Comments on: 2 things that drive me crazy (+1 I just thought of)

By: Lased

Lased — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:02:55 +0000

On the religious issue, you seem to be interested in a bit of open-minded debate. I’d like to ask a few questions so I can zero in on something concrete to actually debate.

Do you believe in a specific theory or model for the origin or existence of the universe (or lack of origin in some cases)? (big bang, steady state, etc.) Was there always some matter/energy/dimensionality or did that “something” magically appear from “nothing” at a specific point?

Do you have a specific reason why people should live if they are just going to die anyway? (Other than life is better than non-life).
Do you believe your life has more or less meaning/importance/relevance if it is shorter or longer or is any life duration equivalent to any other life duration?

Do you believe in any kind of ethics, morality, or relative meaning in terms of how you live your life? (is a life of murder and rape intrinsically better than one of giving and helping for example). Do you support Rand’s virtue of selfishness?

How do you think mankind evolved consciousness (self-awareness) and do you believe in evolution? Do you think mankind is still evolving and in some period of time will eventually become as different to us now as we are currently to Neanderthals?

At a very microscopic level (let’s say atomic), if we view everything as just a bunch of particles/atoms moving around in space-time according to some rules or model (or something similar), what are your views on why life has come to exist rather than just non-life? Or are non-life and life equivalent and everything is just a bunch of particles zipping around in various configurations per various physics rules/models and so on?

Which brings us to the last question and free will. Do you believe you have free will or that there is such a thing? Again, at the atomic level, are we all just made up of particles interacting per rules going through a deterministic series of transitions? When you make a choice is it really a choice or is it just the next series of transitions in a deterministic universe? If you do believe in free will, what is physically happening to enable it?

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 02:31:19 +0000

Yea, way to be results oriented…

I know a guy who was shot 3 times in the chest and is now healthy as a horse, obviously we should allow people to shoot each other too…

By: Joe

Joe — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:48:43 +0000

The “goodluck” thing, totatly with you on that.

The second hand smoke thing. Not so much.

I have been living in Asia for the past 4 years, and anybody, anywhere smokes when and where they please…
Hospitals, Elevators, Elementary Schools…There is a far more grave human addiction that is going to present
infinitely more helath problems. Pollution. I mean really. Look at L.A. WTF?..I have to smoke outside
But I never even saw a single star the whole time I lived there. China- The pollutition is settles on trees,
and you can’t see more than a quarter mile cus of the smog. So, people??? Come on. My faher in law is
75 and he has been smoking 2 packs a day since he was a young man. He looks about 45 and hasn’t a single health condition.

By: Scooby Snacks

Scooby Snacks — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:19:41 +0000

When will you talk about the undeniable fact that poker has become 98% luck? When will you blog as Daniel Negranu has before about as you get older you seem to catch less cards. He mentions making fun of all the old tight asses with big pairs when he hit every suited connector for the first few years of his carear. How he wondered how they ever won! lmao. Obv you have been Watching this seasons HSP! While Durrrr is a marvelous talent he does seem to hit a lot of hands at the right times. Varience? Skill? Karma? One last thing, In the hand Barry held AA and Eastgate hat ethe 2 and Durrr had the q 10 in your opinion who played the hand the worst, the second worst and the best and please define it if you can in that order!

By: stevesbets

stevesbets — Sat, 23 May 2009 20:04:53 +0000

clearly you care enough to come and read

By: wowwhatshit@hotmail.com

wowwhatshit@hotmail.com — Sat, 23 May 2009 19:00:18 +0000

wow I can’t believe you would advertise this crappy blog on your avatar, like anyone gives a crap about what you’ve just wrote.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Thu, 21 May 2009 18:53:23 +0000

I totally agree with you about the whole “good luck” thing. I catch myself doing it every now and then. I’ll have to make an effort not do it, although I’ve been conditioned by society to be “nice” by saying something to make others feel good.

Regarding your rant ou the sabbath elevators… I think I can see your point. I am not Jewish so I don’t follow the Jewish laws, but other religions have silly rules too. That said, I think there’s a major difference between following a set of rules thinking that doing so will make your better, holier, or earn God’s, Allah’s, [fill in the bank] favor and doing so because you are thankful for what you already have through grace. It’s kind of like what Bono said: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2230853041.

By: bart

bart — Sat, 16 May 2009 03:40:32 +0000

I love it when someone wishes me good luck before the match, then at 50/100 when my KJ beats their AJ AIPF they throw a chatbox hissy fit. I’m always like, “didn’t you wish me good luck before the match?” always found that kinda funny

By: Jason Williams

Jason Williams — Fri, 15 May 2009 05:54:42 +0000

i think when people say good luck before a match that it’s just their way of letting their opponent know that they’d like to keep things friendly. heads up matches can often get heated and i don’t think this is a bad way to start things off on a more mellow note.

the english language is full of phrases that are spoken not to convey what the words literally mean, but to reflect something more underlying.

with that said, i think you may be overreacting

By: Dean M

Dean M — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:59:10 +0000

Agreed Brian Re: your last sentence. Steve people don’t use logic more often than not when a religious debate is attempted. Ari excluded here. After all Jesus or whoever your god is, always is called upon as the “answer” in the debate when positions cannot be rationalized. I’m not hanging from your scrotum, I just welcome intellectual debates, which you seem to be comfortable with. Good luck in school.