TED Community ยป Dean Lesser

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The Universe, Life, Happiness, Creative Writing, and Not Taking Life Too Seriously!

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  • A reply on Conversation: We Do Not Know Anything!

    Feb 7 2012: "Once it stops fitting, it must be dumped for an alternative explanation" very good addition!
  • A reply on Conversation: We Do Not Know Anything!

    Jan 27 2012: Thank you Natasha, I'm glad we are on the same page about many things. I wanted to mention that point you made about Time but I kinda ran out of room in the description box, I agree 100% with you and I am very glad you took the time to share with me. I would like to read that article if you do find it, it sounds quite interesting. thanks again!
  • A reply on Conversation: We Do Not Know Anything!

    Jan 25 2012: Thank you for your concern! I will work on my pessimism and stay positive, much appreciated.
  • A reply on Conversation: We Do Not Know Anything!

    Jan 25 2012: self contradicting definitely classifies it best, I tried explaining this theory to a bunch of people and none of them understood the whole point that what I was saying disproved what I was saying so I am very relieved to see this level of comprehension. However, even though this is technically "falsified", wouldn't you agree that everything we have discovered and came up with has just been the fabrication based on how we perceive the world and everything in it. All these words and concepts and ideas we have made for ourselves are all just based off of the translation of our view of the world. The concept of falsified statements and justifiable beliefs and paradoxes are all things that we have "discovered", but really they are simply the best explanations we have for the certain specific situations that they are applied to. Everything that we deem true and absolute and basically correct is just made that way to fit our lives, because how could we know how to apply something to something else that we have no previous knowledge of. There is no final and absolute answer to prove anything because like I have been saying, we do not know anything 100% because we have created this lifestyle based off of how we experience the world. I guess that might just be enough to live by since it happens to be what works for us, but it really just bothers me that we will never know what anything truly is or why things happen in the manner that they do. Now let me rearrange this statement as "I wish we were able to know everything".
  • A reply on Conversation: We Do Not Know Anything!

    Jan 25 2012: You sir are awesome, I literally ran out of room so I could not write anymore in the description box, but you got it! That's exactly my point, we don't know anything, but then that means that I don't know anything, so how can I be right. It's a vicious paradox and it amazes me and I hope it amazes you too

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