Sunday, April 13, 2008

Brain Burn

Very clever little video. Brain burn...kind of like heartburn...that's funny. I would definitely agree with what the video is conveying. Because of our consciousness, the awareness in our head, we have been able to think through situations like a simulator. Because we can fully see through situations and imagine their consequences, we are able to see which of the situations will give us our best results. All these things combine to give us an advantage over those who do not have a consciousness, because they must act things out in the real world and this could lead directly to the worst of results, ultimately their death. Questions arise out of our mental evolutionary needs.
Philosophies do come out of an uneasiness between what we think and what we see. Whatever questions we ask about the universe is contingent on the structure of our mind. When we are approached with a situation, an event, or maybe a crisis, these things cause our minds to wonder and ask, and our thoughts and philosophies towards such things come from the makeup of our minds. That is why so many people have different philosophies for the same questions. Their philosophy fits their mental make-up. Many philosophies and thoughts could answer the same question, and they could all have examples and/or evidence to provide a good case, but in the end it matters on the minds of each individual. And the minds of each individual is made of a lifetime of events and situations which have molded it.
Whose could be right? We must think critically and rationally to try to find out.

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