Denys Artasevych
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Time as a Manifestation of Causal Chains
Ok this is related to our current discussion of time in davids idea i felt it merits its own. Here is something that i have been chewing over. herbie said that we cant be certain that time exists, and consequently cant be certain that causal chains exist. Now it seems that what we experience, or rather label as time is nothing more then our perception of motion of matter. Imagine an hourglass, each grain changes position via a multitude of causes the chief of these being gravity. Now as we observer grains consecutively changing position it gives the appearance of a linear progression… Read More
October 11, 2009 | In Belief
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jeff delanos conversion to mormonism thoughts Read More
May 28, 2009 | In Belief
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Can there be a definition that is not subjective? Read More
June 14, 2008
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The logic and truth of the matter aside. There seems to be equally little physical proof for any spiritual belief system. So basically people just chose, what appeals and speaks to them. (ya culture plays a huge role but this is a question to belivers here that have thought themselves about the issue) Now my question is what is it that people find atracive about the god of Abraham? To me the concept of a big brother figure who gave you a nature and rules that go against that nature, who is always watching, and if you dont obey his odlly specific and counter intuative laws hes ready to c… Read More
May 27, 2008
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Same question as pokoj. Read More
May 24, 2008
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What are you guys reading now?
I have recentlly picked up a book which is basically a colection of Carl Jungs writings.And also Metamorphoses by Ovid, but i have yet to start this one. What about you guys. Read More
May 22, 2008
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I have just read an article about a Woman in New York (state) filed for divorce from her husband. the court enied her the divorse because she failed to prove, adultery, serious mistreatment, or absence for a year or more. Basically they sent her back to live with her husband against her will. The question is is this at all justified? Lets say he did not abuse her or cheat on her, what does that matter? She clearlly did not want to be with him, how can something like this be forced upon a person.Just wondering if anyone thinks the court, or rather the new yourk state law is fair and just? Read More
May 15, 2008
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A wondrous lie a sweet deception appeared to me at once quite clearThe passion, beauty, and the cold, the very essence of our soulsThe vision seemed at first so clear, I for a moment thought it realA truth so pleasant to behold, I quickly felt empowered, boldAnd as these thoughts my head did fill I felt it all love, hatred, fearA grand illusion truly so, threes more to me then just this fleshy moldBut as the end to this drew near, my mind again was all too clearThese images that seemed alive, now waning pictures in my eyesAnd as I let them drift away I felt no love, nor fear, nor hateTh… Read More
May 12, 2008
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Ok same as the previous idea, but now lets do politics. Chose a political idea/theory (example: setbelt laws should be abolished) and i will proceed to question the idea from various angles. Let us see which arguments hold water.I think this is the best way to see which political arguments are solid. This being a more practical matter I wil function under the assumption that our perception is basically acurate and not take it to the deeper levels. Read More
April 28, 2008
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Proff of an objective truth, Socratic method.
This is building uppon D Galo's question about objective reality. I chalange someone, (in a friendlly manner of course) to prove to me anything they consider to be objective truth. I ask that you state the concept, idea, or "fact" that you belive to be objectivley true, and just a quick sentence on the most obvious reason why. I will then attempt to play the role of Socrates and simplly ask questions if we get to a point were you have answerd my question and i have no more questions then, well you will have proven an objective truth. There is a cutally a really simpleway to get me on th… Read More
April 25, 2008
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Thought and action the two extremes on the acheivment continuum. American sosiety has been going off balance more and more towards the action extreme. There is a prevaling attitude of "dont just stand there, do something". But is this really beneficial? Does it lead to the kind of acheivment we trully desire? Does it lead to poor coices? Or is action really better then thought.Winston Churchill said the oposite "dont just do something, stand there and think for a while".So i was wondering what you all think about this. which extreme do you tend to lean towards? Which do you think is mor… Read More
April 8, 2008
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Ignorance and Awareness, what seperates the two
A little while back an idea was posted i belive by namless "Evil is Ignorance, Good is Awareness"What i am wondering is when one crosses the line from ignorance to awarnes? What seperates the ignorant from the aware? We have danced aroundthis a bit in our discussion here.If there is in fact infinite information, or at least more information then our mind can store, then at what point does one become informed enough to be considered aware? I think it is imposible to really draw such a line because no mater how much we know it is always going to be a miniscule ammount compared to the amm… Read More
March 24, 2008
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I have heard interesting things about antimater recentlly. The way i understand it is that its matter with the opposite physical properties as normal matter. And if put togather with normal matter they enhialete each other producing mas amounts of energy (if someone can explain it more deeply i would apreciate it). My questions are. Do you think its a viable energy sourse, can we produce enough of it? Is it dangerous, are the same dangers present in nuclear reactors also present here? And if anyone knows, how exactlly is it producesd? Read More
March 22, 2008
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What exactlly is thought? How do we define it? We use the word often in everyday conversation but what do we mean when we say it? Is thought simpply another sensual experience? Is it by defenition the same thing as conciousness? Is it simplly an organizing of information? Just rasing some questions, tell me what you "think". Read More
March 19, 2008
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Does the conept of free will dietize us?
There have been a few people who have described god as the prime mover, or the prime cause. Something that was not the effect of anything else, and in itself caused everything that folowed. Even the traditional monotheistic god fits this senario. Now taking this and aplying it to free will. If all the particles were set in motion by the prime mover and since then act upon each other to form various paterns. Some of which are us, now if we are still subject to the causes that preceded us, and everything that we are made up of is simplly a continuation of cause and effect begun by the pri… Read More
March 16, 2008
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Asking who decides what is art? Is the same as aking who decides what is beautifull? Most of us tend to agree in a genral sence what is beautifull, or what is artistic. But the fac that the majority tends to agree on it does not make something beutifull or artistic. It is a personal question. And yes absolutley anything can be considered art. Read More
March 3, 2008
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Based on your answers to the previous questions, your overall score on a conservative/liberal dimension of moral attitudes--compared with the general population--puts your percentile at 68, with the 99th percentile indicating the most liberal possible rating. Another way of explaining this is to say that out of 100 randomly-selected people, you will most likely be more liberal than 68 of them. Interesting test. I personally found it rather limited, and having more to do with political outlook then moral outlook. Morally i would be a libereterian, or even borderline anarchist. However wh… Read More
February 28, 2008
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Re: Why can't death be the end?
I personally dont find this idea horrible. First i will point out that i am agnostic, and i dont have a distinct belief weather there is or is not a god, or if there is or is not an afterlife. But i dont want to exist forever, eternity is quite a long time. I just cant see anything being peleasurable if life is eternal, if you exist forever after a while everything loosese meaning. And if there is an afterlife i will be very diasapointed. Now about hedonism, someone in the coments of the original idea mentione that ife there was no afterlife they would just seek pleasure, and not care a… Read More
February 27, 2008
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Re: Whose writing inspires you?
I a long list of authors that i consider very profound, heres a few. David Hume. J.S. Mill. Plato. Taras Schevchenko. Aleksandr Pushkin. Leo Tolstoy. Stanislav Lem. Mark Twain. Shakespeare. Emanuell Kant. Read More
February 24, 2008
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Conciosness, is the ulitimate game. Given the subjectivity and falibility of perception, it is clear that we mold our own reality, we play the way we ant to. Create obsticles for ourselves and jump over them. We play hundreds of diferent roles fo others and for ourselves. IF that is not a game i dont know what is. Read More
February 23, 2008
I am from Ukraine. I moved to the states in 2000 when i was 12. I am currently a college student. Thats about it im not big on the whole about you thing
