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by Kevin Solway
Thu Jul 07, 2005 6:13 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Desire...Willpower...Free Will?
Replies: 79
Views: 51362

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Thinker23 wrote:

Quote:Quote:<hr>the priimal vibration, some say it sounds like 'OMmmmmmmm...a humminf sound.<hr>

That's the sound that air makes when it hits your eardrums.
by Kevin Solway
Sun Jul 03, 2005 4:58 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Choosing a single path
Replies: 76
Views: 66231

Re: Choosing a single path

<t>Sapius wrote:<br/> <br/> Quote:Quote:<hr>It is not an "I" that a mind creates, but the "I" itself is the mind<hr><br/> <br/> The "I" is just a thought, like the number "1". It is as real as the number "1" in that it appears, and is useful, but when you try to find something behind it, it eludes u...
by Kevin Solway
Sun Jul 03, 2005 4:51 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Some backups of old posts
Replies: 6
Views: 8029

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Quote:Quote:<hr>I have a considerable portion of the forum saved, but i don't know how to make it available to people. <hr>


If you want to send them to me on CD I can make them available from theabsolute.net, along with the others.
by Kevin Solway
Fri Jul 01, 2005 8:08 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Some backups of old posts
Replies: 6
Views: 8029

Re: Some backups of old posts

<t>Quote:Quote:<hr>Perhaps these can be forwarded to Ezboard in aid of the restoration process of the forum.<hr> <br/> <br/> Ezboard would have their own special format for posts on their servers, as well as indexes. It would be too much trouble to convert the backups I have.<br/> <br/> Similarly wi...
by Kevin Solway
Thu Jun 30, 2005 5:48 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Some backups of old posts
Replies: 6
Views: 8029

Re: Some backups of old posts

<r>Some posts can also be rescued from here:<br/> <br/> <a href="<URL url="http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://pub86.ezboard.com/bgeniusnews"><LINK_TEXT text="http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://pub ... geniusnews">http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://pub86.ezboard.com/bgeniusnews</LINK_TEXT></URL>" ...
by Kevin Solway
Thu Jun 30, 2005 2:07 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Some backups of old posts
Replies: 6
Views: 8029

Some backups of old posts

<r>Partial backups of the forum, from 2002 and Jan 2004, can be downloaded using the following links.<br/> <br/> Note that these backups are partial.<br/> <br/> You will need to download all the files then uncompress them using Winrar.<br/> <br/> Compressed (downloadable) size: 30Mb<br/> Uncompresse...
by Kevin Solway
Thu Jun 30, 2005 2:05 pm
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: missing threads
Replies: 8
Views: 10044

Re: missing threads

<r>Partial backups of the forum, from 2002 and Jan 2004, can be downloaded using the following links.<br/> <br/> Note that these backups are partial.<br/> <br/> You will need to download all the files then uncompress them using Winrar.<br/> <br/> Compressed (downloadable) size: 30Mb<br/> Uncompresse...
by Kevin Solway
Wed Jun 29, 2005 5:07 pm
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: More pop culture crap : Star Wars
Replies: 11
Views: 13116

Re: More pop culture crap : Star Wars

<t>DHodges wrote:<br/> <br/> Quote:Quote:<hr>The most interesting part of the movie, I thought, was when a character said something about good and evil, and a Jedi responds, “Only a Sith Lord deals in absolutes!”<hr><br/> <br/> Yes, that stood out for me too.<br/> <br/> But, “Only a Sith Lord ...
by Kevin Solway
Wed Jun 29, 2005 7:31 am
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: Big Brother
Replies: 24
Views: 16068

Re: Big Brother


It seems to me that the current series in Australia is composed of the lowest types of both sexes.

These types are no doubt in the majority in the population at large.

by Kevin Solway
Tue Jun 28, 2005 12:46 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Reality
Replies: 129
Views: 90937

Re: Reality

analog57 wrote:

Quote:Quote:<hr>Again, are you stating that A=A is the most general principle of all?<hr>

I am writing that all your statements are necessarily false, according to your own reasoning.

by Kevin Solway
Tue Jun 28, 2005 12:23 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Reality
Replies: 129
Views: 90937

Re: Reality

<t>Quote:Quote:<hr>Knowledge is incomplete. <hr><br/> <br/> Therefore we can safely ignore that statement, since it must necessarily be wrong.<br/> <br/> Quote:Quote:<hr>Absolutes pertain to that which is known.<hr> <br/> <br/> Therefore that very statement must be false.<br/> <br/> Quote:Quote:<hr>...
by Kevin Solway
Tue Jun 28, 2005 4:02 am
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: Same-Sex Marriage
Replies: 68
Views: 51197

Re: A musical interlude:

<t>creativegal wrote:<br/> <br/> Quote:Quote:<hr>If sexual activity was meant for same-sex partners, surely there would be some kind of production stemming from such<hr><br/> <br/> There's no law that says that sex must have something to do with reproduction. It can also be an evolutionary adaption ...
by Kevin Solway
Mon Jun 27, 2005 11:46 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Reality
Replies: 129
Views: 90937

Re: Reality

<r>Quote:Quote:<hr><URL url="http://www.physlink.com/Educatio.../ae444.cfm%3Chr">www.physlink.com/Educatio.../ae444.cfm<hr</URL>><br/> <br/> The web page doesn't say anything relevant to what we are discussing.<br/> <br/> We conceive of a thing acting like a particle or like a wave, or acting like a...
by Kevin Solway
Mon Jun 27, 2005 10:45 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Reality
Replies: 129
Views: 90937

Re: Reality

<t>analog57 wrote:<br/> <br/> Quote:Quote:<hr>quantum mechanics violates the Law of Identity by asserting the "non-individuality" of individual particles. <hr><br/> <br/> It is not possible to have the non-individuality of individual particles. That is a contradiction in terms.<br/> <br/> A thing is...
by Kevin Solway
Thu Jun 23, 2005 12:57 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Reality
Replies: 129
Views: 90937

Re: Reality

Quote:Quote:<hr>there can never be absolute certainty in the universal sense.<hr>

In that case, we can safely ignore your statement, since it cannot be true.
by Kevin Solway
Thu Jun 23, 2005 10:55 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Review of "Wittgenstein reads Weininger"
Replies: 2
Views: 5729

Review of "Wittgenstein reads Weininger"

You can read my review of "Wittgenstein reads Weininger" <a href="http://www.theabsolute.net/ottow/wreadsw.html" target="top">here</a>.

Edited by: ksolway at: 6/22/05 18:56
by Kevin Solway
Wed Jun 22, 2005 4:35 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Greatest thing of all
Replies: 84
Views: 98545

Re: Greatest thing of all

<t><br/> Quote:Quote:<hr>until you connect with casuality as the physical universe dictates it<hr><br/> <br/> In fact it is not possible to do other than what the physical universe dictates, so your statement is meaningless.<br/> <br/> You are clearly valuing "connecting with causality" as opposed t...
by Kevin Solway
Tue Feb 24, 2004 6:18 pm
Forum: Archives
Topic: Absolutivity, Circlematics
Replies: 4
Views: 10190

Re: Absolutivity, Circlematics

Paul, if you want a short message, then just read the first paragraph, and ignore the rest.

Or you could imagine that a different person wrote each paragraph.
by Kevin Solway
Mon Feb 09, 2004 2:17 pm
Forum: Archives
Topic: The motivation of the enlightened
Replies: 12
Views: 17382

Re: The motivation of the enlightened

<r>Matt wrote:<br/> <br/> Quote:Quote:<hr>Kevin: I agree that our traditional bodies feel more obviously "us". But we have other bodies, that are less obviously "us".<br/> <br/> M: How do we make these other bodies more obvious to ourselves?<hr><br/> <br/> Try to make ourselves, and them, more intel...
by Kevin Solway
Mon Feb 09, 2004 5:55 am
Forum: Archives
Topic: Two sides of the same coin
Replies: 2
Views: 6530

Re: Two sides of the same coin

<t>Nox wrote:<br/> <br/> Quote:Quote:<hr>".. . This is how a woman does not transcend her femininity. <br/> <br/> . . . This is how a man does not transcend his masculinity. <br/> <br/> . . . This is how a woman transcends her femininity. <br/> <br/> . . . This is how a man transcends his masculinit...
by Kevin Solway
Sun Feb 08, 2004 7:25 pm
Forum: Archives
Topic: Two sides of the same coin
Replies: 2
Views: 6530

Re: Two sides of the same coin

Soon . . .
by Kevin Solway
Sun Feb 08, 2004 7:08 pm
Forum: Archives
Topic: The motivation of the enlightened
Replies: 12
Views: 17382

Re: The motivation of the enlightened

<t>Matt wrote:<br/> <br/> Quote:Quote:<hr>Kevin: Your hand is part of you, because it is connected to you. Other people are also part of you, because they too are connected to you.<br/> <br/> M: Well, I'm with Jimhaz. I can feel my hand and I can make it do whatever I want it to do. I can't do that ...
by Kevin Solway
Sun Feb 08, 2004 5:15 pm
Forum: Archives
Topic: The motivation of the enlightened
Replies: 12
Views: 17382

suergaz

The planets must be so aligned to make you funnier than normal today!
by Kevin Solway
Sun Feb 08, 2004 10:18 am
Forum: Archives
Topic: The motivation of the enlightened
Replies: 12
Views: 17382

Re: The motivation of the enlightened

<t>Matt: <br/> Quote:Quote:<hr>I can see why someone would try to enlighten himself. But why does he think everyone else in the Universe is his larger self?<hr><br/> <br/> Your hand is part of you, because it is connected to you. Other people are also part of you, because they too are connected to y...
by Kevin Solway
Sat Feb 07, 2004 5:37 pm
Forum: Archives
Topic: The motivation of the enlightened
Replies: 12
Views: 17382

The motivation of the enlightened

<t>Matt wrote:<br/> <br/> Quote:Quote:<hr>Why does the enlightened person try to achieve the valuing of reason and the survival of wisdom? Is it because he wants people to think like him so they will do things for him or be friends with him? Or maybe because he wants to look smarter than other peopl...