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Post by marypo on Nov 9, 2010 23:01:05 GMT -5
I exist because if I do not exist I cannot think that I do or do not exist. I have self because I am the product of my own deranged imagination. Without self, my imagination would not exist, would not be deranged, and be incapable of postulating myself. Animals don't think, does that mean animals don't know that they exist? There are a few animal species that gain self-awareness at some point in there lives, I.E. Humans, Chimpanzees, Dolphins, etc. Most species do not know they exist though.
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Post by qooqǝɯɐƃ on Nov 10, 2010 0:04:53 GMT -5
Pluto has an elliptical orbit around the sun, which means that occasionally (twice every 248 years) its orbit will cross over Neptune's orbit and it will be closer to the sun than Neptune. In order to orbit Neptune, it would have to revolve around Neptune, not simply cross in front of it. What exactly are you trying to argue here? What you just said there is just a more detailed explination of what I said here. "Actually it's always orbited Neptune... well sort of... Every so often (I forget the exact time) Pluto ends up being the 8th planet from the Sun rather than the 9th. (At least that's what was taught back when it still was a planet.)" This is simply a communication error. To translate... it's always orbited Neptune... well sort of... = Pluto has an elliptical orbit around the sun Wow rialvestro, your posts always seem to make me *facepalm*...
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Post by rialvestro on Nov 10, 2010 3:19:43 GMT -5
as there has yet to be any actual argument against our existence. Fictional arguments don't count. Fallacious ones don't hold weight. Continue if you must - or just let the thread die. Again... I never posted this in the debate section. The actual purpose of the thread is to discuss the works of Douglas Adams not as a serious debate about our existence. It was moved here by an Admin who didn't get the joke and you apparently didn't get the joke either. Plain and simple, it's a work of fiction and not a basis for a serious debate hence the reason I never posted this in the debate section.
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Post by newschooled on Nov 10, 2010 9:21:35 GMT -5
I stubbed my toe. That SHIRT hurt like a bitch. Pretty sure I exist, otherwise how could I experience pain?
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Post by krzych32 on Nov 10, 2010 17:22:56 GMT -5
None of you exist. Right now you are just a text on this forum. The only way that you come into existance is coming into contact with me as I am the interpreter of the universe.
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Post by Benyamin on Nov 10, 2010 23:01:59 GMT -5
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Post by megapplepc on Dec 9, 2010 19:22:34 GMT -5
sigh ...there isnt infinite worlds...if "worlds" can be any size then the amount of particles in the universe is finite!...the infinite universe just means infinite space...i <3 douglas adams
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Xanast
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Just keep staring...
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Post by Xanast on Dec 11, 2010 13:54:27 GMT -5
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Post by Wombat on Dec 11, 2010 17:05:26 GMT -5
Douglas Adams obviously does not understand maths. There are different degrees of infinity. Just because something is less infinite than something else, it is not necessarily finite.
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Xanast
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Just keep staring...
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Post by Xanast on Dec 11, 2010 17:07:51 GMT -5
Do any of you know about the mathematical equation that proves we don't exist?
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Post by Wombat on Dec 11, 2010 17:16:10 GMT -5
Well I don't. Please, enlighten me.
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Post by Xanast on Dec 11, 2010 17:29:02 GMT -5
I found that in UJ Bathroom reader, but I can't find it again
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Are you wearing space pants?
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Post by Sammi on Dec 11, 2010 17:42:47 GMT -5
insert nihilism here
k bye
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Post by Xanast on Dec 16, 2010 15:44:31 GMT -5
^ how do we KNOW they don't think?
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