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1961
« on: February 01, 2012, 10:13:27 PM »
He changed
how something that can be felt, seen, heard, tasted and smelt by every living person (Minus those who lack certain senses) could not be real.
to
how shadow pictures that can be felt, seen, heard, tasted and smelt by every living person in the cave could not be real.
Except for the fact that the shadows are real.
But they aren't REAL. They're simply images what is real.
1962
« on: February 01, 2012, 09:14:47 PM »
I'm glad you asked!
Now, imagine that you're a prisoner in a cave, facing the back wall, and tied up in such a way that you cannot move or turn your head. Now imagine that you have no memory of ever being anywhere but this cave; it's as if you have always been there. As you are facing the wall of this cave, the guards make shadow pictures on the walls, and make sounds that echo off the wall of the cave so it as if they are coming from the shadows. For you and the other prisoners, these pictures are all you know that exist in the world. You make observations about the shadows, categorize them, name them, and those who can name the most details about these shadows, or discover new things about them are thought to be especially clever. Now, imagine that you are supposed to be released. The guards untie you and begin to lead you to the surface. As you walk towards the surface, the sunlight begins to reach you, and to your unaccustomed eyes, it is so unbearably bright that you try to return to the cave, but the guards force you out into the sunlight, and fist, you cannot even open your eyes because the sun is so bright, but eventually your eyes adjust, and you see the wold in it's full glory and finally realize that the tings you saw in the cave were merely poor imitations of what is on the surface. Now imagine, after spending some time on the surface, you wish to share the wonders you have seen with your old friends in the cave. When you return however, they they claim you are a madman and continue to gaze at the shadows.
1963
« on: February 01, 2012, 07:55:35 PM »
You have to believe, and trust your senses. Something you can't see, smell, hear, touch, taste... is it really there? That's where faith comes in. Something you can't perceive with your senses
But that's the thing! Even something you CAN see, hear touch, or taste may not be real. The senses are easily fooled, and it could all be an illusion, so it's really no less logical to believe in something you can't see than to believe in what you can see.
This is ridiculous, sure your senses can be fooled from time to time, but the chance that every single one of your senses, and those of other people can all be fooled into experiencing the same thing is so infinitesimally small the only logical conclusion is that what is being experienced is real.
It's real to us, perhaps, but it may not be real in the absolute sense.
1964
« on: February 01, 2012, 05:13:04 PM »
You have to believe, and trust your senses. Something you can't see, smell, hear, touch, taste... is it really there? That's where faith comes in. Something you can't perceive with your senses
So believing that there is actually another living breathing human being typing any post other that which belongs to the user is technically faith, to a certain degree. I remember hearing something exactly like this back in primary school, I think it was in the form of 'if you can't see it, does it truly exist? If you are at home how do you know that any of the other people actually exist?' or something like that...no idea why I still remember that.
How about this? Prove to me that you are your own entity, and not just an alternate personally that I have created for myself.
1965
« on: February 01, 2012, 05:07:32 PM »
You have to believe, and trust your senses. Something you can't see, smell, hear, touch, taste... is it really there? That's where faith comes in. Something you can't perceive with your senses
But that's the thing! Even something you CAN see, hear touch, or taste may not be real. The senses are easily fooled, and it could all be an illusion, so it's really no less logical to believe in something you can't see than to believe in what you can see.
1966
« on: February 01, 2012, 05:01:15 PM »
Not the entire knowledge of the human race, just everything based on perception.
Care to explain what human knowledge isn't based on perception?
As I said, math. Math is pure logic, which means it is a priori. Everything else, however, requires faith in your own perception, not to mention the perceptions of others who almost certainly do not perceive thing exactly as you do.
Sure math is pure logic, but if you can't trust your senses that means you can only use it in your mind without it being subject to mistakes.
Besides, if I were a brain-in-a-vat, I would have no way to know, none at all, and unless I can trust my own perceptions and the perceptions of others I would have no way of knowing anything.
I'm not saying you're necessarily a brain in a vat. I'm saying that you aren't necessarily seeing the world as it really is, but you have to BELIEVE you are because to do otherwise would be illogical, which means that everything you know is based on FAITH.
1967
« on: February 01, 2012, 09:30:09 AM »
That's what you get when they're ALL crap. At least it was the least crappy of the lot.
1968
« on: February 01, 2012, 07:53:00 AM »
Not the entire knowledge of the human race, just everything based on perception.
Care to explain what human knowledge isn't based on perception?
As I said, math. Math is pure logic, which means it is a priori. Everything else, however, requires faith in your own perception, not to mention the perceptions of others who almost certainly do not perceive thing exactly as you do.
1969
« on: January 31, 2012, 11:33:38 PM »
1970
« on: January 31, 2012, 08:52:35 PM »
Not the entire knowledge of the human race, just everything based on perception. And Plato was doing it before the matrix made it cool.
1971
« on: January 31, 2012, 04:41:53 PM »
Mathematics is the one absolute truth in the universe because it's principles can be proven solely through logic. Thus, it is synthetic a priori knowledge. My main point however, is that you cannot prove the existence of the chair you sit in any more than you can prove the existence of a God, unless you have faith in your own perception. Yet to not believe in your own perception would be considered illogical.
1972
« on: January 31, 2012, 04:27:23 PM »
Yes, all empirical knowledge is merely the product of our unreliable perceptions.
1973
« on: January 31, 2012, 12:09:19 PM »
Solid fact? What is a solid fact? Everything you see is a result of your perception, and it is thus impossible to determine that what you perceive is in fact a reflection of reality. Thus, you have to have faith in your own perceptions if you are to believe anything at all is true.
1974
« on: January 31, 2012, 11:50:59 AM »
No, he wasn't smited. Nothing bad happened to him at all.
Anyway, faith is not blind. I have logical reasons for believing what I believe, but at the same time I can acknowledge and accept that it's impossible to prove.
1975
« on: January 30, 2012, 08:00:59 PM »
The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence!
You could say the same thing about anything, a teapot orbiting the sun between Mars and Earth's orbits, invisible flying unicorns, the Loch Ness Monster etc.
The burden of proof is on those making the unfalsifiable claims, not those denying them.
I don't have to prove jack. That's what faith is for. You're either gonna believe or you're not. And if you're not, you probably wouldn't believe even if Jesus Christ himself came down from heaven and kicked you in the balls. And for your information, those flying unicorns are pretty awesome, and they're not really invisible; they just use optical camouflage.
1976
« on: January 30, 2012, 03:46:12 PM »
The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence!
1977
« on: January 29, 2012, 10:44:13 PM »
here's something that hasn't changed: my physical attractiveness
And something that has changed. Kill technically retired as a Moderator and now just hangs around to be an attention whore. 
1978
« on: January 28, 2012, 09:51:58 AM »
I actually like #1. It's quite unique.
1979
« on: January 28, 2012, 09:38:00 AM »
God I love that glitch chest in Dawnstar, so much free sh**.
you'll love the mehrunes dagon shrine.
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why does the imperial looks more like an nord
also that imperial idiot has pink hair now ?
EDIT: Also i just found a random porn game featuring lydia. BY AKATOSH THAT IS A DISGRACE *FUS RO DAH's the responsible over a cliff*
Link? 
1980
« on: January 28, 2012, 03:16:45 AM »
I don't consider Buddhism a religion. I consider it a lifestyle. As a general rule, religions have to have some belief about the world in general (and this normally results in a god), otherwise you're just following a different way of life.
That's what a religion is.
Religion is a different way of life centred around a belief that usually - but not always - centres around one or more deities
Yes and Buddhism is way way of life centered around a belief in reincarnation and nirvana and and all that cool stuff, so it's a religion.
Is Brony a religion?
I can be, if you actually base your life around it.
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