GENIUS FORUMS

It doesn't address a problem, it presents a problem, as does prozac for sleeping lol Serotonin is simply the main chemical for regulating the sleep/wake cycles. Is that why serotonin is found mainly in the gut? lol Although serotonin is well known as a brain neurotransmitter, it is estimated that 9...

Do you have objection to equivocation? Only insofar as it is illogical, such as in the case of a few arguments you've made so far on this thread. It would be helpful if you could illustrate how it is illogical. Here is the conversation: JP: My point wasn't about what the receiver of any communicati...

Serendipper: Ok, now with that established, what if you've found everyone to be ignorant? Would you tell society you no longer want it in your life or would you figure there is something wrong with you? It is not true that everyone is ignorant. Oh, well this time repeat same question with "see...

Fun is merely a 3-letter placeholder for the concept of nongoal or nonteleology; to act without purpose or plan; spontaneous. That is, after all, the nature of the universe. So where does Fun improve as placeholder instead of God or Tao? At least the latter ones indicate a broad scope already. &quo...

to say red herring implies malicious intent to discredit your argument by leading it off course. A red herring implies faulty logic and/or obtuseness. I'm not accusing you of any malintent. Oh ok. It's cool, but just saying that, well, here: The origin of the expression is unknown. Conventional wis...

Point noted but really, aren't all problems the same? We break them down according to the scientific method (or whatever) and run it through the mill then churn out an answer. Rinse and repeat. Washing all problems with that particular detergent so that is all blends as a question-answer game does ...

The information is contained in the transmission, not bestowed by the interpreter. You just rephrased your original red herring. I don't see how this is a red herring. It may be a different topic for discussion, but to say red herring implies malicious intent to discredit your argument by leading i...

Serendipper: So we have: -Trying to grow berries -Not-trying to grow berries as a method of trying to grow berries -Not caring if berries grow or not. The absolute You does not try to do anything. You seek to find the ideal growing conditions for berries, you cause these ideal conditions, if the be...

Pam: You are fooling yourself if you believe you can stop your mind from seeking. It depends on what we call my mind. Serendipper: Some years ago I planted strawberries, mainly as a way of decorating a retaining wall (ego I guess), but also to get some berries to eat. Ever since, I've been slaving ...

I'm swamped by irl stuff atm, so will only respond to the most relevant points. That's ok. Spring is coming for me and I'll have less time for this as well. Our discussion was starting to meander anyway. As long as we don't drive into a ditch, we'll be ok :) If a statement is written or read, then ...

They get new dirt, new moneys, and they escape the parasites that have undoubtedly began to thrive over time (why cats typically move about) and they have the added entertaining bonus of building a new house. To be clear, the concept of "crop rotation" which I referred to does not mean do...

You are fooling yourself if you believe you can stop your mind from seeking. It depends on what we call my mind. Some years ago I planted strawberries, mainly as a way of decorating a retaining wall (ego I guess), but also to get some berries to eat. Ever since, I've been slaving away fighting the ...

Serendipper: But if the realization that I am my questions in order to resolve my questions for the removal of vexation caused by my questions then it would seem that I should know how the game ends by realizing that I am the game and so there is no game which defeats the purpose of the game. You a...

if the vexation which is removed by realizing that questions, god, and myself are all one, then I'd be vexed with boredom. How can I derive enjoyment from playing a game when I already know how the game ends? So either I'm vexed with questions or I'm vexed with answers and the only way to remove th...

Serendipper: The vexation of man is the eternal desire to have all right and no wrong... to have all known and no unknown... all good and no bad. And it was minds like those of the Buddha and Jesus that set out and successfully showed the way to end man's vexation. However, as long as one believes ...

If the vexation is gone then you're vexed with loss of vexation and that begs the question of the point to all of this. If it's gone, it would be gone, right? Otherwise one ends up trying to prove that one didn't wake up to yet another dream So it would seem, but if the vexation which is removed by...

Serendipper: The vexation of man is the eternal desire to have all right and no wrong... to have all known and no unknown... all good and no bad. And it was minds like those of the Buddha and Jesus that set out and successfully showed the way to end man's vexation. However, as long as one believes ...

Serendipper: But neural concepts are the only way I can be aware of anything. I call shapes, color, sound, temperature, hardness, softness, etc into existence in my mind. None of this reality exists without my creating it. The you that is Mind, yes. I assume that you meant to type "neutral&quo...

Pam: Abstract concepts are concepts that cannot be empirically observed or heard or tasted or smelled or touched (hence their difference from concrete concepts).. They can be purely mathematical or be meaning related such as the ones I mentioned in another post: integrity, joy, love, reasoning, etc...

There are no "orders" of concepts, because that would just be a pleonasm. A statement which expresses a concept is neither that concept itself nor a different concept. Pleonasm? Where and how did you learn such a word? I've always called it an "intellectual" since such is a man ...

A statement is more than a series of words; it is a concept that conveys a concept with the property of a concept (where conveyance and property are also concepts, so we could say it is a concept that concepts a concept with the concept of a concept). You've lost me here. A concept that conveys a c...

Serendipper, as I understand the definition of 'abstract' you provided, it is not defining abstract concepts as being apart as in 'outside' concrete concepts, rather that abstract concepts are apart from concrete concepts in the sense of being distinct from or different from concrete concepts. Isn'...

A true/false statement is not the same as the truth/falsity of a statement. I suppose so, but I don't see the usefulness in that distinction. All you're saying is a concept is not the same as the concept of a concept which is merely stating the obvious, as in: I don't understand your point. Why are...

On is lack of off and off is lack of on. True is lack of false and false is lack of true. Etc. The second assertion is false, since false things are unreal to begin with. But you said "so x's existence is nothing more than y's non-existence..." What's the difference between "false&qu...

So many claims on the essence, goal or nature of "fun" but rarely a good dispassionate investigation. Well then let's have one :) But that's understandable when it can be seen as cover term for a great many things. One is a feeling can might appear spontaneous, meaning having no apparent ...