Psychology/Biology? question! Thoughts on death

[Sepukku]

That's much less philosophy-oriented than it is a topic of anthropology. It's why some cultures don't have words for things that other cultures do.

No wonder then when doing my senior history thesis I couldn't find the Somali word for "food!"

Anyways, I always wondered what it would be like if humans discovered how to reverse entropy and achieve absolute immortality. Eventually people would overcrowd the universe and we'd see laws being passed restricting the birth of new humans*, and movements/lobbyists for the rights of the unborn**.

*See: China
**See: Christians

[Kilhart]

*See: China
**See: Christians

Eh, I suppose "bans" on new births would be a more appropriate term in this case than "restrictions."

[Not not Mattaru]

Eh, I would say that's a more philosophical answer, and honestly most of philosophy is derived from how the world happens to be now. If humans started off as immortal, no one would be talking about death as a necessity and a part of life.

Yup, that is why I said non-science > .> .

Life and death as concepts are abstractions with a binary relationship. So discursively one exists because another does.

[Kilhart]

Yup, that is why I said non-science > .> .

Life and death as concepts are abstractions with a binary relationship. So discursively one exists because another does.

Well what I meant was that philosophy and science are never completely mutually-exclusive. Regardless of the different perspectives, philosophy is based on how the world is, and how the world is most definitely relates to science.

[Kaelan?]

Evolution is a theory. No matter what you want to say about it.

Because a site advocating it will come out and say "Oh by the way these are the things we can't explain"

I'm not saying evolution isn't possible. I'm saying I don't like to blindly follow what everyone else does.

Do you also not blindly follow the theory of gravity? Cause there's one of the biggest knowledge gaps in physics today.

What about the theory of plate tectonics? Or the theory of magnetism? Or the theory of electricity?

You don't "believe" in those either then, since they're "just theories", right?

[Kuya]

I only believe in facts, not "theories", so i obviously don't believe in this gravity you speak of.

[Knightmare]

Quick question for you science people: Do you believe that absolutely every mystery in this existence can be explained scientifically over time? Or are there somethings that even science cannot prove?

[Fievel]

Quick question for you science people: Do you believe that absolutely every mystery in this existence can be explained scientifically over time? Or are there somethings that even science cannot prove?

Everything that has happened or will happen has an explanation. I'm sure someone will bash for me for saying that, but that's what I believe.

[Kaelan?]

^ What he said.

Everything that happens has an explanation. Whether or not we're clever enough to figure out the explanations, well, who knows. Maybe we are, maybe we're not. In a sense, it doesn't matter; all that matters is the continous process of trying to get there.

One of the best related quotes is from Lawrence Krauss: "Science doesn't tell you what's true; it tells you what's false.".

[gt_killa]

it seems like the topic of death has come up a lot more recently (in real life and the internet).

2012.

[gt_killa]

I refuse to believe in evolution, at least until they can successfully prove the evolutionary ancestors of every animal.

Do you realize how ignorant you are? Do you even know how many type of animal there are? Many are still undiscovered, even if we are able to prove the "evolutionary ancestors of every animal" on earth, I doubt that you'll be breathing to see it.

[Dontkare]

Do you realize how ignorant you are? Do you even know how many typeSSSSSSSS of animalSSSSSSS there are? Many are still undiscovered, even if we are able to prove the "evolutionary ancestors of every animal" on earth, I doubt that you'll be breathing to see it.

Ugh I'm talking about the ones we have already found, and have known about for years and years.

[Faris]

sup extremists

[Mizango]

Ugh I'm talking about the ones we have already found, and have known about for years and years.

You're kidding right?

[Mizango]

RIF motherfucker, RIF!!!

[Komm Suesser Tod]

Ugh I'm talking about the ones we have already found, and have known about for years and years.

So let's just say we find every evolutionary step for every animal we know of at this exact moment, you would believe in evolution?

Follow up question: What if we discover a new animal in the midst of all this amazing time-traveling science that finds these evolutionary steps, would it's exclusion from the master list destroy your ability to believe in evolution?

[Mizango]

Inb4 Books can be misconstrued and quoted out of context, all except [insert my religious texts]


Also, ilu Firas.

[Faris]

ilu2
and they say theists and atheists cant get along

[Mizango]

Labels son, labels, i'm a Scientist! Opps, it would seem I inadvertently lit the Max signal.

[Archain]

Reminds me of the 5:00 mark on this video.

Seasame Street - Mr. Hooper