Scratching Beyond The Surface

A blog about trying to answer questions both big and small

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What is freedom?

Freedom is the allowance of the common man to preform actions without restriction from those who would be classified as being “powerful.”

It is a common right that all moral man share, based upon their own merits and existence. 

Without it we become nothing more than a ladder of savages, clawing at each others skin.

It is through this understanding that men become weak and unable to sustain themselves through the illusion of strength.

True strength forms from the allowance and acceptance of another persons abilities and to “pass on” hypothetical change to the next person so that we can all grow together.

This is what true power is.

This is true freedom.

To equally excel and eventually become a new being of pure essence of will and ability.

So that we may live forever, in and beyond the universe.

Thank you for taking the time to view this post

Let me know if you have any philosophical questions that you wish for me to try and answer. 

If you do please message me and I will try to turn it into a blog post

As always, have good rest of your evening.

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What is destiny and does it exist?

My first question would be “what do you mean by destiny?” Do you mean a singular path for a specific outcome in life based upon some universal laws and rules?” If so then I would argue that destiny is something that gives a person who has not thought about the matter of destiny meaning. 

I am not saying here that that person is uneducated, however if you do not take the time to determine your own reasoning then destiny may be the best defining thing that characterizes your behaviors and traits.

Next question on does it exist? 

From my personal perspective it really depends. 

I can argue that it does exist on the ground of scientific inquiry because a model in which I have accepted is that of forces and the interactions between particles.

And if all particles simply move in distinct paths and analogously “bounce” off of one another then paths will inevitably repeat in a contained environment. And because the brain is contained within the shell of the skull then patterns may repeat.

Because we most likely live in an ever expanding universe. 

Along with the fact the brain is analogous to a giant circuit board. 

Along with the fact of randomness due to quantum physics modeling shenanigans. 

It leads to too many unknowns for me to consider.

In truth I am unsure if destiny exists, I can only really answer the question of what it could be.

Thats all I got for now

If you have any questions you would like for me to try and answer send me a message and I will try to create a blog post about them.

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What can you infer about ultimate reality, based upon the data of such experiences?

It depends, what do you mean by “ultimate reality”, “data”, and “experiences.”

If you mean that the perceivable understanding of the set of all things inside and outside my frame or awareness as being “ultimate reality.”

And all the component things which exist inside my frame of awareness as being “data.”

And my interactions with the component things inside of my frame of awareness as being “experiences.”

Then I can infer that my ultimate reality is an illusionary component of my perception of it.

If I am not here to experience reality does reality still exist?

Well by my defining no, because my own personal viewing of reality is null and void, meaning that any attempt for me to define it is, excuse the language, bullocks .

Without that said data from observational experiences reality in and of itself becomes null and void.

On top of this, each experience in turn requires an initial inferment, the computer is telling me thats not a word but oh well, of reality. Like a chain of reality based observations continuously trying to observe itself.

Like a dog chasing its own tail, except there is no dog and thus no tail to chase.

Thats pretty much all I got.

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What is the meaning of Life?

Oh, well asking the big questions huh? 

Ok, lets see if I can answer this properly. 

Life is an experience.

The meaning of life, from my understanding, is to experience it.

This does not mean that life cannot go on without you, oh no it can.  What I mean is that your unique existence is a life which requires you to exist.

Your existence is your life, a single wave in an endless sea of possibility.

What makes you unique is that you are like a bubble or a self experiencing wave that self reflects upon itself. Indefinitely pondering the question why?

This may be another form of meaning, to wonder why. 

Why do we sit, why do we breath.

why why why why why....

After which gives you an indefinite list of solutions which answer these questions.

Maybe THIS is another reason for life.

To gather this knowledge continuously in order gain a better understanding of this universe.

And then from that knowledge you create new things.

To create, another possibility for the existence of your life.

This is starting to look like the same thing as I said in my “what is love?” post. 

Where everything is an individual unique experience with an infinite number of possible things in order to define you life.

Well yes, 

There are an endless number of possible things to do, and there is only a very short period of time to do it.

Remember, you may be a self contained wave, but you still are a bubble. And bubbles still have a tendency to....

so what is the meaning of life again?

Just experience it, and maybe If you are insane enough make that little sphere of possibility last a little longer.

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Does Free Will Exist?

Free will is a phenomenon in which you, as a thinking entity, have the capability to preform actions on your own outside of environmental interference. 

This, I believe, is an interesting one. In which case from a scientific perspective one would have to state that free will does not exist due to there only being forces and atomic interactions. These forces follow distinct vector pathways that are affected by different fields. 

This would mean that through the decades of natural formation you formed from simplistic and mechanistic processes. This implies that what ever action in which you preform will be “caused” by some given input. 

Now because we are dealing with the brain, it existing inside of our universe with all of these fields and such one can say that our brains are also mechanistic in nature. However there is a small uniqueness to brains in which are different than most things in nature. They send and receive messages to and from different neurons. 

This can be analogous to a computer in which a computer has logic gates formed from the connective properties between logical circuit. Now if you were to scale up the abstraction you can see what I mean when I say it is different. You can do amazing things with a computer. Write musical programs, play games, etc. All this from very simple rules. All originating from sending and receiving electrical signals.

So in essence a whole new thing is appearing out of just signals and nodes. And with it comes a whole knew level of complexity and abstraction that has never been seen by the universe....probably. I am going to leave discussing the potential of aliens in a later post. This series of statements also leads into the discussion and topic of consciousness which, again, I will leave for another blog post.

Now do I believe free will exists? Potentially, because there are so many unknowns when it comes to the brain and how it leads to intelligent thought and actions I have no certain answer for you. 

Thats going to draw this discussion to a close

remember to always scratch beyond the surface

have a good one.

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What is love?

The answer to this question is not a simple one. It depends upon perspective.

My personal perspective is that love is a chemical reaction in the brain which is used to attract different mates in order to procreate to pass on genetic information to the next generation. In order to attempt some form of prolonged existence through the information being transferred from generation to generation. 

However love appears to also be something else as well.

There also appears to be multiple different points of view in order to attempt to properly define it. 

I believe that because of this elusive nature, the concept of love has a little bit more to it than simply observing it through the microscope of a scientist.(p.s. not a scientist) 

Some may define it as being some “underlying force of nature that binds us all together.” 

Some may say that it is a feeling or a sensation in which they perceive as being a “universal truth.” 

Other may say that love is an immaterial thing that bring cool guys together for a midnight snack.

All of these personal understandings bring with them there own perceived truths, along with their perceived falsifications and myths. 

....

So, what is love? 

It truly depends upon the viewer doesn’t it.

Love can be....

an action, 

a means to an end.

or simply a moment in time

In truth I have no idea what love is, just like how I have no idea what constitutes as something being “round.” It is probably a mish mash of multiple different independent things coming together in order to try and form something unique.

To me it is only a concept of understanding.

But, I think that is the point of attempting to understand the concept of love.

As much as you try to define it, the more and more it will elude you. So, you have to keep trying.

and trying and trying and trying.

until you get to the end of your rope...

reaching the beginning of your travels.

That is what I think love is.

* self definition alert: frame of perception is just how you view the world through your own subject experience.

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Blogs new defined goal

To attempt to answer philosophical questions

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What makes something round?

This may not be that much of an important question in terms of other questions in philosophy, however it still has some significance to it. 

An object can be considered “round” based upon its connective characteristics. Meaning that through the observation of something having the property of roundness one then defines it as being round. However this does not fully answer the question “what makes something round.” Taking a kind of “work around to the question. Like an “avoiding the question” kind of answer. 

It appears to be that way at first, however what other explanation could there be? A round object is round because it is round plain and simple. Is it that simple? 

Personally I think it is, but lets say it is not. Lets try to go through the reasoning and logic in order to try and give rise to an understanding of roundness that would work better with our intuition.

Starting off a we will look at round things, a ball is round, some cups are round, some trees are round. All of these things all share “roundness.” So would that not mean that they are all connected to one another? Well the last time I checked a ball is very different that a tree. In fact I would argue that it has a very high degree of difference.

So much so in fact that they are by no means in the same category as one another. That would imply that even though things are completely different they can still share this “roundness” property. 

Maybe what makes something round is not the physical object being round, but instead the interpretation of that thing being round instead. Maybe it is the person who observes it being round and defining it being round that makes it round.

Does this mean that if no one is there is that thing round? My answer is no, without others to define it as being round then it cannot be defined as being round and therefore is not round.

Saying something does not exist, however does not answer the original question, “what makes something round.” However a component of the previous statement does answer it. What makes something round is the perception that it is round.

Thats it, nothing more and nothing less. When one tries to define it any other way there becomes a back and forth on “what does meaning mean?” Although this is just my own attempt at answering this question. Let me know how you would answer this question yourself.

Have a good one.

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The purpose of this blog

The purpose of this blog is to basically try and understand everything. 

To try and comprehend the impossible.

A JOURNEY THROUGH THE UNKNOWN IN ORDER TO ATTEMPT TO UNRAVEL EVEN THE PUREST NATURE OF GOING BEYOND EVEN THE GODS THEMSELVES!

ehem, apologies for that.

The true purpose of this blog is for me to give my analysis of the world surrounding us, to discuss it with others, and to finally try to reach some conclusion and to learn something new the weird universe we call home.