GENIUS FORUMS

The kind of enlightenment I am talking about can only be reached by a transformation of consciousness. It does involve a radical change of mind - not a sudden change, but a gradual, almost imperceptible change over time. By the end of it, one has a very different subjective relationship to the rest...

Hey again Sapius, Simon: Let's go into the origin of logic. Where does logic begin? Sapius: In my opinion, it all depends on how one defines ‘logic’. Simon: Yes, but I want my definition to be based on a discovery that is absolutely true. Sapius: But don’t we need proper definitions in the fir...

Jamesh, If you would like to get more replies, my only suggestion is that you put a limit on the ammount of words you write in a post. I personally like to move the dialogue very, very slowly. I don't like to run past things to quickly or get too caried away in my thinking. When I read your posts on...

Jamesh, I may be egotistical, but not smugly. My 'de complexio' name was just something I found funny. I find deliberate and light hearted arrogance funny, at least last week anyway. I quickly realized it to be a paltry gimmick that I had succombed to. I do regret the 'de complexio'. It was a pleasu...

Simon; It doesn’t matter to me whether my senses (including thought) are “inherently uncertain”. I am aware of arisings. The nature of the “I”, the nature of awareness, and the nature of the arisings are phenomena which have the characteristics of impermanence and dependence. Empirically,...

Sapius, Simon: Let's go into the origin of logic. Where does logic begin? Sapius: In my opinion, it all depends on how one defines ‘logic’ Yes, but I want my definition to be based on a discovery that is absolutely true. And that implies that I want to examine the point in brain development wher...

Hi again Clyde. Ok, the definition of absolute truth that I feel is most appropriate is: "complete, pefect, absolutely certain, undoubtable, and always and under any circumstances, true" This stands in stark contrast to relative truths, which are only true from certain perspectives. Simon;...

I understand truth as either a synonym for reality or as a statement that corresponds to an aspect of reality. If by “absolute truth” you mean reality, OK; but if by “absolute truth” you mean a statement that corresponds to an aspect of reality, that hardly seems absolute to me. Ok, I'm not...

Faust13, i've already been through that, but that doesn't directly denounce his irrational belief in god. We don't know that he believed in the Christian god or not, for me I think he did, because he was serious about it. What you’re saying above seems a bit illogical. You claim that you don’t k...

Simon; I don’t know what was the “first bit”, or if it involved an “I” or “otherness”, or what. The best I can do is state that when I awoke this morning such concepts as “I” and “otherness” were not first and did not arise for some time. I would think that it would be impossi...

Yes, but my intent was not to “justif[y] the existence of an 'I'”. Because the ‘I’ that sees, hears, etc. and thinks is not eternal, self-existent and independent, does not mean that it doesn’t exist in the same way that seeing, hearing, etc. and thinking exists. All phenomena arises and ...

My point, which I hope is now evident, is that thought is not preeminent over other experiences. Well, I don't see why factoring 'sight, smell, hearing, taste, etc' into the equation justifies the existence of an 'I' any more than the sensation of thought does! You see what I mean? Who is hearing, ...

Why raise thought about other experiences (e.g. – sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch)? I'm not sure what you mean. Are you asking me why I don't address those issues? And why abstract (depersonalize) the statement and eliminate the first-person? I experience. This was done only because it is...

However, Descartes appears to be a great fool, in that, following his formulation of the cognito, he decided that the existence of a benevolent, all powerful God was an absolute truth. Descartes had to prove God. Scientists and philosophers and people who were going against christianity were being ...

Descartes admitted from the outset that he would not permit God to be disproven: "Above all we should impress upon our memory as an infallible rule that what God has revealed to us is incomparably more certain than anything else; and that we ought to submit to the Divine authority rather than ...

Keep in mind, my most recent post above is a bit inspired by the predicament Descartes reportedly dug himself when he used skepticism to doubt everything and after doubting everything and he was left only with his sense of existing. He then formulated the "cognito" - - "I think theref...

Kevin, Simon: We assert that it is an absolute truth that empirical evidence doesn’t give us absolute truth, but this truth is derived via empirical evidence! isn’t it? If not, then what do you call the process that processes absolute truths? Kevin: Logic. Let's go into the origin of logic. Wher...

Trevor, Simon: what truth isn't derived from the empirical world (sense perception)? Trevor: Any truth derived solely from definitions and logic. In the strictest sense, yes, everything is ultimately derived from the empirical world. And it seems to me that this is because definitions and logic are ...

Trevor wrote:True, but a careful expression of something apparently derived from the empirical world can potentially be absolutely true, even though the facts (by virtue of being empirical) are not.

ah, but wait - what truth isn't derived from the empirical world (sense perception)?

But I prefer sticking to non-empirical truths, since it's much easier to determine if they are eternal and absolute. Is it not an absolute truth to say that all empirical truths are non-absolute? Therefore, in regards to figuring out whether emprical truths are absolute/eternal, it's not a matter o...

Kevin, please consider the reasons why I might be confused by the following exchange: Simon de Complexio wrote: Given that all I feel I have is my sensory perception, what would you say is the first absolute truth that I should think about? Kevin: You could start with "Empirical evidence doesn'...

There's a huge difference between "certain" and "fairly certain". In fact I think the idea of being "fairly certain" is unnecessary. For example, we can predict that the sun will rise tomorrow - with a high degree of probability based on past experience - without being...

emprical evidience doesnt give us absolute certainty Yes, and it's for that reason that we tend not to be interested in empirical evidence on this forum. We focus more on absolute truths. Absolute truths eh? Alright then Solway. Can you give me a lesson? Here's the scenario: I Simon, am just an ave...

Alright! Thanks a bunch folks. Mr. Quinn hit the jackpot. He wrote: If, however, you simply mean the observable universe that we currently reside in, the space-time bubble around us that scientists theorize might have come from a big bang event, then yes, there is no way to prove that it didn't aris...

Mr. Solway, this is a forum for genius, not for one word blips.

Does someone here have the courage to engage with me properly by giving me a reason is for thinking the hypothesis is false?

Solway, please try again.