This causes me anxiety. — Kranky
How can I live my life (if I even exist) doubting that every thought that enters my mind as being real and true. — Kranky
But how can conclusions be stronger or weaker when we cannot know the strengths or weaknesses of the arguments?
Strengths and weaknesses would also be uncertain? — Kranky
So how is it best to stop? — Kranky
I have come to the conclusion that we can be certain of nothing. — Kranky
I have come to the conclusion that we can be certain of nothing.
It appears that I'm posting on this forum.
I may not be and cannot be certain that I am. — Kranky
This causes me anxiety. How can I live my life (if I even exist) doubting that every thought that enters my mind as being real and true. — Kranky
This causes me anxiety. How can I live my life (if I even exist) doubting that every thought that enters my mind as being real and true. — Kranky
During our dreams we do not know we are dreaming. We may even dream of interpreting a dream. Only on waking do we know it was a dream. Only after the great awakening will we realize that this is the great dream. And yet fools think they are awake, presuming to know that they are rulers or herdsmen. How dense! You and Confucius are both dreaming, and I who say you are a dream am also a dream. Such is my tale. It will probably be called preposterous, but after ten thousand generations there may be a great sage who will be able to explain it, a trivial interval equivalent to the passage from morning to night.
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To the most trivial actions, attach the devotion and mindfulness of a hundred monks. To matters of life and death, attach a sense of humor. — Chuang Tzu
Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream,
Merrily merrily, merrily, merrily
Life is but a dream. — traditional
However even my reasoning for this (fast car = death) would not be certain. I could, in theory, be standing in front of the car believing there is no danger and a clever demon making it seem otherwise. — Kranky
Thanks for replys.
My question:
If a car was heading towards me at great speed, I would, perhaps, conclude that this would kill me
This conclusion could be built upon the premis of me believing fast cars kill if hitting a pedestrian.
However even my reasoning for this (fast car = death) would not be certain. I could, in theory, be standing in front of the car believing there is no danger and a clever demon making it seem otherwise.
Is this possible? — Kranky
Where did it come from? — creativesoul
This causes me anxiety. How can I live my life (if I even exist) doubting that every thought that enters my mind as being real and true. — Kranky
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