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Thats a big hell yeah right there
    #5546829 - 04/23/06 08:32 AM (17 years, 9 months ago)




Sorry mods, do i need to try and say something philosophical to make this thread legitimate?


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[quote]KristiMidocean said:
Good now thats clear.WHO FUCKING CARES. If I am fat u all keep pointing it out like its suppose to be a secret.LIke u really have nothing better to do then make fat jokes. If o know its like I do I know yall can come up with NEW AND BETTER SHIT . This shit is old and boring . I left in the first place cause this shit got boring not because of the fat jokes . Fat jokes dont bother me but seriously its old[/quote]


Edited by Psychoslut (04/23/06 08:33 AM)


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Re: Thats a big hell yeah right there [Re: Psychoslut]
    #5546869 - 04/23/06 09:03 AM (17 years, 9 months ago)

your banned.. peace out


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Re: Thats a big hell yeah right there [Re: fresh313]
    #5546882 - 04/23/06 09:12 AM (17 years, 9 months ago)

Yeah right, its not all that big of deal. I was just pointing out that the thread count spelled a w3rd.


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[quote]KristiMidocean said:
Good now thats clear.WHO FUCKING CARES. If I am fat u all keep pointing it out like its suppose to be a secret.LIke u really have nothing better to do then make fat jokes. If o know its like I do I know yall can come up with NEW AND BETTER SHIT . This shit is old and boring . I left in the first place cause this shit got boring not because of the fat jokes . Fat jokes dont bother me but seriously its old[/quote]


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Re: Thats a big hell yeah right there [Re: fresh313]
    #5546884 - 04/23/06 09:12 AM (17 years, 9 months ago)

Obviously, the moderators names are listed at the bottom of the forum, and they can be sent questions through pm's.

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Re: Thats a big hell yeah right there [Re: fireworks_god]
    #5546888 - 04/23/06 09:14 AM (17 years, 9 months ago)

im not trying to pm anyone , wtf.


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Re: Thats a big hell yeah right there [Re: fresh313]
    #5546892 - 04/23/06 09:16 AM (17 years, 9 months ago)

Such was never implied.

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Re: Thats a big hell yeah right there [Re: fireworks_god]
    #5546897 - 04/23/06 09:18 AM (17 years, 9 months ago)

my name is listed at the side of the screen along with my ratings , avatar, reg date, and post count. i can also be sent pm's by clicking on my name and following the directions on following page. gracias patrones. come again.


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Re: Thats a big hell yeah right there [Re: fireworks_god]
    #5546900 - 04/23/06 09:19 AM (17 years, 9 months ago)

People couldnt possibly be THAT up tight. Could they?


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[quote]KristiMidocean said:
Good now thats clear.WHO FUCKING CARES. If I am fat u all keep pointing it out like its suppose to be a secret.LIke u really have nothing better to do then make fat jokes. If o know its like I do I know yall can come up with NEW AND BETTER SHIT . This shit is old and boring . I left in the first place cause this shit got boring not because of the fat jokes . Fat jokes dont bother me but seriously its old[/quote]


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Re: Thats a big hell yeah right there [Re: fresh313]
    #5546905 - 04/23/06 09:22 AM (17 years, 9 months ago)

Quote:

fresh313 said:
my name is listed at the side of the screen along with my ratings , avatar, reg date, and post count.  i can also be sent pm's by clicking on my name and following the directions on following page. gracias patrones. come again.




As far as I'm aware, no one in this thread is interested in pm'ing you. :smirk:

He proposed a question to the mods, I suggested sending them a pm to ask the question instead of creating an off-topic thread to do the same.

What is so hard to understand about that?

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Re: Thats a big hell yeah right there [Re: Psychoslut]
    #5546907 - 04/23/06 09:23 AM (17 years, 9 months ago)

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Psychoslut said:
People couldnt possibly be THAT up tight. Could they?





Banana nut bread, anyone?



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Re: Thats a big hell yeah right there [Re: SkorpivoMusterion]
    #5546910 - 04/23/06 09:24 AM (17 years, 9 months ago)

I think a Vernon Howard Quote would go nicely with some Banana Nut Bread, how 'bout you?


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Re: Thats a big hell yeah right there [Re: Veritas]
    #5546916 - 04/23/06 09:26 AM (17 years, 9 months ago)

Now that I can give a big hell yeah to right there.




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Re: Thats a big hell yeah right there [Re: fireworks_god]
    #5546919 - 04/23/06 09:28 AM (17 years, 9 months ago)

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fresh313 said:
my name is listed at the side of the screen along with my ratings , avatar, reg date, and post count.  i can also be sent pm's by clicking on my name and following the directions on following page. gracias patrones. come again.




As far as I'm aware, no one in this thread is interested in pm'ing you. :smirk:

He proposed a question to the mods, I suggested sending them a pm to ask the question instead of creating an off-topic thread to do the same.

What is so hard to understand about that?

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Re: Thats a big hell yeah right there [Re: SkorpivoMusterion]
    #5546921 - 04/23/06 09:30 AM (17 years, 9 months ago)

"The one supreme power that will guarantee personal happiness
is personal right thinking."



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Re: Thats a big hell yeah right there [Re: Veritas]
    #5546935 - 04/23/06 09:37 AM (17 years, 9 months ago)

Quote:

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"The one supreme power that will guarantee personal happiness
is personal right thinking."






are you saying that happiness = intelligence and that the supreme being is a persons self?

I guess this thread turned out right and proper after all :grin:


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[quote]KristiMidocean said:
Good now thats clear.WHO FUCKING CARES. If I am fat u all keep pointing it out like its suppose to be a secret.LIke u really have nothing better to do then make fat jokes. If o know its like I do I know yall can come up with NEW AND BETTER SHIT . This shit is old and boring . I left in the first place cause this shit got boring not because of the fat jokes . Fat jokes dont bother me but seriously its old[/quote]


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Re: Thats a big hell yeah right there [Re: Psychoslut]
    #5546947 - 04/23/06 09:43 AM (17 years, 9 months ago)

"Right thinking" is not intelligence, but rationality. Many intelligent people are not rational. The supreme power which affects our happiness is what we think about what happens. Happiness is not linked to intelligence, nor is intelligence the key to happiness.


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Re: Thats a big hell yeah right there [Re: Veritas]
    #5546959 - 04/23/06 09:50 AM (17 years, 9 months ago)

Yeah i can feel you on that. I dislike people who are irrational too often. Like people who are scared of snakes but do not have any rational reason to be scared of snakes other than people told them they should be.


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[quote]KristiMidocean said:
Good now thats clear.WHO FUCKING CARES. If I am fat u all keep pointing it out like its suppose to be a secret.LIke u really have nothing better to do then make fat jokes. If o know its like I do I know yall can come up with NEW AND BETTER SHIT . This shit is old and boring . I left in the first place cause this shit got boring not because of the fat jokes . Fat jokes dont bother me but seriously its old[/quote]


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Re: Thats a big hell yeah right there [Re: Veritas]
    #5546990 - 04/23/06 10:10 AM (17 years, 9 months ago)

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"Right thinking" is not intelligence, but rationality. Many intelligent people are not rational. The supreme power which affects our happiness is what we think about what happens. Happiness is not linked to intelligence, nor is intelligence the key to happiness.




I certainly agree that intelligence itself isn't the key to happiness, but surely, it is a contributing factor?



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Re: Thats a big hell yeah right there [Re: SkorpivoMusterion]
    #5547026 - 04/23/06 10:26 AM (17 years, 9 months ago)

I have seen many happy yet not too bright people, and many smart yet sullen people. I think intelligence has the potential to contribute to happiness, but doesn't always.


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Re: Thats a big hell yeah right there [Re: dblaney]
    #5547037 - 04/23/06 10:31 AM (17 years, 9 months ago)

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dblaney said:
I have seen many happy yet not too bright people, and many smart yet sullen people. I think intelligence has the potential to contribute to happiness, but doesn't always.




Ive seen this too.

Why do very educated people seem so boring? Like they have there brain so clogged up with facts and knowledge that they don't have the room to have a personality.


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[quote]KristiMidocean said:
Good now thats clear.WHO FUCKING CARES. If I am fat u all keep pointing it out like its suppose to be a secret.LIke u really have nothing better to do then make fat jokes. If o know its like I do I know yall can come up with NEW AND BETTER SHIT . This shit is old and boring . I left in the first place cause this shit got boring not because of the fat jokes . Fat jokes dont bother me but seriously its old[/quote]


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Re: Thats a big hell yeah right there [Re: dblaney]
    #5547069 - 04/23/06 10:48 AM (17 years, 9 months ago)

But in all actuality, the "not-so-bright" people still have intelligence - however fundamental it may be. Wherever there is happiness, there is intelligence behind that happiness. Rationality [acting in accordance with facts and reality] is the driving engine behind happiness, as Veritas and I agree on. This implies intelligence - or more specifically, the productive use of One's own intelligence.

One can therefore see that it is a lack of [a productive] purpose that is a great factor behind unhappiness. With no purpose in life, there is little to no purpose in the present moment. Without a purpose, One drifts along like a drifter, open to any arbitrary, malevolent whims - antipodes of rationality, read: open to self-destruction, read: neurosis [which is the excessive use of energy for unproductive purposes so that personal growth is hindered or stopped].

This is why purpose and focus/volition are two essential factors behind genuine happiness. Along with Rationality, they become the great Trinity that empassions, romanticizes and heightens One's life.




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Re: Thats a big hell yeah right there [Re: SkorpivoMusterion]
    #5547091 - 04/23/06 11:08 AM (17 years, 9 months ago)

Ever met anyone with Down's syndrome?


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Re: Thats a big hell yeah right there [Re: dorkus]
    #5547120 - 04/23/06 11:28 AM (17 years, 9 months ago)

Quite a few, actually. I've met some that were quite intelligent, and capable of leading semi-independent lives, complete with careers.. and some who were truly lost in their own neurotic and aimless dynamisms to the point of requiring special care and attention by supervising adults. Some were as jolly as can be, while some were plainly bad tempered.




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Re: Thats a big hell yeah right there [Re: SkorpivoMusterion]
    #5547214 - 04/23/06 12:03 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

Ok. :smile:


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Re: Thats a big hell yeah right there [Re: SkorpivoMusterion]
    #5547293 - 04/23/06 12:33 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

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I certainly agree that intelligence itself isn't the key to happiness, but surely, it is a contributing factor?





I suppose I need to make the distinction between academic (or theoretical/factual) intelligence and practical (or applied) intelligence.

IMO, those with high levels of theoretical/factual intelligence (as measured by standard IQ tests) may or may not possess equal measures of applied intelligence (as measured by mental health, emotional resilience, ability to manage their daily life).

Practical or applied intelligence involves rationality, common sense, self-discipline, inter- and intra-personal understanding. This could also be called maturity or self-efficacy.

This "brand" of intelligence is what Howard refers to when he discusses right thinking.


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Re: Thats a big hell yeah right there [Re: Veritas]
    #5547768 - 04/23/06 03:08 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

okay first off...

Veritas carries a torch for swami.

Is this discussion about whether ignorance is bliss?

Considering that a pet like a dog, cat, or even a hamster, can acheive happiness, I doubt that "intelligence" or "rational thinking" can be said to be fundemental.

I propose instead, a balance between what you've got, what you get, and what you can give.


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Re: Thats a big hell yeah right there [Re: Psychoslut]
    #5547785 - 04/23/06 03:11 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

Quote:

Psychoslut said:
I was just pointing out that the thread count spelled a w3rd.




eh wOt?  :confused:


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Re: Thats a big hell yeah right there [Re: MushmanTheManic]
    #5548046 - 04/23/06 04:26 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

Quote:

MushmanTheManic said:
Quote:

Psychoslut said:
I was just pointing out that the thread count spelled a w3rd.




eh wOt?  :confused:




I didn't get it either.....?    ***scratching head***


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    #5548134 - 04/23/06 04:57 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

13337 = leeet, aka "elite."


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Re: Thats a big hell yeah right there [Re: Veritas]
    #5548158 - 04/23/06 05:05 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

:lol:

Funny, I am somewhat of a geek, and have been working on computers my whole adult life, and I still can't keep up with the new languages...! 

I guess there ARE drawbacks to not having children - to learn from....  :tongue:


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Re: Thats a big hell yeah right there [Re: PhanTomCat]
    #5548160 - 04/23/06 05:06 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

I didn't learn that one from my kids...I'm a geek.


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Re: Thats a big hell yeah right there [Re: dr0mni]
    #5548540 - 04/23/06 06:39 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

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dr0mni said:
Is this discussion about whether ignorance is bliss?

Considering that a pet like a dog, cat, or even a hamster, can acheive happiness, I doubt that "intelligence" or "rational thinking" can be said to be fundemental.

I propose instead, a balance between what you've got, what you get, and what you can give.




Did you actually read any of the posts on this thread?  No one is discussing whether ignorance is bliss.

Your hamster theory fails to account for rather significant differences in brain structure and consequent cognition.  Humans are capable of making themselves miserable with their thoughts, just as they are capable of restoring happiness and wellbeing through correction of irrational thinking.  Hamsters are capable of making their exercise wheel go round and round.  As to the question of their happiness--good luck assessing the emotional state of a small furry rodent.  :smirk:

If you read my description of applied intelligence, you will find that your pithy summation of what makes one happy has already been covered.

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rationality, common sense, self-discipline, inter- and intra-personal understanding. This could also be called maturity or self-efficacy.





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a balance between what you've got, what you get, and what you can give.




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Re: Thats a big hell yeah right there [Re: Veritas]
    #5548684 - 04/23/06 07:10 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

*puts hand on Veritas' wrist and slowly lowers the knife from throat*

and how are we to assume that a hamster is incapable of introspection and self realization? Of course a hamsters means of acheiving happiness are drastically different from a humans, but that does not mean that the two are unrelated or that one is irrelavent to the other.

And so a hamster runs on it's wheel to get excercise, which promotes health, which in turn promotes emotional well being. In fullfilling it's nature it finds happiness.

God bless us that we should find happiness so simply...


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Re: Thats a big hell yeah right there [Re: dr0mni]
    #5548736 - 04/23/06 07:23 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

No knives, I'm a pacifist. :grin:

Introspection and self realization are functions of the neocortex.  Hamster brains are notably deficient in this department.  This would allow them to be "happy"  so long as their physical safety is not threatened.


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Re: Thats a big hell yeah right there [Re: Veritas]
    #5548755 - 04/23/06 07:28 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

"self realization is function of the neocortex"

link?


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Re: Thats a big hell yeah right there [Re: Deviate]
    #5548854 - 04/23/06 07:55 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

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The Neocortex, cerebrum, the cortex , or an alternative term, neopallium, also known as the superior or rational (neomammalian) brain, comprises almost the whole of the hemispheres (made up of a more recent type of cortex, called neocortex) and some subcortical neuronal groups. It corresponds to the brain of the primate mammals and, consequently, the human species. The higher cognitive functions which distinguish Man from the animals are in the cortex. MacLean refers to the cortex as "the mother of invention and father of abstract thought". In Man the neocortex takes up two thirds of the total brain mass. Although all animals also have a neocortex, it is relatively small, with few or no folds (indicating surface area and complexity and development). A mouse without a cortex can act in fairly normal way (at least to superficial appearance), whereas a human without a cortex is a vegetable.




http://www.ezls.fb12.uni-siegen.de/mkroedel/paul_maclean.html


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Re: Thats a big hell yeah right there [Re: Veritas]
    #5548866 - 04/23/06 07:57 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

that link says nothing about self-realization, let alone that non-human animals cannot acheive it.


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Re: Thats a big hell yeah right there [Re: Deviate]
    #5548940 - 04/23/06 08:15 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

OK, I'll break it down for you:

The Reptilian Brain: rigid, obsessive, compulsive, ritualistic and paranoid, it is "filled with ancestral memories". It keeps repeating the same behaviours over and over again, never learning from past mistakes. This brain controls muscles, balance and autonomic functions, such as breathing and heartbeat.

The Limbic System (Paleomammalian brain): emotions and instincts, feeding, fighting, fleeing, and sexual behaviour. As MacLean observes, everything in this emotional system is either "agreeable or disagreeable". Survival depends on avoidance of pain and repetition of pleasure. The primary seat of emotion, attention, and affective (emotion-charged) memories.

The Neocortex: the superior or rational (neomammalian) brain. The higher cognitive functions which distinguish Man from the animals are in the cortex.

Self-realization is a higher cognitive function, requiring the ability to think in the abstract. It is not an emotion- or survival-based function, which would be processed by Limbic or Reptilian areas of the brain, respectively.

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Although all animals also have a neocortex, it is relatively small, with few or no folds (indicating surface area and complexity and development). A mouse without a cortex can act in fairly normal way (at least to superficial appearance), whereas a human without a cortex is a vegetable.




This underlines the difference between the primacy of neocortical function in humans & near-negligible role of neocortical function in rodents and other non-primates.

Therefore, self-realization, in the cognitive sense, is not neurologically possible for non-primates.


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    #5548965 - 04/23/06 08:20 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)


Self-realization is a higher cognitive function, requiring the ability to think in the abstract. It is not an emotion- or survival-based function, which would be processed by Limbic or Reptilian areas of the brain, respectivel


it does require the need to think in the abstract.



Therefore, self-realization, in the cognitive sense, is not neurologically possible for non-primates.


what is self-realization, in the cognitive sense?


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    #5549003 - 04/23/06 08:29 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

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Self-realization is a higher cognitive function, requiring the ability to think in the abstract. It is not an emotion- or survival-based function, which would be processed by Limbic or Reptilian areas of the brain, respectivel


it does require the need to think in the abstract.




Yes, I just said that.  :confused:


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what is self-realization, in the cognitive sense?




It is what our species is named for: homo sapiens sapiens, or "thinking thinking man."  We have the unique ability to think about our own thoughts, to recognize and analyze our own existence and personal qualities.  It is theorized that other primates may have a rudimentary ability to self-recognize and realize that they are alive, but communication is still limited, and thus our knowledge is largely based upon brain structure similarities.


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    #5549009 - 04/23/06 08:30 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

P.S. I'm signing off for the night.  Thanks for the engaging discussion. :grin:


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    #5549050 - 04/23/06 08:39 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

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It is what our species is named for: homo sapiens sapiens, or "thinking thinking man." We have the unique ability to think about our own thoughts, to recognize and analyze our own existence and personal qualities. It is theorized that other primates may have a rudimentary ability to self-recognize and realize that they are alive, but communication is still limited, and thus our knowledge is largely based upon brain structure similarities.
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self-realization is a concept equivalent to enlightenment in buddhism, it is not a scientific concept and not what our species was named for. i meant to say "it does not require higher cognitive function". even animals are said to be able to attain it. wikipedia's entry for self-realization: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-realization


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    #5550672 - 04/24/06 10:30 AM (17 years, 9 months ago)

That is absurd! No doubt that humans are endowed with a peculiar gift for abstract thought which is STRONGLY CORRELATED with activity in the neo-cortex. But to even speculate that a single part of the brain is responsible for introspection and self realization is to speculate on the source of self consciousness, of which I am quite positive that no one has the authority to make such a claim right now.

Not only that, but introspection and self realization are completely abstract concepts! There is quite a debate about what self realization even IS, and what the criteria for it are. How are we to say definitely that a person has been self realized?

You, ma'am, are guilty of reification!


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    #5550681 - 04/24/06 10:36 AM (17 years, 9 months ago)

Pardon me, you initially had referred to "introspection and self-realization," and I interpreted this as consciousness of self and the ability to examine one's own actions and thoughts.  These are, in fact, higher cognitive functions, and not spiritual/emotional awakening.

I misinterpreted your comments.  Certainly no one knows whether or not hamsters are capable of spiritual awareness/awakening.  Perhaps they are furry Buddhas. :wink:


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    #5550712 - 04/24/06 10:50 AM (17 years, 9 months ago)

You guys's battle of the Copy/Paste is hilarious I love this.


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Good now thats clear.WHO FUCKING CARES. If I am fat u all keep pointing it out like its suppose to be a secret.LIke u really have nothing better to do then make fat jokes. If o know its like I do I know yall can come up with NEW AND BETTER SHIT . This shit is old and boring . I left in the first place cause this shit got boring not because of the fat jokes . Fat jokes dont bother me but seriously its old[/quote]


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    #5550741 - 04/24/06 11:00 AM (17 years, 9 months ago)

I got banned?? Something about flooding, I guess.


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    #5550796 - 04/24/06 11:16 AM (17 years, 9 months ago)

for what? Dont feel bad ive been running relay races with the ban stick forum to forum mod to mod and its not even on purpose i think they are out to get me.


Anyways its funny as hell waching these guys have a battle of the brains. Yay lets put everything in Bold


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Good now thats clear.WHO FUCKING CARES. If I am fat u all keep pointing it out like its suppose to be a secret.LIke u really have nothing better to do then make fat jokes. If o know its like I do I know yall can come up with NEW AND BETTER SHIT . This shit is old and boring . I left in the first place cause this shit got boring not because of the fat jokes . Fat jokes dont bother me but seriously its old[/quote]


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    #5550935 - 04/24/06 12:18 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

yeah, I probably misread your first couple of posts as well, since I was tripping when I read them...

fuzzy little buddhas, I like that! lol!


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    #5550949 - 04/24/06 12:24 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

What are you talking about?


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Good now thats clear.WHO FUCKING CARES. If I am fat u all keep pointing it out like its suppose to be a secret.LIke u really have nothing better to do then make fat jokes. If o know its like I do I know yall can come up with NEW AND BETTER SHIT . This shit is old and boring . I left in the first place cause this shit got boring not because of the fat jokes . Fat jokes dont bother me but seriously its old[/quote]


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    #5553933 - 04/25/06 03:12 AM (17 years, 9 months ago)

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Sorry mods, do i need to try and say something philosophical to make this thread legitimate?




Yes....


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