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You know how when you see something small and then though science you are able to see smaller and smaller particles and you realize if you could cotinue to see you would see it just keeps getting smaller without end...Well apparently it works the other way as well.

""Proof" therefore is essentially nothing save a series of concepts that explains reality to your satisfaction." There is joy and satisfaction that comes from choosing a "concept". And anything "new" often appears "wrong" at first. It is hard to have a new idea if everything we think is...

Can we experience the past or the future? I wonder if there is only the "eternal moment of now"

Good and bad could be defined as: Value statements as defined by your current beliefs. Right and wrong will also change as your beliefs change. John

Could someone explain to me how we can experience a "present" event? I don't think is is phyisically possible. All the information coming in arrives after the event has occured. We see and experience only the past. John

A persons mind may exist in the present, but all of the information reaching it is from the past. We can observe nothing in the present as all information that reaches our senses is information about past events. John

Great points Mentat. Do you know if the nerve cells of the brain are radically different than the nerve cells in the body? John

Could "free will" operate like a CD rom. There are many possible outcomes. We just get to choose one combination of events. John.

Cells do act without control coming from the brain. Let's just think back to before we had a brain. When we were just a single cell. Every cell new exactly what to do and when to do it. Even after we had developed a brain we still have systems of cells that do not require instruction from our...

One explanation is an intelligence at the cellular level. Each cell carries it’s own intelligence. Just watch a cut heal without you having to instruct it. We think our mind is in our brain because that’s where the most cells are. John

We talk as though the universe exists in a random state. If Albert E has taught me anything it is that "the multiverse exists in perfect harmony." Therefore if chemo genesis is "it" then not to worry as it will reveil itself as did E=MC^2. In the mean time we need to cherish that "which is not"...

How we did we focus this to a one horse race? How do we deal with those that would suggest that "Creation" is in this race? Help me understand how "Creation" is impossible. John "Canadian Idle"

Yes must be the default in the poll. Sorry I missed it. Well at least I now how to get the "Not paying attention vote". John

Consuming animals at our current population levels is not serving us well. I would suggest anyone that has social concerns review a video called "Diet For A New America" by John Robbins. Very enlightening. John

I wonder if the masses appear condescending to our seniors. I know that when I reach that age I will have had a very full life. I will have attained a great deal of knowledge. I also know that people will treat you like you are worthless. I seen an old guy on TV this week that was the test...

As a statement of who we are?

Here's a big number...The amount of "E" required to produce the mass of the universe. Dang John

Here is a great circle... "There is not a single true statement" If this is true then of course it is not. John

Creator...Good question. Was going to take the day to reply but then it hit me... The "E" in E=MC^2 John

Great replies, I love this site! Snow flakes are a great example of the creator creating. Every single thing you see is a "one of". Each is its own creation. For two things to be the same they would have to be the same thing. Any two things contain their own "matter". The world is full of...

This question may not be as simple as it first appears. Or it may be. Thoughts? Hints to follow if required. John

Here's one. "Divine insperation" John

I wonder if guilt isn't a natural law. For that matter feelings in general. Can we exist outside them? Maybe, but why would we. I'm not saying I enjoy all feelings. But, I am starting to enjoy the challenges they offering me now that I am less afraid of them. I'm starting to view my body and...

I read a little while ago that the current system of democracy represents the majority. The majority of the money. John

These are truths. I wonder if they aren't relitive truths. Can we observe "what is" and not colour it with our preception. So when can we observe "what is"? I would expect we could do it if we were "out of our mind". As soon as our mind gets involved it preceives. So we could observe "what is"...

I find this interesting...Most of the laws and beliefs that govern us today were laid down by people that longer exist. John

Mentat, Thank-you for the welcome. I really like your thoughts on this matter. I am suggesting that the exploration of "Truth" in this case did end up under "General Philosophy" Therefore it must be so... In this case.(Kidding). Understanding the complexity of "Truth" I find it so wonderful...

Has it ever occurred that the hypothesis and truth ever been equal only to find out later that they were not. If this were the case would this definition be the ultimate test. John

The truth seems like a moving target. Thats why I would like to suggest we use "What we believe" as the measure. When does what is so become the "truth" There are so many tests. Is it by the number of people believe it.(There goes that belief thing again) What do we do with the whole bell curve...

I read that: Action is the language of the body, Thought is the language of the mind, Feeling is the language of the soul. Feels like it makes sense. John

"Truth" is our preference of what is so. I was in a bit of a conundrum this week with some research I was doing. It happened to be on Vitamins. It could have been anything. I found two studies that said exactly the opposite about the same thing. So this of coarse lead me to the question of how...

I know that one of the reasons we kill each other in large numbers is because of our religion. Too bad really. Because that which we do to another we do to ourselves. "CWG" John

My favorite is "Sex is bad"