The Philosophical Debate Thread

Howard the Duck · 11-15-2011, 09:00 AM

i beleive i'm chaotically good

sonar1 · 11-15-2011, 10:07 AM

In "being" I have noticed to two most prevalent elements in the known Universe apparently are:

1 - Hydrogen

2 - Stupidity

And since I can only seem to be good at one thing at a time I have made my choice at which of these elements to incorporate into my existence every day.

SIRIUSB · 11-15-2011, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by sonar1

In "being" I have noticed to two most prevalent elements in the known Universe apparently are:

1 - Hydrogen

2 - Stupidity

And since I can only seem to be good at one thing at a time I have made my choice at which of these elements to incorporate into my existence every day.

What about Justin Bieber? Doesn't he fall somewhere between Hydrogen and Stupidity?

sonar1 · 11-15-2011, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by SIRIUSB

What about Justin Bieber? Doesn't he fall somewhere between Hydrogen and Stupidity?

But of course.

He's been on Oprah hasn't he?

That qualifies as a gaseous state of being. More methane than hydrogen, but still.

Anybody who can jostle for camera position on Soul Train, or Oprah, gets their fifteen minutes...

Howard the Duck · 11-15-2011, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by sonar1

In "being" I have noticed to two most prevalent elements in the known Universe apparently are:

1 - Hydrogen

2 - Stupidity

And since I can only seem to be good at one thing at a time I have made my choice at which of these elements to incorporate into my existence every day.

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i'm the newest gas known to men - helium - Jimi Hendrix

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Zaqarbal · 11-16-2011, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Vanilla

So, life. What is life? What is existence?

A dream within a dream.

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Originally Posted by Edgar Allan Poe (narration by Orson Welles).

"For my own part, I have never had a thought which I could not set down in words, with even more distinctness than that which I conceived it. There is, however, a class of fancies, of exquisite delicacy, which are not thoughts, and to which, as yet, I have found it absolutely impossible to adapt to language. These fancies arise in the soul (alas, how rarely!) only at epochs of most intense tranquillity, when the bodily and mental health are in perfection and at those mere points of time where the confines of the waking world blend with the world of dreams. And so I captured this fancy, where all that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream."

**Frownland** · 01-08-2014, 12:05 PM

Does the Playboy mansions have chocolate bunnies for Easter?

Discuss.

Xurtio · 04-08-2014, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Howard the Duck

basically, it just refutes the anthropomorphic concept that imposes an "order" on the universe

Chaos theory doesn't refute anything. It's just a collection of mathematical tools to use to understand the emergent behavior of deterministic systems that are unpredictable because of their sensitivity to initial conditions. It's like saying chess theory refutes something. Chess theory is just a toolbag.

Laws and principles and such can refute things, but "theory" is a word used in academia to represent a collection of observations and tendencies, not the way laymen used it when they "have a theory".

Mr. Charlie · 06-23-2014, 06:10 PM

Here's an idea that crossed my mind on psychedelics not long ago:

Does the mind really produce cosnsciousness, or is the mind merely a conduit through which consciousness can travel, that consciousness is in fact something separate to ourselves (or to put it another way - something akin to a tuner picking up FM radio)? Both seem equally plausible to me.

GuD · 06-23-2014, 11:44 PM

Hedonism and pragmatism > all the foofy metaphysical crap.

thoughts?

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Mr. Charlie Shoo Thoughts Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: These Mountains Posts: 2,308	Here's an idea that crossed my mind on psychedelics not long ago: Does the mind really produce cosnsciousness, or is the mind merely a conduit through which consciousness can travel, that consciousness is in fact something separate to ourselves (or to put it another way - something akin to a tuner picking up FM radio)? Both seem equally plausible to me. Last edited by Mr. Charlie; 06-23-2014 at 06:15 PM.

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GuD Dude... What? Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 1,322	Hedonism and pragmatism > all the foofy metaphysical crap. thoughts? __________________ I spit bullets in my feet Every time I speak So I write instead And still people want me dead ~msc

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sonar1 Groupie Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: West Coast U.S. Posts: 26	In "being" I have noticed to two most prevalent elements in the known Universe apparently are: 1 - Hydrogen 2 - Stupidity And since I can only seem to be good at one thing at a time I have made my choice at which of these elements to incorporate into my existence every day.