Denys Artasevych
Ok this is related to our current discussion of time in davids idea i felt it merits its own. Here is something that i have been chewing over. herbie said that we cant be certain that time exists, and consequently cant be certain that causal chains exist. Now it seems that what we experience, or ... Read More
Hey guys havent been back here in a while, but as i was reading through the more recent posts i noticed that our good friend jeff has converted to Mormonism.Not to offend you jeff but i was simply shocked. For all our disagreements i always respected your broad nonspecific conception of the ... Read More
Can there be a definition that is not subjective? Read More
The logic and truth of the matter aside. There seems to be equally little physical proof for any spiritual belief system. So basically people just chose, what appeals and speaks to them. (ya culture plays a huge role but this is a question to belivers here that have thought themselves about the ... Read More
Same question as pokoj. Read More
I have recentlly picked up a book which is basically a colection of Carl Jungs writings.And also Metamorphoses by Ovid, but i have yet to start this one. What about you guys. Read More
I have just read an article about a Woman in New York (state) filed for divorce from her husband. the court enied her the divorse because she failed to prove, adultery, serious mistreatment, or absence for a year or more. Basically they sent her back to live with her husband against her will. The ... Read More
A wondrous lie a sweet deception appeared to me at once quite clearThe passion, beauty, and the cold, the very essence of our soulsThe vision seemed at first so clear, I for a moment thought it realA truth so pleasant to behold, I quickly felt empowered, boldAnd as these thoughts my head did fill I ... Read More
Ok same as the previous idea, but now lets do politics. Chose a political idea/theory (example: setbelt laws should be abolished) and i will proceed to question the idea from various angles. Let us see which arguments hold water.I think this is the best way to see which political arguments are solid ... Read More
This is building uppon D Galo's question about objective reality. I chalange someone, (in a friendlly manner of course) to prove to me anything they consider to be objective truth. I ask that you state the concept, idea, or "fact" that you belive to be objectivley true, and just a quick sentence on ... Read More
Thought and action the two extremes on the acheivment continuum. American sosiety has been going off balance more and more towards the action extreme. There is a prevaling attitude of "dont just stand there, do something". But is this really beneficial? Does it lead to the kind of acheivment we ... Read More
A little while back an idea was posted i belive by namless "Evil is Ignorance, Good is Awareness"What i am wondering is when one crosses the line from ignorance to awarnes? What seperates the ignorant from the aware? We have danced aroundthis a bit in our discussion here.If there is in fact ... Read More
I have heard interesting things about antimater recentlly. The way i understand it is that its matter with the opposite physical properties as normal matter. And if put togather with normal matter they enhialete each other producing mas amounts of energy (if someone can explain it more deeply i ... Read More
What exactlly is thought? How do we define it? We use the word often in everyday conversation but what do we mean when we say it? Is thought simpply another sensual experience? Is it by defenition the same thing as conciousness? Is it simplly an organizing of information? Just rasing some questions ... Read More
There have been a few people who have described god as the prime mover, or the prime cause. Something that was not the effect of anything else, and in itself caused everything that folowed. Even the traditional monotheistic god fits this senario. Now taking this and aplying it to free will. If all ... Read More
Asking who decides what is art? Is the same as aking who decides what is beautifull? Most of us tend to agree in a genral sence what is beautifull, or what is artistic. But the fac that the majority tends to agree on it does not make something beutifull or artistic. It is a personal question. And ... Read More
Based on your answers to the previous questions, your overall score on a conservative/liberal dimension of moral attitudes--compared with the general population--puts your percentile at 68, with the 99th percentile indicating the most liberal possible rating. Another way of explaining this is to say ... Read More
I personally dont find this idea horrible. First i will point out that i am agnostic, and i dont have a distinct belief weather there is or is not a god, or if there is or is not an afterlife. But i dont want to exist forever, eternity is quite a long time. I just cant see anything being ... Read More
I a long list of authors that i consider very profound, heres a few. David Hume. J.S. Mill. Plato. Taras Schevchenko. Aleksandr Pushkin. Leo Tolstoy. Stanislav Lem. Mark Twain. Shakespeare. Emanuell Kant. Read More
Conciosness, is the ulitimate game. Given the subjectivity and falibility of perception, it is clear that we mold our own reality, we play the way we ant to. Create obsticles for ourselves and jump over them. We play hundreds of diferent roles fo others and for ourselves. IF that is not a game i ... Read More
About Denys Artasevych
I am from Ukraine. I moved to the states in 2000 when i was 12. I am currently a college student. Thats about it im not big on the whole about you thing