Brainteasers Thread

[Shiki 5,857]

The brain stops functioning. 

The thing that makes us tick quits ticking.

The thing that makes us comprehend absolutely everything ends, therefore everything ends, to us.

 

Nothing else will happen. There are no magic particles in us. We are not some kind of super being. We are a combination of atoms and all that willy nilly stuff. 

 

A "soul" cannot exist, as it would not have a physical body, and without a body, it cannot actually experience anything. It'd be like trying to say a clock is telling time even though it hasn't been built. 

Edited July 6, 2013 by Sugar Plum

[Le Kvlt Dawn 2,368]

You're the Plato of our generation. 2 deep 4 us to understand

IKR, everyone is stewpid lol

[Remi 1,309]

Well, another view on it.

We recycle atoms constantly, so we technically are all a part of the Earth, and its population.
But how many atoms would it take to become you in consciousness?
Would you be another mind soon enough when your atoms are recycled?

[~StatesTheOblivious~ 1,795]

Well, another view on it.

 

We recycle atoms constantly, so we technically are all a part of the Earth, and its population.

But how many atoms would it take to become you in consciousness?

Would you be another mind soon enough when your atoms are recycled?

That goes hand in hand with the question: What is you? According to new results in socilogical and psychological reseachs, there is more "we" in us than "I". Not just do we recycle, we are already more of an collective than most of us like to be while we still stuck to our ideas of individualism.

[~Squishy Skies~ 757]

Well, another view on it.

 

We recycle atoms constantly, so we technically are all a part of the Earth, and its population.

But how many atoms would it take to become you in consciousness?

Would you be another mind soon enough when your atoms are recycled?

I was going to say something similar, but I forgot to mention it. Thanks for bringing this up!

 

When our bodies that we are living in right this very moment cease living, that's the end of the story. But there're many good stories out there. When you finish with a really good story, you crack open another one! 

 

Also, just a cute little theory, but it's pretty interesting. People say that on the brink of death, you travel though this "tunnel with a light at the end". Well, what if that light was the light of a new world, and the tunnel was your mother's birthing cavity?

Edited July 6, 2013 by Keiichi

[Remi 1,309]

I was going to say something similar, but I forgot to mention it. Thanks for bringing this up!

 

When our bodies that we are living in right this very moment cease living, that's the end of the story. But there're many good stories out there. When you finish with a really good story, you crack open another one! 

 

Also, just a cute little theory, but it's pretty interesting. People say that on the brink of death, you travel though this "tunnel with a light at the end". Well, what if that light was the light of a new world, and the tunnel was your mothers birthing cavity?

 

[stainesbrony 219]

Question/Challenge #8:

 

Philisophical Week Edition[/size][/size]:

 

 

Are we alone?

*(Now, before you starting saying no, we're not you imbecil., let me explain. Are we the only universe? Are there others? Are there parallel dimensions? Go for it. [/b] )*

 

New Question/Challenge Will Be Up On July 8th.

We are not alone. Firstly, the universe has an infinite size, which is, of course, impossible. The universe came from nothing, which is, of course, impossible. Due to these factors of impossibility, only one logical conclusion can be concluded on. That conclusion is that we don't exist, making the question "are we alone?" be answered withstand no, as if we don't exist, we can't be "alone". Due to this, We are:

A: not alone, due to the fact that

B: the universe is nonexistant and the universe is just the product of a deranged imagination.

Edited July 7, 2013 by stainesbrony

[Princess Periwinkle 3,778]

I don't think there is intelligent life on our level out there. Here's my explanation from another thread: http://mlpforums.com/topic/64781-nasa-three-newely-discovered-planets-may-contain-life/?p=1595988

[~StatesTheOblivious~ 1,795]

Well, since it is most likely possible that there are at least all possibilities still out there that could have come into existence, and every possibility is contained in what is now, why shouldn't there be other dimensions, based on the laws of quantum alernatives. Damn, I realize that I suck in high-level english right now. Go play Bioshock : Infinite and read some books about the many-worlds interpretation of quantum physics. Multiverse and stuff. Not proven (actually most likely impossible to do so) but it's the closest thing we have... And I don't thinkmwe are alone as "sentient" beings in this universe.

[Remi 1,309]

Here's a thought.

A large number is a googol, which is 10¹⁰⁰. In other words, it is a 1 with 100 zeros behind it. But, there is a googolplex, which is 10^googol. So, in other words, a 1 with a googol number of zeros behind it. If the Universe is a googolplex length across, if we went throughout the Universe, we would find copies, exact copies of ourselves, throughout the Universe.

[The Swedish Brony 153]

That's a good question right there!

 

And I'll have you know that I believe there might be other universes(parallel or non-parallel) out there, but I'm pretty sure that there's no way we can see if they exist or not.

 

Just think about it. How does one simply, travel to another universe? How do you, tear a hole in the fabric of space and time?

Impossible I say. 

 

But it is interesting thinking about other universes though... 

[Soundgarden 2,758]

I don't have anything to say on this matter besides that I fucking wish there was an alternative universe with Erio Touwa in it. I would marry her and make her my waifu in real life and I would live happily ever after

[Remi 1,309]

I don't have anything to say on this matter besides that I fucking wish there was an alternative universe with Erio Touwa in it. I would marry her and make her my waifu in real life and I would live happily ever after

Ourselves are our best waifus.

[Misty Rose 3,217]

 

Ourselves are our best waifus.

 

 

LOL! But as for the question, maybe. There's really no absolute way to know, but it's interesting to think about. I wish we could really travel to other universes, meet their people and exchange things. Like we give them some things from Earth, and they give us some things from their universe. Thay way we learn more about each other than just wild guessing.

[Soundgarden 2,758]

 

Ourselves are our best waifus.

 

 

>Claims irl humans are better waifus than Erio Touwa

 

 

not amused

[Remi 1,309]

>Claims irl humans are better waifus than Erio Touwa

 

not amused

Lemme rephrase that.

 

>Erio Touwa is best waifu for Erio Touwa.

 

Yes?

[Soundgarden 2,758]

Lemme rephrase that.

 

>Erio Touwa is best waifu for Erio Touwa.

 

Yes?

 

You can't marry your right hand, so that makes your statement incorrect ur curect ty 4 br1ng1ng lajt to mah eys

[Remi 1,309]

You can't marry your right hand, so that makes your statement incorrect ur curect ty 4 br1ng1ng lajt to mah eys

no problum gooby

[Zygen 6,066]

I think Dreams are just based upon your thoughts you have throughout the day, manifestations into your mind while in sleep that are produced by things you long for, or thoughts you've had, or maybe challenges you are afraid of facing.

 

Basically dreams depend on whatever your thoughts are during sleep, but they're visually projected because your asleep and don't have anything else to look at I guess.

 

Idk I don't even dream hardly anymore honestly , maybe my mind is to tired to xD.

[The Swedish Brony 153]

Dreams can be many things...

 

Personally I think that dreams are a way for our mind to tell us things we wouldn't think about otherwise. A way to tell who we are on the inside(if you catch my meaning). You can tell a lot by a person by analyzing his/hers dreams and sometimes things they wouldn't even know themselves.

Dreams are fascinating

[~Squishy Skies~ 757]

This one's rather difficult. I often get lost in pondering sessions thinking about what dreams mean, and why we even have them. I can't seem to come up with a very plausible cause, but I still think about it all the time.

 

I have several theories, but here's one that I can recall.

 

When our bodies go to sleep, our brain is still running. Our brain gets bored while our body is just laying there, doing nothing interesting, so the brain begins to entertain itself by thinking of different scenarios - sorta like a movie inside your head. These scenarios can be realistic, or surreal. Happy, or sad. Comforting, or frightening. Dreams can be anything. I believe they can even hold a secret meaning behind them. Our brains are more aware than we actually are. Perhaps while we are asleep, and our brain takes over, it can give us subtle visions of the future? Who knows? We're not even sure if we'll ever know why it is that we dream, but these thoughts are interesting. Dreams are interesting.

 

-I'm not good at explaining my thoughts, so I'm sorry if the above passage sounds completely barbaric.

Edited July 8, 2013 by Keiichi

[Soundgarden 2,758]

I heard an amazing theory lately involving dreaming, I'll try to explain with the best of my abilities

 

The things you see are stored in certain parts of the brain as memories. You can simply recollect these thoughts if you simply try to remember them. Simple as pie

 

But then there are certain memories and thoughts are sketchy and difficult to remember. This is mainly due to the fact that our brains were undeveloped to remember them, as these memories are often from our earlier stages of our life. These memories are next to impossible to remember. That is, if it isn't for dreams

 

When we dream, different memories manifest as visions. These dreams are simply flashbacks of our experiences in recent days. But in some cases, dreams can actually retrieve those obscure and sketchy memories and make them clear as day. Due to this, I see dreams as an important way to remembering crucial details of our earlier stages of life that we have forgotten or that we were to young to store in our mind properly. I've also decided to keep a track of my dreams with a notebook and see if I come to any conclusions thanks to this. It's really interesting

Edited July 8, 2013 by Erio Touwa

[stainesbrony 219]

Dreams appear as we don't exist, and are our higher-dimension selves doing stuff that we see in our dreams. Dreams predicting the future are our aforementioned other selves watching a walkthrough of 'Life'.

[Sir.Flutter Hooves 2,953]

 What is life? Baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me no more.

 

Just kidding, life is just that, life. Life the ever moving battle we face everyday, sometimes good sometimes bad. You can't define life, life is just life.

[Soundgarden 2,758]

"What do you think of Life really is?"

 

Life is like that annoying kid on the other side of the street who wants to play with you, but he is in reality incredibly annoying and outright stupid so you do your best to avoid him. However, your mom sees that you're avoiding him and forces you to play with him. 

 

That's how I describe life. You do shit you really don't want to and you're forced to do it. But at the end of the day, you might have a few minutes of fun, no matter how annoying the kid is. You'll think that most of the time was just utterly boring and unnecessary though

 

To quote Kurt Cobain: "Nobody dies a virgin, life fucks us all"

Edited July 11, 2013 by Erio Touwa