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Post by topology on Jul 1, 2013 21:02:48 GMT -5
So far the birds have it. Yes, I'd say they have a plurality, but not a majority. "Not birds" outnumber them by 1. I will see your plurality and raise you this: Of the categories which have a plurality, the birds have the majority. QED *sticks out tongue* |
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Post by Beingist on Jul 2, 2013 7:37:39 GMT -5
Yes, I'd say they have a plurality, but not a majority. "Not birds" outnumber them by 1. I will see your plurality and raise you this: Of the categories which have a plurality, the birds have the majority. QED *sticks out tongue* I'll fold. |
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Post by enigma on Jul 2, 2013 10:24:51 GMT -5
Then would 'all' be contained in Nebraska or in the United States? That depends on if you think Nebraska is the U.S., and the U.S. Nebraska. If I cared, then why am I started a thread for misconceived questions? C'mon, E. Get the stick out of your a$$. I'm just wondering what the folks here think. If you've got a problem with that, you don't have to participate. You want others to help you believe that your questions are meaningful, and they probly will because they want them to be meaningful too. The questions are all that keeps the seeking going. |
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Post by enigma on Jul 2, 2013 10:28:01 GMT -5
'ALL' is separated conceptually into Being and mind by imagining distinctions, and then one asks if 'all' (whatever we imagine that to be) falls into one imaginary category or another. There cannot be a 'real' answer to a question based on imaginary distinctions. It's not fundamentally different from asking about the mating habits of the unicorn or the dietary habits of the Germidgepillion. (Though A is still waiting for further data on the latter) Experience consists of distinctions. This is why Niz says everything is a play of ideas. When we form distinctions about our experience, like mind and Being, we're just creating more distinctions about distinctions to add to our experience. When we ask questions about the ultimate truth of those imaginary distinctions, then it becomes clear that we have forgotten that we imagined them in the first place. Is there a mind in actuality or is it a way of talking about the appearance of thought as opposed to the appearance of feeling or sense perceptions? Is there a Being in actuality or is it a way of talking about subjectivity as opposed to objectivity, which is another distinction? (Exceeding 3 paragraph text wall limit) Creating distinctions can be fun and interesting and very practical as we manipulate our experience, but outside of that context they have no meaning and don't refer to some objective 'reality' or actuality or truth. They mean only what we have imagined they mean. So is 'All' the same as 'Love is 'All' encompassing? Whatever you want it to be. |
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Post by enigma on Jul 2, 2013 10:29:56 GMT -5
638 times....give or take a couple.  529 is my guess  You must be the optimist between the two of us. |
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Post by Beingist on Jul 2, 2013 10:30:02 GMT -5
That depends on if you think Nebraska is the U.S., and the U.S. Nebraska. If I cared, then why am I started a thread for misconceived questions? C'mon, E. Get the stick out of your a$$. I'm just wondering what the folks here think. If you've got a problem with that, you don't have to participate. You want others to help you believe that your questions are meaningful, and they probly will because they want them to be meaningful too. The questions are all that keeps the seeking going. Very well. No more questions for you, then, if they're all misconceived. |
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Post by enigma on Jul 2, 2013 10:37:33 GMT -5
You want others to help you believe that your questions are meaningful, and they probly will because they want them to be meaningful too. The questions are all that keeps the seeking going. Very well. No more questions for you, then, if they're all misconceived. They're not all misconceived. However, it's safer to ask questions that don't mean anything. |
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Post by Beingist on Jul 2, 2013 10:52:54 GMT -5
Very well. No more questions for you, then, if they're all misconceived. They're not all misconceived. However, it's safer to ask questions that don't mean anything. What in the world is a question that doesn't 'mean anything'? (Which is, I suppose, a question that means something, and so is misconceived). |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2013 17:14:17 GMT -5
529 is my guess You must be the optimist between the two of us. You were first in the queue when they were handing out resilience though  |
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Post by enigma on Jul 3, 2013 0:13:25 GMT -5
They're not all misconceived. However, it's safer to ask questions that don't mean anything. What in the world is a question that doesn't 'mean anything'? (Which is, I suppose, a question that means something, and so is misconceived). Huh? A misconceived question wouldn't mean anything, right? Why make the obvious so complicated? |
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Post by enigma on Jul 3, 2013 0:17:15 GMT -5
You must be the optimist between the two of us. You were first in the queue when they were handing out resilience though Not really, I just kept getting back in line over and over again.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2013 2:07:04 GMT -5
You were first in the queue when they were handing out resilience though Not really, I just kept getting back in line over and over again. Smart idea. |
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Post by Beingist on Jul 3, 2013 7:10:50 GMT -5
What in the world is a question that doesn't 'mean anything'? (Which is, I suppose, a question that means something, and so is misconceived). Huh? A misconceived question wouldn't mean anything, right? Why make the obvious so complicated? Hah! A misconceived question!  |
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