Great explanation, TD... A bottle of Pinot Grigio and about a quarter of bud into me, and that was still easy to read and very succinct.
How should I have modified my posts to achieve a similar clarity? cnGreat explanation, TD... A bottle of Pinot Grigio and about a quarter of bud into me, and that was still easy to read and very succinct.
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- You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to tyler.durden again.
Fucker...
Who is to say that we are conscious? We are merely organic matter just like a tree or a rock, etc. Maybe our consciousness is an illusion. I don't think any life has a RIGHT to exist, but I do feel that some life forms are more majestic than others.Imo, there's a huge difference between conscious and non-conscious life; the closer living things are to consciousness, the less likely I am to kill it if it interferes with my life. We kill billions of bacteria and viruses every time we wash our hands and brush our teeth, and I'm not sure even buddhists regret this. Killing vermin like insects and rodents doesn't phase me, any living thing I find in my home I didn't invite in is getting whacked with extreme prejudice. When my kid was younger, he used to save bugs and bring them outside, as he was influenced by his mom's all-life-is-precious crap. I remember him begging me not to kill a little yellowish spider that I found at my place, so I didn't. This fucking thing was pregnant and soon there were hundreds of these fuckers everywhere! They were amazing stupid, too; I found them floating in the toilet and sink, and they'd routinely drop right in front of your face on a strand of web as if to say, 'what's up?' One apparently bit my son on the face while he was sleeping, and he got over his shit and started smushing them left and right. Not all life is precious, it doesn't phase me to indiscriminately kill evolved life all the way up to about cats (including cheating whores and dudes that look at me funny)
T.D. just has his own way of nailing shit together in his own fashion. It's very enjoyable to read! Not saying you don't make great points, bear! T.D. just has a consistant fashion of saying a lot with as little as possible, an attribute I also commonly pin to M.P. and Heis...
They have not evolved. They have experienced new things....ok, you asked for it!
Tyler is standing beside a very appealing woman at a museum. He has yet to see her. Tyler has not yet achieved any form of contact with the woman. Now, Tyler looks and is aware of her, engages in conversation with her that leads to the creating of experience between the two. They've evolved from not having had the experience to having had the experience!
...we've established that I am not talking biological evolution other than in the sense of 'precursor to' growth. The brain itself does not do the growing, but the consciousness that is using that brain does.
Jesus... I need a drink....ok, you asked for it!
Tyler is standing beside a very appealing woman at a museum. He has yet to see her. Tyler has not yet achieved any form of contact with the woman. Now, Tyler looks and is aware of her, engages in conversation with her that leads to the creating of experience between the two. They've evolved from not having had the experience to having had the experience!
...water?
The 'consciousness that is using the brain' is a predominantly rejected idea that is in direct conflict with what we know about the brain.
Yeah...ok, you asked for it!
Tyler is standing beside a very appealing woman at a museum. He has yet to see her. Tyler has not yet achieved any form of contact with the woman. Now, Tyler looks and is aware of her, engages in conversation with her that leads to the creating of experience between the two. They've evolved from not having had the experience to having had the experience!
Like BB stated, evolved is a confusing term in this context. In the last sentence, I'd replace the word evolve with progressed at best, maybe simply went...
You bastard, you made me spit my sip of coffee on my screen. Lol...
Bear, you're like James Joyce. You don't usually communicate based (solely) on economy, you're an artist and wordsmith and your posts often have flourishes, puns, and meaning on more than one level. Pretty fucking cool...I am deflated. cn
So any possible comebacks. I suspect you're just fukn with me.Awww, Bear... you know I love you!
cn
Interestingly the military use "evolve" similarly ... to denote a progression of events in time.Yeah
I could almost say it's the 'un-succinct-ness' of your posts that makes them enjoyable.So any possible comebacks. I suspect you're just fukn with me.
