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Post by stormwarden on Oct 28, 2011 15:23:05 GMT -5
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Post by Admiral Lithp on Oct 28, 2011 15:28:59 GMT -5
Someone did not read the intro. They also think that one is a sufficient sample size.
Probably because you don't know science as well as you think you do.
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Post by MaybeNever on Oct 28, 2011 15:30:07 GMT -5
"Life force"? Isn't that a bad made-for-tv movie and not a scientific term?
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Post by Haseen on Oct 29, 2011 3:41:12 GMT -5
"Life force"? Isn't that a bad made-for-tv movie and not a scientific term? No, it was the sequel to Gradius. |
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Post by RavynousHunter on Oct 29, 2011 4:28:42 GMT -5
Yeah...it sounds like someone missed the week or so in high school biology class where they talked about the brain.
Least he's not as bad as someone I know, who doesn't even grasp basic physics...and thinks he's "deep" and "intelligent."
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Post by Admiral Lithp on Oct 29, 2011 4:34:34 GMT -5
Basically, his argument is that matter & energy is conserved, so herp derp, so should life force.
Which would make sense, if life force was an actual thing.
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Post by Mlle Antéchrist on Oct 29, 2011 12:55:30 GMT -5
I guess you could consider the energy (kinetic, heat, etc.) keeping your body alive and active to be a sort of temporary "life force" before it's converted into other forms and lost to the environment around you, but it doesn't carry your consciousness with it any more than the heat energy given off by my computer carries HTML and MP3 files.
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Post by Rat Of Steel on Oct 29, 2011 13:16:35 GMT -5
"Life force"? Isn't that a bad made-for-tv movie and not a scientific term? Mmm. Sexy space vampires.  |
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Post by Cygnus on Oct 29, 2011 13:29:44 GMT -5
I guess you could consider the energy (kinetic, heat, etc.) keeping your body alive and active to be a sort of temporary "life force" before it's converted into other forms and lost to the environment around you, but it doesn't carry your consciousness with it any more than the heat energy given off by my computer carries HTML and MP3 files. This reminds me of that stupid argument that since the brain contains electrical energy and energy cannot be destroyed, consciousness must continue after death. Of course, if the person is suggesting that this energy then goes on to some sort of afterlife, that would require the energy to leave the physical universe, violating the very law of physics that the argument is based on in the first place. |
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Post by Admiral Lithp on Oct 29, 2011 15:33:59 GMT -5
Yeah, the life force argument always amuses me.
"Are we talking about the products of cellular respiration, which cease to be made after you stop breathing, or thought, which is just electricity, which last I checked is not viable for Heavenly Ascension?"
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Post by Vypernight on Oct 30, 2011 4:01:33 GMT -5
Why isn't, "Take responsibility for yourself and your actions," ever a commandment for most religions?
Many, like Wicca and Buddhism have you held responsibile for your actions, but very few actually say you should assume responsibility yourself.
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Post by Shane for Wax on Oct 30, 2011 4:15:53 GMT -5
Wicca has the rule of 3.
Tho I confess I don't know quite what you mean by 'very few actually say you should assume responsibility yourself'.
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Post by Rat Of Steel on Oct 30, 2011 4:21:56 GMT -5
Wicca has the rule of 3. Tho I confess I don't know quite what you mean by 'very few actually say you should assume responsibility yourself'. I could very well be mistaken, but what I think he means is: if you do bad things to others, according to this doctrine, bad things will tend to happen to you as well. It doesn't say anything about atoning to the other people in question for the bad things you've done, though. |
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Post by Shane for Wax on Oct 30, 2011 4:30:39 GMT -5
I think that kind of personal decision works better for more people. Instead of being told 'YOU MUST APOLOGIZE OR ELSE' you realize that apologizing is just plain nice to do.
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Post by Vypernight on Oct 30, 2011 4:44:11 GMT -5
Well the Rule of 3 is, like karma and God, an outside force holding you responsible.
Like Rat said, I mean, if you're a dick, take responsibility for it, rather than say, "I was only following orders," or "It was someone else's fault anyway."
I don't often see anything that says, "If you screw up, acknowledge that you screwed, learn from it, make ammends if possible, and move on."
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