GENIUS FORUMS

Gain knowledge, and learn to love your fellow man.

Gain knowledge, and learn to love your fellow man.

Thank, You for the post. As our intellect soars, we are confronted with the fact that the very same intelligence is causing a very rapid destruction of our world. To complicate matters by zealotry is foolish. I have my beliefs, others have theirs, the shipwreck of reason should be self-apparent to a...

Ya' know, some of us stupid Christians managed to get our Doctorates. Read my posts; I'm not angry, but pretty pissed off.

I'm none too certain what the fundamental question may be (too many ego posits), but I do know that the fundamental answer is to gain knowledge, and learn to love fellow man. Hillbillies may not be too keen on smarts, but they sure know how to cook, and party! There is absolutely no need to drink mo...

What a stunningly beautiful poem that grasps the meaning of a "purely mathematical" idea of transcendence. The concept of infinity in the argument of every writable program being necessarily reducible to a number, is that there exist numbers (programs), that lie outside of an infinite list...

I'm sorry, but you misinterpreted what I was up to. The argument against psychology, that it wallows in symptomology is well taken. However, what I was driving at, is why is there a seeming likeness, a mendacity if you will, of psychiatric problems. Why is the range of illness proscribed (and I do b...

Well, Thank You.

When you tread upon this arena that is at one moment grounded in now, and then understand that now is/was a "selfish" grasping of/for "forever," you can relax a bit.

But me, "I only laugh, and smile."

Smiling ;-)

I couldn't agree more. The duality of comedians, especially, is a kind of rage combined (comorbid) with the need of an out-fullness, a "hale fellow well met," neediness. I often find myself wanting to simply listen to the jokes rather than listen to the raw humanity they express; but how t...

The End of Philosophy, and the Task of Thinking.

Didn't view the vid (obsessive fear of germs), but if your hands aren't "tools," then you're over-identifying with your body.

Ready-to-hand, Hand-fullness, Present-to-hand.

Germanic neologisms that ring true, but with scary Nazi relatedness.

Is "wake-full rest" a polar opposite of "slumbering malevolence?"

As the Bee Gees told us, "It's only words, but words are all I have to steal your heart away."

Can you imagine a mental disorder for which there is no antecedent awareness (diagnoses), e.g. an original manifestation of a "presumably" abnormal psychiatric state of being?

If not, why not?

If so, do tell...

Ah, we're talking past each other here, coming from differing perspectives. According to Jung the introversion-extraversion types do not over lap, and only modest synthesis is even possible. This is in opposition to yin & yang theories of wholeness. Per Wiki: "Types (extraverted vs. introve...

The best description of the fraud behind cold-reading I've ever seen was delivered by Bart Simpson, but everyone so wants to believe. Not kidding; I can't find the episode. OTOH, some interesting psychological testing done of late seems to indicate that there is a two-way street of recognition betwe...

An observation for the "Tin Foil Hat," crowd: "When the clock ticks over to 2:03:05 on November the 7th, 2013, the universe will experience an unusual alignment of prime numbers as the time becomes 02:03:05:07:11:13" -- The Reg. This is likely solace for the 12/21/12 folks. Just ...

More to this. Free will not only exists, it is demanded by the fact of our own existence. We are literally thrust into a reality in which choice is paramount. It is our essence. For some, a curse. But transcendence is of not only the number line, but of ourselves. Choices: I was riding down the high...

Certainly. The application of rational predicates to God presupposes an understanding of the nature of God. In other words, you might be wrong. To say that God is Love, seems correct, but unless one is a mystic, it is a problematic statement. Thus the end of reason that enforces a "leap of fait...

Most of us here have an appreciation of the infinite as it relates to our personal sense of meaning, the lack thereof, the necessity of constructing such meaning within ourselves, the lack of objective meaning, etc. You understand what I'm saying, everybody has, or more importantly, should have some...

Hey, I even wrote one myself. The Cynic Manufactured Life Only in the throes of pain or love, Is the human mind capable of being, Profoundly Inspired. Thus, whip your children, Drive them to esoteric fits Of Fantasy/Creation. Cripple their souls with thoughts Of Lace & Lash. Drive them, yes driv...

Hawkwind: Legends of a Failed Race: Our legends tell we came from a seed That travelled at a whirlwind speed Til' it came to rest upon this land That once was green and is now all sand Sand that buried us up to our eyes And made us watchers of the skies Til' shadow wings came for our sight And left ...

I like the statement, "By awakening to freedom from the known." But I would disagree with your premise/conclusion (take your pick) that faith breeds violence. That faith is a leap into the unknown is tautological. How could it be otherwise? How can any conclusion be made with regard to it?...

I just googled the guy, and Voltaire in French is quite a bit more nuanced than most people realize; however, the translation appears quite passable. As one of my philosophy professors one said about his study in Leipzig, "They string one damn sentence on forever; leaving you to feel confident,...

Not to doubt the veracity of the translation (or you David), but I've never read anyone who wrote in that style during that period of time. Everything was over the top, rehtoric wise, and normaly as dense as lead when one tries to pull out the issues. Have you read the original? Kant, Hegal et al, a...