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- Tue Feb 24, 2009 4:12 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Does Existence precede consciousness, or vice versa?
- Replies: 53
- Views: 7982
Re: Does Existence precede consciousness, or vice versa?
Then, something ceases to exist simply because one does not perceive it. Therefore, when one 'dies,' nothing exists? Things will certainly exist to others, because they still possess life and consciousness. I may be missing something, but is this then not the be all end all definition of existence,...
- Mon Feb 23, 2009 1:46 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Does Existence precede consciousness, or vice versa?
- Replies: 53
- Views: 7982
Re: Does Existence precede consciousness, or vice versa?
They arise interdependently.
- Wed Dec 17, 2008 4:56 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Trent Reznor
- Replies: 6
- Views: 748
Re: Trent Reznor
We can't possibly know why another is depressed, except for using ourselves as a mirror. The ego is what causes and feels depression, it's a defense mechanism in the face of nihilism, which in can't be filled by decadence.
- Sat Dec 06, 2008 6:52 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: "Without Conscience - The Disturbing World...
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1542
Re: "Without Conscience - The Disturbing World...
"He will chose you, disarm you with his words, and control you with his presence. He will delight you with his wit and his plans." He will act out his role, following society's prescribed measures. "He will show you a good time, but you will always get the bill." No woman should ...
- Wed Oct 22, 2008 3:33 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: The Perfect Woman?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 7548
Re: The Perfect Woman?
Watching “Louis Theroux and the Brothel”, I found one of the brothel’s clients, Malcolm , (8mins 12sec in) held mostly what I reckon is a fairly sensible take on women. He told Louis that he’d been in relationships but found, to his regret, that there’s, “A little bit of whore in everything.” His e...
- Mon Oct 06, 2008 5:30 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Dave Sim's Metaphysics
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2661
Re: Dave Sim's Metaphysics
The following is a speech by Geert Wilders, a Dutch Lawmaker to the Hudson Institute of New York: (Link to original article here: http://www.pvv.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1310&Itemid=1 ) Dear friends, Thank you very much for inviting me. Great to be at the Four Seasons...
- Fri Oct 03, 2008 5:08 pm
- Forum: Archives
- Topic: Suggestion List
- Replies: 138
- Views: 258656
Re: Suggestion List
Why not try to engage a radical Islamofascist?
- Wed Sep 17, 2008 1:38 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Drawing the Line Between Truth and Lie
- Replies: 114
- Views: 20614
Re: Drawing the Line Between Truth and Lie
A good salesman underpromises and overdelivers, but behind that worm's a hook.
- Wed Sep 17, 2008 1:27 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Memes and "Temes"
- Replies: 2
- Views: 590
Memes and "Temes"
The below regards the video, "Susan Blackmore: Memes and 'temes'", which Kevin Solway has made available on TheAbsolute TV (to be found here http://www.theabsolute.net/tv/?p=163 ) While the perspective offered by memetics can be enlightening, her idea that memes and now "temes" a...
- Sat Sep 13, 2008 9:13 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Empty Space
- Replies: 3
- Views: 662
Re: Empty Space
Please read above as "reason for acausality."
- Sat Sep 13, 2008 8:09 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Empty Space
- Replies: 3
- Views: 662
Empty Space
I often hear many people here of an empirical bent claiming gaps in space as a reason. But doesn't the fabric of spacetime and the universality of gravity refute such a claim.
- Thu Aug 21, 2008 12:25 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: The Double Slit Experiment and Reality
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2475
The Double Slit Experiment and Reality
I don't often have much of an interest in physics or any of the sciences for that matter, beyond a basic understanding of the popular current theories. However I just came across a video explanation of the Double Slit Experiment found on YouTube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfPeprQ7oGc . Aft...
- Wed Jul 30, 2008 2:06 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Are "women" a different species?
- Replies: 95
- Views: 43642
Re: Are "women" a different species?
I'm noticing a trend throughout these forums and call for a defense or clarification of the apparant position. That is, the sweeping generalisations of the sexual state of women. It's not the sexual state or genitalia of any being that is of importance to the purpose of this forum, but rather each ...
- Sat Jul 26, 2008 4:08 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: twilight zones and groupthinks
- Replies: 44
- Views: 3105
Re: twilight zones and groupthinks
Edit:I had to add this to the top of my post as I am posting from a phone that will not allow me to scroll down to the bottom. Please read what's past the colons before considering the following. Thus he is prone to empirical interests and group dynamics, simply because his ego wants some level of a...
- Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:55 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Man's absurd tendency to buy gold during economic recessions
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2971
Re: Man's absurd tendency to buy gold during economic recessions
In it's reflection, gold exaggerates and plagiarizes, it flatters, it is soft and malleable. Whereas ordinary silver merely reflects, hence its lesser value.
- Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:46 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Universal Consciousness or Oneness
- Replies: 124
- Views: 20145
Re: Universal Consciousness or Oneness
Hi Earnest, Hi Brian, It has been my experience that the attachment to sex brings about unending misery I'm curious for you to clarify something: do you mean that it's your experience that attachment to sex brings you unending misery, or people in general? If people in general, then do you recognise...
- Thu Jun 26, 2008 1:48 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Slavedom
- Replies: 118
- Views: 15926
Re: Slavedom
Carl, You sound like you've missed the point. And that is not at all funny. The world is full of 'joiners' - so full that even the idea of the 'individual' is considered archaic. By whom? You are obviously not American. To go about being an individual in America there are a few things you must do. ...
- Wed Jun 25, 2008 5:53 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Universal Consciousness or Oneness
- Replies: 124
- Views: 20145
Re: Universal Consciousness or Oneness
BM: Celibacy is necessary to reach enlightenment. sam: I don't think so. Enlightenment is about who you are, not whether you are celibate or not. BM: Do you think that detachment is necessary for enlightenment? sam: Of course but detachment is an attitude, not an action. BM: You're missing the poin...
- Tue Jun 24, 2008 7:17 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Slavedom
- Replies: 118
- Views: 15926
Re: Slavedom
In a few year's time I would be more than happy to go in on a multi-acre land purchase in the Adirondacks, sizable enough so as not to necessarily see any other partners for months (~100 acres). However I recently watched a documentary on the Adirondacks on the local PBS and it seems that most of th...
- Tue Jun 24, 2008 5:42 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Slavedom
- Replies: 118
- Views: 15926
Re: Slavedom
I finally got around to reading this thread. What a trip!... Tell me, mikiel, is your friend para- or quadriplegic? Do you take care of him? Do you change his diapers, do you do the "spinning"? Do you shower him, put on his catheter? I mean, if he needs it, it's the least you could do for...
- Tue Jun 24, 2008 5:27 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Slavedom
- Replies: 118
- Views: 15926
Re: Slavedom
What do you mean by that? Imminent war / famine / doomsday scenarios? Or do you mean that there's a decreasing availability in the Adirondacks?Iolaus wrote:I've been working toward this since 1998.
I'm not so sure, Dave, that you have several years, but I guess I read too much scary stuff.
- Tue Jun 24, 2008 5:18 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Universal Consciousness or Oneness
- Replies: 124
- Views: 20145
Re: Universal Consciousness or Oneness
BM: Celibacy is necessary to reach enlightenment. sam: I don't think so. Enlightenment is about who you are, not whether you are celibate or not. BM: Do you think that detachment is necessary for enlightenment? sam: Of course but detachment is an attitude, not an action. You're missing the point, i...
- Sat Jun 21, 2008 1:38 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Universal Consciousness or Oneness
- Replies: 124
- Views: 20145
Re: Universal Consciousness or Oneness
BM : Celibacy is necessary to reach enlightenment. Sam : I don't think so. Enlightenment is about who you are, not whether you are celibate or not. Do you think that detachment is necessary for enlightenment? BM : The severe differences between one's current attached state and that of absolute free...
- Fri Jun 20, 2008 1:51 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Universal Consciousness or Oneness
- Replies: 124
- Views: 20145
Re: Universal Consciousness or Oneness
Celibacy is necessary to reach enlightenment. Neither of the two are for everyone, as most people live in realms other than the human realm (i.e. various other states of mind, such as animal, warring gods, starving ghosts... etc.). Anyone who wishes to be enlightened must first ignite the desire to ...
- Wed Mar 05, 2008 5:21 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: What is love
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2936
Re: What is love
The excrement of microorganisms is clearly part of every human being, yet most people would feel a pang of disgust or shrug in indifference if you explained how the humus that constitutes healthy soil (and hence constitutes healthy forests, gardens and oxygen) is ultimately created by billions of o...