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20 Jun 22
20 Jun 22
@divegeester saidThat sounds about right. My favorite is:
True thing:
If I tell the truth about everything I will offend some people.
False thing:
If I offend some people I must be telling the truth.
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Wisdom is not like a flower one can pluck from a bush. It is like a mountain that one must climb.
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20 Jun 22
@The-Gravedigger
I know when I'm dreaming about 80 percent of the time.
I can also wake myself up when the dream gets scary.
I can't run in my dreams.
I just can't seem to master the running thing.
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Isn't Philosophy for the dumb kids who aren't smart enough for the real classes so they take Philosophy just so they can stay in school and not grow up?
Now that...is a Philosophical question.
20 Jun 22
@the-gravedigger saidBecause the bits of our brain that filter and sort experience are now awake and available to make the distinction.
We don't know we are dreaming when we are dreaming.
So how do we know when we are awake and its not a dream.
(Assuming they are not affected by illness or disconnected by extreme experience resulting in derealisation.)
20 Jun 22
@lipareeno saidIts supposed to be quite unusual to know you are dreaming, it has happened to me 2 or 3 times.
@The-Gravedigger
I know when I'm dreaming about 80 percent of the time.
I can also wake myself up when the dream gets scary.
I can't run in my dreams.
I just can't seem to master the running thing.
20 Jun 22
@relentless-red saidYou are probably onto something there RR.
Because the bits of our brain that filter and sort experience are now awake and available to make the distinction.
(Assuming they are not affected by illness or disconnected by extreme experience resulting in derealisation.)
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20 Jun 22
@fmf saidSo...if I don’t think, I’m not?🤔😲
If I think therefore I am.
What is my wife REALLY saying when she says I am thoughtless?
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20 Jun 22
@the-gravedigger saidInteresting. I'm going to look that up. I probably have some underlying mental disorder or something.
Its supposed to be quite unusual to know you are dreaming, it has happened to me 2 or 3 times.
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@lipareeno saidPerhaps “your” brain just thinks that dreams are of no real concern and has decided that it has more important things to deal with when sleeping?🤔
Interesting. I'm going to look that up. I probably have some underlying mental disorder or something.