tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203307449470951304.post519318824371120566..comments2023-05-11T17:35:12.051+10:00Comments on cosmic rapture: a place for spacemasterymisteryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15844831221838590812noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203307449470951304.post-62610799688058288812011-05-26T22:45:22.025+10:002011-05-26T22:45:22.025+10:00weirsdo, that link seems to be working. Interestin...weirsdo, that link seems to be working. Interesting post, Thanks very much.masterymisteryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15844831221838590812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203307449470951304.post-16725522085969701522011-05-26T22:16:20.480+10:002011-05-26T22:16:20.480+10:00Tried to leave this Levinas link before: hope it t...Tried to leave this Levinas <a href="http://pansifiles.blogspot.com/2009/08/rbud-asks-weirsdos.html" rel="nofollow">link</a> before: hope it takes better this time.weirsdohttp://pansifiles.blogspot.commmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203307449470951304.post-63964289572572124812011-04-26T17:46:12.964+10:002011-04-26T17:46:12.964+10:00Shubhajit, I'm not sure I understand your poin...Shubhajit, I'm not sure I understand your point about Will correctly --- I tend to think there is nothing other than Will, everything is Will, or consciousness, if you prefer. The "creative will". Then there's the "agency will" comprising pure intentionality, ie forcing the adoption of a position. much like the observer collapsing the wave function in quantum physics. Huh? <br />;-0masterymisteryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15844831221838590812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203307449470951304.post-55122479298974943582011-04-26T08:35:13.642+10:002011-04-26T08:35:13.642+10:00and weirsdo, who or what is Levinas?and weirsdo, who or what is Levinas?masterymisteryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15844831221838590812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203307449470951304.post-47687739163555422762011-04-26T08:34:38.393+10:002011-04-26T08:34:38.393+10:00Hi weirsdo, yes, good point, never thought of it t...Hi weirsdo, yes, good point, never thought of it that way before, that immanence and transcendence may be present in varying proportions, may be conflicting aspects of a being human or otherwise, and that those proportions change over time, so the nature of the being changes over time. My head hurts! <br />Thanks for your comments. <br />mmmasterymisteryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15844831221838590812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203307449470951304.post-30599764710661285402011-04-26T07:34:18.915+10:002011-04-26T07:34:18.915+10:00That is all interesting; however Levinas presents ...That is all interesting; however Levinas presents another possibility: a psychic immanence, if you will, in which transcendence (redefined only inheres in our own ethical natures.weirsdohttp://pansifiles.blogspot.commnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203307449470951304.post-38708991735365943262011-04-25T23:24:43.386+10:002011-04-25T23:24:43.386+10:00mgeorge, being omniscient, the being would know ho...mgeorge, being omniscient, the being would know how to make anything --- there would be nothing an omniscient being would not know how to make. So he would simply make a stone so heavy he would not be able to lift it, but one that he would be able to lift! And being omnipotent there would be nothing beyond his power to make. <br /><br />Thanks for your comments. Robotman sounds like a cartoon I should be watching...masterymisteryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15844831221838590812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203307449470951304.post-81210470561080672202011-04-25T16:56:21.728+10:002011-04-25T16:56:21.728+10:00To paraphrase a cartoon called Robotman, can an om...To paraphrase a cartoon called Robotman, can an omniscient being "create a stone so heavy not even he can lift it"? The witness is cautioned not to commit a cardinal sin when replying.mgeorgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203307449470951304.post-19491735848848897122011-04-25T08:51:22.157+10:002011-04-25T08:51:22.157+10:00Karen, every thing has its space even space itself...Karen, every thing has its space even space itself. The whole discussion of the geometry of space / spacetime is there as context for the larger point about two different styles of deity. Which I think is relevant to some of the pathologies of human behaviour. <br /><br />Shubhajit, agree with your first point, about what we can see/perceive, eg the recent discoveries or theories about "dark energy" and "dark matter".<br /><br />About your second point, several different arguments here especially around "dualism". I agree with you that there must be non-material domains for non-material things to live in. But many other people would disagree. <br /><br />But just to take you up on your last sentence, which somewhere along the way became a saying "ex nihilo nihil fit" (Latin --- "from nothing comes nothing"). The whole universe is a free lunch -- a clear example of something emerging from nothing. <br /><br />According to physicists, sub atomic particles are emerging and falling back into the underlying vacuum all the time. A vacuum = nothing. Yet some things come from it. cf Casimir Effect. Matter itself per the above comes from the nothing of the vacuum. <br /><br />Faycin, Sadly it's true that most minds are closed, or relatively so, and the whole story seems these days to be taking on an accelerating dynamic --- the dumbing down of human culture, such as it is. Where it will end is unclear, but for sure there'll be tears at some point. <br /><br />Hi Nessa, thanks for the compliment. Evocative metaphor -- makes me think of a water buffalo: a noble creature but dangerous when angry! Not quite strong enough to support a universe on its back!<br /><br />Thanks all for your comments. <br /><br />mmmasterymisteryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15844831221838590812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203307449470951304.post-75383360176664069932011-04-24T21:27:51.726+10:002011-04-24T21:27:51.726+10:00Turtles Rule!
You always pack so much in your pos...Turtles Rule!<br /><br />You always pack so much in your posts. I love to wallow in the ideas.Nessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779269921583131094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203307449470951304.post-1064311134178027702011-04-24T17:52:23.780+10:002011-04-24T17:52:23.780+10:00I've always enjoyed contemplating these sorts ...I've always enjoyed contemplating these sorts of things. This seems to be one of the few places that actually invites such contemplation. Sad to say, most minds are very closed.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06857378831052530432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203307449470951304.post-75646825346131630622011-04-24T15:58:05.759+10:002011-04-24T15:58:05.759+10:00there was 19th century philosopher Schopenhauer wh...there was 19th century philosopher Schopenhauer who understood the things with will. i think that was a mistake. when we take account of transcendental reality, we have to take account beyond the time, space and cause and the will is something that is changeable but absolute can't be. will is changing as an external and internal motion, therefore, will can't be the cause of this universe. i'm typing, my will is the cause of the movement,and this will becomes manifested as muscular motion at the other end. but the same power that moves the keyboard is moving the heart, the lungs, and so on, but not through will. given that the power is the same, it only becomes will when it rises to the plane of consciousness, and to call it will before it has risen to this plane is misnomer.SHUBHAJIThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07922572955753398337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203307449470951304.post-76491705454517030542011-04-24T15:48:25.890+10:002011-04-24T15:48:25.890+10:00interesting...
I believe whatever a man can imagi...interesting...<br /><br />I believe whatever a man can imagine and zillion other things that one can't imagine also exist. at the first place we only see things in a one plane with our five senses...suppose if we would have another sense perception, say magnetic sense then we could perceive other things in this universe. <br />at the second place, where all those imaginations come? where is the source? if that doesn't exist then how it comes to our mind? it is not possible something comes out of nothing...SHUBHAJIThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07922572955753398337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203307449470951304.post-71131127117459446462011-04-24T14:44:06.775+10:002011-04-24T14:44:06.775+10:00I hope I haven't misunderstood your larger poi...I hope I haven't misunderstood your larger point but yes, every thing has its place regardless of wormholes.k. riggs gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11807633349311664382noreply@blogger.com