Is it reasonable to say you are what the universe is doing right now?

Discussion in 'Free Thoughts' started by Bowser, Jan 30, 2019.

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Well?

  1. I'm independently owned.

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  2. My investments don't allow outside intrest.

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  3. The universe is a drag, man.

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  4. I lost a finger to my circular saw.

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  5. I drink Coke.

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  1. James R

    James R Just this guy, you know? Staff Member

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    More generally, the accessible energy that is needed to create new things won't be here for an eternity.
     
    James R, Feb 3, 2019
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  3. Bowser

    Bowser Namaste Valued Senior Member

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    I don't recall that thread. May be reiterate your point.
     
    Bowser, Feb 3, 2019
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  5. Bowser

    Bowser Namaste Valued Senior Member

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    Are you?

    And you are in complete control? Would you know what to do if you had control?


    If I saw my reflection in the Universe, would that be a prob!em?

    I am posting from a Kindle. Be patient.
     
    Bowser, Feb 3, 2019
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  7. Bowser

    Bowser Namaste Valued Senior Member

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    to the best of your knowledge.
     
    Bowser, Feb 3, 2019
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  8. Bowser

    Bowser Namaste Valued Senior Member

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    Myopic. Whoops!
     
    Bowser, Feb 3, 2019
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  9. James R

    James R Just this guy, you know? Staff Member

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    Obviously.

    Sorry? Am I in complete control of what? I'm not even in complete control of my own body. It does lots of things that I have no conscious awareness of, let alone control over. Thankfully, that frees me up to concentrate my attention on other things.

    I think that could be egotistical. It depends.

    It's fine. Take however much time you want.
     
    James R, Feb 3, 2019
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  10. RainbowSingularity

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    1 human life time does not make all that is possible from 1 human intellect.
    the average human has many life times of knowledge that they have compiled in a relatively short period of time to give them the ability to achieve something that in its practice has taken many different peoples entire life times and in some cases hundreds of years of study to achieve.

    simple example
    the common general practitioner doctor

    contains the knowledge of several hundred years and thousands of peoples entire life times of study.
     
    RainbowSingularity, Feb 3, 2019
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  11. Bowser

    Bowser Namaste Valued Senior Member

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    Would I be safe to assume you extend control to life/universe? I mean, if you cant regulate your own body...?

    How do you figure?[/QUOTE]
     
    Bowser, Feb 3, 2019
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  12. James R

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    Again, I ask: control of what?

    And again, it sounds like you're thinking of "life" in the abstract, or the "universe" as like a conscious entity that wills things.

    The laws of physics and chemistry and biology determine how my body works. But that's not like a person "controlling" me.

    I think it overestimates your importance in the universe as a whole. You're a minuscule part of something that is almost unimaginably large. The universe doesn't so much reflect you as you reflect certain aspects of the universe.
     
    James R, Feb 3, 2019
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  13. Bowser

    Bowser Namaste Valued Senior Member

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    Not certain how I can be more clear.

    Yet here we are. Would it be the same if neither of us were here?
     
    Bowser, Feb 3, 2019
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  14. James R

    James R Just this guy, you know? Staff Member

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    Okay.

    My impression of what you've written so far suggests to me that you feel you have some kind of mystical connection to "the universe", other than the normal physical one. I also get the impression that you subscribe to the notion that, in some unexplained way, "all is one".

    To me, it sounds like mysticism. If that's what you're into, fine, I guess. For me, mystical connections to a personified universe fall into the approximately the same category as Magical Realists ghosts.

    Would the universe be the same? For the most part, yes, I think it would be. What do you expect me to do with this counterfactual?

    I mean, you and I are both the result of a long line of lucky accidents. Change a small thing a million years ago and neither of us would be here.
     
    James R, Feb 3, 2019
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  15. Bowser

    Bowser Namaste Valued Senior Member

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    Well let's thank our good luck that we made it this far.
     
    Bowser, Feb 3, 2019
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  16. James R

    James R Just this guy, you know? Staff Member

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    Yes. All the more reason to value the lives we have.
     
    James R, Feb 3, 2019
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  17. RainbowSingularity

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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_...aches_less_than_one_lunar_distance_from_Earth

    2019-01-12 2019-01-11 2019 AE9 0.000666 AU (99,600 km; 61,900 mi) 0.26 8–25 27.2 —

    that is a rock the size of a 4 bedroom 2 story town house traveling at a probable speed of around 40,000 kilometers per hour which what ever was left say maybe 7 to 12 meters wide exploding.
    physicists would need to do that math im a little tired right now.

    that was lucky 2019 AE9
    that would have made a sizable dent in any large major city, statistically improbable to hit a large city. though if it had done it would cause thousands of deaths(potentially millions) and billions to trillions in damage

    2019 BW1 is roughly 70 meters wide
     
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  18. Beaconator

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    The universe will provide
     
    Beaconator, Feb 3, 2019
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  19. Beaconator

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    Rain twice in o e night
     
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    How do you type? Is it electrical impulse? You make it rain.

    Does the universe float by when you . use the same idea as typing?

    Can you see into my mind?
     
    Beaconator, Feb 3, 2019
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  21. Bowser

    Bowser Namaste Valued Senior Member

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    Yes.
     
    Bowser, Feb 3, 2019
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  22. RainbowSingularity

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    all that is, is made up of that which is inside the universe.

    we are like fish in a fish tank
    there is nothing that can "not" be of the universe. unless it has come from a different universe.

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    in the usa insurance companys control access to health care services
    insurance companys also control the cost of procedures
    insurance companys also control if people can get medical treatment.
    morally this is probably no less immoral than genocide
    but it is what the american people want and choose

    advanced scans cost around $500.00 to $3,000.00
    the usa typically charges 6 times the cost of a medical procedure than the cheapest other 1st world medical system.

    supply & demand economics used to control access to health care for the people... morally equal to genocide ? probably a good argument there for all those who pay tax.
     
    RainbowSingularity, Feb 4, 2019
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  23. Bowser

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    life has a high dollar vallue. Even then it might not be enough
     
    Bowser, Feb 4, 2019
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