The Sum of Awe

You did not know I was the infamous Sterling Archer? This only shows that I am the greatest spy in history ;)

Thank you for the pro-Heaven Worship frubal. :D Closest term I could think of, off-hand. :)

Welcome :D

I watched it. All that science is beyond me, but I want to caution against the idea that there is a right or wrong picture of the world--science builds models, and each model is only as good as its usefulness, and this one too will be replaced one day when something more useful comes along.

I'll watch it after work today. Thanks.

The context in which things do not exist when not observed is simply in how we define and use the idea of existence. For instance, Bertrand Russell's teapot (as a metaphor for "god"): the burden of proving such a thing rests on the one making the claim about such a thing. We cannot and should not be making claims about (the existence of) things we know nothing about. I do believe in an objective reality, but not one distinct from what we know about the world (or in other words, "there is no ontology without epistemology.")

Hah it's cool, I pretty much just walked out anyways. The whole things is just such a pain because all the people you usually agree with are suddenly blinded by their own righteousness and just don't get it.

You've done a great job in the "Girl gets banned for acting like boy" thread. Way to go!

Chdck out post 40, also thanks for the frubal

Haha still in jersey. And I never left I just don't post to much but I log in every day. Thanks for the frubal as well.

I forgot to inform you that the US government has now signed the FBI on to monitor all of your toilet usage.
Have a wonderful day sir and please do not flush so much. Water is a valuable resource afterall

Mr. Gribble, I am here to inform you that any frubals you give out will be monitored by the government.

Haha, thanks. :D
Looks like it's still pretty common. I think it should be adopted as a term on RF. :D

You're welcome. I've read up to the second chapter on Knowledge and Truth. I enjoyed Pirsig's ideas in his book immensely, very original.

You may enjoy this article on reality, although it references specific books that you may not have read. The Pragmatists, especially the Americans, have a brilliant take on it.

robertpirsig.org : Pirsig and Pragmatism

"We might add that there is a logical reason why a reality that consists of quality cannot be described but only denoted; it is simply that if quality is primary, then it can have no more primary qualities belonging to it. Whilst we can describe an object by its qualities, and only by its qualities (the stone is brown, hard, heavy etc), there can be no further description of any quality in itself (this brings to mind the familiar problem of how one could describe a colour to a congenitally blind person for instance. It is impossible to do so properly because a colour is an experience, however as Peirce and Pirsig state themselves, an experience may be denoted by recourse to analogies of that experienced quality)."

Hey!
Just wanted to say happy belated birthday!
I was grounded and couldn't go on RF even to say happy birthday to people. I hope 18 is a great year for you.(:

no problem :p

You are welcome my good sir *tips hat*

Thanks for accepting my friend request! :D