Re: Belief's Role in Perception/Learning (was Re: Tabula Rasa Fallacy

On Jun 24, 1:29=A0pm, dh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:42:22 -0700 (PDT), Janine Starscream
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> >On Jun 19, 2:14=A0pm, dh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:16:07 -0700 (PDT), "J.P. \"Julian Sebastian\"
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acchae" <juurgenizixexo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> >On Jun 19, 5:50=A0am, Executive Function
> >> ><generallyanonym...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> >> Oh no. =A0This isn't turning into a 'does satan exist?' thread, is
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it?
> >> >> If satan exists, or indeed if any member of any pantheon of gods
or
> >> >> godesses exist, then they're made up of the same essential stuff
> >> >> connecting the universe as a whole as I am. =A0Therefore, I'll
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> >> >> to the entirety of the universe. =A0What's the point of wondering
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f a
> >> >> piece of it exists and concerning yourself with thier concerns
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> >> >> or imaginary)?
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> >> >Profound indeed. Wor****ping part of a whole is a backwards way of
> >> >going about living life, it's sort of like building ones personal
> >> >values strictly on ones fa****on statements, or ones collections.
That
> >> >can be a part of life, but those things can't love or respond back
in
> >> >any real way, unless they are magick shoes hehe. Nonetheless: Real
> >> >Interactions and Real People mean a whole lot more than imaginary
> >> >friends.
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> >> >We should expend our energies in Reality, not only holy ghosts. The
> >> >holy ghost provide us with energy for us to accomplish our goals,
and
> >> >possible manifest them in some form. It's equivalent exchange,
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> >> =A0 =A0 Then it sounds like you think it's worth some energy after
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> >> >but
> >> >without emotional energy which can only be generated in Reality,
it's
> >> >an empty alchemy void of results.
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> >> >Unless of course your imaginary friends have come down and are Real
> >> >People. Thats a whole different boat and discussion. The Universe
> >> >wants to play, we provide the quarters,
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> >> =A0 =A0 We can't even see enough of it to appreciate a significant
> >> percentage of it, much less do we provide any quarters.
>
> >> >and we get an near-infinite
> >> >number a plays.
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> >> =A0 =A0 We get a glimpse of a little bit of it, and most of the time
> >> don't know for sure what we're looking at when we do.- Hide quoted
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> >In an Infinity a little glimps is still experienced as an infinity.
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> =A0 =A0 We can't comprehend infinity, but trying to comprehend
> how something infinite like space or time could end is even
> harder. Then again I don't believe that space or time actually
> exist, so that explains how they have no beginning and no
> end. The whens and hows about matter are a different thing...- Hide
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yet the sheer proposterousness of being able to imagine that something
could exist in an infinity, let alone an infinity in it's infinite
self, is half the fun of being an overly-intelligent humanoid in the
late god-knows when "century" on some "planet" "called" "earth"...

according to your views, of course. I am knowledgebly pretentious in
my aspirations, but I'll admit my mistakes as I go along. It's a Pi
thing.

in other news this is interesting:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=3D/earth/2007/11/14/scisurf=
114.xml&page=3D2

Surfer guy comes up with a new TOE, stuns Physics world!!!