Recent content by magus niche

because i believe the imagination is an integrated part of objective reality, in this model gravity can be broken as soon as you go to sleep. if you want to be a little more conscious of the reality then get into meditation. if you want to be even more conscious, then get into 'out of body'...

imagination is alive and kicking.. I reckon objective reality, if it exists, is a chaotic/ordered amalgamation and crystallisation of the collective imagination of all subjective (sub)consciousness in existence. ie: the combination/overlapping/interference of the belief of all...

but how did you find the brain? :smile:

Are you saying picasso didn't think about what he did? it is obvious that thought can have an effect on matter/energy/mass, but it may not be necessary. Anyway, all this talk of creating and everyone assumes scientists do not create, but observe. but to model an idea in ones own mind is an...

Isn't it be more about the 'interaction between easily observable phenomena'? i mean arguably the most important interactions we as humans should be modelling, no matter how difficult they are, are the interactions between us, and between us and the Earth. sorry, i couldn't help it. :wink...

I suppose the problem also lies with the idea of 'need'. many people think they 'need' something that in actuality they only 'desire'. I think what some of the scientific minds push away from them is their own problem with the unknown. i am not pointing any fingers here, its just that some...

i wonder, do these assumptions cover all options to this debate? eg. many will argue God exists but not with the same attributes as you grant. an attribute-less god is a common concept in eastern philosophy. but to say god is irrelevant and therefore TOE should ignore all discussion of...

certainty... such a classic. often i think certainty is something to be avoided and i live in a flux of ideas and beliefs, this can be very liberating, and to a degree i think it is essential to keep a broadminded approach to life. being certain means to be dependent, or connected, in that the...

exactly, a tool is a good way of putting it. i suppose it is the most certain type of information within us, which affects our outward actions also. for a long time i was discarding the concept of knowledge. i suppose when i think about it, it is really a more certain form of belief...

...it was after the bell had gone. "Hmmm that's all very well there laddy, but what the hecks it got to do with Metaphysics!", said one to another, as wispers dispersed throughout the room and a giggle errupted in the corner. Meanwhile, still invisible to the Teacher, Little Tommy...

Humans like to categorise. I am a human (according to biology...) so i will make a category: Everything. let's call it STUFF. Stuff is everywhere. Stuff penetrates to the heart of all matter. Stuff is energy. Stuff acts on other stuff which in turn affects more stuff. Stuff evolves and...

oh and also, can one know without believing? i mean knowledge surely must have an element of trust thrown in otherwise one would be running in robot mode, no?

instead of 'assumed' i would probably say 'constructed'. surely when one is in thinking mode, one is using language and symbols to attempt a representation of ones ACTUAL experiences. this is a construction based on generalisation and is for communicating as close as possible (if one is...

seems like you've been teleported from the Land Of The Robots. :-p In the Land Of The Robots certainty is a fixed number, but no-one is conscious of it. All the 'Bots think they know the truth but none of them agree on what it is.

OK so: Knowledge is dependent on the system of language (context). Could it be explained as an agreement between individuals using language. Langauge in the broad sense of the term: communication by way of representation between two or more objects/subjects? this would be solopsism...