Tag: life
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You will Die.
You will soon die. Have you forgotten it? Do you feel unpleasant when someone reminds you of that little truth? How do you live, without remembering the most important part of life? Do you fear enough? Are you enslaved enough to your body? Do you worship the temporary? Socrates slept peacefully one day before his…
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From an apple that is not an apple to death that is not death...
Okanagan Specialty Fruits Inc. (OSF) has created a genetically modified apple that does not brown after being cut [1]. Is an apple that does not turn brown after being cut an apple? What are the characterisitcs an apple has? How many characteristics of an apple can we change before we stop talking about "apples"? Are…
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Suicide, Computers, Free will, Flame...
The creators of the super-evolved computer virus Flame starting sending a command script to some of the computers infected by it [1], that makes the virus commit "suicide" and destroy itself. If being human is defined by having free will and if commiting suicide is the ultimate expression of that free will, then commiting suicide…
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The fear of philosophy (and death)...
Many people claim that they are "not interested in philosophy". However the true reason behind this phenomenal indifference is something more deep, something more profound and serious: The fear of dying. Philosophy is mainly related to themes having to do with existence, reality, life, being et cetera. Talking about these things can be frustrating since…
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Will I die? Who are YOU? Highlander?
So many people are "worried" about other people dying. So many times you show your sadness for the death of others. But who are you anyway?! Highlander? Because you may have forgotten it, but you will die too! Everyone will die! Stop using ANYTHING (including the death of others sometimes) as an excuse to…
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