What am I?
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What's all this dust in the wind stuff? ...
You consciousness is a mechanism for parsing the data collected by your senses, and judging based on this data the course of action that has the highest survival value.
Most mammals have a consciousness. All consciousnesses are functionally the same. Human beings are only special insofar as no other animal misuses its consciousness and neglects the route that has the highest survival value as often as we do.
Consciousnesses also die with the body.
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You consciousness is a mechanism for parsing the data collected by your senses, and judging based on this data the course of action that has the highest survival value.
Most mammals have a consciousness. All consciousnesses are functionally the same. Human beings are only special insofar as no other animal misuses its consciousness and neglects the route that has the highest survival value as often as we do.
Consciousnesses also die with the body.
You're welcome.
I never understood people struggling with how nothing matters and how insignifigant we as people are. This life is all we have, theres no frame of reference there.
Do what you enjoy, go with the flow, because in the end nothing but what you experienced will matter, because that is all you will know.
Do what you enjoy, go with the flow, because in the end nothing but what you experienced will matter, because that is all you will know.
We're animals, my conciousness or 'soul' is just a by-product of me being too intelligent and trying to invent an answer to a non question.
Just like a Deer or a Fish we run on survival instincts, but with the added level of creative intelligence which allows us to question everything including ourselves, don't think that there's something special about that it's just the evolved version of what primates have right now.
Just like a Deer or a Fish we run on survival instincts, but with the added level of creative intelligence which allows us to question everything including ourselves, don't think that there's something special about that it's just the evolved version of what primates have right now.
Wraith said:
piinyouri said:
thesilentman said:
Nokturos said:
Pebblig said:
I've always found this line of reasoning farcical in how contradictory it is.
Long argument short: you certainly presume to know an awful lot about the true nature of the universe for such an "insignificant speck of dust."
Hell, over 80% of the universe consists of stuff [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_matter] we can't even perceive. We have no bloody idea what we are or even how many dimensions we exist in, or even what the other 80% of reality is up to.
Welcome to S/S Nihilism.
But really, we are mostly a walking, talking colony of microbial life without which one couldn't hope to survive.
But really, we are mostly a walking, talking colony of microbial life without which one couldn't hope to survive.
Er, did you quote me on accident? Not sure if the biological explanation is the same as the dust in the wind explanation. =PJames Joseph Emerald said:
I got bored trying to answer normally, so here's my answer in a short unfinished, poorly written poem. Not dissimilar to my normal posts, but still.
What are we?
Some water, bones and fleshy bits.
or our ability to use these things,
and turn them into sentience, intelligence and wit.
A gift most of the world takes for granted.
We only realize it when we stop.
and think...
What are we?
Some water, bones and fleshy bits.
or our ability to use these things,
and turn them into sentience, intelligence and wit.
A gift most of the world takes for granted.
We only realize it when we stop.
and think...
You are the sum of your material parts and the sum of your experiences, which leave material marks). There are countless different ways how you can view and value yourself. Which ones you pick, or which you construct for yourself, should be up to you to dicide. There is vast literature on this matter in many different fields. Chemistry, Biology, Neurology, Psychology, Philosophy, Sociology...If you don't want to read "dry" books but still be intellectually challenged, I'd recommend: "so spoke Zarathustra" from Nietzsche. The book had a generally positive touch, also provides depth if you seek it but doesn't require it.
The thing is, the worship of Jesus is the worship of the Sun. Most people don't recognize the similarities between Jesus and Mithra or Horus for example. The story with the three kings, Jesus born on the 25.12, Jesus dies and is resurected after three days...this is the story of the Sun.piinyouri said:
Well, it depends whether your explanation was meant to be holistic or not.thesilentman said:
I don't think anyone can say for sure whether we are just a self-sustaining organic machine.
How's that?
Continue reading for a more scientifical answer.
The human brain is essentially a massive collection of neurones, specialised in a thousand different ways for thousands of different tasks. These neurones can vaguely be approximated to logic gates in a CPU, though immeasurably more complex. They take inputs, change it in someway and output the result. This happens billions of times a second to create a suitable final output, which is the reaction to that stimuli.
Let me put it another way. When a computer runs a game, it takes the input from the player's actions, looks at the rules governing how the game works, and alters the output on the screen according to the initial action. Your mind is simply the end output of those billions of changes each second, like how the screen output and the actions it displays is the final output of one frame worth of game.
The trouble is, we don't really know how something goes from being non-sentient to sentient. We're working on it, but the human brain is incredibly complex, you'll need to give us a few decades yet.
I agree on that as well, both on the dark matter and different dimensions.James Joseph Emerald said:
However as far as what we do know now, the dust comment is more or less true.
All the basic things on the smallest level that make up us, the planet and everything we've ever built come from dying stars.
But once again, I agree. We really have no idea the true extent of what constitutes the universes makeup.
When the dog wakes up we're all going to disappear anyway.
But seriously, the way I see it is that you are you and none of that other crap matters. Maybe we don't know what 80% of the universe is, we probably never will. But it doesn't make a lick of difference. Even if we know the meaning of life and all that jazz, all we will ever be is ourselves so that is all that ultimately matters in my book.
But seriously, the way I see it is that you are you and none of that other crap matters. Maybe we don't know what 80% of the universe is, we probably never will. But it doesn't make a lick of difference. Even if we know the meaning of life and all that jazz, all we will ever be is ourselves so that is all that ultimately matters in my book.
