It's time to play "Deep Philosophical Conversation"

struggle4progress

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Mon May-03-10 06:44 PM
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It's time to play "Deep Philosophical Conversation"

We know that everything exists, but it is also true that nothing exists, since if nothing didn't exist, then we couldn't actually talk about nothing because we wouldn't actually be talking about anything

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Dr. Strange

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Mon May-03-10 06:57 PM
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1. LynneSin's pee smells funny when she eats asparagus.

This thread is mine!

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struggle4progress

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Tue May-04-10 11:48 AM
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11. I think I will just take your word for it

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Lucian

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Mon May-03-10 07:00 PM
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2. My cat's breath smells like cat food.

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RandomThoughts

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Mon May-03-10 07:00 PM
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3. Nothing is the absence of anything, which can only exist

within a subset of everything. Within that subset their can be nothing, but nothing exist as that subset in the larger part of everything.

Took about 10 seconds.

So nothing does exist in subsets, so we could be talking about anything.

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necso

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Mon May-03-10 07:13 PM
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4. "I don't have to outrun it, I just have to outrun you."

I heard this on a cartoon the other day (it's an old saying/joke I find funny; of course, I'd probably be the one that it's said to), and I've been looking for an opportunity to post it.

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RandomThoughts

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Mon May-03-10 07:37 PM
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5. I have heard that. It is an old joke about survival of the fittest.

Basically I think it goes you don't have to be the fastest, just not the slowest.

However I don't run, I would rather be the slowest at the back, shrug, no reason to run.

But anyway, I am not into that survival of the fittest stuff, too many people think there own best quality is what matters.

LOL I got a big hug for whatever is chasing people :)

The target at the front is fun too, so there is that also, but it is the same idea in a different metaphor.

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Dr Morbius

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Tue May-04-10 06:45 AM
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6. Existence is irrelevant.

We cannot know if our experiences are "real" or not, as we may be imagining everything. But we have to act as if reality is real, for if we do not, we may be sure that either reality will come back and bite us or we will imagine reality will come back and bite us. Whether we actually exist or merely think we exist doesn't really matter; we're forced to presume and act as if we do.

Nothing may exist, and everything may exist, at the same time; this is true. However, everything may not exist and nothing may not exist. Doesn't matter one bit.

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chillspike

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Tue May-04-10 07:05 AM
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7. whether something is something or nothing

is relative to what you are.

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MilesColtrane

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Tue May-04-10 07:10 AM
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8. All I know is, you can't get something for nothing.

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struggle4progress

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Tue May-04-10 11:49 AM
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12. But why not? It's easy enough to get nothing for something

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MilesColtrane

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Tue May-04-10 12:27 PM
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15. I suppose it's not for nothing that you can't get something for nothing.

But, if I've learned anything it's that nothing from nothing leaves nothing, and you gotta have something to get something, and while you can't always get what you want, if you try some times, you just might find, you get what you need.

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Tuesday Afternoon

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Tue May-04-10 08:00 AM
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9. nothing ain't worth nothing but, it's free.

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rurallib

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Tue May-04-10 08:13 AM
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10. is it real or is it Memorex?

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Bucky

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Tue May-04-10 11:50 AM
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13. I might like you better if we slept together. I might like you better if we slept together.

But there's something in your eyes that says "never".

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struggle4progress

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Tue May-04-10 12:27 PM
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14. Some of those who have tried to sleep near me have noted that I snore somewhat like

a freight train going off the rails

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