Mirrors are real, but the image is virtual.Daynel wrote:Can mirrors be real if our eyes aren't real?
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Mistake Not... wrote: This isn't rocket science, *!
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But what is real?
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Re: Philosophy Thread
A quote from the most important philosopher of our era.Daynel wrote:Can mirrors be real if our eyes aren't real?
mfw brony imagesfr0stbyte124 wrote:5 months from now, I will publish a paper on an efficient method for rendering millions of owls to a screen.
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I plan to at some point when I consider it relatively safe to cover my eyes for a whole year. Getting a little less dependant on my eyes. "See" what I might learn from it.ACH0225 wrote:Something I've been meaning to consider; for one day, everyone should cover their eyes with something, and plug their ears. Then, with the 2 most major human senses disabled, see what they learn about life. It's almost like those gourmet restaurants in total cave darkness and no talking; you are focused on the food only.
Also, consciousness itself might be an illusion. Every single moment in time, die and be reborn, in sync with our "CPU"'s frequency. Kinda like a teleporter would disintegrate you here and rebuild you over there, just subtle, perhaps wholly unnoticable even. The question "Do we exist" now not only has to have a definition of existance, but now also has to make clear what "we" even means.
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It's entirely possible to theorize that the sensory data coming to our brains has no correspondence with the outside world; we have no way of knowing.
To prevent insanity, however, assume it's real.
To prevent insanity, however, assume it's real.
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To prevent instanity... and freedom.
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"When I get a hold of a Boeing 777 I will stuff it in the cargo bay my freighter and when I find you I will engage in an invasion of your butt that will make 9/11 look like a picnic, Hexalani swine." -Kobialka, 0531015.M3
"Hyperlite, you *." -Tau, 0446015.M3
"When I get a hold of a Boeing 777 I will stuff it in the cargo bay my freighter and when I find you I will engage in an invasion of your butt that will make 9/11 look like a picnic, Hexalani swine." -Kobialka, 0531015.M3
"Hyperlite, you *." -Tau, 0446015.M3
Don't tell anybody, but to this day I have a faint hope for Futurecraft, or something similar to it, to happen. Within my lifetime.