2006-07-07 14:24:58 · 16 answers · asked by jjay 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
No, thinking is merely proof that you exist, cause you have to exist in order to have a thought. So you could stop thinking and still exist.
2006-07-07 14:28:02 · answer #1 · answered by strangeduck82 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
before you ask that question i believe that you need to define your terms. what do you mean by thinking? do you mean rational thought as in, "what will happen if?... or what is 2 x 34535? or just thinking as in do i want an apple or orange to eat? also are you talking about a specific life form? human thought is extremely complex but also, do dogs think? and to what degree if so. Cease to exist? what does it mean to not exist. if you are a vegetable on a hospital bed with no legible brain waves then do you exist? or do you have to be completely utterly dead. once you find a common and acceptable definition to these points, and many others (mine aren't the only ones, as there are a plethora of points to be made about these definitions) i believe that you could then begin to disect your question. until then the only answer one could give is to individually list out all aspects of the question and it's definition, and who knows how long that would take.
2006-07-07 21:37:34 · answer #2 · answered by kf30 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is possible to stop thinking. It is called meditation. At least the kind where you block everything out when you listen to a specific noise. Some religious people may think that you will cease to exist since they believe that meditation leads to demonic possesion. In any case, I doubt you were thinking when you asked this question. Did you cease to exist?
2006-07-07 21:28:36 · answer #3 · answered by gplay2001 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you completely stop thinking, that is called Brain dead and at that point, you do cease to exist within yourself but your physical body is still there since other people continue to think therefore can see you.
2006-07-07 21:27:54 · answer #4 · answered by Michael F 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Really you just can't stop thinking.. Cause when you try to stop thinking, you're thinking about not thinking, or thinking about not thinking about not thinking.. It's just not possible.. and when people do those spiritual things to calm them and free their mind.. they're still thinking.. they're thinking CALM.. If you ever stop thinking.. Please let me know.. that would be wierdly soothing lol
2006-07-07 21:28:08 · answer #5 · answered by Bowie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your question has fascinated philosophers for centuries.
I can't think of a time that I have not been thinking about something.
2006-07-07 21:27:56 · answer #6 · answered by valcus43 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but if you stop writing, we'll cease to get headaches from illegible questions.
2006-07-07 21:28:21 · answer #7 · answered by owensb01 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes you can stp thinking, its sometimes called meditation, but you can hinka nd not meditate, just sit there for a mintue and clear your mind dont think of a single thing . . .now, did you disapear?
2006-07-07 21:27:43 · answer #8 · answered by woundshurtless 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that human beings are always thinking considering the fact that your brain is always functioning.
2006-07-07 21:29:59 · answer #9 · answered by T4Toyin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that G.W. Bush would have stopped existing long ago if that were true.
2006-07-07 21:26:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋