Philosophy - July 2006

2006-07-13 04:10:17 · 32 answers · asked by jaydeb j 1

i know my life is a big unrealized dream, just want to know what happened to us?

2006-07-13 04:02:06 · 21 answers · asked by lizbethann_82 2

2006-07-13 04:00:38 · 16 answers · asked by Groskowitz 1

Forcing to go public with your true displeasure, instead of wearing a fake :) ?

2006-07-13 03:53:38 · 8 answers · asked by rsintheatre 2

It is a defect in language that words suggest permanent realities and people do not see through this deception. But mere words cannot create reality. Thus people speak of a final goal and believe it is real, but it is a form of words and the goal as such is without substance. The one who realizes the emptiness of objects and concepts does not depend on words. Perfect wisdom is beyond definition, and pathlessness is the way to it.

The wise one treads this path for the direct realization of impermanence and for the direct realization of understanding. This, then, is perfect wisdom. Such a one should tread this path knowing that attachment and attractions are neither good nor harmful, even enlightenment is neither good nor harmful, because perfect wisdom is not meant to promote good or harm for that person. However, even though there is no intention of good or harm, it does confer endless blessing.

-Prajnaparamita

Peace and Love

2006-07-13 03:52:11 · 7 answers · asked by digilook 2

Thanx for the laughs. Now can we stop taking ourselves so seriously?
Peace and Love

2006-07-13 03:37:58 · 13 answers · asked by digilook 2

2006-07-13 03:31:40 · 9 answers · asked by sayan 2

If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.

-Carl Sagan

Peace and Love

2006-07-13 03:23:53 · 19 answers · asked by digilook 2

2006-07-13 03:21:05 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Going for a Jerry Maguire moment..

2006-07-13 03:18:05 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've just noticed that the points system in Yahoo Answers is exactly the same as trying to make money in real life. The higher up you are, the easier it is to get more.

Level 1 users are restricted in the number of questions they can answer, thus restricted the number of points they can get in a day. Level 2 users are also restricted, but not as much, as are Level 3, 4, and 5. I THINK it's level 6 or 7 that there are no restrictions, so they can make as many points in a day as they like.

When your poor, it's very difficult to make any serious money, and there are restrictions to everything you do. When you have a little bit more money, it's SLIGHTLY easier to make more and so on and so on until you get rich.

Once you're rich, it's EASY to make LOADS of money. Once you're a Level 7, it's EASY to make LOADS of points.

The exception to this is when you are poor, there's always a (slim) chance that you can win the lottery. Maybe Yahoo Answers should have a weekly lottery?

2006-07-13 03:09:11 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

anyone care to explain secret to true happyness

i think its about losin the ego - havin simple pleasures

no god loves u please - reality

2006-07-13 02:46:22 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

since studying psychology, and working as a counselor, i cant help analyzing people and situation, i have also become very good at using reverse psychology on other people, also i find myself reading people's body-language, i even have friends asking me what certain types of body-language means, and 9 times out of 10 i'm usually right about a person from first meeting them, my friends think i'm psychic....is there anyone out there who has any special abilities that they cant explain, and if so what are they?.

2006-07-13 02:20:56 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

General observation that women tend to like men to contol so intelligent (or mabe educated ones) tend to be classified as nerdy and have trouble finding a partner.

2006-07-13 02:08:49 · 22 answers · asked by Nothing to say? 3

I find it unbelievable that theists blame satan, lack of God etc. etc and atheists blame God. I blame Me. Now what can I do in my own little world to change what is wrong? Be nice and use your "intellect.'"
"Be the change you wish to see in the world."
-Gandhi
Peace and Love

2006-07-13 01:57:11 · 8 answers · asked by digilook 2

2006-07-13 01:55:36 · 8 answers · asked by deonne r 4

2006-07-13 01:55:19 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-13 01:45:43 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

If you could show me the way to do something, what would it be?
How would it help me?
Serious thoughtful answers , or fun ones would be welcome.

2006-07-13 01:31:13 · 5 answers · asked by laughsall 4

If American people are rated ''normal'' at an average of IQ100 how are we supposed to rate other races, with entirely different mores, policies, and cultures? Based on what? By whom? And, if people like Condolezza Rice are supposed to have an IQ of 200, or more, why aren't they doing more?

2006-07-13 01:30:40 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-13 01:16:06 · 2 answers · asked by Smegma Stigma 4

2006-07-13 01:14:38 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

give me your POV and uphold your feeling whether based on documented fact or faith facts?-----people, I respect you all but get down to it.

2006-07-13 01:08:48 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

and if so how do now confront the present and fight when giving up would be disasterous??

2006-07-13 00:45:04 · 19 answers · asked by lazydazy 4

Please don't use the example of air. Any practicle thoughts would help. Thanks

2006-07-13 00:43:02 · 40 answers · asked by sAVVY 1

Discuss

2006-07-13 00:42:32 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

well personally it is not but there are quite a number of people who dont like that notion!I am trying to investigate it!

2006-07-12 23:40:15 · 26 answers · asked by chong_lim_poh 1

Why is it when someone asks "what's that weird smell coming from my poop" does it get like 30 answers, then someone asks "where can i find a book on networking for small home offices it might get like 2 answers" every time i ask a poll or general type question it gets tons of answers but when i ask a specific one where people have to use their brain, it gets ignored..so is it ignorance, or just laziness? whats your thoughts on it.

2006-07-12 23:28:35 · 14 answers · asked by Britness 4

2006-07-12 22:56:47 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

I asked this in the religious section, but was expectedly disappointed in the responses I received.

My question is this: can a machine endowed with a near-infinite input of source information serve as a substitute for what humanity now worships as the supreme being?

To elaborate, humans are limited in experience and therefore intelligence by what we perceive throughout the course of our lifetime. A machine, on the other hand, could perceive conceivably infinite sources of information contemporaneously, and therefore would be vastly more capable in controlling and influencing the affairs of humanity than any human ever could. Would it not make sense, then, to treat such a mechanical intelligence as we currently treat a hypothetical and unproveable "spiritual" being; and wouldn't it be wiser to strive to create a known power than to worship an unproven and unknown power?

2006-07-12 22:52:15 · 9 answers · asked by Mr.Samsa 7