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Fishyfire

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philosophical discussions/discussions about philosophy
« on: January 06, 2019, 01:35:45 pm »
Discus your thoughts!
Perhaps, the philosophical implications of literature, music, or other forms of art?
Maybe the philosophical implications of behavior, knowledge, morality, life in general?

for instance: The Library of Babel.
it contains all books that could possibly exist using 25 basic characters, 80 characters per line, 40 lines per page and 410 pages per book!
that's 251312000 books! more books than there are atoms in the universe! even if you new the location of a book you wanted to obtain, the odds of reaching it in your lifetime, if you started in a random room, is infinitesimally infinitesimal!

or maybe we could discuss about philosophy in general. how much do you value it?
do you find it itself trivial or do you find it trivializes every thing else? or is this question very trivial?

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Re: philosophical discussions/discussions about philosophy
« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2019, 02:12:37 pm »
Is philosophy?
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Re: philosophical discussions/discussions about philosophy
« Reply #2 on: January 06, 2019, 02:23:33 pm »
If a tree falls on a mime and nobody is there to see it, does anyone care?
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Re: philosophical discussions/discussions about philosophy
« Reply #3 on: January 06, 2019, 02:28:10 pm »
Three pounds of hemp.
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Re: philosophical discussions/discussions about philosophy
« Reply #4 on: January 06, 2019, 02:33:42 pm »
Quote from: MrRoboto75 on January 06, 2019, 02:23:33 pm
If a tree falls on a mime and nobody is there to see it, does anyone care?
It is impossible for someone to cares about something they didn't know happened.
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Re: philosophical discussions/discussions about philosophy
« Reply #5 on: January 06, 2019, 02:43:36 pm »
« Last Edit: January 06, 2019, 02:52:34 pm by Fishyfire »
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Re: philosophical discussions/discussions about philosophy
« Reply #6 on: January 06, 2019, 02:50:08 pm »
Quote from: MrRoboto75 on January 06, 2019, 02:23:33 pm
If a tree falls on a mime and nobody is there to see it, does anyone care?

The mime probably does.
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Re: philosophical discussions/discussions about philosophy
« Reply #7 on: January 06, 2019, 02:57:53 pm »
Do we live in a society?
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Re: philosophical discussions/discussions about philosophy
« Reply #8 on: January 06, 2019, 03:06:49 pm »
Quote from: CABL on January 06, 2019, 02:57:53 pm
Do we live in a society?
tell me, is answering your question futile?
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Re: philosophical discussions/discussions about philosophy
« Reply #9 on: January 06, 2019, 03:21:11 pm »
Quote from: CABL on January 06, 2019, 02:57:53 pm
Do we live in a society?

We live in a quarterly profit margin.
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Re: philosophical discussions/discussions about philosophy
« Reply #10 on: January 06, 2019, 03:34:33 pm »
Quote from: Fishyfire on January 06, 2019, 02:43:36 pm
Quote from: IcyTea31 on January 06, 2019, 02:28:10 pm
Three pounds of hemp.
Three kg of jute?
What a world we live in, inflation has struck even the koans!
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Re: philosophical discussions/discussions about philosophy
« Reply #11 on: January 07, 2019, 10:05:14 am »
Is it gay if the man squeezes his balls?
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Re: philosophical discussions/discussions about philosophy
« Reply #13 on: January 07, 2019, 10:50:50 am »
How Can Mirrors Be Real If Our Eyes Aren't Real?
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Re: philosophical discussions/discussions about philosophy
« Reply #14 on: January 07, 2019, 11:04:54 am »
TieTuesday reads The Gateless Gate, a collection of koans which seem inane and contradictory but

First koan starts here.  The koan itself is only those two lines, the rest is explanation.

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