, parts of the boat are replaced as they wear out, warp, etc. Eventually every board, every screw, bolt, and nut has been replaced with a new one. Is it still the same boat? If yes, how can it still be the same if nothing on it is the same as it was before being fixed? If no, how does that apply to living beings? Our cells are con…

Hey, I’m new here and have never posted on anything like this. I totally understand if I’m being an idiot, so feel free to highlight this. I just wanted other peoples thoughts on this as I’m struggling to find any other posts on it, I’m probably just searching the wrong terms. This is a bit of a messy brain dump but it’s a thought that’s been racking around in my brain for a while. It started with the theory that we are the universe experiencing itself and it’s slowly grown from there. So as a quick summary it’s the idea that if someone was to somehow change one small atom, structure or design in my brain before it had even grew in the womb, would I have ceased…

Atheism 1. the doctrine or belief that there is no God. 2. disbelief in the existence of a supreme being or beings. Agnosticism 1. the doctrine or belief of an agnostic. 2. an intellectual doctrine or attitude affirming the uncertainty of all claims to ultimate knowledge. Theism 1. the belief in one God as the creator and ruler of the universe, without rejection of revelation ( distinguished from deism). 2. belief in the existence of a god or gods ( opposed to atheism). Ok, starter topic I'll come back and edit key points later. Right now I'd like to invite people to discuss. iNOW? agnostic theists, agnostic atheists?

What causes people to cling to established authority, even when presented with valid reason to question it? When do people choose to accept challenges to authority as legitimate and when do they resist it? Is there social-political pressure among scientists to defend each other's authority against challenges or do all scientists place reason and empiricism above all other bases for authority? Would you take sides with a crackpot against a veteran researcher if the crackpot presented valid reasoning or evidence against claims of a reputable person?

When people have a sense of Authority over people, they create the Illusion that their Authority defines their Intelligence.. Having Authority over others does not make you Intelligent, and It does not mean all your choices are correct...

1. Fundamentals Constituting The Balance System Relation / Relationship (relation) a. the way in which two or more concepts, objects, or people are connected; a thing's effect on or relevance to another. - Googled Oxford Languages (relationship) b. the way in which two or more concepts, objects, or people are connected, or the state of being connected. - Googled Oxford Languages Balance a condition in which different elements are equal or in the correct proportions. - Googled Oxford Languages Equilibrium a state in which opposing forces or influences are balanced. - Googled Oxford Languages System a set of things workin…

First off, I'd like to begin this post with a little background on how I came to this question. My brother and I were discussing sentience and things of transferring consciousness, etc... Now, I know that this doesn't necessarily fall under the mathematical section but I feel infinity does. "Because infinity is real, there's an infinite amount of possibilities after death," is what he told me and it was a very objective statement. So my question is... does infinity's existence have some kind of relationship with what happens after death?

There was a definite beginning to all existence. If no storm started today, there would be no storm at all.

so i am a guy of zeros and ones. i like logic, maths and science. i am not religious at all and have no beliefs at all. , or so i think. the concept of "believing" something annoys me. i either know it or dont know it. and if i dont know it i either want to know it or will stay undecided until i do know it. so in my discussions with religious people i always ask them, "why do you believe something, why not just accept the concept of either knowing or not knowing"? but is there really such a thing? can we really "know" something or is everything just a level of belief?

You to know! ,,,to know best , is not to know what is not understood. So! how much do you understand ,,,with make you thing, you understand more than others ,when come to theory :

I believe nothing in this world and universe can come from absolute nothing. Everything in this universe must come from something. That's a very logical and scientific statement for any human being. That is how we perceive and experience things in our day to day life. But if we say that something in this universe can come from absolute nothing, then aren't we making an unscientific and illogical statement? How can something come out of absolute nothing? is it some kind of weird magic? so my point is if science doesn't believe in magic then it can not make any statements like "something can come from absolute nothing". So going by the logic, "Everything in the univers…

Freedom of choice and determinism has probably been discussed here before. This might be a different perspective. Bell's theorem states generally that we cant explain all of QM by hidden local variables in classical mechanics. As in Newton and macroscopic objects in motion. I assume this is correct and it is widely accepted. Less accepted is Bell's proposed solution for "spooky" superluminal action at distance between entangled systems. He proposed that an absolutely deterministic universe with no free will would explain this phenomena. Even the illusion of choice of pertinent experiments is predetermined. In essence the particles would already know when and what…