Let us assume that there is only one possible world. If this is the case, what are the consequences of any proposition being possible? — Justin Peterson
thought is such that it can be defined as conflict between two states. It is because of this that there is the conscious and unconscious mind. In the conscious mind there is conflict between multiple ideas or perceptions of a given subject. When the conscious mind has accepted one thing to be true, it is passed to the subconscious mind. — Justin Peterson
You raise a valid point. The unconscious was a typo on my part, I meant to refer to the subconscious. I think that the conscious mind is what tries to make sense of its surroundings. I.e. When you fight with someone, you either blame the other person or you blame yourself. Either way your conscious mind will find a way to accept one view or the other so that it is not always on the mind. After that it is passed to the subconscious mind, which (almost) instantly interprets the emotions that are set about how the person should react to any given situation on the subject. More often than not, if the person sees that the view conflicts with what the person deems to be true then the person's identity is at stake because anyone with an average level of pride has acknowledged that the viewpoint is level with their self-identity, which is a mistake. The thing is, to release oneself from this connection between belief and self-identity is to rid oneself of seeing reality as being only one thing and not the other. And so it is closer to the level of balance and therefore closer to divinity.. in my opinion.Let us assume that there is only one possible world. — Justin Peterson
Yeah that was his response, I didn't receive any credit lol. — Justin Peterson
The unconscious was a typo on my part, I meant to refer to the subconscious. — Justin Peterson
If there are multiple universes, then there exists other forms of me with different thoughts. — Justin Peterson
what if Radio waves didn't exist before Nikola Tesla discovered them? — Justin Peterson
Because I think that anything that is thought with enough certainty can be true — Justin Peterson
Have you ever wondered what would happen if instead of becoming a mathematician, you went out and decided to make pottery, how your life would change? — Justin Peterson
If there are multiple universes, then there exists other forms of me with different thoughts. — Justin Peterson
the theory of Schroedinger's Cat — Justin Peterson
something cannot be moved without time — Justin Peterson
That was a proposition that was given to me as extra credit on an exam in my philosophy class, what followed is my extended response.
— Justin Peterson
That is why it is argued that the past and the future do not exist, only the now. — Justin Peterson
So you raise a valid point, however where my argument is that our souls are dependent on our thoughts is also dependent on the argument that there exists only one soul for the human race. Hence, where others would define another me as someone who was raised under the same parents or having the same body, I say that it cannot be recognized by me that that other me is me, primarily because my set of neural connections are the only thing that makes me me. But you're right, it would be impossible, if what I'm saying wasn't that we are all connected. Basically the only way that my self-identity lives on isn't through my soul, it's through my ideas and the way I perceive the world, because at the end of time I am an observer, and if there is a conscious being who can perceive all perspectives at once, instantly, then the computational structure of "me" exists somewhere within that sentient being, and thus I remain an observer of the Universe.n this proposition, there is no concept in the subject that is sufficient to justify the concept in the predicate. There may be other universes qua universe, but each so different there is no other form of me at all. And for one who identifies with his thoughts, or deems it to be the case he is identified by his thoughts, than “another form of me with different thoughts” is self-contradictory, hence impossible.
.....began as a co-conspiratorial exercise in perfectly rational absurdity between The Genius Twins, Erwin and Albert. I can’t imagine what place it would have here. — Mww
Time is causality? Really? Is that what’s being taught at universities these days? Nahhhh.....just because the human understanding of the concept of motion necessarily presupposes the conditions of space and time, doesn’t mean time or space is responsible for physical motion. The ball flies into center field because I hit the damn thing with a bat. Done deal. — Mww
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