What am I? - Page 4

Tao_Equus · 04-30-2008, 01:47 PM

OOOps My mistake... sorry. But (not to give in but to insist on a conspiracy), 123 has returned a different and "angry" man..... Cyberpi...are you a Borg? Did you assimilate him?

Tao

cyberpi · 04-30-2008, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Tao_Equus

OOOps My mistake... sorry. But (not to give in but to insist on a conspiracy), 123 has returned a different and "angry" man..... Cyberpi...are you a Borg? Did you assimilate him?

Tao

Tao you reveal yourself. I think both Juantoo3 and I at some level recognize that other people do not dictate our mood. For example if the military tells Juantoo3 to be proud then he'd still be thinking independently whether or not he really wants to feel proud about anything. Whether he deems it appropriate to be angry or to be proud the choice is his. Personally I don't hold it against someone if they are angry with something or even with me. My closest family: parents, wife, and children have the right to be angry... why shouldn't Juantoo3? Personally I doubt that Juantoo3 is angry just because you say he is. But if so then I am interested in knowing what or why anyone has decided to get angry with something, but I would not press it as a separate moral issue or character flaw. Were your parents ever angry with you? Would you consider them somehow wrong to be angry with you, Tao? Would you say that your parents are like machines with buttons and you get to choose whether or not they will be angry with you? I know that some children come to believe it... kind of like crying in a toy store and asking, "Why do you HATE me?" Oh for the love of... better buy that kid whatever he/she wants... can't be labelled with the HATE word. Oh no can't have that. Or, in the case here better to give up the disagreement... can't be labelled with the ANGRY word... or the IGNORANCE word or the ARROGANCE word. No can't have that... must be like a machine and give that child whatever he/she wants to make it better. Hopefully when those children grow up then they will become parents and will get to see the world from a different angle. Many parents love their children... just not always in the way that their children want. Have you had any children Tao?

Tao_Equus · 04-30-2008, 05:58 PM

See I was right! You are Borg!! Absolutely no sense of humour what so ever

Yes I have had 2 children.

As for 123 being angry or not I do not know. All I do know is that I got uncharacteristically negative responses from him last time we exchanged words here. Juan and I have disagreed many times before but this was different and so different I am concerned about him. I count Juan as a friend here and respect what he has to say. But I too have the right to be who I am, however flawed, and if you dont like that you are under no obligation to respond to me. I am sometimes a bit too quick to make ill thought out posts, but they rarely go uncorrected by the good folks who inhabit this space. But you are wrong in saying that I "reveal myself", the truth is I never "conceal myself". And if you dont get the difference between a bit of light hearted ribbing....yes humour....and an attack on someone then you must not laugh much in life. I like laughter.

Tao

greymare · 05-01-2008, 11:12 AM

well, you are a scot, so you just have to laugh. (got ya there)

cyberpi · 05-02-2008, 01:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Tao_Equus

See I was right! You are Borg!! Absolutely no sense of humour what so ever

Yes I have had 2 children.

As for 123 being angry or not I do not know. All I do know is that I got uncharacteristically negative responses from him last time we exchanged words here. Juan and I have disagreed many times before but this was different and so different I am concerned about him. I count Juan as a friend here and respect what he has to say. But I too have the right to be who I am, however flawed, and if you dont like that you are under no obligation to respond to me. I am sometimes a bit too quick to make ill thought out posts, but they rarely go uncorrected by the good folks who inhabit this space. But you are wrong in saying that I "reveal myself", the truth is I never "conceal myself". And if you dont get the difference between a bit of light hearted ribbing....yes humour....and an attack on someone then you must not laugh much in life. I like laughter.

Tao

I do not aspire to be a comedian here and if I did I would not be laughing at my own alleged jokes. However if you do tell a joke that is funny to me I'll be sure to let you know, but right now I'd advise not quitting your day job just yet. < rib rib >

Alex P · 05-12-2008, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by wil

From a science perspective.

What am I, what comprises me?

How about my fingernail? Is it me? Am I it? Am I one with it? Do we symbiotically coexist? Well I guess I may determine if I wish to smite it yes? But I would still exist without it, and it would still exist for a time without me.

What about the bacteria, parasites, are they me? If I was stripped of all of them could I exist without them?

Digestive juices, enzymes I create, are they me or of me?

What of my knowledge is mine? It seems there is knowledge that my glands know that I don't. Don't they send out various defensive macrophages to determine what is attacking my body and then once having idenitified exactly with anitbody works best crank up the factories to send millions out? I don't do that, who does, is it just automatic or are they making decisions and acting without my approval? Are they me?

Where do I end? I know one of you has the logical scientific answer to this.

You are a very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very small miracle.......

wil · 05-12-2008, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex P

You are a very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very small miracle.......

hmmm in relation to what?

are there different size miracles like different size infinities?

I live in the world where there are no miracles and it is all a miracle.

You my friend are very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very big miracle....... and I'm honored to have your aquaintance!

Alex P · 05-12-2008, 03:54 PM

The miracle... Itself cannot be measured, nor weighed, nor priced(put a value on) it is just what it is.

But it lives within you, and what I meant by size was your physical size (and I guess the 'odds', but hey thats where the miracle comes in.... It defies logic, science, reason understanding.)... Example, the earth is iluminated by this intense force we know as the sun, this star is like 350 thousand times (or so) larger than the planet we live on. Yet it itself is so small and insignificant in comparison to the solar system it burns within... And that solar system is so small and insignificant in the universe that it lives within.... And that is where you can feel and appreciate the power of the miracle.... It has travelled, it has travelled along long way.... And here it is... If you pause you can feel it, it has come all this way to you, and it will be with you forevermore.. So what are you? A miracle

And that is all that matters... And I think it is awesome....

hehe, and I am honored to be yours