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I think therefore I am. If I'm not thinking, then wat?
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 35067334:MV8yMTUwMDQzXzM2MzMyOTU3XzMxRUVDQ0JF] [quote:4Q529:MV8yMTUwMDQzXzM2MzMyMzM1Xzg0MkQ4RkMy] [quote:leonine:MV8yMTUwMDQzXzM2MzMyMDkwX0NFRTJEOUU=] Does a feeling not have thought? If I feel heat is that not an observation? A determination? A thought process? True, it is an electrical response to stimuli, granted, but, is it of a mindless nature? If thought were not involved, wouldn't we be akin to frogs, and simply boil to death? Without thought, people would cease to exist. As is known, Humans, for the most part, lack instincts, or at least the ability to access them. We lack the ability to simply know that which we as yet have learned. Without thought we parish. Do we not gauge our emotions at all times? Do we not analyze first, and feel second? Without a frame of reference, without thought, how would we even experience or quantify emotion? To feel sad is a decision that we make. It is often based on beliefs and past experience, which are thoughts as well. The only bodily processes that I can think of offhand that are without thought are autonomic functions, like the heart, breathing, and such. I think that guy with the razor, Occam, is blowing smoke up our backsides, so as to maintain advantage over a useless eater such as myself.[/quote] Are feelings associated with thoughts? Of course they are. But they are not the same thing. As stated in the [i]Revelation of John[/i], "the second beast [the "beast of the earth" consciousness of the 'thinker'] is servant to the first beast" [the "beast of the sea" consciousness of the "self"]. [b]No we do NOT "analyze" first and feel second.[/b] That is a mistake [b]many[/b] men make, but few [b]women[/b] would make; women being much closer to reality than men are. Ever meet a poisonous snake on a garden path? The [b]first[/b] thing you do is jump or run. The [b]second[/b] thing you do is feel fear. The [b]third[/b] thing you do is 'think' that you almost were bitten. Michael [/quote] So you’ve never looked at your bank balance and experienced a sinking feeling? [/quote]
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Do I cease to exist, hee ho? :<
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