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@Lemming
Just work for money for college.
If You Have a Random Thought, Post it Here.
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True nothingness is beyond our comprehension.
It’s amazing how often today’s experts can be wrong.
Vaguely turning over idea of aliens taking a ton of humans then selectively breeding them for unusual genetic differences,
To create a planet of beings highly different and opposed to one another due to shallow physical differences.
Thought being that skin deep differences being one reason humans divide times,
Though there is argument for some differences being 'more than skin deep,
'Just the skin deep is reason enough for some people, aesthetics. . .
Though I wonder, what a world of clones would be like?
Of individuals all looking the same?
Would they acquire more adornments such as clothing or body modification to define their individuality?
More 'cultural identification?
'Less self identity, with everyone looking alike?
Perhaps develop a higher ability for telling tiny differences between one another?
. . .
I suppose the idea of 'aliens modifying humans though,
Is that fantasy seems a bit silly to me at times,
Take centaurs for instance,
Somehow I get snagged on the idea of why 'that particular percentage and location,
Really 'any organism or percentage could be used,
That I become paused at the plethora of options.
. .
Of odd humans though,
I'd 'assume there's a limit to how many would be available,
Not that humans are 'wrong or bad to look different,
But they are conventionally more different than most other people, (Maybe)
People with albinism, Conjoined twins, Hypertrichosis, people born blind,
Though on the other hand, perhaps this is only due to 'numbers,
There's also the question of psychology,
A good person with albinism,
A good person without albinism,
An evil person without albinism,
'Feels a bit pick and choose, in saying 'which two are alike.
. . .
I also suppose albinism isn't really much any different than any 'other melatonin difference between humans 'already as we are?
Or how different society would 'be, in a nation of conjoined twins or people born blind.
Well, just idle thoughts.
My Dad's conversations 'often, though not always repeat,
I don't believe he has dementia,
I only mention it, as it rolls my thoughts.
I think I might prefer to go camping, if I had dementia,
Die alone, when no longer able to care for myself,
Though on another hand, that sounds rather painful.
I suppose there are dangerous occupations or pursuits in life, one can take,
Whether for glory, pleasure, or help towards others.
. . .
People who commit suicide,
Or people who commit mass shooting,
They're not the same,
But my mind ties a line in their seeming giving up,
Though I suppose the mass shooter might be working towards something in their last moments,
Such pathetic reasons, logic, motivations, targets they have.
Of course suicide is often a spontaneous action I hear,
Though not always,
And there can be reasons beyond or in despair for people I suppose,
In how they see their life and action,
Still seems a bit a waste,
Not that people 'have to live for others,
But, people often 'want to have had meaning,
Though meaning can be found in solitude and self.
. . .
If I went to sleep in the morning after work,
I could wake up around noon, still get sun, be more sensible, alert,
But I'm happy to be off work, suddenly a bit energized,
All the more if I eat,
Well, I sleep after work sometimes.
What is coercion?
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@Lemming
What is coercion?
A way to get things done.
Sort of the beyond the limits of positive incentive.
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@zedvictor4
Doesn't it hurt not to have the positive incentives?
Having 'any food, is positive,
But there is 'tastier food,
Hm, can coercion only be threat to take away something, one has,
Or can it be threat not to 'give something, one does not yet have?
. . .
The thought of coercion has occurred to me due to a debate of mine,
I dislike these moments when I seem to forget basic concepts,
'Suddenly it feels like everything could be classified as coercion,
But that's not right,
Well, I'm sure if I think and read some,
I'll remember.
Stages of dealing with the liar's paradox mentally:
Stage 1:
Okay so "this statement is false." Let's see, suppose it's true. Well then it's not false, so it's false. Okay, so it must be false. Oh, wait, but then it's true. I'm confused now.
Stage 2:
Okay, so it's neither. The universe makes sense again. I am happy.
Stage 3:
Wait, what about "this statement is not true?" If that is neither true nor false, then it isn't true, so it's true, but then it's false, but then... oh no. I'm confused again.
Stage 4:
Okay, so actually both of those statements are just meaningless. Anything self-referential can just be ignored.
Stage 5:
Wait a minute, if "this statement is not true" is meaningless, then it certainly isn't true, so we can give it meaning, and say that it's true! But then... here we go again. Maybe I should just stop thinking about this.
Stage 6:
Okay, so actually, for that statement to mean anything, we need a statement that is true if and only if it's false, but there is no such statement, so it's not that the statement doesn't mean anything, it just doesn't even exist.
Stage 7:
*Reflecting back on everything so far.* You know, logic is weird. I may have resolved the paradox, but logic is still weird. I think I'll go post this on a forum titled "if you have a random thought post it here."
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@Math_Enthusiast
Why assume other's statement's are logical?
Just go with assumption that the speaker is incoherent from crazy or intentionally making a nonsensical statement.
Just assume statement cancels itself out,
This statement is, Positive,
A lie, Negative,
1 minus 1=0
It's a sunny day,
Vibrant, blue the sky,
Flowers are pretty,
Upon bush and tree,
Nice day for walking.
I suppose Chatbots might encourage more in person communication,
For that desire of authenticity,
At least until the Androids.
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@Lemming
Just assume statement cancels itself out,This statement is, Positive,A lie, Negative,1 minus 1=0
Huh? That's not how propositional logic works. What does it mean for statement to "cancel itself out?"
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@Math_Enthusiast
Oh I don't even know what propositional logic is.
Well, when people say statements such as,
It is, not raining,
Something 'is,
'Not,
It is not not raining,
Something is,
Not,
Not,
Like turning a lightswitch, on off on off.
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@Lemming
Oh, so a double negative? I'm frankly still not sure how that applies to liar's paradox, but I see what you're going for.
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@Math_Enthusiast
Double negative was what I was thinking yeah.
@NoOneInParticular
Wheatley: Um..."True". I'll go "True". Eh, that was easy. I'll be honest, I might have heard that one before though. Sort of cheating.
- Portal 2
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@Lemming
In either variant the statement cannot be true:
If "this statement is false" is true, then since it asserts itself as false, it must be false, and thus cannot be true.
Similarly, if "this statement is not true" is true, then since it asserts itself as not true, it cannot be true.
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@Math_Enthusiast
I'm pretty happy with my,
Just assume statement cancels itself out,
This statement is, Positive,
A lie, Negative,
1 minus 1=0
Or Wheatley's answer,
But another answer could be what Cardinal direction is a whirlpool traveling,
Just have the statement be true or false depending on what part of it you're on,
This statement is True,
This statement is False,
But then it would be True,
But then it would be False,
So on,
Though maybe that would be one's thought process, rather than the sentence.
. . .
I don't take my solutions in this question seriously,
They're just off the top of my head,
Rather than me thinking they're objectively correct.
If you record an event, in writing, video, audio, so on.
Then are asked to 'remember that event,
Then you examine your recording,
Can you be said to have 'remembered the event?
Or has a 'new event been created?
'Possible the recording 'also sparked one's memory,
(Though memory can be hazy distortion)
But also possible memory has been forgotten,
And instead new memory of examining the recording, has been created.
7 days later
I wonder how many humans at keyboards it takes to write something profitable,
I suppose if the people were randomly selected,
Maybe a 'lot.
If one randomly selects people who are literate or write a 'bit,
Not 'as many,
But still a fair amount, I would think.
Course what 'is profitable, varies on market,
Depends what people are about,
Time, location, culture changes.
I wonder if just redrawing roughly the same picture, a thousand times, would make it look animated?
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@Lemming
Like... on different pages of a booklet/notebook? Or what?
Thought #1 (if you decide to select a specific thought to respond to): If you were left in darkness without sound, how long could you maintain your sanity?
Though #2 (if you decide to respond to a specific thought): Are people nice, or are they just pushovers? Is there a difference? And then, if a person is nice, is it a willful individual action, or something coerced by society/God/morality?
Thought #3 (if you want to respond to a specific thought): How do people get introduced into the underground criminal world? Like, I just read this story (Help wanted: Guardsman applies to be hitman, gets arrested instead (militarytimes.com)) and I didn't know whether to shake my head in disappointment or what? Then, I thought about it. He's obviously an idiot, but how do hitmen and the like get into the business? That seems like a weird job interview, for both parties.
Thought #4 (if you want to respond to a specific thought): If I'm in a plane crash, and the survivors resort to cannibalism or some Lord of the Flies crap, how do I establish myself as either a leader, or some insane person you leave alone?
Thought #4 (if you want to respond to a specific thought): How old is too old for cartoons (Scooby Doo, in particular)?
Thought #6 (if you want to respond to a specific thought): If you lose your ability to accurately trust your memories, what do you do?
Thought #7 (if you choose a specific thought to respond to): Why do I think I'd survive the zombie apocalypse with virtually no survival skills?
Thought #8 (if you pick a thought to respond to): What are some skills that you should learn? Maybe valuable in the job market, or for personal enrichment?