You may have more time to think out your thought before posting, but it has to be an extension of the original.
("he" refers to both genders in all my texts unless explicity mentioned otherwise)
When a man sets a goal to achieve, he'll immediatelly have to change his life accordingly to the goals requirements. In particular, he'll have to think in terms of "good" and "bad" and "in between", with the following criteria: what brings him closer to the goal is good; what increases the distance of the two is bad, and while this rule is not yet completely expressed (for example, he'll also have to consider of what must and what should be done, and be able to compare two such things and recognize each)
Goals, therefore, affect both our thinking and our life. Different goals will have different effects. A man only knows from experience, so many goals will have to be tested to find one that brings the individual to the life he wishes. If experimentation must be done until the individual finds the goals that bring him close to the life he wishes to live, therefore he should be open and able to host new ideas in his thought, or as I'd like to call them "opportunity sensors", which are exactly that: sensing an opportunity to discover something that improves your life. With false judgement, the wrong decisions will be done and one will be harming himself.
How can we be sure of our choices? The short answer is that we can never be sure about anything. We'll only know as much as we've experienced, so the best solution available seems to be to experience and examine the most ideas possible. Banning an idea is only worsening the lives of those who are affected by the law. The law does not need to be legal -- it could be social, for example, the discussion of communism in post-WWII era, or the discussion of nazism and these events in Germany. It is preferred to put something on the side instead of considering at as soon as one is aware of it. It seems that humans can forget easier an idea from its conclusion. This shows from the fact that we're (under usual conditions) able to recall the conclusion we had about an idea ,but not the idea itself, unless we're told about it. Moreover, we may remember a conclusion but not the idea it was derived from. Seeking ideas improve us in these ways: If we encounter an idea from which we've previously concluded something but we forgot the idea, it benefits us, because we'll be able to re-examine the idea, and dismiss the conclusion, or even replace it,or find more reasons to agree to that conclusion. As kids, with much fragile judgement, we have made many nonsensical conclusions, for which the idea we've forgotten. For example, if a child is told by people he trusts, for example its parents, that he's mature enough to be responsible and survive on his own, that person may conclude, that since he's mature, his thoughts are mature and correct too. He'll be stuck with conclusions made then, without doubting them, unless he's lucky enough to have something trigger the idea-seeking mechanism. (continuing)
(cont.)
Ever heard of the so-called "Real Life" that awaits you once you're an adult? Ever noticed we're allowed to vote once we're at that age? How little time we have for ourselves when we're busy doing boring things that don't allow our minds to contemplate freely?
A reader may doubt me and say what is my basis for saying that ones mind blocks thoughts once its told that he's mature enough. Well, I'll answer this, but first I must say that this was just an example, and the general case is to be deceived to believe. In my example, the child was deceived to believe that he's mature, and then, from that starting point, he arrived to false conclusions, much like the wrong path will lead you to a dead-end in a maze.
I want to conclude that humans are deceived to believe, and that we should doubt instead of believing. This comes in agreement with what I've said previously about goals, only with doubt one'll find the better of the two. Doubt does not mean to dismiss knowledge, however. Psychologically, it's impossible to have someone stop believing. Instead we should enforce to ourselves to not be fooled by the feeling of certainity, which is one form of belief. Another form of bielef is dogma; Not all dogmas are wrong, because supporting all dogmas are wrong is a dogma in itself. If one is ready to dismiss a dogma and adopt a new one in face of new information, then he's clearly much better than him who is not stable in his beliefs: the former knows in every situation what to do, he'll either have to follow what his dogma says, or doubt the dogma.
>>849
Skittles has quite a few quality commercials, so several days ago I figured I might as well give them a try. They were surprisingly good, but about halfway through the bag I glanced at the ingredients list and noticed that they contain gelatin. Also those purple ones. As a vegetarian with taste buds, I find this to be unacceptable. I lament the loss of a potentially Skittles-enriched diet, but perhaps I will find love again someday.
How odd patterns make their way through our daily lives and why we should at least acknowledge them.
(I realize that now I'm unable to answer "why" we should realize them, unlike I promised in the title. I don't have a good-enough reason, but I posted this anyway.)
Odd patterns are formulated when the individual is forced (or forcing himself) to do something that he would not otherwise.
If A is normal in S situation, and if it would be odd to pick ~A, then ~A was picked for a different reason than the usual for S.
A lady that wants to eat in a restaurant, would perhaps visit it every Friday afternoon. Let's say that everytime she got there, due to her bad luck, an individual, who she did not want to meet, also enjoyed the food in one of the tables. Choosing to remain out of his sight, she picks a table close to the toilet. To make it worse, assume that the flushing of the toilet was heard from that table.
Normally, someone wouldn't pick this table, or they'd remember not to pick after one experience with it. However, as the stranger continued to appear Friday afternoons, she continued to take that table in order to eat out of his sight.
I'm supposing that a high percentage of people would continue to eat at that table even if the stranger was gone, some fearing that he may come suddenly one day to the restaurant and notice them, others because they don't remember the reason they're doing this, or perhaps they don't consider it anymore, having it part of their daily routine.
Odd patterns are formulated when the individual is periodically forced to do something he otherwise wouldn't.
It is generally agreed that our personality, whether material or not, is affected by all our senses and thoughts at all times. To find an odd pattern and then to overcome it means to improve oneself. Overcoming the pattern does not necessarily mean that the individual will also stop it. The realization suffices, because with the realization, we'll be able to recall previous odd patterns we do for the same reason, and avoid future ones (or at least realize them).
Humans, like any other species, have an embedded mechanism for survival. Feelings are part of this mechanism. It is vital to be safe when one wants to think freely. Thinking is a luxury: a man with survival priorities can only think for that. (exceptions are not mentioned) Philosophers were mainly men with a comfortable life, or had at some point in their life -usually childhood- that comfort, whether that depended on others working for them (slavery in ancient times), or because their family was rich, or for some other reason.
But what remains of feelings once we don't "need" them to survive? Feelings control us. When there's no need for surival, feelings can be misinterpreted. One should be able to overcome his feelings, to allow himself to have more options to approach a goal.
Example: When one stops fearing to fall from a bicycle, he'll be able to ride it. Day by day, that which was feared quickly becomes second nature to us.
Physicalism could be possible. At least, there's no concrete evidence against it, nor evidence that supports it any more than water supports sealife. The sealife might be there, because there's water, or it might be absent, independently of the water. Water is only the medium on which sealife survives and it does not imply sealife, likewise, the obeying of physics laws in our observations (and the expansion thereof to fit them) does not imply physicalism.
Without taking either side - theist or atheist, I can see one benefit from drug use. In the atheist sense, physicalism would be quite close to the truth. It is clear that if we, as humans, seek events that alter our thinking - having fun, loving, experimenting, exploring et al, which all influence our personality, it is awkward, as a human, at worst case, to fear drugs (if that much brainwashed from propaganda), or at least avoid thinking about them or their results. They should be likewise persuaded, along with drug exploration. Not to get into too much detail, but there should also be ensured that there's knowledge available on drugs, should it be that one wants to try them. Generally, they should be viewed as tools or means of getting us somewhere, and not a threat to society. (the real threats are another discussion, best suited in a political atmosphere)
From the theist point of view, religions are irrelevant, so to speak, to the divine feeling some drugs may offer, and even more so, the conclusions drawn after use. (usually concerning revelations the individual may experience that seem to affect the rest of his life to a degree)
The natural response of a human to something valuable would be ensure to keep it with him -- or to keep himself with it, and learn the most possible from it. Since drugs show to benefit one, and if it's smart to improve, then one should at least educate oneself on these matters.
i can't help but feel like it took me far too long to scroll to the bottom of this thread, not to mention the time it took me to write this post
i am chewing gum, listening to people talking outside my door. soon, i will be asleep.
I have never read Ulysses.
>>856
I have just had the sudden and jarring realization that I have not either.
I just took my sock off and blew my nose on it
I should go poop but I really like sitting here.
I got a nasty graze on my knee the other day, and I just rubbed semen into it
I have this notion that there should be a button for emergency pancakes.
>>861 Once that button is built, how much longer before the emergency maple syrup button gets built?
Pancakes always seem like a good idea, but you end up eating them as they're made, and by the time the batter is all used up you don't want them anymore.
Wouldn't that get the emergency mittens all sticky?
Renaissance is is based on the myth about returning. It is deeply archetypal, that's why people in Italy in XIV century didn't fucking have a clue where they are going to return, and much of our ancient history knowledge is based on their guesses, extrapolations, forgery, and other bullshit.
ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL HISTORY IS A LIE
Osiris is a black god.
I'm on a really bad sleep schedule, going to bed at 8am like this. Maybe I should just not sleep today to try and normalize it.
>>866
Do it. You'll feel like shit for a while, but it's worth it.
NIGGERS. FUCKIN NIGGERS!
Goddamned inbred racists...
PROCRASTINATING FUCK meh
I just spoke to a real live japanese man on omegle! He said he's 22 and he hates you guys
私わスコットランド人です。
Awesome! I just found out how to type kana!
my eyes hurt...
you made a fooool of every-o-o-one.
One is when one is not dependant on what one is.
For example, if you are called brave, and the situation arises that requires bravery, you can't depend on your title as "Brave" to pass the requirements; rather, you need to be brave at that very moment, regardless of what you were before, or what you are going to be after. By depending on being brave, one can't show signs of bravery. Likewise, by depending on being rich, one can't show signs of richness, or depth, in character.
This mix of wine and apple juice really makes some stinky farts.
nebotion is a funny word, also my captcha by the way.
nebotion.
nebotion. Hell, I should look that up. Then again it's setting off my Firefox spell checking so that pretty much lowers the chances of it being an actual word.
nebotion, haha.
God, I wish all this crap with my head would just stop and I could go back to normal.
I wish I could stop being such an emo faggot. I do want to sleep in my bed again, but it tears me apart knowing she once slept beside me there...
It would be cool to be paid to play video games all day.
i talk to myself out loud even in public
>>886 no it suxs. If you are talking about video game testing you just check for bugs constantly until you are sick of it and just want to never play games ever again.
Imagine a big island, with a lot of earths features on it. That is, it has mountains, deserts, beaches, forests, ponds, rivers and other shapes. A lot of the known and recent (not prehistoric) animals would be there too. Let us assume a fresh generation of humans, say, those who were born in the year 2009, that they were all raised in that island. Now imagine invisible powers that took care of the humans until they're able to think in sequence and surive themselves. The humans would not be aware of these powers. Those humans would be cave men; they'd have zero knowledge, no ability to communicate with each other, and they'd be unaware of many things that are known for many generations, even though they're raised in equivalent environments. Now assume that the generation that gave birth to this generation was at the peak of human advance - that is, the brightest minds. What seperates these two generations is the awareness of previous generations, the knowledge of each, and the teachings of the previous generation to the next generation.
To ensure the continual of our existence, we must realize these factors and start acting immediatelly. Awareness of previous generations means honest history, that is written the day it occurs. It means a history with no holes, no missing pages, unlike what we have so far. Who wouldn't want to read Aristotles teachings as he had written them, and not as they are found today, to witness this river of gold that Cicero wrote about? I think the biggest barrier between early generations and present ones is communication. Because this is not attainable, present generations must ensure that the future generations will be able to know the most about them. But really, doesn't the same problem still hold for the present generation with itself, or the present generation with future generations? As humans, we must realize that we're not part of this generation, not that we're part of this generation and previous ones, but that we're part of human history, and we should be aware of all generations, past, present, future. To the past, by reading what's been documented, to the present, by being open minded and fair with every idea and every person, to the future, by ensuring the fair documentation of the present.
Join the Kiwi Rebellion! Get the Australian jackboot off our collective necks! Fight the power!
I'M JAZZ AS FUCK
JAZZ
AHAHAHAHA
I CAN FEEL DADOTION TOO
IT'S LIKE DADAISM MEETS EMOTION, IT'S A WONDERFUL WORD
IT'S ALSO MY CAPTCHA
Strike at its head
and you will be attacked by its tail
Strike at its tail
and you will be attacked by its head
Strike at its middle
and you will be attacked by head and tail both.
First, let us assume Physicalism is true, every thing bellow this will consider it to be true, and that which may at first seem an assumption is a necessary truth with physicalism. (unless, of course, there's errors)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physicalism
The question is: does every different thought also differ in what it is made of from others? (thought/mental image and thought representation)
If they do differ, then there's not much I can conclude of right now. I think it wouldn't mean anything in particular, except perhaps that infinite exists.
Let's consider that there's different thoughts with the same thought representation.
Here's an example: Now I think of the number 97. To write this, I had to think of that number. Now I write 108. Did I do this repeating the same process? Or if I'll continue writing down numbers I'll eventually find two of them that have the same thought representation? The question is important because numbers are infinite, which imply infinite representations. If two representations are equal but I've written two different numbers, that must mean by some other means my brain has differentiated the two thoughts to know to write which of the two, 97 or 108. But there's something implied: there's numbers we could not possibly conceive of. There's the unknown and what can be known. The union of the known and the unknown is infinity.
I hasted to call this unknown when it could be either of the two: Not existing is another possibility, but that'd mean our universe is all there is. It also means it's infinite, because if it is finite, then clearly something exists beyond it.
But let's examine something else. If I start counting from 0, increasing my count by 1 and shouting out loud the numbers every time, because there's numbers impossible to think of, clearly something would stop me before I iterate that many times plus one my counting loop. Let's assume all humans worked in perfect synchronization in counting numbers, every human would start at the number the previous stopped. Even then, something would stop us. What is that something which could stop the entire efforts of the human race? One is resources. We can assume there's sufficient resources to carry out the task, because we're not necessarily talking about universe in which physicalism is true, but any possible universe in which physicalism is true.
What can stop us then? The end (death) of the universe is one answer. But then physicalism is not true. We could answer that the thought representation of these numbers is made of something that does not exist in our universe, but that means there's more than one universe, because it must exist somewhere. If one then asks "how many universes are there", we'd be talking about a string theory.
It also means something else: we can never know anything for certain. If we know p to be certain, then the truth that p is certain must also be certain; and also the truth of that ad infinitum, but at some point we'll arrive at a truth which we can't possibly know, therefore can't possibly be certain about. In a more general sense it means everything is part of infinity. But then how can the illogical be true? If I imagine something, it must exist, if infinity exists. If I imagine myself in a universe for which physicalism is true, to know something for certain, or
popcorn plants.
Whenever I get detached from my senses shall we say (if I'm drunk or stoned or nutmegged or sleep deprived) I always see this big dog wandering about my flat. Just now (52 hours awake) I closed my eyes for a second while I was playing vib-ribbon and I could feel this dog licking my face and her breath on my cheek and gentle panting in my ear
I think I described that more erotically than it was, but it was pretty weird.
goddamn split ends
nerds
jocks
To be responsible for something means to accept something related. Because to be responsible for something automatically brings the concept of "good" and "bad" actions - that's what defines what we're responsible for. For instance, when we're responsible for the safety of our young sibling, we're responsible because we're "stronger" (physically and mentally), and it is our duty to help the weak. To do otherwise would be considered "evil".
We weren't dancing anywhere near that guy and still he was trying to start a fight. We should have bottled him.
Why is it we consider our natural thought process as "wrong?"
It feels like I'm getting ill.
I decree today, that life is simply taking and not giving.
We kissed under the iron bridge (I ended up with sore lips) but it just wasn't like the old days anymore...
>>913
She had gotten a sex change since the last time I'd seen her. Him. Whatever.
>>914 Does the body rule the mind, or does the mind rule the body?
>>916
The monkish monsignor, with a head full of plaster, said "My man, get your vile soul dry-cleaned!"
DQNing it up, not giving a fuck, living life on the internet superhighway's fast lane!
I feel like I'm missing out on a lot of DQN culture by not being into ANIMES.
>>920
That's not anime, that's a video game.
And you don't need to know about the series of video game to take it easy.
cauliflower
say goodbye
i'm actually doing it. I'm actually crossdressing. I walked down the street wearing tights and a denim skirt, and a hairclip.
I'm not gay, but it was really exciting.
Most crossdressers/transvestites are not gay.
You would know that if you had ever bothered to watch a damn Eddie Izzard show.
It’s not a dress! It’s a chiton!
You’d know that if you were paying attention in class.
>>927 I know that, but I think the general assumption by Joe Public is it's only a gay thing.
Once I used my package manager to install a program, but for some reason when it finished, there was no trace of the program anywhere. And then I had to use the toilet. I put my butt in the toilet but nothing came out.
Sometimes I think my physical life is a mirror of my digital life.
36HH boobs
In the same line of thought, wouldn't your eyes - i.e the mirror of the soul - be the monitor and the only way to access your harddrive by delving into your eyes in a mirror? Yes, I am somewhat of a hopeless romantic.
no, you'rw just hopeless
Romantically hopeless. Loving, lovable, lovely, lovelorn, loveless.
Hey! There's someone posting here right now in this thread!
Oh.
Hi there!! shall we share enjoyable time and develop ourselves?
If enjoyable time involves mittens, I'm all for it
I really need to get some sleep...
in 100 years 9 billion new people will have been born and 12 billion will have died
The laughing heads all look the same.
The horn of your belly will sound
i filled a condom with bargain-basement shaving foam to recreate the "sensations" condoms my girlfriend likes.
I did the same thing too but I think she was enjoying it too much and she's getting chubby lately now that I think about it. ( ﾟ -ﾟ)
HI BILLY MAYS HERE
NO WAIT NOT ANYMORE
:(
I wonder, in what way Anno will explain the death of Mari's mother?