The stupid questions thread.

thecat

thecat

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0psi said:
What ever happened to philosophy as a profession?
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Once upon a time philosophers debated the big questions, what's the universe made of? Where did we come from and why are we here?

It went hand in hand with physics. Philosophers came up with an idea Scientists tested it.

Now the Physics has bounded too far ahead. Cutting edge physics is highly specialised and requires freakish maths so it's difficult for other scientists not in that field to begin to understand.

As a result all that is left for philosophers is to sit around debating the meaning of words and the morality of pigs (No offense Spanky)
 
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thecat

thecat

NSWMTB, Central Tableland MBC
enjoi said:
Not necessarily.
If a tree falls in the woods, but nothing is there to hear it, does it make a sound?
Perceptions - such as colours, smells, sounds and tastes - are constructions formed in the brain and do not exist outside of it.
The fall certainly produces pressure waves in the air, but if sound is defined as a perception, then there is no sound.
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Crap.

This is one of the examples of philosophy falling behind, stuck debating semantics.

Scientifically sound is defined not as something that is heard and definitely not as a perception but as vibrations transmitted through an elastic solid or a liquid or gas, with frequencies in the approximate range of 20 to 20,000 hertz.

Urgo the falling tree makes a sound whether or not those pressure waves strike someones ear drum and spark a perception in their mind
 
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Norco Maniac

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0psi said:
Let me rephrase that. How do I make this a career choice WITHOUT coming across as a giant self-righteous douche bag!
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you could become a welfare sector drug and alcohol counsellor...


on second thoughts, no. the ones i've met so far in my studies are just as bad as the fort kids. :p
 
Mattydv

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This is satire, right?
 
Dozer

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Mattydv said:
This is satire, right?
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Wow, people like that need to have lessons on getting friends, finding girls and living life! What a fucking tool. I bet he dies a virgin who still has his first pay packet and never smiles.
 
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0psi

Eats Squid
You've got to wonder about the inner workings of someone like that. Drugs and rape hey, does he seriously think that there's people out there who sit around having the conversation:

Girl: So what should we do this weekend?
Guy: Dunno, I hear there's a festival on.
Girl: Oh yeah! I heard about that, we should go, I hear heaps of people get raped.
Guy: Naa, not my thing, if you wanna get raped you go ahead, I'm just going to take drugs and ride a bicycle with a homosexual.

WTF??!?!
 
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0psi

Eats Squid
But this ignorance brings me to my next question, why does religon still exist? I can understand it once upon a time when we needed an explanation for things that we were too primative to understand but we've come a long way. We know that we evolved from apes, we know the earth is older than 6000 years or what ever it is the bible claims and the list goes on, so why does religon still have the following it does?

I'm not attacking anyone here, I'm genuinely curious.
 
Mattydv

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My opinion is that it allows people to be controlled. By a large, people want to be controlled (even if they think otherwise), and it gives them a 'bigger meaning'.

Also, people don't want to think that when they die they're just going to decompose.

And it can't be disproved because it defies all logic.
 
harmonix1234

harmonix1234

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0psi said:
But this ignorance brings me to my next question, why does religon still exist?
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a) Because people are afraid of dying
b) because people cannot fathom the concept that life could actually exist without a prime creator
c) because (especially combined with politics) it is a fantastic tool for controlling and manipulating large portions of society
d) because the ego makes it hard to grasp the fact that life will actually go on after 'I' die, 'So God will give me a spot in his giant sharehouse for the departed, and I will keep on exisiting'
e) because we are so stuck in our ways that it is almost impossible to eradicate. Imagine telling every christian, muslim, jew, buddhist, hindu, etc that "Hey guys, you can stop believing everything you have been told by all the generations before you. As of this moment you can eat meat, wipe your ass with both hands, you don't have to chop your kids foreskin off, or sacrifice half of your meal with a family of rats, and you can actually enjoy any music you want to. Really, it's ok".

Apologies if I have offended any faiths here. Not a personal attack on your belief system.
 
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