The Big Question is what every wise human being should want to know even when facing the fact that most of us will flat out never be privvy to the answer due to the whole dying thing or otherwise being under some delusional idea of a strange religion.
Yet I can't help but occassionally fire up the old search engine and ask it for clues in the form of research done by professionals and the scant media I can find to watch.
Here is some video that at least a few of you have not seen yet.
Cursory explanatin
BBC videos: These videos offer some insight into the universe we live in and the nature of existence concerning living organisms like ourselves.
part 1
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... &plindex=1
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... &plindex=7
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... &plindex=9
I hope thats the right order.
Last time I saw these I knew only of two so I tossed in the original one I first saw.
Strange stuff huh
Clues to the Big Question
Clues to the Big Question
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Re: Clues to the Big Question
I didn't watch these, although I may do so later. But if they concern the matter of whether we are "real" in some sense such as "non-illusionary," "non-simulated," etc, then the answer is trivial. We are as "real" as reality itself. Whatever the nature of reality may be, we are of that nature. If we are illusionary, then everything is illusionary, which is no different from saying that we are "real." If we are simulated, then everything we can know is simulated, including all of our knowledge itself, which again is no different from saying that we are "real." It is essentially a matter of semantics.
The ultimate fundamental nature of reality itself is beyond conceptualization, whether it or not it contains illusions, simulations, or anything else within itself. We are of that same nature.
If the videos have nothing to do with anything I just said, then please excuse me. I might check them out later. :)
The ultimate fundamental nature of reality itself is beyond conceptualization, whether it or not it contains illusions, simulations, or anything else within itself. We are of that same nature.
If the videos have nothing to do with anything I just said, then please excuse me. I might check them out later. :)
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Re: Clues to the Big Question
It would be helpful if the videos came with a cursory explanation of what they are about.