Sure, why not. |
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So does anyone else here hold the middle ground that there is neither a magic man with a magic plan nor a cold, mechanical universe in which consciousness is a brief caged spark snuffed by death? |
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If you have a sense of caring for others, you will manifest a kind of inner strength in spite of your own difficulties and problems. With this strength, your own problems will seem less significant and bothersome to you. By going beyond your own problems and taking care of others, you gain inner strength, self-confidence, courage, and a greater sense of calm.Dalai Lama
Sure, why not. |
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Those two extreme seem to be the most unlikely outcomes. |
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- Are you an idiot?
- No sir, I'm a dreamer.
The brain is you. When your brain no longer functions neither does your consciousness. |
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Yah, I'm pretty sure we're on the same turf there. |
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If you have a sense of caring for others, you will manifest a kind of inner strength in spite of your own difficulties and problems. With this strength, your own problems will seem less significant and bothersome to you. By going beyond your own problems and taking care of others, you gain inner strength, self-confidence, courage, and a greater sense of calm.Dalai Lama
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1eP84n-Lvw
Ich brauche keine Waffe.
Ich ermittle ausschließlich mit dem Gehirn!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1eP84n-Lvw
Lol wait, I'm confused...all I'm saying is that your consciousness ceases to be the "you" that you are, as in the one who has thoughts, emotions, hopes dreams, and acknowledges itself as existent will cease to be. |
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And what is consciousness made of? |
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If you have a sense of caring for others, you will manifest a kind of inner strength in spite of your own difficulties and problems. With this strength, your own problems will seem less significant and bothersome to you. By going beyond your own problems and taking care of others, you gain inner strength, self-confidence, courage, and a greater sense of calm.Dalai Lama
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First off, the "you" I'm describing does exist...because that is the you that MAKES judgements...I wouldn't have judgments to make errors of without it. |
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On the contrary, you're the one assuming we transcend materialism. |
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Unless you assume the existence of a soul or something similar, the analogy does apply. |
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So if your atoms are disassembled..and then reassembled, then your dead? I think your ascribing to the single moment existence philosophy. Essentially your already dead, well, technically everything you were in the past is dead. Each moment you live, the person that was you is now dead...You are a a different version than the person right before and right after the moment you percieve a thing. |
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If we had the technology to put the atoms in the exact place as they were before death, you should be alive and the exact same person. (not an exact copy) |
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The brain is not you. Every six weeks every cell in your body reproduces. However, you don't go back to being a baby every 6 weeks. You are your mind which is electrical impulses. You're still right though, at least scientifically. When we die the impluses stop and, in theory, you lose conciousness forever. Still, I believe different because the thought isn't very nice. |
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I don't really know the answer to that, but I'm going to guess that would make a different person. More importantly, I'm going to guess that it could and will never happen. |
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You realize that the paintings in places like the sistine chapel have artists come in and paint over the faded pictures right...do you consider these paintings to not be the same painting? |
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