08-14-2004, 03:59 AM
unrealshadow13,Aug 13 2004, 11:30 PM Wrote:While we are on the subject of deep thinking, what if everybody wasn't real except for me (in your case, you) like the world was like created for you and everybody else was just a robot or something.While we are on the subject of deep thinking, if you are attempting to sound philosophical and intellectual, sentences using colloquialisms like "like" or "or something" generally make you sound quite the opposite. At least be affirmative in your question. How can you expect serious answers from a non serious question?
Here's the difference between true deep thinking, and shallow attempts at deep thinking: Take a second to think "Does this question matter, and where does the answer get me." If we all see different red's, but all identify it as red, then great: why does this matter? If you were the only thing real, could you prove it? Does it make the world appear any less different?
I hold epistemological questions in high regard (questions relating to our capicity and ability to learn or attain knowledge), which comes as no surprise seeing that one of my majors is Philosophy. I'm not trying to dog you for the sake of dogging you. And I especially am not trying to make philosophy appear elitist. But I am saying you have to have some foresight into your questions before you ask them, especially when asking about something 'deep.'
I hope this post doesnt fall on deaf ears.
Cheers,
Munk