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PerceptionBlind Peace
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Light disturbs darkness (reflected light hits the dark retina) and thus we see.
Noise disturbs quiet (sound reverberates a still inner-ear) and thus we hear.
In that when nothing gets in, when not... |
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PerceptionBlind Peace
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"In that when nothing gets in, when nothing happens, is it not remarkable that sleep, and various states of lower levels of consciousness are associated with seeing and hearing nothing? (As you s... |
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Out of the Corner of Your Eye…
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When you see something out of the corner of your eye, that's not exactly how you'll perceive it…
Sensing something out of the corner of your eye, “Yes!â€â€¦ But perceiving it â... |
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Paranormal & PseudoscienceDeja Vu-Theories
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On the subject of DEJA Vu
a more probable explanation would be
when you walk into a room and start to experience deja vu
what is actualy happening is that your brain is processing out of sync, your... |
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Can we escape our pre-conditioning?
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If we are saying that our upbringing is the root of our pre conditioning of course that is part of it. It's back to the nature/nurture debate isn't it? Genes versus environment. Well for mys... |
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Famous PhilosophersSocratic and Platonic philosophies
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Actually. Plato believed the "real world," beyond our perception of it, transcended both space and time, and that the physical material world of diversity and change was illusion. Individual... |
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Does rap music insight violence amongst young peop
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I don't believe rap musicians created that style, I think poverty stricken projects, war torn societies (including gang, drug, and police wars), and prison systems within westernized societies ar... |
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Intelligence, Memory & BrainSeen Through One's Actions and Confirmation...
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Basically we see others and ourselves through what we have done or what we are doing.
This means that our memories would work on the concept that we remember things based on their action.
Contrary... |
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DreamsDreaming in Focus...
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When you sleep or when you imagine something, do you see it in focus?
This question is particularly relevant to me as I am short-sighted...
Although some dreams are based on experience and I tend to... |
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God in ReligionGod?
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Somebody once told me that god was actually our true self. That each of us is god. The idea was that god was attempting to learn all there is to know about human experience, and so he broke himself up... |
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Poetrydelicious audible seduction
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This delicate night, delicious audible seduction.
Sounds I hear now...
Gentle rain drumbeat on a thousand leaves,on blades of grass,on damp tarmac sloshing in puddles.
Distant cry of many sea... |
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Physics & CosmologySomething out of nothing
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Yes, I agree.
I read the paper and I too have come to the same conclusion; the problem with the point and the example of the apple and the grape I'll tackle now. The point, which has no dimens... |
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Random QuestionsBest Band.
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wow what an impossible question to answer so I am gunna make my own rules like half the people here im gunna name one of my favorite artist and all the songs I love from them.
Modest Mouse
dram... |
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Out of the Corner of Your Eye…
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Attention and perception are two different things entirely. What you perceive through your senses, is then interpreted by your brain, i.e what goes into your eye what is seen by your visual field is n... |
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Epistemology: Truth & KnowledgeInvalid Beliefs
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You said,
It is not meaningless - it is a very pertinent example of your beliefs. If you erred, it is your fault,
I say,
Ok, ok I said I erred. It IS meaningless. I do not believe I can fly. Th... |
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Reality & MetaphysicsDoes perception match the true form?
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I partially understand what your saying, and alot of 'perceptual' understanding can be found within cognitive sciences of psychology and neurology. I think we have a huge comprehensive under... |
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Reality & MetaphysicsQuestioning Reality: Are we for "Real"?
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The world "out there", external reality, is a shared universe of common experience. It is the lowest common denominator of all our experience. We take it for granted and it supplies us with... |
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Reality & MetaphysicsThought and Reality
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The "soul concept" for me is a simplistic one...I believe more in the concept of consciousness as a sort of "light" on what has been referred to as the "Mindscape"...I be... |
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Famous PhilosophersNeo-Socraticism
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The following will disclose a view on what it is the job of philosophy to do. Instantly, a problem intercedes. “What gall!†you cry. “How outré! â€' to assert the unity of phil... |
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About You / IntroductionsProblem with knowledge.
3 Posts • 7125 Views
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I have very little interest in other peoples personal lives, some exceptions exist and that as well I have learned well.
The problem is I can not find something, any kind of knowledge that interest... |
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Atheism & AgnosticismHands up if you are an atheist
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Nope, not necessarily, firstly, no matter what, all experiences that dabble with the possibility of OBE's and various esp's, are firmly rooted in the possibility of being delusions and even... |
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A Theory on Omniscience...
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(another link with brain function)
This came up today, whilst I was thinking some more about one brain area compensating for another...
From what I have learned from psychology, when information i... |
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Can we escape our pre-conditioning?
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Im not very good at getting my thoughts out in a logical, scientific way so Ive found this post very hard to write.
But this is my interpretation of Chiron's question, the resulting conversat... |
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Conscious and Sub-Consciousconsciousness - define it! Explain it! Any comments?
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Consciousness… Define it… Explain it…
Questions I would ask would be…
What kind of ‘it' is it?
What is an ‘it'?
What is ‘is' ?
How does it work?
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Life & Deathwhat is your theory on life?
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By the way, i stumbled across a cause for choice.
Making my past theory .."choice has no cause" invalid.
The reason we make choices, is because we use logic and reasoning. But becaus... |
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