Existence of Being

[Deleted member 4993]

ChrisR said:

Questioner: What are your thoughts when facing an opponent?
Bruce Lee: There is no opponent!
Questioner: Oh! And why is that?
Bruce Lee: Because the \(\displaystyle \sqrt{-1}\)does not exist.

So then next you'll say MonaLisa's smile does not exist - TajMahal does not float in moon-light.....

 

[chrisr]

They are quantum mechanical probabilities until "observed",
according to some!!
:lol:

 

[Aladdin]

So then next you'll say MonaLisa's smile does not exist - TajMahal does not float in moon-light.....

Then Aladdin does not exist

 

[galactus]

This is why philosophy always made me ill. :wink:

 

[chrisr]

\(\displaystyle Yes,\ Mona\ Lisa's\ smile\ does\ not\ exist,\\)

\(\displaystyle the\ beautiful\ image\ does.\)

\(\displaystyle The\ Taj\ Mahal\ does\ not\ float\ in\ moonlight,\\)

\(\displaystyle it's\ beautiful\ reflection\ does....\)

\(\displaystyle The\ square\ root\ of\ minus\ one\ may\ not\ exist,\)

\(\displaystyle but\ that\ does\ not\ deny\ it's\ beauty\)

\(\displaystyle and\ it's strength\ in\ defying\ mathematical\ law,\)

\(\displaystyle illusory\ though\ it\ may\ be.\)

 

[mmm4444bot]

This is why philosophy always made me ill.

Try hanging out more with folks from the applied mathematics building; you might end up vaccinated.

 

[mmm4444bot]

\(\displaystyle the\ beautiful\ image\ does.\)

But is it the true image?

 

[chrisr]

\(\displaystyle I\ never\ thought\ of\ that!!!\)

\(\displaystyle Could\ be\ a\ cheap\ replica!\)

\(\displaystyle Yeaaaaahhhhhhhhh\ that's\ what\ I\ call\ a\ campfire!!\)

\(\displaystyle Can't\ beat\ the\ Colombian\ weed.\)

 

[BigGlenntheHeavy]

\(\displaystyle Didn't \ Plato \ discuss \ this \ in \ his \ perfect \ sphere \ theory (or \ something \ to \ that \ effect)?\)

\(\displaystyle Addendum:\)

\(\displaystyle When \ I \ made \ the \ above \ statement, \ I \ was \ thinking \ of \ Plato's \ Republic \ and \ his \ discourse \ on\)

\(\displaystyle \ forms \ (which \ I \ had \ perused \ many \ years \ ago).\)

\(\displaystyle However, \ nowadays, \ with \ the \ advent \ of \ google, \ one \ can \ explore \ Plato \ to \ one's \ hearts \ desire,\)

\(\displaystyle \ hence \ my \ question \ is \ quite \ superfluous, \ as \ I \ keep \ on \ forgetting \ that \ with \ the \ coming \ of \ "the\)

\(\displaystyle \ information \ age", \ everything \ is \ literally \ at \ ones \ fingertips.\)