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Brin
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I know this is a vague question, but I was thinking today about some "Physics" stuff, particularly certain round objects, and certain inclined planes.
It all began with the standard - I assume that the ball is "destined" to reach the bottom of the ramp, and calculate accordingly. Then I thought, well, what if someone comes up and KICKS the ball - does this mean that I was wrong about its destiny? Yeah, definitely. Does this mean it was destined, still, for something? Yeah! The kid who kicked the ball KNEW that the ball was destined for another location besides the end of the ramp, so technically the ball was still destined for something... And still, let's say the ball is sitting in some location, is it still destined for some "THING" in the future? Yeah...
Then I thought, what if the ball just SITS in this imaginative garage FOREVER? Literally, that thing just sits there for-****ing-ever. Is it destined then? Well... I guess it's destined to sit there forever... right? That's its destiny.
Note now, that we have always had some pre-conceived notion of "destination." In fact, my feeble mind can't conceive of a single situation in which there ISN'T a "destination" of some sort.
So, do all things have a destination? If they do, does this mean that we, as humans have some place we are headed? Some ends?
Thanks for any time!
It all began with the standard - I assume that the ball is "destined" to reach the bottom of the ramp, and calculate accordingly. Then I thought, well, what if someone comes up and KICKS the ball - does this mean that I was wrong about its destiny? Yeah, definitely. Does this mean it was destined, still, for something? Yeah! The kid who kicked the ball KNEW that the ball was destined for another location besides the end of the ramp, so technically the ball was still destined for something... And still, let's say the ball is sitting in some location, is it still destined for some "THING" in the future? Yeah...
Then I thought, what if the ball just SITS in this imaginative garage FOREVER? Literally, that thing just sits there for-****ing-ever. Is it destined then? Well... I guess it's destined to sit there forever... right? That's its destiny.
Note now, that we have always had some pre-conceived notion of "destination." In fact, my feeble mind can't conceive of a single situation in which there ISN'T a "destination" of some sort.
So, do all things have a destination? If they do, does this mean that we, as humans have some place we are headed? Some ends?
Thanks for any time!