Philosophy - August 2006

If you had a bowl of fried chicken, how big would it be and how many pieces of chicken?

2006-08-19 20:49:15 · 19 answers · asked by Andy benitez 2

2006-08-19 20:38:35 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-19 19:41:03 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-19 19:29:45 · 5 answers · asked by suhas s 1

Imagine the following hypothetical experiment.

There are three humans. All of the same age. One female, two male. Each male is of a different ethnicity. The female is of the same ethnicity to one of the males.

All are left to their own devices with no contact from other humans their entire life. They spend their childhood on isolated islands.

Once they reach an age of 18, a doorway opens enabling the female to travel to the island of the male whose ethnicity is different to her own. Over a year, and once over her initial shock she establishes a healthy companionship with the ethnically different male. Then another doorway opens allowing only the female to travel to the third island where there is a male of similar ethnicity to her self. Again after a period of getting used to each other she decides she likes both males equally in terms of companionship.

Remember only the female can travel to the individual islands. Ignoring the fact that she

2006-08-19 19:18:47 · 10 answers · asked by Dr. Leone 4

Variety is not THE spice of life; it is A spice of life. In this modern society, variety is nothing but a concept which has been overrated and in most cases misinterpreted.

Life is not all about variety, but rather it is about self fulfillment and the satisfaction that one can give to another’s life. Life goes beyond uniqueness and standing out from the crowd. It is about living a meaningful life full of depth and sincerity.

Is a life really worth living when it only revolves around being different? I do not think this is all there is to life. It can’t just be variety that’s keeping you alive, awake, and full of interest of what life is about to spring at you next.

Its hope, faith, love or what ever else is motivating you to pursue your life. I know for sure though that it’s not variety.

2006-08-19 19:09:27 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-19 19:02:06 · 4 answers · asked by â?«â?¥â??Born in the Wild lifeâ??â?«â?¥ 1

The Las Vegas girl seems easier..... they are in the next room?

2006-08-19 18:55:36 · 10 answers · asked by Wurm™ 6

This question has recently been asked by "Exousia Skotos", but i'm looking for a different apporach for an essay. Consider the concept of the yin-yang. The universe is a balance of good things and bad things. Good things cannot exist without bad things. So, does this mean that without hate, there cannot be love? this leads me to wonder whether peace is really worth it... i mean is it possible to have peace? If the universe is a balance of both good and evil, can peace exist without war? hunger or poverty?

2006-08-19 18:43:39 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

If, for example, I say something that I beleive to be false, but assert it as the truth, and people listen and beleive, and later I discover that it was true, but I didn't realise it when I said it, then was I bullshitting or not?

2006-08-19 18:40:34 · 9 answers · asked by Dr Know It All 5

I'd travel the world and take all my friends and family with me.

2006-08-19 18:40:19 · 17 answers · asked by hippiegirl672003 4

You find yourself in Greece or Rome, 2,500 years ago. You are dressed like the natives and you speak their language. Do you know anything they would think is worthwhile, or that would mark you as being someone from the future? Ignore the possibility of changing the future. What could you do to convince them you were from the 21st century?

2006-08-19 18:37:33 · 7 answers · asked by KALEL 4

stephen trevanus, and his, "of the coins of human thought, and the divine properties, thereof"

2006-08-19 18:09:21 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

meaning anything, your gender, location, culture etc...

2006-08-19 17:55:30 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

(I don't mean a nightmare per se, I mean like something that would happen to you in real ilfe)

2006-08-19 17:47:08 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

what is your definition of spiritual?

2006-08-19 17:35:22 · 11 answers · asked by 44 years old 2

Leonardo Da Vinci was a great man (aside form being gay and a petophile). They said he had a mutation in his brain. That the part of the brain that transmits information back and forth from left hemisphere to the right hemisphere (and vise versa) was, in Leonardo's brain, enlarged! This way information traveled freely back and forth. This enabled him to actually do two separate thngs at the same time. He could with one hand be writing verses from the bible and in the other writing something to about geology. and he'd be doing this at the same time with hit left hand writing backwards. He was a jack of all trades and considered the Renaissance man. The scope and depth of his interest was never rivaled. He studied light, metal work, anatomy, physiology, geology, zoology, engineering, hydrolics, mechanics, and was the first to study optics. He designed the machine gun, tank, and helicopter before we ever had the technology to make them. This man was a genius.

2006-08-19 17:32:17 · 15 answers · asked by Michael 2

2006-08-19 17:26:55 · 2 answers · asked by sonam 1

If relative, then it's okay to rewrite history. Yes?

2006-08-19 17:19:58 · 32 answers · asked by Dr Know It All 5

My favorite noexsitent word...... Anyway, I have this thought that is kinda hard to eplain.......

Ok, so every since I was little, I've had a little thing that keeps popping into my brain. What If I'm actually the only real person? What if everyone else is just a figment of my imagination? Or what if they are all just ....things...... that are here to trick me? Am I the only person in the world with actual emotions? Is this all a show?

2006-08-19 17:16:38 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Mine (sierrababy44) was made up when i was 44; one of my students was named "Sierra" and i thought it was just about the prettiest name I had ever heard

2006-08-19 17:11:54 · 27 answers · asked by Dune 2

when you squeeze an orange, orange juice comes out.

Hypothetically speaking, what if you were squeezed? What emotion or character trait would come out?

What would you say is your chief characteristic or emotion?

2006-08-19 17:01:16 · 18 answers · asked by .. 5

As one approaches this place, they move more and more slowly until they reach the center and stop. From this center of time, time travels outwards in concentric circles. If you approach the center you get to keep the perfect moment forever and achieve eternal happiness. If you choose to go outwards, you choose to live noble life but can't eliminate sadness. Under which circumstances would it be worth staying at the center of time?

2006-08-19 16:55:09 · 19 answers · asked by gudrun077 4

Yosemite national park is a super volcano that is past due to explode. The earth is past do for a life ending comet or meteor strike. The earths core is gradually slowing down which will create a pole shift and let in leathal doses of radiation from space. San fransisco is past due for a major earthquake. Every year the weather patterns on the planet grow stronger and stronger creating more devistating storms. These are all things that have happened in the past they have been scientifically documented and they are all well over due to happen again. Looking at each Individually and you might not get worried but put them all together and you might wonder if God isnt holding them back for the end of times. What do you think?

2006-08-19 16:44:34 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I think Empathy.

2006-08-19 16:42:16 · 19 answers · asked by jo 2

Why?

2006-08-19 16:38:02 · 14 answers · asked by codizzle 2

We are told my science that our thoughts, memories, and state of consciousness are physical entities composed of chemical and electrical reactions taking place in time and space and subject to cause and effect. If this is the case then is it possible for chemicals to make choices? If we had a super computer that could track every cause all the way back to the Big Bang would everything that has evolved since then including my thoughts be predicted by this theoretical super computer. I am bothered by this because if our science is based on cause and effect then it appears to me there is no choice and that I am just chemicals reacting to nature and nuture. I would imagine that following this line of reasoning would reek havoc on our judicial system. Religious dogma as a solution has no appeal to me. Can anyone tell me how I get out of this conundrum? I am sure I am not the only one to have this thought and would appreciate what other minds have to say on this topic.
Kind Regards,
Eric

2006-08-19 16:36:47 · 4 answers · asked by khufumen 2

what is the 4 postulates of computer ethics?.. site or any information will do.. thank you..

2006-08-19 16:35:08 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

of the Iliad and Odyssey and its application in our daily life?

2006-08-19 16:28:35 · 4 answers · asked by auztik 2

2006-08-19 16:13:42 · 16 answers · asked by Princess 1