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Yes, that's nice, daon....

I can think because I am.

I felt like decking a guy once when he said "How do we know we are not the dreams of a Martian".
 
chrisr said:
I felt like decking a guy once when he said "How do we know we are not the dreams of a Martian".
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Was that Ray Bradbury?
 
chrisr said:
I felt like decking a guy once when he said "How do we know we are not the dreams of a Martian".
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Don't blame you...that guy should know that Martians don't dream...
 
daon said:
"If it is able to think, then it exists" i.e. "If it does not exist, then it is unable to think." It doesn't say much for rocks, but I'll go with it.
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Can we prove that an arbitrary something cannot exist?
I don't think so! What exactly would it be that's not existing?

Is the possibility of non-existence an actual possibility?
Maybe everything is reducible to energy, but if there really was a nothing, would that nothing exist or not?
Is thinking a byproduct of awareness? Is energy aware? Rocks are configurations of energy.

Honestly lads, ye've wrecked me head.

Maybe it's time to study Carlos Castaneda's texts on the assemblage point.
 
chrisr said:
Honestly lads, ye've wrecked me head.
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That is the first "process" of Nirvana (or melding into nothingness...)
 
chrisr said:
daon said:
"If it is able to think, then it exists" i.e. "If it does not exist, then it is unable to think." It doesn't say much for rocks, but I'll go with it.
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Can we prove that an arbitrary something cannot exist?
I don't think so! What exactly would it be that's not existing?

Is the possibility of non-existence an actual possibility?
Maybe everything is reducible to energy, but if there really was a nothing, would that nothing exist or not?
Is thinking a byproduct of awareness? Is energy aware? Rocks are configurations of energy.

Honestly lads, ye've wrecked me head.

Maybe it's time to study Carlos Castaneda's texts on the assemblage point.
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I think existence in this sense is subjective. A rock can hold no position here, so it may as well not exist according to itself. Otherwise, we assume it exists because we may interact with it, or at least sense it, directly. The same applies to other beings I suppose.
 
Denis said:
If I were you, I'd do it this way...

NO! If you were me, you'd do it MY way, else you wouldn't be me!!
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This is great, Denis. :lol: I hope to remember it, when needed.
 
Under suitable conditions mainly dictated by temperature,
to restructure it's molecular constitution,
becoming the basis for the arising of new forms of life.

I have to say, Denis beats Frank Sinatra any day!
 
Is the following a corollary?

As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.

– Albert Einstein
 
This one's for Cody.

Philosophy is a game with objectives and no rules. Mathematics is a game with rules and no objectives.
 
BigGlenntheHeavy said:
Note: I am assuming there is a God as I haven't any proof.
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If I may be so bold, the proof is easily seen in the world around us!
 
Zeezrom said:
BigGlenntheHeavy said:
Note: I am assuming there is a God as I haven't any proof.
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If I may be so bold, the proof is easily seen in the world around us!
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Then I'm sure people in Haiti simply adore Him :shock:
 
Why is that animals always seem to "know something" about earthquakes ?
 
chrisr said:
Why is that animals always seem to "know something" about earthquakes ?
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Because they don't want to know about Differential Equations......
 
They remain in tune with and faithful to that which the human race now appears to consider insignificant,
therefore they have advance warning.
 
chrisr said:
Why is that animals always seem to "know something" about earthquakes ?
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Because most have FOUR FEET on the GROUND :idea:
 
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