2007-01-18 10:47:27 · 10 answers · asked by Banshee 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Can you please list some examples?
2007-01-18 10:47:54 · update #1
I have refereed to my dictionary and come up with what I believe your question is asking and it is thus -
Which thing, correct and complete in every detail is
a) a yellow precious metal
b) coins or articles made of a yellow precious material [known to Earthling creatures that sometimes amusingly refer to themselves as Man, despite the fact that they consist of two sexes, as gold.]
c) colour of a yellow precious material blah, blah, blah.
I would like to point out at this point that I looked up 'is' in the dictionary as well and to be quite honest I was confused. I then decided to contact Bill Clinton and ask him what his definition of 'is' is. He said "That's a good one, I tried that one myself once." and then hung up. So I gave up on that one.
I then noticed what might appear to be an obvious flaw with my dictionary as it claims the colour of gold is in fact yellow but also by definition states that the colour of gold is in fact gold?!!?
So my first answer in a very long boring series of answers is gold is exactly yellow. As proof of this I looked up yellow in my dictionary and was unsurprised to find the first definition given as - the colour of gold, a lemon, etc. Does this mean gold is a lemon, I just don't know. What I can tell you for sure at this point is I wasted my money buying that dictionary in the first place.
Feeling a little cheated with the whole dictionary debacle I decided to move on and let my mind loose on this one. I recalled a philosophical idea that says maybe everything you experience in life is just a computer program devised by some mad scientist feeding data directly into your brain which is located in a jar in his lab. In that case gold is simply sensory data. If you have seen the film 'Dark Star' you will know that sensory data should be ignored.
About this time my brain started hurting and to be quite honest with you I really wouldn't have minded if the mad scientist dropped my jar. I had a cup of coffee, yup that's right a certain 'blend' made by a certain coffee producer. Now I was totally confused. However I ignored the coffee name and whilst drinking the cup of coffee (decaff by the way) I came up with the ultimate answer.
Gold is stuff, stuff made up of other stuff which is itself made up of other stuff and so on onto infinity. Whats even more remarkable about all this stuff is it too is inside stuff, huge stuff, stuff so unbelievably big that you can't even see it and that stuff is itself inside other stuff and so on onto infinity.
What stuff is is another matter all together and certainly not a question I can answer.
P.S. OK yeah the answer about stuff is maybe not entirely my own work but I think I'll get away with a few thumbs down.
2007-01-18 14:12:48 · answer #1 · answered by D.F 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A soft, shiny, yellow element that is the most malleable of all the metals.A relatively soft metal, gold is usually hardened by alloying with copper, silver, or other metals.For many centuries gold has been used as money, a store of value and in jewellery. Gold is a good conductor of heat and electricity,therefore many electrical connectors use gold plating to maximise electrical current thru them.
2007-01-18 21:29:14 · answer #2 · answered by Dream_Catcher 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gold is the only currency of true value which has been accepted for over 5,000 years. All other currencies have no intrinsic value whatsoever and will eventually collapse. As a young person, you should accumulate as much gold as possible!
2007-01-18 20:44:03 · answer #3 · answered by John D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The chemical element 79.
2007-01-18 18:51:44 · answer #4 · answered by John F 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a naturally occurring Chemical element of limited supply. Just like other element such as Iron or oxygen or carbon. It is considered precious as it is limited.
2007-01-19 12:15:52 · answer #5 · answered by Patrick Bateman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A mineral, a metal, it's natural not man made, other minerals are silver, iron, copper, tin, etc. It's found in many different forms, nuggets, tiny chips embedded in rocks, etc. They mine for it.
2007-01-18 18:56:57 · answer #6 · answered by User 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everything you ever wanted to know about gold:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/gold
2007-01-18 18:57:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A mineral compound.
2007-01-19 04:23:14 · answer #8 · answered by Judas Rabbi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a chemical element.
2007-01-18 18:50:14 · answer #9 · answered by Solveig 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is a pure element found in nature.
2007-01-18 18:57:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋