nighthawksw
02-28-2005, 06:37 PM
Alrighty, i haven't read the responses to my previous thread yet >_> I'm at skewl, so i really am not supposed to be here anyway, lol..so i'm tryin to conserve my time! Anyway, i'm assuming it was fine since it's still here and has 3 posts (which i'll read when i get home ^_^ thankiez everyone). So here's my newest thinking..totally different topic >_<
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Our life is completely structured of opinions. Nothing in our world is solid or absalute. The sky is blue, but are we sure everybody views blue as the same color? has any of us peered through the eyes of another, literally? Perhaps when i look to the sky, i see the color that you see a fire, but i've grown up calling it blue, therefore to me, that color IS blue, nomatter what it would look like to you. All words are interpretable to another, "love" draws upon different thoughts and memories from everybody, it's even more interpretable than a picture of something real or in the imagination.
For those of you computer literate, try this example: It's like trying to communicate to an older OS system, even if you're sending a simple message, chances are a few digits are going to be different, and you'll have errors. Everytime we talk to somebody else, our words are being translated through a series of self-taught definitions and meanings! even if you look up the definition of a word, those definitions are built upon words that can equally vary.
For those of you more prone towards colors of love (i'll use red): When you see a red shirt, ur first emotional reaction might be something related to the topic of love, right? Well for me, red is more closely related to blood, because that's the place i've seen the color appear most. Because i've experianced the color red more with blood, the color similarly draws upon emotions surrounding violence, such as anger, sadness, or pain; depending on the situation.
Not even mathmatics are solid in their meaning, in fact, their less solid than artwork. All numbers in math are representative of something else. 1 is not something of itself, it's a substitute for something else. 1 and 1 is 2, would be like saying me and a clone of me, equals super me. But really, if you combine yourself with another of you, you'll still be you (unless you're imposing the different thoughts and experiances of your clone, but lets ignore that for now). But no, 1+1=2, it's a realm of it's own, yet it's representing something seperate. Unless you understand that, and can see a similar idea to the person who can successfully complete the problem, you'll never be able to solve it yourself. Math is nothing but thoughts and ideas, just like everything else. Here's something to think about for those who disagree: Then how can there be things like "Theoretical math"? The degree is out there, check it out.
Point: Nothing really, merely a thought for discussion that caught my attention and i felt like sharing here ^_^ My current view on the world is that it's nothing but varied ideas and cultural teachings. Why are foreigners such hard workers in comparison to people who grew up in america (normally)? Most likely a cultural difference, which created a different pattern of thinking in those people.
Want an arguement? Here's something for you: America is doomed. Why? Because we're strong only as long as we're a "Melting pot", but eventually, as each generation passes, and we have less and less people coming into the country, everything will become more uniform, and society will collapse. We're strong as a melting pot, but perhaps we're doing nothing but extinguishing mankind, and perhaps (for those of you religious who believe world unification will be a symbol for the end of our world and the coming of christ) we're the key to the end of the world and the start of revelations~
what do you think of that?
__________________________________________________ _________
Our life is completely structured of opinions. Nothing in our world is solid or absalute. The sky is blue, but are we sure everybody views blue as the same color? has any of us peered through the eyes of another, literally? Perhaps when i look to the sky, i see the color that you see a fire, but i've grown up calling it blue, therefore to me, that color IS blue, nomatter what it would look like to you. All words are interpretable to another, "love" draws upon different thoughts and memories from everybody, it's even more interpretable than a picture of something real or in the imagination.
For those of you computer literate, try this example: It's like trying to communicate to an older OS system, even if you're sending a simple message, chances are a few digits are going to be different, and you'll have errors. Everytime we talk to somebody else, our words are being translated through a series of self-taught definitions and meanings! even if you look up the definition of a word, those definitions are built upon words that can equally vary.
For those of you more prone towards colors of love (i'll use red): When you see a red shirt, ur first emotional reaction might be something related to the topic of love, right? Well for me, red is more closely related to blood, because that's the place i've seen the color appear most. Because i've experianced the color red more with blood, the color similarly draws upon emotions surrounding violence, such as anger, sadness, or pain; depending on the situation.
Not even mathmatics are solid in their meaning, in fact, their less solid than artwork. All numbers in math are representative of something else. 1 is not something of itself, it's a substitute for something else. 1 and 1 is 2, would be like saying me and a clone of me, equals super me. But really, if you combine yourself with another of you, you'll still be you (unless you're imposing the different thoughts and experiances of your clone, but lets ignore that for now). But no, 1+1=2, it's a realm of it's own, yet it's representing something seperate. Unless you understand that, and can see a similar idea to the person who can successfully complete the problem, you'll never be able to solve it yourself. Math is nothing but thoughts and ideas, just like everything else. Here's something to think about for those who disagree: Then how can there be things like "Theoretical math"? The degree is out there, check it out.
Point: Nothing really, merely a thought for discussion that caught my attention and i felt like sharing here ^_^ My current view on the world is that it's nothing but varied ideas and cultural teachings. Why are foreigners such hard workers in comparison to people who grew up in america (normally)? Most likely a cultural difference, which created a different pattern of thinking in those people.
Want an arguement? Here's something for you: America is doomed. Why? Because we're strong only as long as we're a "Melting pot", but eventually, as each generation passes, and we have less and less people coming into the country, everything will become more uniform, and society will collapse. We're strong as a melting pot, but perhaps we're doing nothing but extinguishing mankind, and perhaps (for those of you religious who believe world unification will be a symbol for the end of our world and the coming of christ) we're the key to the end of the world and the start of revelations~
what do you think of that?