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Music, Film, Sciences (particularly Astrophysics, Physics and Chemistry), Philosophy and Social Interactions

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It doesn't matter what people think of you, it matters how you feel about them thinking that.

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Whatever you feel like! I'm happy to have a lively discussion/debate about pretty much anything, whether it be something you're interested in, I'm interested in, or even what you're up to!

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• A reply on Conversation: Where would you go if you had one chance to move through time?

  Jul 15 2012: What if however, someone is born a murderer?
  
  If their primal instinct is to kill, not out revenge or for personal gain, but just because it is their urge and want to. Much like I feel I was born to be creative and create music, if someone feels the same way about killing to relieve their addiction.
  
  It is not a right or wrong for them necessarily because they don't know any better maybe.
  
  Obviously we would judge that person to be immoral, a sinner, sick or however you want to phrase it, but if we changed our accusations of immorality, that person could still be out in the world killing people and it may one day affect you directly. So the concept is not a bad thing.
  
  Even if this person was obsessed with killing people who he deemed immoral, or were killers themselves, how would that be judged under this new law of morality?

• A reply on Conversation: Where would you go if you had one chance to move through time?

  Jul 15 2012: Very heart warming

• A reply on Conversation: Where would you go if you had one chance to move through time?

  Jul 15 2012: Are humans not the slightest bit evil by nature though?
  
  Surely not every human is good through and through?
  
  I know I'm not! I have my flaws (not comparing myself to a genocidal maniac however...)
  
  There is no way for us to be truly pure, its our nature to want to break the rules, be different and escape normality. You could argue thats what many people you have described beforehand had done, albeit for all the wrong reasons.
  
  Right and wrong are also points of view.
  
  "One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter" - Gerald Seymour

• A reply on Conversation: Where would you go if you had one chance to move through time?

  Jul 15 2012: Nice wave! Haha :)

• A reply on Conversation: Why is loudness so attractive?

  Jul 15 2012: Not being talkative is boring though :)

• A reply on Conversation: Why is loudness so attractive?

  Jul 15 2012: As stated in my question above, I agree with the silence being as attention grabbing. I think it is perhaps even more so.
  
  Not total silence mind you, as this is near impossible in todays society, but quiet ambiences and room tones especially. Combined with loud jabs of noise, it makes the loudness stand out more, which comes back to the "loudness war" in music, where everything has been so hypercompressed in music, it takes out the dynamics.
  
  Dynamics grab my attention the most.

• A reply on Conversation: Why is loudness so attractive?

  Jul 15 2012: Very good points here.
  
  I like the thought that it is our primal nature to want attention and be heard and the only way to do so is to be louder than everyone else. It's sad to say that judging by our modern day "A-LIST CELEBS!", that is certainly the case, as they have the biggest mouths and yet the smallest brains (Kerri Katona, Paris Hilton etc)
  
  Intrusive is also in conjecture with the argument, it is supposed to be intrusive to get your attention, and when things grab your attention, it is arguably attractive. I see what you are saying about intrusive being annoying, because I agree that adverts are constantly bombarding us with traffic to our brains and it's frustrating.
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  A comment on Conversation: Why is loudness so attractive?

  Jul 15 2012: Dear all,
  
  Thank you very much for your responses, I have taken on board some very insightful comments and used them to help sculpt a section in the paper about peoples perception of loudness.
  
  Now I would like you all to consider the opposite.
  
  What is the effect of silence on us?
  
  I personally find silence a lot more effective, especially in Sound Design in games/film/TV etc (it's what I do).
  
  On a social/psychological however too I find it a whole lot more effective than a loud space. Silence can really set the tone of the room that people are in, i.e. the tone of conversation, how awkward it is etc.
  
  I would love to hear your thoughts!
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  A reply on Conversation: Where would you go if you had one chance to move through time?

  Jul 11 2012: It might be a case also that people don't want to leave somewhere to get away from something or because they are unhappy, but perhaps move toward another thing. Maybe even enhance the world that they live in now, which is why I think people would move back in time to get rid of Hitler or another, to make the world they live in a better place today.
  
  But that is not to say that someone else would not take his place. Which is why I agree with you wholly that not moving at all would be ideal, because who knows what might unfold if we alter ANYTHING in another life?
  
  I also agree that emotions can take us places that time could simply not comprehend. Sure moving back or forward in different dimensions could help us realize dreams that could make us very happy indeed, but is the point of life not to make our lives here and now as great as possible?
  
  I understand what you mean about time being a human construct, but reading back into your discussion with Stewart also he is also correct. While there is a time/space which humans ourselves cannot alter because that is the fabric of reality, our perception of time is based around our lives i.e seconds, hours are how we decided to measure the world. So essentially, without the world, our perception of time would be immensely different if we lived on Mars or something. But it is still a linear function and does not change.
  
  I find the best way to describe what you mean about what I make out to be your definition of time being a human construct is when we are dreaming. We can nap for say half an hour, but our minds when we dream, take us to dimensions and plains of reality which become entirely our own and can last for however long we want. (Until the alarm goes off!)

• A reply on Conversation: Where would you go if you had one chance to move through time?

  Jul 11 2012: Do you have family issues then if you don't mind me asking? I'm sorry to hear so if that is the case
  
  I too love the Old West, something about it is very appealing