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Higher Learning
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I begin my contemplation with a definition:
Educate - to develop the faculties and powers of a person.
What faculty would you have me take from this?
From these hours sitting inert,
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The importance of university and higher education?
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So "usefulness" is only reflected if we use what we learned in the courses in a job? What about personal development? Here is one area- Take essays for example. To write a proper essay, a pe... |
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Emotions & FeelingsEmotional Spreading
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Psychology Forum |
Not true knowledge. It is very, very hard to explain this through language.
Imagine eductaion as a factory. In it the little pieces are run through an assembly line. However, the very start of that... |
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What I listened to today.
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Ok, why is it that some stupid whore more suited to Girls Gone Wild like Britteny Spears is so well known?
Why is it that a mallgirl, that has no voice, no ability to write songs, no passion for mu... |
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Sentience vs. Sapience
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knowledge is basically how to do something
wisdom is basically how to do something right, or not do it ;)
sapience... ooooooo sounds all "collegey"
you labeled the top of your thread... |
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Reality & MetaphysicsQuestioning Reality: Are we for "Real"?
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Thats a good point. I wonder if the reason you don't remember your first four years or so is because your in this "blank state". I usualy though it was a more physical problem, being th... |
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PerceptionWhat constitutes as alive?
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Cells respire.
Breathing is difiened as the active intake of gases for the purpose of respiration, and the passive release of waste gases.
Alive in the case of humans falls under your ability to... |
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Christianitywhat's the logic in x dying for our sins?
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Well what I was always taught was that God hates sin and will not be in its presence. Humans sin naturally. God loves us so he wanted to find a way for us to be able to be with him. So he must enable... |
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Epistemology: Truth & KnowledgeWhat is TRUE KNOWLEGE
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There are levels and categories to truth in the world of philosophy. Things you should look into are a priori & a posteriori, the works of Descartes and Kant, as well has simply reading wikipedia... |
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Emotions & Feelingsare emotions what define human beings?
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i dont think the emotions ever really go away, we dont really get rid of them, we may learn to ignore them when neccessary, but i dont think they vanish.
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How do we know?
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Alright, no one seemed to answer the fundamental question I put forth in my first post to this thread.
The idea is that the snake convinced Adam and Eve to eat the fruit of knowledge. What do these... |
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DepressionHow do you know if your depressed?
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I'm sorry you're feeling so down :( Everyone, feels sad at times but this does that mean you are depressed, but it does mean should see a doctor for a proper evaluation. To feel sad due to t... |
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SpiritualityI'm think I'm losing faith in God.
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Also to ChrisD: Just because a person opts to use their intuition, it does not mean they have not thought critically first. Intuition is the ability to draw upon information within the sub-conscious.... |
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Aesthetics & BeautyOn Art
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"being artistic, i think, is the ability to have a kind of intuition about what is going to get across to people."
i have to disagree with you on this
artists don't just get things... |
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Is ideology the bane of intellectual sophistication in the US?
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CT is an acronym for Critical Thinking. Everybody considers themselves to be a critical thinker. That is why we need to differentiate among different levels of critical thinking.
Most people fall i... |
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Reality & MetaphysicsTruth, reality and the meling pot
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"My mind is faster than my ability to keep up with it. However, I will get there. When I do-people will understand. Anyway, most great minds are misunderstood. I know this beause I know people sm... |
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Urban climbing
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lol. Noone trys to gain noteriety. That would be derogatory.
Age is such an impertinent factor not worthwhile considering., let alone irrelevent to this thread.
That guy, was sharing his sport,... |
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Society & SociologyBeing the Boss and my expectaions.
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As some of you know and for those that don't I own my own business. I have a butcher shop that I bought last year and on certain days of the week I have 9 employees.
Now I as a person have expecta... |
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GodOBVIOUS EXISTANCE OF GOD
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religions are simply fantasies created by insecure people who have a fear of nothing after death. With no proof or reality, believing in a religion is just as weird and un-thinkable to me, as for isnt... |
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GovernmentSenatorial Candidate Warns Of World Government
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if the USA is going to build a (berlin) wall to keep out all thoughs (free-loading) foreigners from illegally entering the USA; why would we want to build a transcontinietal highway to bring them to o... |
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ChristianityChristian Q&A
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Q: Will tribalists in Africa that never have the chance to find out about Jesus go to hell? Does this mean that some individuals are born, predetermined by fate (hence God) to go to hell?
A. They w... |
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HomosexualityWhy Condone Fruitless Deviant Behavior?
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so then, why condone all these activities? thats easy, sexual activity of any kind is an important role in the way humans function. the ability to choose how active or inactive is also something that... |
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Science vs ReligionExcerp: Science and Religion
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Anyways, this whole argument hinges on one facet, the belief that there is only one God. this is true but is it logical . . . considerations of our investigations in the construct of our physical bein... |
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SocietyAre We Responsible Caretakers of this Planet?
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I really like this post.
I'm noticing over time when older generations are leaving and the younger ones are growing up I have this concern about the maturity of the younger generation and its... |
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Go. Live. Now.
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You only say those things because you have the ability to enjoy life. Thanks to this country. But what about the starveing kids in the world. They live (and then starve) just to die. An... |
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