Tue 10 Feb, 2009 03:04 pm - this is an essay i wrote a while back on the nature of God (which interests me much more then the question of whether God exists or not). some of the ideas in it may even be outdated for me, but i... (view)
Tue 10 Feb, 2009 02:36 pm - [quote=Aedes]This may be rhetorical, but I think it's about using language in a way that emphasizes how we're in this together. It's the kind of thing that made Martin Luther King Jr... (view)
Tue 10 Feb, 2009 02:33 pm - right now, i'd consider myself agnostic. i've often thought that i would probably be better off firmly believing that there was a higher power, that i'd be happier knowing someone... (view)
Tue 10 Feb, 2009 02:22 pm - it sounds like you are referring to [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memetics"]Memetics[/URL]. i certainly agree that the right ideals need to be in place in order to progress, but more... (view)
Sat 7 Feb, 2009 06:03 am - [quote=xris]Is he benevolent?[/quote]
can there be such thing as benevolence when different people have different ideas about whats "good"? (view)
Fri 6 Feb, 2009 10:07 pm - [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holographic_principle"]The Holographic Universe[/URL] is one theory, based on the theory that the entropy of a black hole can be measures based on the... (view)
Fri 6 Feb, 2009 09:53 pm - i think its human nature to have meaning in something. our brains are attuned to locate things that have some purpose for us, and everything else is just background. humans need a reason to do... (view)
Fri 6 Feb, 2009 09:38 pm - from what i've heard, one of the biggest limiting factors for our brains is the amount of nutrients its capable of getting. if we were able to get more food and oxygen to our brains, we could... (view)
Fri 6 Feb, 2009 09:33 pm - our personality is certainly shaped by genetics and experiences. would it be possible to change our personality by sheer force of will? would changing our personality simply be a part of who we... (view)
Fri 6 Feb, 2009 09:29 pm - what interests me is the fact that the evolution of a brain doesn't have an end goal, or a point in which it stops. nor do humans need to wait for biology to do evolve us, we can take matters... (view)
