A philosophy post eh...well prepare for it to get a shit load longer...cause i'm here
Firstly...tree falling in forest...yeah whatever...really stupid riddle when you think about it. Probably thought up before they realised that sound consists of waves that slowly lose intensity, therefore volume, at a distance...through the inverse square law, of course. So, in theory, that sound will be heard by, but depending on how loud the original sound was and how close the observer is, they will no doubt hear the sound. But most of us won't hear it because the waves have gotten to the point where they are almost inaudiable, or have been slown down to a point of rest.
The glass...
Essentially this riddle is a measure of perspective. Essentially the optomist will always see the glass as half full, whilst the the pesimist will see the glass as half empty. And of course you've got your engineer who says, the glass is half the size it needs to be...but yeah, that's what I learn at uni
Meaning of life?
Debate as much as you want on this one. But humans are living creatures. We are mammals. Therefore, we are animals, nothing more nothing less. Sure we are super intelligent in comparision to others that dwell on our planet, and have dominated most of which for centuries. But being animals we have a means that is probably more obvious in other creatures.
And that is specifically to pro-create. As stupid and as basic as it seems, all life lives to continue their own race. With a complex society such as ours it's really hard to see this, but basically animals out in the nature live to be raised, grow old enough to reproduce, find a mate, create a family, and raise that family...and that's it. There you go...meaning of LIFE...because humans ain't the only thing alive on this planet FFS!
I think the best philosophical debates however, are the religious ones...cause I love nothing better than abusing relgious types and their beliefs!
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6th January, 2004 at 03:15:58 -
Lol, geeks who don't have life wondering what's the meaning of life.
Tree - Using quantum physics it states that for something to happen it must be observed or measured, as nobody was there to observe or nothing really, quantum physic states that the sound would not exist. IF a bird or other mammal was there then it would make a sound.
Glass of milk - It is both at the same time, half empty and half full.
Meaning of life - Lets assume there is a god or divine omnipotent, which changes the meaning to "we die and goto his/her/it's kingdom forever", assuming this is wrong and science is right, we have no purpose, we were merely created by the result of evolution and a supernova from a close star.
(Yes i have an un biased and balanced opinion on philosophy and science)
The meaning of life is to give life meaning... meaning can be interperated as going out and getting tanned while playing football or sitting at a computer pale as an albino going "Na-hoy!"
If a tree falls in the forest it would of course make a sound... *creaaaaaakk - CRASH!!!!!!!*
And as for the milk, well if some dumbass fills up a glass with the intention of only drinking half of it they deserve to be shot...
Show me the power child,
I'd like to say,
That I'm down on my knees today,
Gives me the butterflies,
Gives me away,
'Til I'm up on my feet again,
I'm feeling outshined.
If you ask me (I weakly doubt it) I think we all are waiting for something to happen. Not something small, like the bus or the computer, but something big such as Jesus being reborn, the apocalyps or ragnarrök (the ultimate war and doom ofcourse, not for the MMORPG ) but anyway, thats just what I think, I guess you know more about this sort of stuffs.
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6th January, 2004 at 11:13:15 -
buster, black is not a shade, it's an absence of light.
you just answered your own question. the light that comes from a monitor is the same as any other light
"Say you're hanging from a huge cliff at the top of mt. everest and a guy comes along and says he'll save you, and proceeds to throw religious pamphlets at you while simultaniously giving a sermon." - Dustin G
Nothing couldn't be clear or a shade of anything is because even a shade is "something". And it being something defies the meaning of the word nothing.
Clear is also a perception which in turn is "something" and that too defies the meaning of the whole principle of nothing.
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