Comments on: Life a pointless race? http://www.infinite0.com/archives/15 Nothing... yet everything. Wed, 31 Mar 2010 08:34:56 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Phil http://www.infinite0.com/archives/15#comment-156 Phil Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:29:07 +0000 http://www.infinite0.com/archives/15#comment-156 Hey Puss, sorry, have we met? If not, welcome! Hey Puss, sorry, have we met? If not, welcome!

]]> By: Puss getouttathetree http://www.infinite0.com/archives/15#comment-153 Puss getouttathetree Fri, 21 Mar 2008 04:31:25 +0000 http://www.infinite0.com/archives/15#comment-153 it seems to me like you dudes are actually in furious agreement it seems to me like you dudes are actually in furious agreement

]]> By: Phil http://www.infinite0.com/archives/15#comment-34 Phil Mon, 05 Nov 2007 17:52:40 +0000 http://www.infinite0.com/archives/15#comment-34 You and I are looking at the concept "essence" differently. Where I say it is "preserved" or "becoming," you say it is "shifted." To me, there seems to be no difference there, nor in anything else that you have been suggesting. I think this has to do with the <a href="http://www.infinite0.com/archives/10" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">limit of language</a> I had previously described. I feel that what we seem to be in conflict on are actually the same thing. They're two sides of the same coin. Here's a video illustrating why language is limiting — especially pay attention to the last few seconds of this segment. Would you be interested in publishing on this blog? Let me know. <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sjqONb0954o&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sjqONb0954o&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object> You and I are looking at the concept “essence” differently. Where I say it is “preserved” or “becoming,” you say it is “shifted.” To me, there seems to be no difference there, nor in anything else that you have been suggesting.

I think this has to do with the limit of language I had previously described. I feel that what we seem to be in conflict on are actually the same thing. They’re two sides of the same coin. Here’s a video illustrating why language is limiting — especially pay attention to the last few seconds of this segment.

Would you be interested in publishing on this blog? Let me know.

]]> By: guichemot http://www.infinite0.com/archives/15#comment-33 guichemot Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:44:49 +0000 http://www.infinite0.com/archives/15#comment-33 Wait. We already are part of the universe. There is no becoming; there is only changing the configuration of our atoms. This is nothing magical or amazing. It happens every 2 months; your body usually cycles out most of its cells by then and you have an entirely new form every few months. Also, what is this "essence" thing you just dropped out of nowhere? If by essence, you mean the enigmatic configuration of neurons that gives way to the odd phenomenon we call "consciousness" (whether it is even real is subject to debate), then that is entirely ephemeral. Our essence will die when we are dead. There is no "joining," no "becoming," only shifting. And unfortunately, as far as I know, the "me" that I am familiar with will be completely and utterly gone, never to return except in a different form, which is entirely irrelevant to this form of consciousness. Wait. We already are part of the universe. There is no becoming; there is only changing the configuration of our atoms. This is nothing magical or amazing. It happens every 2 months; your body usually cycles out most of its cells by then and you have an entirely new form every few months. Also, what is this “essence” thing you just dropped out of nowhere? If by essence, you mean the enigmatic configuration of neurons that gives way to the odd phenomenon we call “consciousness” (whether it is even real is subject to debate), then that is entirely ephemeral. Our essence will die when we are dead. There is no “joining,” no “becoming,” only shifting. And unfortunately, as far as I know, the “me” that I am familiar with will be completely and utterly gone, never to return except in a different form, which is entirely irrelevant to this form of consciousness.

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