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stone space

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58. Perhaps, but I have some difficulty...

Wed Feb 25, 2015, 04:07 PM

Feb 2015

...wrapping my head around precisely what it would mean for an eddy in a stream to actually exist as an individual, apart from the stream.

It's a fleeting pattern in the stream, and not a "material object".

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Does the individual exist? [View all] stone space Feb 2015 OP

If you self-delete do you exist? TexasProgresive Feb 2015 #1

Goat Trolling. stone space Feb 2015 #2

What's 'goat trolling'? AtheistCrusader Feb 2015 #4

It is a fishing technique that uses an array of aquatic goats to capture large Warren Stupidity Feb 2015 #18

Perhaps it is not of intrest to many here. TexasProgresive Feb 2015 #6

The only connection I can make between goats and trolls is TexasProgresive Feb 2015 #12

Excellent observations and quite apt under the circumstances. cbayer Feb 2015 #15

I also encourage you to put okasha Feb 2015 #22

Just did it. stone space Feb 2015 #57

One individual, or two? Warren Stupidity Feb 2015 #3

I'm fine with individuals not existing. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2015 #5

If we don't exist the concept is pointless rock Feb 2015 #7

I remember back when I was an undergrad, many decades ago. stone space Feb 2015 #10

This goat-trolling is just about the most juvenile thing I have ever seen here. cbayer Feb 2015 #8

That's just your opinion skepticscott Feb 2015 #9

Justin did not make the jokes I did TexasProgresive Feb 2015 #11

Where did I say who made the jokes? skepticscott Feb 2015 #13

As this person allegedly has most of us on ignore, how would she know? Warren Stupidity Feb 2015 #14

juvenile, perhaps, but the most appalling thing I've seen here in a while Warren Stupidity Feb 2015 #16

And let's not forget skepticscott Feb 2015 #34

Most likely one of my children is transgender only to provide me an excuse to bash religion. Warren Stupidity Feb 2015 #39

I doubt she cares skepticscott Feb 2015 #42

I'm pretty sure your husband's attempt to compare marriage equality... trotsky Feb 2015 #17

Agreed. okasha Feb 2015 #21

I guess, but I don't find this kind of harassment very amusing. cbayer Feb 2015 #23

Just a clarification. okasha Feb 2015 #25

Goats are awesome, therefore your argument is irrelevant. AtheistCrusader Feb 2015 #30

Congrats, AC! trotsky Feb 2015 #35

Gotta level up to win the game. AtheistCrusader Feb 2015 #47

Understood, okasha. cbayer Feb 2015 #31

That you let so many things from your group of friends slide Goblinmonger Feb 2015 #38

Or telling women who are denied birth control coverage... trotsky Feb 2015 #40

Apparently the posters who got all self-righteous skepticscott Feb 2015 #50

I guarantee you no lessons have been learned. trotsky Feb 2015 #54

Oh, they'll be back, I'm sure. AtheistCrusader Feb 2015 #61

Status? Give me a break. trotsky Feb 2015 #24

why do you find goats offensive? Warren Stupidity Feb 2015 #41

Ok ok, fine. Cabin Cruiser. AtheistCrusader Feb 2015 #44

No. trotsky Feb 2015 #46

Well, until they sail from skepticscott Feb 2015 #49

What are the options? cbayer Feb 2015 #19

One could take this in more than one direction, I think. stone space Feb 2015 #20

An eddy in the stream? stone space Feb 2015 #55

Even if I am an eddy in the stream, don't I still exist? cbayer Feb 2015 #56

Perhaps, but I have some difficulty... stone space Feb 2015 #58

What just popped into my head is childbirth. cbayer Feb 2015 #59

Another branch in the tree of life. stone space Feb 2015 #60

existence doesn't even exist. so there. unblock Feb 2015 #26

Cogito ergo sum Agnosticsherbet Feb 2015 #27

It may be as the body is made of trillions of individual cells, we are as individual "cells" to the Dont call me Shirley Feb 2015 #28

I think, therefore I yam guillaumeb Feb 2015 #29

What kind of idiot runs from a bear? AtheistCrusader Feb 2015 #33

The kind who knows skepticscott Feb 2015 #36

how do you pick out the idiot in a group guillaumeb Feb 2015 #37

I would have asked to make the bear a vegan. AtheistCrusader Feb 2015 #45

it doesn't work. To a bear, everything that is not another bear is a vegetable. nt. Warren Stupidity Feb 2015 #48

so would GOP lawmakers be vegetables guillaumeb Feb 2015 #52

I exist as an individual. You may not. I leave it entirely up to your preference. AtheistCrusader Feb 2015 #32

Not if they want to digest food and metabolize oxygen! arcane1 Feb 2015 #43

It might be useful Newest Reality Feb 2015 #51

You existed until you tried to find yourself. Then Heisenberg on point Feb 2015 #53