Sophisticated Thoughts

College Life
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<p>@Itachirumon
If two people threw fireballs of infinite damage eachother, and they cancelled out, but one person threw a second fireball of 1 damage, yes, 1 damage would reach the target, but we are now dealing with 3 separate objects…</p>

<p>I feel like you are adjusting your original argument haha… it no longer has anything to do with “an unstoppable force meets an immovable object.”</p>

<p>I still don’t think you can kill an immortal because they by definition cannot die. It’s not like they just have a lot of HP to take down haha.</p>

<p>Let’s lay this to rest though.</p>

<p>Infinity cannot cancel out infinity. Let’s do a proof by contradiction.</p>

<p>Infinity - infinity = 0 (they cancel out)
Add 1 to both sides
Infinity - infinity + 1 = 1
Since infinity + 1 = infinity, we have:
Infinity - infinity = 1</p>

<p>Oops, (infinity - infinity) cannot equal both 1 and 0. We thus see that (infinity - infinity) is undetermined, it can be equal to any real numer.</p>

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<p>dhs is right. If robots take over the jobs, where will that leave the “low level” workers? They won’t be qualified for the “high level” jobs so then what? They’ll be jobless and struggle.</p>

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<p>@ dhs91130 it is true the pure equality would be counter productive in our society. But imagine a society not 50 years, or 100 years or 200 years from now. But a society thousands or even millions of years from now. What things are possible and impossible are beyond our understanding. 200 years ago people knew for a fact that flight was impossible. 20 years ago people knew for a fact that the internet would never surpass 56k speed. Who know what things are possible/impossible in reality. The question is “are we all really equal?” this is a question that can never be fully answered. Because it becomes a matter of what we truley are. But we dont know what we are. Are we all as individuals thoughtfully crafted as special unique beings? Or are we just information, cogs in a machine, disposable as paper. We don’t know, and we may never know. But it isn’t impossible, nor possible.</p>

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<p>True. Only time will tell.</p>

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<p>@itachimuron
I think infinite attack on infinite health would be infinite suffering? Hahahaha</p>

<p>and i think infinity - infinity would be “undefined” in real world. I dont think it is possible. </p>

<p>Well either way. Good luck on your project! It sounds interesting!
Keep it up!!</p>

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<p>Are minority groups meant to be the minority or should they one day rise to the level of the “majority”? In a sense it kind of goes back to equality in the sense that if the minority rise to the level of the majority everyone is the “majority.” Also think about what constitutes “minority” – the black community is a minority group, the LGBT community is a minority group, etc.</p>

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<p>@twistnsnif
That argumentation doesn’t work. If it did, I could posit any argument I like, such as “Everything is red. Just think about it long enough, you’ll see.” and no one could contradict me…</p>

<p>@dhs
Pretty much everything you said is untenable, and I am too lazy and tired to lay out a point by point refutation right now. </p>

<p>Actually, I’m going to bed. Good night all.</p>

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<p>Yeah my mind is all jumbled up right now as well. I shouls be studying fit Econ right now. But i wouldlike to involve more people in this discussion. This thread shall contibue tomorrow!</p>

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<p>I seriously doubt the existence of everything except my mind. I embrace solipsism. </p>

<p>Not really, I just wanted to be a tool.</p>

<p>For reals: Western Civilization is on its deathbed. Whatever we are now, this pungent, rotting corpse of a once vibrant world, is about to be replaced. We’re deteriorating rapidly–our demise is far closer than most think. There was a time in said civilization when people of our intellectual stature (college-educated) were expected to be fluent in 6, 7, maybe 8 languages. Instead, nearly every university–especially “prestigious” ones–compromise their intellectual values for the sake of turning a profit.</p>

<p>But a new civilization will arise; what if we are its progenitors?</p>

<p>What if the reason that some of us feel so profoundly alienated is that we were not born of the West-European consciousness–what if we are the seeds of some new civilization that is struggling in its primitive form of expression?</p>

<p>The rise and fall of civilizations is a cyclic process. I mean, you can think of it as a cycle with periods of 1000-1200 years.</p>

<p>If we can co-opt the products of the old civilization, there is room to emerge culturally and physically, because we’re beginning the construction of a new civilization with quite powerful technological implements. Space and resources could theoretically be used far more efficiently than they are now. The eminent question is whether a primitive civilization can muster the political will to implement reforms on a grand scale</p>

<p>It seems unlikely, because declining civilizations are usually followed by a “dark age” like the post-Mycenaean period in Greece or the Medieval Ages in Europe, which are characterized by political decentralization and petty strife.</p>

<p>But what if we can escape this seemingly inescapable pattern through a greater degree of unity offered by 21st century technology? How can there be darkness when communicative means pervade every inch of West-European soil? This, coupled with an invigorated will, practically hands us the key to unlock the door to our new home. And that’s what the right civilization should provide: comfort in itself, in its very existence, independent of its products, like a warm building housing the collective experience of its people.</p>

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<p>Lol Sithis I’ll trust your math on that, I’m not a math major at all so I’ll defer to you. I was changing my original thesis cause I didn’t state it well at all, but even then it’s pretty much still wrong. That’s okay though, I tried, and I spurred discussion.</p>

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<p>Finding the truth would be a start. So far, the major arguments for it are by those who stand to financially gain a whole lot by the scare. Talk about a canard. A lot of people now firmly believe that it’s a fact. Odd, but back in the early 1970s, the scare was that our planet was growing colder and soon we’d all freeze.</p>

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<p>times change get over it.</p>

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<p>To start, we need to be aware first.
Look at all the television shows, for example. Like, Jersey Shore.
These useless pointless shows are making us dumb.
Most of the citizens are so ignorant nowadays.
Several statistics state that many people cannot even name the founding fathers.</p>

<p>I mean, to where is this country heading?</p>

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<p>So I’m guessing We’re still talking about EQUALITY right?</p>

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<p>Bump!! Lets keep this going!</p>

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<p>@dhl912321 - no, tv shows don’t make people dumb. jersey shore and other shows are entertainment. a lot of dumb people watching it or that it’s a dumb show doesn’t mean that it makes people dumb. </p>

<p>here’s my thought - I think the curly fries taste better than waffle fries taste better than stick french fries because of their awesome shape and how they collide with your mouth</p>

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<ol>
<li><p>I say cajun(?) curly fries are the best.</p></li>
<li><p>I think the global warming is going to damage us seriously.</p></li>
</ol>

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<p>What do the youth in Asia have to do with killing old people?</p>