Re: Forgot to say: Seems an ACTUAL koan states we cannot find all answers because questions would c
Isaac Send a noteboard - 17/08/2013 04:38:07 AM
View original postOr at least, such is the declaration of the "Bones" rerun we watched last night. I am frankly dubious; koans are classically questions so fundamentally contradictory they PRECLUDE answer (the omnipotence paradox is a good Western example wholly outside Zen.) Koans are meant to shake the minds foundation so suddenly and forcefully they collapse, leaving it open and passive, so we stop thinking and start simply being; actually FINDING an answer, however profound, would miss the point entirely. As such, STATEMENTS make more poor koans, whether they state profundity or merely have that pretense.
View original postAnyway, enjoy todays Quick Poll. 
thus far people seem to be agreeing with my conclusion, with penicillin running 2nd, possibly for its use in treating STDs?
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.
- Albert Einstein
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- Albert Einstein
King of Cairhien 20-7-2
Chancellor of the Landsraad, Archduke of Is'Mod
Bored and irritated rumination on Olber's Paradox
- 28/07/2013 03:21:37 AM
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I initially read that as "urinated."
- 28/07/2013 04:17:47 AM
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- 28/07/2013 04:17:47 AM
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It's tied to the Copernican Principle
- 28/07/2013 05:09:58 AM
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That makes sense. Thanks, Issac! *NM*
- 28/07/2013 03:54:54 PM
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NP, just glad it made sense, my explanations often only confuse things further I think *NM*
- 28/07/2013 10:29:48 PM
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*NM*
- 28/07/2013 10:29:48 PM
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Expansion's a bitch, innit? *NM*
- 28/07/2013 04:37:26 AM
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In this case kind of the reverse, if it wasn't occuring we'd be flash fried
- 28/07/2013 05:17:22 AM
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I always wonder about the magic solution to fix the math
- 29/07/2013 01:30:23 PM
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Sure, that's basically what Dark Energy is
- 29/07/2013 07:30:00 PM
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I, in turn, always wondered how black holes would permit gravitons to function.
- 11/08/2013 09:37:39 PM
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They don't, yet they obviously do, that's the whole problem
- 11/08/2013 11:08:35 PM
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Probably the first and last time "man on the moon" was put on par with "plentiful free online porn."
- 12/08/2013 02:09:36 AM
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The latter is admittedly a far greater accomplishment
- 12/08/2013 05:06:17 AM
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Meh, porn predates civilization; its novelty has faded.
- 13/08/2013 06:36:13 AM
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I think most people would disagree
- 13/08/2013 07:09:38 AM
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Re: I think most people would disagree
- 14/08/2013 09:05:32 AM
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Re: I think most people would disagree
- 14/08/2013 06:11:34 PM
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Forgot to say: Seems an ACTUAL koan states we cannot find all answers because questions would cease
- 17/08/2013 03:14:18 AM
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Re: Forgot to say: Seems an ACTUAL koan states we cannot find all answers because questions would c
- 17/08/2013 04:38:07 AM
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Interesting Read
- 30/07/2013 02:24:31 AM
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