Zaehet Strife
Well-Known Member
Simply stated, we all have to deal with death in our own ways. As I've said before, death awareness is the price we pay for self awareness.
Some of use deal with death by pretending that we are still going to exist when we die... so really, what this means is, that most people in the world deal with the certainty of death by pretending that our bodies will die, but a part of us will still live on.
I would tell you that i do not fear death, which is why i don't partake in such fantasies... yet, you would also respond the same way, that you do not fear death, but there is one difference... you partake in the fantasy, where as i do not. Which is ok! Don't get me wrong. I understand the fact that i do not know, just as i hope you understand that fact as well, that we cannot be certain if we do, or do not have a soul.
"The goal of life is happiness,
Our unhappiness is caused by fear (and in association, pain),
Our main fear is of death,
If we can overcome fear of death, we can be happy." -Epicurus
The only way some human animals can achieve this, is by pretending that there is no death...
The more humans figure out about the brain, the chemical reactions and neuron transmissions, the more we find out that the brain (which is matter) is what fosters consciousness, and when our brain is damaged, so the consciousness is damaged as well. When the brain dies, so does consciousness... as far as we feeble human animals can tell.
Like i say, i am certain of nothing (this could all just be a dream derived from a god for all i fuckin know)... but as Carl Sagan once most inspiringly said,
"Extraordinary claims, requires extraordinary evidence"
Where there is empirical and tangible evidence to back up my claims, there is NONE to back up yours besides hearsay. -------
How are we to differentiate between what we know, and what we don't know? What is reality, and what isn't? We can only base these things on what empirical and tangible evidence we can provide for ourselves with our senses.
Indeed, reality could just be a dream, or a computer simulation, among billions of other ideas... but the fact of the matter is that there are things that exist within this reality that can be tested, studied, and measured. The things that exist within this so called reality that can be tested, studied and measured... as well as proven to be true beyond a reasonable doubt by everyone, not just one person, those are the things that can be depicted as evidence as well as proof of existing in this reality.
That which cannot be tested, studied, and measured... we can not provide any tangible evidence to base these claims in this reality. Therefor they will always be found in the realm of imagination, rather than reality. UNLESS of course, science find's out a way to test and measure whatever claim you make that has no evidence... once it can be measured, we will have evidence of it's existence in this reality.
Some of use deal with death by pretending that we are still going to exist when we die... so really, what this means is, that most people in the world deal with the certainty of death by pretending that our bodies will die, but a part of us will still live on.
I would tell you that i do not fear death, which is why i don't partake in such fantasies... yet, you would also respond the same way, that you do not fear death, but there is one difference... you partake in the fantasy, where as i do not. Which is ok! Don't get me wrong. I understand the fact that i do not know, just as i hope you understand that fact as well, that we cannot be certain if we do, or do not have a soul.
"The goal of life is happiness,
Our unhappiness is caused by fear (and in association, pain),
Our main fear is of death,
If we can overcome fear of death, we can be happy." -Epicurus
The only way some human animals can achieve this, is by pretending that there is no death...
The more humans figure out about the brain, the chemical reactions and neuron transmissions, the more we find out that the brain (which is matter) is what fosters consciousness, and when our brain is damaged, so the consciousness is damaged as well. When the brain dies, so does consciousness... as far as we feeble human animals can tell.
Like i say, i am certain of nothing (this could all just be a dream derived from a god for all i fuckin know)... but as Carl Sagan once most inspiringly said,
"Extraordinary claims, requires extraordinary evidence"
Where there is empirical and tangible evidence to back up my claims, there is NONE to back up yours besides hearsay. -------
How are we to differentiate between what we know, and what we don't know? What is reality, and what isn't? We can only base these things on what empirical and tangible evidence we can provide for ourselves with our senses.
Indeed, reality could just be a dream, or a computer simulation, among billions of other ideas... but the fact of the matter is that there are things that exist within this reality that can be tested, studied, and measured. The things that exist within this so called reality that can be tested, studied and measured... as well as proven to be true beyond a reasonable doubt by everyone, not just one person, those are the things that can be depicted as evidence as well as proof of existing in this reality.
That which cannot be tested, studied, and measured... we can not provide any tangible evidence to base these claims in this reality. Therefor they will always be found in the realm of imagination, rather than reality. UNLESS of course, science find's out a way to test and measure whatever claim you make that has no evidence... once it can be measured, we will have evidence of it's existence in this reality.
). Why should we be enthused about your ideas if you cant take ours seriously? You have nothing to prove man, and so far your arguments have swayed an impressionable southern kid to your side, is it really worth it?
