Lasty Posted May 26, 2020 Posted May 26, 2020 I don't know, and neither do you. Questions that require evidence we will never be able to collect are what I like to call stupid questions. ^__^
katt_goddess Posted May 26, 2020 Posted May 26, 2020 34 minutes ago, Lasty said: Questions that require evidence we will never be able to collect are what I like to call stupid questions. The Buddhists call those 'koans' . <.< >.> 1
Lasty Posted May 26, 2020 Author Posted May 26, 2020 (edited) 25 minutes ago, katt_goddess said: The Buddhists call those 'koans' . <.< >.> Koans are a kind of reverse psychology, as far as I can tell. If you just explain the proposition directly, it usually confuses people. If you ask a student a stupid question and they try to answer it seriously, they didn't know it was a stupid question, revealing their stupidity. Then they sarcastically avoid the issue until the student arrives at the logical conclusion by way of process of elimination. It's faster than the western method of repeatedly pointing to the thing itself as far as philosophical understanding goes, but western science has changed the world more in the last 50 years than the amount of change that has occurred throughout the rest of human history combined. Granted, not all for the better, but most. What we screwed up we can fix. If you point at the moon and someone mistakes your finger for the moon, just grab their head and point it at the moon while pointing, or point at objects they already know while naming them until they wrap their head around the concept of pointing, then point at the moon. Edited May 26, 2020 by Lasty
ghostrek Posted May 26, 2020 Posted May 26, 2020 what are militant over a maybe there's a God or not a god
Lasty Posted May 26, 2020 Author Posted May 26, 2020 10 hours ago, ghostrek said: what are militant over a maybe there's a God or not a god Do you even grammar, bro?
katt_goddess Posted May 26, 2020 Posted May 26, 2020 20 hours ago, Lasty said: Koans are a kind of reverse psychology, as far as I can tell. If you just explain the proposition directly, it usually confuses people. If you ask a student a stupid question and they try to answer it seriously, they didn't know it was a stupid question, revealing their stupidity. Then they sarcastically avoid the issue until the student arrives at the logical conclusion by way of process of elimination. It's faster than the western method of repeatedly pointing to the thing itself as far as philosophical understanding goes, but western science has changed the world more in the last 50 years than the amount of change that has occurred throughout the rest of human history combined. Granted, not all for the better, but most. What we screwed up we can fix. If you point at the moon and someone mistakes your finger for the moon, just grab their head and point it at the moon while pointing, or point at objects they already know while naming them until they wrap their head around the concept of pointing, then point at the moon. The correct answer to all koans, from what I've seen, is to sit with your mouth shut and stare at the wall. The second you open your mouth, you are instantly a moron who needs to get smacked with something.
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