What's the meaning of life?
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I like that 'meaning of life'.we ARE the universe experiencing itself through consciousness.
Do you think that there is an end to what consciousness can reveal, which some people define as God ? Or is consciousness engaged in a constant struggle to find to meaning until the finish of the Universe?
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Did you cross a bridge on your way to work today?ThomasHobbes wrote: ↑June 14th, 2018, 4:04 amThese are just mathematical models. - Has nothing to do with reality, like God.
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I don't think consciousness is struggling to find meaning. We experiencing human consciousness are. All other life forms experience their own type of "consciousness", used loosely, which is completely different from the consciousness we experience. The universe as a whole is using us and everything else as "tools" to experience itself. It is us, it is everything not us.Belindi wrote: ↑June 14th, 2018, 3:46 am MrE wrote:
I like that 'meaning of life'.we ARE the universe experiencing itself through consciousness.
Do you think that there is an end to what consciousness can reveal, which some people define as God? Or is consciousness engaged in a constant struggle to find to meaning until the finish of the Universe?
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No, do you sleep under one?LuckyR wrote: ↑June 14th, 2018, 11:02 amDid you cross a bridge on your way to work today?ThomasHobbes wrote: ↑June 14th, 2018, 4:04 am
These are just mathematical models. - Has nothing to do with reality, like God.
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Did I offend you?
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You have to admit that was a good line. "No, do you sleep under one?"
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You completely missed the point.
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Oh. Thanks Maxcady.Maxcady10001 wrote: ↑June 15th, 2018, 3:48 am I believe he meant bridges are real and based on mathematical models.
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I was hoping it was a complete nonsequitur.Maxcady10001 wrote: ↑June 15th, 2018, 3:48 am I believe he meant bridges are real and based on mathematical models.
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Bridges have been built and have worked fine long before any mathematical models.Maxcady10001 wrote: ↑June 15th, 2018, 3:48 am I believe he meant bridges are real and based on mathematical models.
He was putting the cart before the horse.
The earth has been going round the sun long before Kepler figured it all out.
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No doubt, I was a little disappointed that there wasn't a rimshot after it (so I provided one! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpaOy8b8X6A )Maxcady10001 wrote: ↑June 15th, 2018, 2:07 am LuckyR
You have to admit that was a good line. "No, do you sleep under one?"
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You completely missed the point.
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Well since advanced engineering principles existed before 2600 BCE, and the first known bridges are from about only 1500 BCE, I am not sure what type of bridges you are referring to that predated mathematical modelsThomasHobbes wrote: ↑June 15th, 2018, 10:39 amBridges have been built and have worked fine long before any mathematical models.Maxcady10001 wrote: ↑June 15th, 2018, 3:48 am I believe he meant bridges are real and based on mathematical models.
He was putting the cart before the horse.
The earth has been going round the sun long before Kepler figured it all out.
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