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« on: July 18, 2011, 12:41:46 AM » |
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Ok. I've done this particular thread on all the forums I've been on. I ask a daily question and you discuss. A lot of the times the question then gets moved into its own thread. Some will be of a serious nature while others are just to shoot the breeze. Hope you enjoy!
What is the truest thing that you know?
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« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2011, 01:47:20 AM » |
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(Serious, obvious, totally boring): we will all die.
(More fun): democracy contains the seeds of its own destruction, which are now almost fully grown.
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« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2011, 02:12:51 AM » |
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Gravity, there may be some disreputable gravity out there that's been twisted by extreme circumstances, but I haven't met any.
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« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2011, 03:35:05 AM » |
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(Serious, obvious, totally boring): we will all die.
That may no longer be absolutly true if one considers continued existence at a cellular level to be still alive. There was a lady (name escapes me ATM) who had cancerous cells removed sometime in the '60s(?). They went on to become the progenator line for cancer resrach cells. They are still around and I recall a figure of 50,000 tons have existed thus making her probably the heaviest organism ever to have existed. The clone line is likely to be used as long as there is cancer research. So this rather extends the time that a person could be considered 'alive', although I suppose that at some point the last clone cell will die, so your statement is basically correct. |
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"Something is true because it matches reality, not because some well-regarded person said it." - The Black Jester.
"Don't let someone else's bullshit ruin your day." - Will
"quoting the Bible doesn't convince atheists, as the Bible is not a holy book to us." - fester30
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« Reply #4 on: July 18, 2011, 03:49:19 AM » |
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(Serious, obvious, totally boring): we will all die.
That may no longer be absolutly true if one considers continued existence at a cellular level to be still alive. There was a lady (name escapes me ATM) who had cancerous cells removed sometime in the '60s(?). They went on to become the progenator line for cancer resrach cells. They are still around and I recall a figure of 50,000 tons have existed thus making her probably the heaviest organism ever to have existed. The clone line is likely to be used as long as there is cancer research. So this rather extends the time that a person could be considered 'alive', although I suppose that at some point the last clone cell will die, so your statement is basically correct. OH NO HE DIDN'T!!!! SNAP!!! |
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« Reply #5 on: July 18, 2011, 04:18:47 AM » |
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That moni mon seith, soth hit ys ... Alle we shule deye, thah us like ylle.
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« Reply #6 on: July 18, 2011, 09:22:50 AM » |
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The truest thing I know is that the truest thing I know may some time be proven completely and utterly false.
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« Reply #7 on: July 18, 2011, 04:25:06 PM » |
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The truest thing I know is that there is no truth.
At least I think that's true.
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"I'd take the awe of understanding over the awe of ignorance any day." - Douglas Adams
"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful."- Seneca the Younger
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« Reply #8 on: July 18, 2011, 11:32:02 PM » |
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Have you ever had a spiritual experience (an experience that cannot be explained by science)?
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« Reply #9 on: July 19, 2011, 12:40:35 AM » |
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I don't see any spiritual experiences as anything other than subjective experiences, and not anything supernatural or unreachable by science. So no.
My qualia and subjective experiences won't be apparent in a brain scanner of any kind for some time I think, but I think that eventually even those could be better explained by science.
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"I'd take the awe of understanding over the awe of ignorance any day." - Douglas Adams
"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful."- Seneca the Younger
iGnostic - "It begins with a small i, like everything else cool these days. Needs to have a big G though. iGnostic. See? The coolometer rising... Falling... Just like that. Going to sub-zero, that is. - Asmodean
- forged by The Magic Pudding
The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance… it is the illusion of knowledge. - Stephen Hawking
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« Reply #10 on: July 19, 2011, 03:50:06 AM » |
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My wife always seems to know when I'm looking at other women, even if I'm wearing sunglasses and doing my best to appear to look in a different direction and use my peripheral vision.
She also seems to know when I smoke a cigarette, even if I'm 9 time zones away.
So as you can see... I won't be thinking that I'll be able to get away with cheating on her. I'll just keep it in my pants.
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« Reply #11 on: July 19, 2011, 03:54:46 AM » |
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Have you ever had a spiritual experience (an experience that cannot be explained by science)?
Oh yes, absolutely. It was truly a spiritual experience for me when I finally came to grips with the fact that the tide comes in, and the tide goes out - and you (and science) can't explain that! |
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« Reply #12 on: July 19, 2011, 04:01:39 AM » |
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My wife always seems to know when I'm looking at other women, even if I'm wearing sunglasses and doing my best to appear to look in a different direction and use my peripheral vision.
Yes but you don't need to resort to the supernatural to explain this. It's the drool, it's a dead give away. |
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« Reply #13 on: July 19, 2011, 06:50:17 AM » |
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I came close the first time I tasted Hobgoblin (English bitter beer by Wychwoods).
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« Reply #14 on: July 20, 2011, 08:55:47 AM » |
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Have you ever had a spiritual experience (an experience that cannot be explained by science)?
No, not as yet, in 44 years.... |
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