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Water reacts to temperature. Is water aware of temperature? An air-conditioner can reacts to temperature. Is the AC aware of temperature? A robot reacts to temperature. Is the robot aware of temperature? I react to temperature. Am I aware of temperature? It's the awareness that's in question, not th...

People have killed themselves and others based on what they've read in books. So, let's get back to burning books. The lowest common denominator paths the way to excellence. :roll: What is fear mongering? Like who? Ever heard about bibles? Or schizophrenics who see messages where there are none? A ...

there is little one can logically claim about not using them One can logically predict potential outcomes of an action, without the requirement to decide / determine whether that outcome is good/bad. Logic is a predictive tool, and one we can use to eliminate false possibilities (i.e. things that m...

(Haven't finished watching) What will give people's lives meaning if not 'work'? People can create/discover their own personal meaning. And we can teach people to value existing, and pursuing their own interests. Creating a more vibrant world through arts & creation. Seeking the development of t...

reality : the sum or aggregate of everything in existence || the state of things as they actually exist, encompassing all that is real and not imaginary meaning : an interpreted goal, intent, or end || the end, purpose, or significance of something To seek meaning, renews & reinforces one's own...

People have killed themselves and others based on what they've read in books.
So, let's get back to burning books.
The lowest common denominator paths the way to excellence.



What is fear mongering?

Little bit of a journey from heartbreak to loving again: - Ruthie Henshall - I Dreamed A Dream (Royal Albert Hall) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-p6OH7FoWoQ Christopher Maloney - The Rose (X Factor) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7UKOiGym0U Jennifer Lopez - Feel the Light (American Idol) https:/...

To experience the presence of something is to create the absence of it. ( non presence ) An incoherent statement to rest of other incoherent statements upon. Lovely. You’re welcome. Oh, I remember. You're scorned. Ol' lass using emotional reasoning. You 're interested in retaliation, not truth. So ...

God is another word for an experience that guides us Oh, so you mean a lesson? Or an illuminating experience? Or a guiding experience? Or a principle? Direction? Influence? Source of inspiration? You can define God to be whatever you like, but know you're unnecessarily shoehorning around. No one ha...

I suspect: We're human resources - acceptable losses - pawns - collateral damage. When we're not of utility to those with power, we're a burden - to be cleansed. To a psychopath: whether it's a dead Israili, Palestinian, Ukranian, Russian, American... Of zero consequence or relevance. If it leads t...

I think if you claim solipsism and that the wellbeing of others doesn't matter because it's all in your head: society should declare all your rights moot, and that it's acceptable to abuse you. As, if society is only in your head, you're doing it to yourself, right? No one else to blame. So claimin...

I think if you claim solipsism and that the wellbeing of others doesn't matter because it's all in your head: society should declare all your rights moot, and that it's acceptable to abuse you. As, if society is only in your head, you're doing it to yourself, right? No one else to blame. So claiming...

- " Hard times build determination and inner strength. Through them we can also come to appreciate the uselessness of anger. Instead of getting angry, nurture a deep caring and respect for troublemakers because by creating such trying circumstances they provide us with invaluable opportunities ...

Both belief and non belief are experiences. Wrong. Disbelief is an experience. Non-belief is not an experience. We experience presence, not absence. Non-belief is an absence, not a presence. The thought of non-belief, is to consider the concept - and is not the non-belief itself. - I think you're s...

both belief and non belief are experiences. Experience : The apprehension of an object, thought, or emotion through the senses or mind There are infinite non-beliefs. In order to experience a non-belief, one must be conscious of said non-belief. We do not experience every non-belief, and it's expec...