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So, I should say: "my thoughts are controlling what is my belief "? I would say: My beliefs are controlling what I see as truth. When I use the word "Truth" I use it in the context of what I think is True. Certainly, there is a reality (e.g., Global Warming), which is either True or...

Well, in one sense there is only right NOW. This moment -- called Now -- is timeless. As I remain in Now, I live in my timeless Today, (OH yeah, and, by the way) the clock advances (yawn). So, Today is always Today. There is no Time. There are just labels of Time (Sun, Mon, AM, PM, ...) These...

Ivan_S posits: "some diagnosed with depression may be reacting naturally to stress." To this I would say: This means that given a certain amount of stress, a person is supposed to get depressed. But, since most people (with equal stress) DON'T get depressed, then it's not natural to be...

"How do you know that other people are self-aware and not just very sophisticated computers?" Until the day I meet a life-like android (or read that someone invented a life-like android), I will assume that all beings who appear to be self-aware, ARE actually self-aware human beings. "lets say...

JCCol asks: "is there a stand that says [1] humans have no morals at all, and [2] we just fool ourselves into thinking what is right and wrong." Well, I think that [2] is a True statement in most systems. Out of the Billions of people on this earth, how many of them agree with what I think is...

What is Time? Does Time exist? If Time didn't exist, how come so many people talk about it? Whether or not, at a deeper level, Time actually exists as we think it does: 1) At some point a baby is born; 2) On the day he is 18 years old, he is called an adult (by society); 3) When he's 65 years...

Type_7 says: "I do think that Mozart can have a marked effect on one's mood." What if IQ is partially produced by your mood? If I am obsessing over something that upset me, then I take an IQ test, I will (undoubtedly) do worse on the test ... AND so I will have a lower IQ because of it. On...

If I could do a test faster, I would assume that it had to do with improved concentration. This could be any (or a combination) of the following: 1) Concentration improvement as I read the test materials; or 2) Better concentration to what the lecturer is saying (instead of daydreaming, or...

Dreams are like actually seeing something. If I see something, it makes a memory in my brain. Some of that gets pushed into long-term memory, the rest is erased. If I remember my dream, it is available to input into a recording device. I can use my concentration to re-create that dream. So...

"Mental chunks of memory ... How can I work to directly increase the size of my chunks?" I would think that until (and unless) you fill-up the chunks of memory, they will NOT need to increase in size. And, I think that if (and when) you begin to fill-them-up, they will create more storage...

Are there parts of the Brain that are inefficient? Depending on what you call inefficient, the answer has to be YES. This is reason that people have Psychosis ... their brains working inefficiently. If I want to focus on one thing, I can't ... there are many other things taking attention...

Daydreams vs. Hallucinations Depending on the day, I can have a powerful daydream. One minute I am sitting there, the next minute I am lost in a daydream. To me, this is what hallucinations are: vivid daydreams. Many times, I have driven 20 miles, without actually being there to steer. Yet...

"evil can be overcome by grace and amnesty?" The word "overcoming" sounds like there is a war going on. But, evil can be met with grace and amnesty. This will tend to minimize further evil. And to moving finger: "forgiveness is effective only when there is remorse and a willingness and...

"Is a man who is too scared to help a damsel in distress a coward or a survivor?" Certainly he is a survivor. No involvement = Survive to see another day. If a man who can't swim is watching a damsel drowning, his fear is well-founded. The best he can do is drown himself too. Everyone has...

Venger wonders if "my thoughts are controlling what is the truth." Well, in a way, your thoughts are. I could try and convince you that 1+1 = 2 (just an example). If you think that it is not true, then (for you) it is absolutely false. This makes more sense with political arguments. I can...