Thread: Strength of Mind

You're inviting argument already by not clearly defining "phobia".

Im sorry, im not trying to start and arguement.

Em..Phobia...I would say, would be something that you become irrationally afraid of for whatever reason, and it sticks with your subconcious self - to the point where you are afraid and don't no why.

Im not trying to start an arguement, or even a debate. Im basically opeing the floor to people views on phobias and overall mind control.

Why does it have to be an irrational fear?

I would say the stronger mind is the one that has fear, but has embraced it.

Originally Posted by Omnius Deus

Why does it have to be an irrational fear?

Hmm, i dont know. I thought phobias were irrational fears?

Im probably wrong.

Originally Posted by Dizko

Which person has the stronger mind?

The one which has no phobias,

Or the one than can choose to remove and even create phobias?

I don't like vague questions,

like "which would you prefer, a trip to Disneyland or Paris?"

Such hypothetical questions seem pointless to me, and which choice I choose depends on parameters not defined within the question.

The way you stated it, the "one than [sic] can choose to remove and even create phobias" is the one with the "stronger" mind.

But as a good friend I once knew, drewmandan (may he rest in piece) once said, "You're inviting argument already by not clearly defining."
How do you define a strong mind?

I couldn't someone with a rational fear has just as much of a reason to strengthen their mind?

Depends on what you fear

The one who acknowledges all his/her phobias.

Which cat has a stronger mind?

The cat with the yellow eyes or the cat with the red eyes?

Originally Posted by ClassyElf

Which cat has a stronger mind?

The cat with the yellow eyes or the cat with the red eyes?

yellow for sure, the anger of the red will surely blind his true mental stength

You can tell the yellow one does, it has very apparent focus and concentration, like a samurai warrior poised to strike. The one with red eyes looks like it's about to get hit in the face with a fan.

If we see phobias as a defect, a weakness, then we can ask, what is stronger, a mind with no defects or one which can weaken itself, but restore itself as well.

The fact that the first mind cannot be weakened seems to make it stronger than the second, but the fact that the second can overcome the weakness seems to make it stronger.

Fear is not necessarily weakness, though.

Fear makes your mind stronger, fear is the best mind exercise there is.

Originally Posted by Omnius Deus

Fear is not necessarily weakness, though.

Fear makes your mind stronger, fear is the best mind exercise there is.

Well, if fear is indeed the ultimate mind exercise, its kind useless if you are able to simply remove it, I suppose the second mind is only stronger if it can overcome the fear without using its capability to remove it.

True. I think we can all conclude the mechanism that receives exercise is stronger.

Originally Posted by Omnius Deus

Why does it have to be an irrational fear?

I would say the stronger mind is the one that has fear, but has embraced it.

Fear leads to the dark side

-.-

Couldn't resist the star wars joke.

Originally Posted by Omnius Deus

Fear is not necessarily weakness, though.

Fear makes your mind stronger, fear is the best mind exercise there is.

Get out Vader!

Hmmmm..... well if they weren't born with phobias, then one could argue that it's not them necessarily being a strong person as it is them being lucky. But it'd take a strong person to overcome a phobia.