tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5385938630254488035.post5849428280006581296..comments2023-07-19T20:33:49.563+08:00Comments on Pointless Philosophy: That Is Not Dead Which Can Eternal Lie, And With Strange Aeons Even Death May DieJosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17838857677618174153noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5385938630254488035.post-16128159040420743952011-01-21T00:40:31.582+08:002011-01-21T00:40:31.582+08:00Can can, but soccer first? Lol brawns first brains...Can can, but soccer first? Lol brawns first brains later. Let me know when's the next slugfest.BoboMingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5385938630254488035.post-7378109580048994332011-01-19T00:44:32.745+08:002011-01-19T00:44:32.745+08:00We should meet up to talk about that man haha. You...We should meet up to talk about that man haha. You're seeing better days these days huh?<br /><br />Yes, I'm actually inclined towards thinking that way - that the 'reality check', or 'safety catch' of life is the failsafe switch that prevents us from getting caught in loops and destroying ourselves, and that 'potential' is thus hindered.<br /><br />There are many ways to consider this. The reality check mechanism may be a way for God to prevent us from humanly realizing him. That can be one way of construing this hindered potential (inability to become divine). Or maybe because we are designed by a system that grants us only mental faculties based on five senses, we will typically be quite limited in perceiving a higher order above reality.<br /><br />At any rate, it brings me back to the original question of interest.Josehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17838857677618174153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5385938630254488035.post-54123894445253653942011-01-14T15:31:03.760+08:002011-01-14T15:31:03.760+08:00I have always wondered if getting locked up in a r...I have always wondered if getting locked up in a room for an endless period of time, with only 4 walls for company, could drive a person down the rabbit hole. I was close to experiencing that once: locked up in a house that was almost too big for 1 person to stay in for close to 3 months, coupled with a failing relationship with my family and gf. I ended up having depression and anxiety. Talked to the walls, talked to myself, wasn't pretty lol. <br /><br />The 'reality check' switch that I talked about earlier, is similar to what you call 'sanity', and in my opinion, is what hinders people from realising their true potential.MonktheMongtheMingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5385938630254488035.post-61770967241676415622011-01-13T11:59:46.948+08:002011-01-13T11:59:46.948+08:00Hey thanks for the note! Yes it is certainly not t...Hey thanks for the note! Yes it is certainly not the same (i.e. does not qualify as a 'paradox' in what I think you've come to define as a 'human paradox'), but I was hoping to create an analogy that may best capture what I think insanity could be. The idea that a human gets trapped in an endless mental loop he/she cannot escape intrigues me and is that what it is? If that's what it is, how does that feel?<br /><br />I guess it is precisely because humans are quick enough to realise the futility of most paradoxical scenarios, such that "we dont get bothered by too many paradoxes or get caught up in them", because we/most humans are sane enough to avoid the pitfalls. When I'm functioning fine mentally, stuff works.<br /><br />But what if there was just one loop that catches me off? Could, for instance, trauma be an instance of an emotional loop people cannot get out of and therefore become depressed? Can I (or do I) experience so much endless sorrow (which brings me back to the eternity of looping) that I go crazy?Josehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17838857677618174153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5385938630254488035.post-40474804315515970022011-01-12T17:59:42.414+08:002011-01-12T17:59:42.414+08:00Your computer paradox took me a while to figure ou...Your computer paradox took me a while to figure out, but i finally understood what you were trying to say. I am not sure this would qualify as a paradox. Assuming one wants to get a thousand bucks. In order to get a thousand bucks one can only buy a shop, and start a cookie business. But the total expense of acquiring a shop and starting the biz would amount to a thousand bucks. A program or robot would encounter a never ending loop with this scenario, but surprisingly a human would be quick enough to realise that the above scenario is impossible to attain, and he would quickly break the question-answer loop by doing a mental 'ctrl-alt-del'. I am thinking we dont get bothered by too many paradoxes or get caught up in them.JMdaMunknoreply@blogger.com