Predictability
Predictability
If history already happened, does that mean that my life is inconsequential? No. That would be a given anyway.
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Re: Predictability
We knew you'd say that.
Next you'll post something completely inconsequential.
Mark my words.
Next you'll post something completely inconsequential.
Mark my words.
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Re: Predictability
“When I was in college, I took a terrorism class. ... The thing that was interesting in the class was every time the professor said ‘Al Qaeda’ his shoulders went up, But you know, it is that you don’t say ‘America’ with an intensity, you don’t say ‘England’ with the intensity. You don’t say ‘the army’ with the intensity,” she continued. “... But you say these names [Al Qaeda] because you want that word to carry weight. You want it to be something.” - Ilhan Omar
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Re: Predictability
Your life is meaningless, inconsequential and utterly irrelevant in terms of the universe as a whole.
So is mine...
So is mine...
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Re: Predictability
Mine, on the other hand...
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Re: Predictability
We forget that the importance of something is always an importance "to" something. A relevance is always a relevance "to" something. Things are not inherently meaningful or relevant, or consequential. They are only meaningful, relevant or consequential "to" something else.
So, is a rock in space in the Andromeda galaxy important? Not to us. But, one hurtling to our planet is very important to us, but not the denizens of a planet in the Andromeda galaxy. Are we important to the universe? I guess at least as important as any other grouping of atoms. We're part of the universe.
Do we have "meaning" -- well, meaning is a value judgment. We have no meaning to rocks in outer space, because they don't think. Nothing is meaningful to them. To some people down here, some of us mean something to each other. However, that jerk Xing Tsing in the Tchongzing province of western China -- I don't give a shit about that fucker.
So, is a rock in space in the Andromeda galaxy important? Not to us. But, one hurtling to our planet is very important to us, but not the denizens of a planet in the Andromeda galaxy. Are we important to the universe? I guess at least as important as any other grouping of atoms. We're part of the universe.
Do we have "meaning" -- well, meaning is a value judgment. We have no meaning to rocks in outer space, because they don't think. Nothing is meaningful to them. To some people down here, some of us mean something to each other. However, that jerk Xing Tsing in the Tchongzing province of western China -- I don't give a shit about that fucker.
“When I was in college, I took a terrorism class. ... The thing that was interesting in the class was every time the professor said ‘Al Qaeda’ his shoulders went up, But you know, it is that you don’t say ‘America’ with an intensity, you don’t say ‘England’ with the intensity. You don’t say ‘the army’ with the intensity,” she continued. “... But you say these names [Al Qaeda] because you want that word to carry weight. You want it to be something.” - Ilhan Omar
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Re: Predictability
What will the world be like after its ruler is removed?
Re: Predictability
Speak for yourself only please. My life is so consequential that when it ends, the universe ceases to exist...and I defy you to prove otherwise to me.JimC wrote:Your life is meaningless, inconsequential and utterly irrelevant in terms of the universe as a whole.
So is mine...
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"All that is required for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Edmund Burke
"Those who support denying anyone the right to keep and bear arms for personal defense are fully complicit in every crime that might have been prevented had the victim been effectively armed." Seth
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Re: Predictability
Why should I have to prove anything to an irrelevant organism?Seth wrote:Speak for yourself only please. My life is so consequential that when it ends, the universe ceases to exist...and I defy you to prove otherwise to me.JimC wrote:Your life is meaningless, inconsequential and utterly irrelevant in terms of the universe as a whole.
So is mine...
Nurse, where the fuck's my cardigan?
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Re: Predictability
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There are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, and the other is nostalgia."
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Clinton Huxley » 21 Jun 2012 » 14:10:36 GMT
Re: Predictability
It's not whether you should, but whether you can, and the fact is that you can't.JimC wrote:Why should I have to prove anything to an irrelevant organism?Seth wrote:Speak for yourself only please. My life is so consequential that when it ends, the universe ceases to exist...and I defy you to prove otherwise to me.JimC wrote:Your life is meaningless, inconsequential and utterly irrelevant in terms of the universe as a whole.
So is mine...
"Seth is Grandmaster Zen Troll who trains his victims to troll themselves every time they think of him" Robert_S
"All that is required for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Edmund Burke
"Those who support denying anyone the right to keep and bear arms for personal defense are fully complicit in every crime that might have been prevented had the victim been effectively armed." Seth
© 2013/2014/2015/2016 Seth, all rights reserved. No reuse, republication, duplication, or derivative work is authorized.
"All that is required for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Edmund Burke
"Those who support denying anyone the right to keep and bear arms for personal defense are fully complicit in every crime that might have been prevented had the victim been effectively armed." Seth
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Re: Predictability
It's not whether you should, but whether you can, and the fact is that you can't.JimC wrote:Why should I have to prove anything to an irrelevant organism?Seth wrote:Speak for yourself only please. My life is so consequential that when it ends, the universe ceases to exist...and I defy you to prove otherwise to me.JimC wrote:Your life is meaningless, inconsequential and utterly irrelevant in terms of the universe as a whole.
So is mine...
"Seth is Grandmaster Zen Troll who trains his victims to troll themselves every time they think of him" Robert_S
"All that is required for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Edmund Burke
"Those who support denying anyone the right to keep and bear arms for personal defense are fully complicit in every crime that might have been prevented had the victim been effectively armed." Seth
© 2013/2014/2015/2016 Seth, all rights reserved. No reuse, republication, duplication, or derivative work is authorized.
"All that is required for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Edmund Burke
"Those who support denying anyone the right to keep and bear arms for personal defense are fully complicit in every crime that might have been prevented had the victim been effectively armed." Seth
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Re: Predictability
We can perform an experiment to find out. We just need to find a vet who is willing to put you down..Seth wrote:It's not whether you should, but whether you can, and the fact is that you can't.JimC wrote:Why should I have to prove anything to an irrelevant organism?Seth wrote:Speak for yourself only please. My life is so consequential that when it ends, the universe ceases to exist...and I defy you to prove otherwise to me.JimC wrote:Your life is meaningless, inconsequential and utterly irrelevant in terms of the universe as a whole.
So is mine...
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"The Western world is fucking awesome because of mostly white men" - DaveDodo007.
"Socialized medicine is just exactly as morally defensible as gassing and cooking Jews" - Seth. Yes, he really did say that..
"Seth you are a boon to this community" - Cunt.
"I am seriously thinking of going on a spree killing" - Svartalf.
"The Western world is fucking awesome because of mostly white men" - DaveDodo007.
"Socialized medicine is just exactly as morally defensible as gassing and cooking Jews" - Seth. Yes, he really did say that..
"Seth you are a boon to this community" - Cunt.
"I am seriously thinking of going on a spree killing" - Svartalf.
Re: Predictability
You mean willing to TRY. And whether it's a veterinary surgeon (as I suspect you mean) or a military veteran (which I don't suspect you mean), it will be a fucking dangerous thing for them to try and they risk getting put down instead. You should know by now that I carry a gun and won't go quietly. If I go it will be with a smoking gun and empty magazine, surrounded by the corpses of my enemies with the wounds in the front of my body as I listen to the lamentations of their women.pErvin wrote:We can perform an experiment to find out. We just need to find a vet who is willing to put you down..Seth wrote:It's not whether you should, but whether you can, and the fact is that you can't.JimC wrote:Why should I have to prove anything to an irrelevant organism?Seth wrote:Speak for yourself only please. My life is so consequential that when it ends, the universe ceases to exist...and I defy you to prove otherwise to me.JimC wrote:Your life is meaningless, inconsequential and utterly irrelevant in terms of the universe as a whole.
So is mine...
But, even if you are successful you STILL can't manage it. You see, if the universe does end when I die, then you will not be around to prove to me it hasn't. And if the universe doesn't cease to exist when I die, I will be dead and you won't be able to prove to me that the universe still exists. On the other hand, if you are successful and kill my corporeal body and you CAN thereafter somehow prove to me that the universe did not cease to exist, then I won't actually have died because my consciousness would necessarily have continued unharmed after the death of my corporeal body, which means there is an "afterlife" in which you would be submitting such proof and I wouldn't be dead yet.
Bit of a conundrum there, eh?
"Seth is Grandmaster Zen Troll who trains his victims to troll themselves every time they think of him" Robert_S
"All that is required for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Edmund Burke
"Those who support denying anyone the right to keep and bear arms for personal defense are fully complicit in every crime that might have been prevented had the victim been effectively armed." Seth
© 2013/2014/2015/2016 Seth, all rights reserved. No reuse, republication, duplication, or derivative work is authorized.
"All that is required for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Edmund Burke
"Those who support denying anyone the right to keep and bear arms for personal defense are fully complicit in every crime that might have been prevented had the victim been effectively armed." Seth
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Re: Predictability
We'll text God and get him to tell you the results.
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"The Western world is fucking awesome because of mostly white men" - DaveDodo007.
"Socialized medicine is just exactly as morally defensible as gassing and cooking Jews" - Seth. Yes, he really did say that..
"Seth you are a boon to this community" - Cunt.
"I am seriously thinking of going on a spree killing" - Svartalf.
"The Western world is fucking awesome because of mostly white men" - DaveDodo007.
"Socialized medicine is just exactly as morally defensible as gassing and cooking Jews" - Seth. Yes, he really did say that..
"Seth you are a boon to this community" - Cunt.
"I am seriously thinking of going on a spree killing" - Svartalf.
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