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This is the first "blog" of any kind I've ever had, so it's probably not the greatest...

Just a little snippet about me:

I'd like to consider myself relatively tech-savvy; obviously I use Linux (Arch to be precise; K.I.S.S. FTW), and I enjoy learning new things about computers in general (both software and hardware-related).

This blog is mostly just for whenever I feel like telling the world about my experiences with computers/Linux (or just life in general), or just posting for the hell of it.
  1. Old Comment

    There is just too much out there, I believe...

    Who is that in the quotes that you're arguing with?
    Posted 09-06-2010 at 09:54 AM by brianL brianL is offline
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    There is just too much out there, I believe...

    Quote:
    stop spamming here, you know? it's not funny, it is pointless.
    It's not supposed to be "funny". But then again, I suppose you already caught onto that...

    *sigh* You know what, fine. If I have an urge to post something like this again, I'll hold back. Somehow I figured someone would come in with a comment along the lines of "quit spamming the blogs".

    I just thought this would be a viable outlet, considering that I didn't want to clog up the actual discussion forums with my philosophical "blabber" (I've been guilty of this before), nor am I comfortable putting it on something like Facebook (I don't post a whole lot there anyway).

    Quote:
    No one is forced to accept windowz EULA, you can choose Linux or write your own OS. Any difference? NO!!!!!!
    You can't "rewrite" the laws of nature. If you're subscribing to something else, you're deluding yourself (or so people would tell me ).

    Quote:
    And by the way... how can you, such A SMALL STRUCTURE, hate THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE when you haven't seen ANYTHING BEYOND YOUR DAMNED MONITOR, UH???!!! YOU DONT KNOW ANY OF THESE RULES, YOU KNOW!!! Even seen sky? Ever seen green grass BEYOND YOUR DAMNED SCREEN? Or are you living in some Mountain of Doom where there is nothing alive out there for hundreds of miles? Oh yes I believe that.
    I'm not exactly the social type, but it's not like I'm a complete and total hideaway...in all, that was rather insulting.

    I've got half a mind to report you, but I won't. While your method of delivery wasn't exactly polite, the point you're trying to make does seem to stand perfectly clear:

    "Get a life, take some time off from 'pondering the universe' for a while, and just *be happy*"

    Was I right? Well, that's basically the problem I'm having: I'm torn between whether I want to live in happy ignorance, or in miserable truth (the truth being more objectively useful, the ignorance being more personally satisfying). I take it you're just telling me to "pick a side and move on", right? It's not as easy as it sounds when the notion that "you" don't exist in an absolute sense (that only matter *really* exists) is constantly on your mind.

    Quote:
    FINAL LOL. DOUBLE FINAL LOL. no i won't fix this
    TRIPLE FINAL LOL. i said i won't fix this
    MULTI FINAL LOL. i really won't edit.
    MEGA FINAL LOL! these are my last words.
    ULTRA FINAL LOL!! this is going to be one of best answers given!
    MONSTER FINAL LOL!!! i love this text!
    L U D I C R O U S L O L ! ! ! commited kernel patch.
    Laugh all you want, it's not gonna make me feel any better, nor is it going to make you look any better.

    EDIT: If it makes you feel any better, I have that page you linked me to on your(?) site bookmarked (although it's down ATM; server takes too long to reply). It helped a little.
    Posted 09-06-2010 at 08:04 AM by MrCode MrCode is offline
    Updated 09-06-2010 at 08:28 AM by MrCode
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    There is just too much out there, I believe...

    LOL.
    DOUBLE LOL. TRIPLE LOL. MULTI LOL.
    MEGA LOL! ULTRA LOL!! MONSTER LOL!!!
    L U D I C R O U S L O L!
    this guy just won't listen... stop spamming here, you know? it's not funny, it is pointless. It is pointless to read and write. You were already given many useful answers, including mine but you still won't see that. So that's where LUDICROUS ROFL starts. So many letters 4 what?
    Quote:
    I hate the true nature of the universe, but am forced to accept it
    No one is forced to accept windowz EULA, you can choose Linux or write your own OS. Any difference? NO!!!!!!

    Quote:
    I hate the true nature of the universe
    And by the way... how can you, such A SMALL STRUCTURE, hate THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE when you haven't seen ANYTHING BEYOND YOUR DAMNED MONITOR, UH???!!! YOU DONT KNOW ANY OF THESE RULES, YOU KNOW!!! Even seen sky? Ever seen green grass BEYOND YOUR DAMNED SCREEN? Or are you living in some Mountain of Doom where there is nothing alive out there for hundreds of miles? Oh yes I believe that.

    And yet, that's just a tiny part of earth which is a tiny part of our galaxy which is a tiny part of a universe

    FINAL LOL. DOUBLE FINAL LOL. no i won't fix this
    TRIPLE FINAL LOL. i said i won't fix this
    MULTI FINAL LOL. i really won't edit.
    MEGA FINAL LOL! these are my last words.
    ULTRA FINAL LOL!! this is going to be one of best answers given!
    MONSTER FINAL LOL!!! i love this text!
    L U D I C R O U S L O L ! ! ! commited kernel patch.
    Posted 09-06-2010 at 04:26 AM by Web31337 Web31337 is offline
    Updated 09-06-2010 at 04:27 AM by Web31337
  4. Old Comment

    Finally got a little perspective...maybe

    Dumb experiment, that. I just reached for my cup of coffee - at random, it wasn't planned in advance: "I'll reach for my coffee at 08.03." I didn't consciously think about it. But I was aware of doing it as it was done. The decision to do it would show up as activity in the frontal cortex, doing it a fraction of a second later in an area of the parietal lobe. All low order stuff. It doesn't demonstrate anything about more complex things, such as creativity in human beings. If I'm not making decisions, who or what is? Who or what is determining our actions, thoughts, and feelings? Who desyded I would misspell decided? I'll say (or write) this again: nobody knows the absolute truth about these things, probably never will. So choose to believe what suits you, preferably the option that doesn't make you miserable.
    Posted 08-27-2010 at 02:27 AM by brianL brianL is offline
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    Finally got a little perspective...maybe

    Quote:
    First of all, I'd like to say that that is an excellent blog entry, essay, whatever-you-choose-to-call-it.
    Thanks.

    After getting over the gratification (the "" factor) of actually having someone respond positively to my little piece, I started thinking of this: apparently there were experiments done to show that free will is imaginary. Whether or not those experiments really prove anything, I don't know. Basically, they hooked up patients to an EEG (or whatever device they used to measure brain activity) and had them flick their wrist at "random" moments of their choosing. When the results came up, they found that there were signs of preparation to move the wrist before the patient/test subject was even consciously aware of making the decision to do so. This makes me tend to think that it totally demolishes the idea of free will, because it means that no decisions are really *made* consciously; that our decisions can only be realized, not changed, by our conscious mind.

    Like I said, I don't know whether or not I believe that fully, but it seems like a rational, valid argument against free will to me...and I'm too afraid to check that link again to find out of the article's been edited/changed. The last time I looked at that article was some time ago (think weeks, possibly longer), and it scared the ever-loving $#!t out of me; it fuled my fire (which was weaker at the time, but still hot and miserable nonetheless ).
    Posted 08-26-2010 at 07:39 PM by MrCode MrCode is offline
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    Finally got a little perspective...maybe

    First of all, I'd like to say that that is an excellent blog entry, essay, whatever-you-choose-to-call-it.
    Obviously you're a deeper thinker than I've ever been on these subjects. I chose to believe in free-will, because of the negative moral implications of determinism, and because I couldn't see how everything we do could be predestined. As for nature vs nurture, it's probably 20% nature (physical appearance, predisposition to certain diseases, etc) and 80% nurture. But the truth is that nobody knows, nobody can say which is the absolute truth. So, until they do, I shall choose what suits me, and **** everybody else's opinion.
    Posted 08-26-2010 at 06:12 PM by brianL brianL is offline
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    Nothing more than a helpless pawn...

    How about instead of reasoning like this
    Code:
    Premise: living things are made of particles
    Premise: particles have no significance
    Conclusion: living things have no significance
    you think about it the other way
    Code:
    Premise: living things are made of particles
    Premise: living things have significance
    Conclusion: particles have significance
    Posted 08-14-2010 at 02:52 PM by ntubski ntubski is offline
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    Nothing more than a helpless pawn...

    If one can conceve an inharent good in the univirse, it is not too hard to also believe there is an inharent evil. I read one time that one of the greatest deceptions inharent evil can obtain is the illution there is no God.

    If there is no God, an author of good in the univirse... then there is no evil either. If neather really exist, then it doesn't matter what I do or say. It is all mans conception of such, which I might add is fairly meaningless.

    I have this to add... While science continually tries to disprove there is a higher power of some kind, each new discovery just adds to the law of averages that it is more likely that some devine force has created and ordered things.
    Posted 07-23-2010 at 02:33 AM by Absent Minded Absent Minded is offline
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    Nothing more than a helpless pawn...

    You're feeling depressed. Try looking at what's positive in your life. Harder said than done; but, you have things in your life you enjoy.
    Posted 07-17-2010 at 09:08 PM by Mr-Bisquit Mr-Bisquit is offline
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    Nothing more than a helpless pawn...

    And you're asking the same question twice. I've already answered your question about freedom.
    I don't know you but from here I your life appears to me as a dark box of space where you suffer from your own thoughts about what happened and what will happen. Am I right? Partially? It is no life. Don't try to find out what will be: this knowledge will come exactly when you will need it. Life is about NOW.
    Posted 07-17-2010 at 03:13 AM by Web31337 Web31337 is offline
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    Nothing more than a helpless pawn...

    Quote:
    I really don't understand how atheists/materialists/determinists/members of whatever anti-spiritual/anti-religious group can go on with their daily lives.
    They go on because the journey is much better than the destination. And, they do it without the additional overhead of the pointless superstitions that most others subject themselves to.

    Quote:
    why bother trying to change if all is predetermined?
    They are not trying to change anything. They just believe ( or not ) in something, and pretty much want to be left alone by overzealous enthusiasts.

    Quote:
    That is, it's the reason I keep getting on the whole topic of AI
    ???

    Are you talking about religion, technology, or neither?

    Quote:
    I've been "trolling"
    I agree with you there.
    Posted 07-15-2010 at 04:17 PM by DJ Shaji DJ Shaji is offline
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    Nothing more than a helpless pawn...

    You're suffering from two things:
    1: The delusion that science can, or ever will, explain everything. Reductionism is for narrow, tiny, dull minds. How can it ever explain creativity and imagination, or emotion?
    2: Extremely low self esteem. I can't tell you how to get over that, since I've never been troubled by it.
    Posted 07-15-2010 at 08:36 AM by brianL brianL is offline
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    Surveys, statistics, and human behavior...in combination, they make me sick

    While your objection is obviously sincere, the basis for your rant is confused. There is no implication either in the thread or in the survey of predestination and the absence free will.

    Lighten up.
    Posted 06-22-2010 at 08:30 PM by 2ck 2ck is offline
  14. Old Comment

    Surveys, statistics, and human behavior...in combination, they make me sick

    You've come to the right place, my friend.

    I didn't really got into reading of all thread...
    I also wrote some thoughts about life: Life as in Linux.
    The short answer to the question "are we free" is "yes, if you want it to".
    You are free if you want to be free. And if you are free, if you feel free, nothing can take that freedom from you. Nothing.
    You are free. Yes, you are.
    --
    from Kernel with Love =)
    Posted 06-21-2010 at 09:02 PM by Web31337 Web31337 is offline

  



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