Mind's Eye Re: Are You A Human Being ?

I'll not be viewing any videos I'm afraid.  Not here at work, and not at home with my internet connection being so shit. 

 

But yes these are man made truths. Truths never-the-less though huh?  As to sqaures in more than 1 dimensions, then truthfully these are called cubes, and 2 apples added to 2 oranges still means you have 4 pieces of fruit.

 

On Tuesday, 21 August 2012 11:19:46 UTC+1, andrew vecsey wrote:

I find these kind of "truths" you quote to be man made "mathematical definitions" that allways have constaints to them. Example, a square is defined to have 4 equal lengths as long as it is on a flat plane surface. And 2+2=4 as long as we are talking about 2 of the same things, like for example apples. You are invited to see my video presentation about mathematics. What do numbers have to tell us? How can we listen to them? See YouTube video "Numbers Simplified". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK4ZBzwbYqY .

On Tuesday, August 21, 2012 11:10:55 AM UTC+2, Lee Douglas wrote:

I've been reading some Thomas Hobbes lately and what he has to say on the nature of truth I think is valid here.

 

It is absoultly true that a square is made up of four lines of equal length.  Indeed it is also absolutly true that 2 added to 2 equals 4.

 

Of course thier are some objective truths out there.

 

 

 

On Friday, 17 August 2012 17:56:27 UTC+1, andrew vecsey wrote:

I do not think that there is any objective truth at all. Just like beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, truth is in the mind of the beholder. People regard something as true if they trust and have faith or believe in the knowledge about that something. Because knowledge can never be complete because nobody is perfect, truth can never be complete. Because trust is subjective, truth is also subjective. Religion is a good example of this with the many truths floating around. Science is another example of this with the constant changing of knowledge.
On Friday, August 17, 2012 6:11:32 PM UTC+2, Lee Douglas wrote:

Myself I think there are lots of differnt truths, both subjective and objective.  Problems arise though when we claim subjective truth as objective.  I guess it may be hard to sort which is which sometimes, but should we stop trying?
On Friday, 17 August 2012 17:00:47 UTC+1, Vam wrote:

Truth is truth for all times... not yours or mine, local or universal ! No, no, there no scorn or smirk I have while I'm releasing the reply... The fact is that there isn't anybody who can offer something anywhere close to this rigorous criteria. And, nobody cares, about that poverty... of truth, in truth !

I just saw a response that seemed to equate the truth with crap... God bless.

And, too, I saw Allan go on the defense, perhaps because the doubts did creep in. Or, because he did not know what he was espousing from the start !

Yet, that is the only way forward. If one has not inched there, one has been nowhere.

On Friday, August 17, 2012 7:04:59 AM UTC+5:30, rigsy03 wrote:

But would that make it a universal truth or only your truth? (The
sprouts root downwards.)

On Aug 15, 12:30 pm, Vam <atewari2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Truth ... *sigh* ... is not in what we pick up in the book, what Momma
> says, what 'great' men seem or say, not even in what I feel or think or
> know ... it is first and foremost in what I see and know of *my* self, sans
> thoughts and meanings... in the way I am, within the body-mind structure,
> and their sub-structures, the subconscious qualifications and attributes
> that pre-load me and form and shape my emotions and will, my thoughts and
> meanings, the knowledge I think I know, and the very idea I have of myself.
>
> It's only after we've covered that distance upto ourself ... do we get the
> perspective of the universal structures, material and mental, and its very
> cause.
>
> Truth ... is NEVER contradicted. One may be superseded by a higher, more
> fundamental or universal one, but never contradicted.
>
> There may not be a truth in our knowledge to accord with that rigorous
> definition ! Even gravity gets contradicted by a little sprout ... it grows
> upward !
>
>
>
> On Friday, August 10, 2012 1:35:36 PM UTC+5:30, Vam wrote:
>
> > How exactly do you specify that ? Being Human, that is...
>
> > Put aside the biologist telling you of your classification or the
> > scientist detailing the features... What exactly tells that you are a human
> > being, apart from the rest of the animal kind ?
>
> > I know it is easy to go frivolous, or quote the millions of texts in the
> > library. But what does it mean to you, that you can vouch for, pointedly ?
>
> > What sets me apart is my capacity to know, to engage single-minded in that
> > process of discovery of what I seek to know, one after another, and to be
> > able to tell myself what I do know, its how and why, and share it with
> > others. The knowing leads me everywhere... into the universe, the earth,
> > environment, other beings and things, language, arts, economics, values
> > system, and myself.
>
> > The next important capacity is to love other people, not just my own
> > offspring, not just for people's utility value or until they are useful to
> > me, but precisely because of the lifetime of knowing they represent, and
> > for the values they embody on account of what they know. In fact, love
> > isn't just directed towards individuals... it invariably includes the
> > "good," life and growth, light, greenery, panorama, beauty, truth, honesty,
> > freedom, expression... and much of what the universe itself is.
>
> > What else or more, as it is with you ?- Hide quoted text -
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