[sillysally]

I like inborn knowledge better than learned. I am not a good reader and I never enjoyed it. I'd like to be but it's hard for a book to keep my interest. It may be an unconscious decision to not clutter my mind up with the ideas of others, that way my reason is pure and practical. Doesn't reading those books kinda contradict the idea presented? That's what I don't understand about philosophy, it's basically almost always telling you not to do as they say.

[neutralino]

Originally Posted by sillysally I like inborn knowledge better than learned.

But if you don't read others' work, then you will end up re-inventing the wheel.

[sillysally]

Originally Posted by neutralino But if you don't read others' work, then you will end up re-inventing the wheel.

That wheel keeps taking people in circles, in case you haven't noticed. I read what people here say, I think that's more important.

[neutralino]

Originally Posted by sillysally That wheel keeps taking people in circles, in case you haven't noticed. I read what people here say, I think that's more important.

It's incredicbly narrow-minded to read more of what people say on an internet forum, than professionals who work in the field.

[sillysally]

Originally Posted by neutralino It's incredicbly narrow-minded to read more of what people say on an internet forum, than professionals who work in the field.

The only thing moving forward is technology. Everything else equates to a hamster running nowhere. Unless those people working in the field are working on advancing technology, I don't see them going or taking anyone anywhere.

[neutralino]

Originally Posted by sillysally The only thing moving forward is technology. Everything else equates to a hamster running nowhere. Unless those people working in the field are working on advancing technology, I don't see them going or taking anyone anywhere.

Well, of course you don't see any of this, since you just told us that you don't read other people's work! I think advancing the knowledge of the human race is a very important task, and hat's off to the professional scientists that are giving up their life to do this.

[sillysally]

Originally Posted by neutralino Well, of course you don't see any of this, since you just told us that you don't read other people's work! I think advancing the knowledge of the human race is a very important task, and hat's off to the professional scientists that are giving up their life to do this.

Bravo Bill Gates and Steve Jobs! I never thought of them as scientist but thanks for helping broaden my horizon! That Bravo goes to everything else I see now (but don't know the name of who invented it, like the oven and the fridge, ELECTRICITY) that helps me with my average mundane everyday boring normal stay at home wife mom life. Condoms too! Om gosh, that's the best birth control! Who invented those?

[neutralino]

Originally Posted by sillysally Bravo Bill Gates and Steve Jobs! I never thought of them as scientist but thanks for helping broaden my horizon! That Bravo goes to everything else I see now (but don't know the name of who invented it, like the oven and the fridge, ELECTRICITY) that helps me with my average mundane everyday boring normal stay at home wife mom life. Condoms too! Om gosh, that's the best birth control! Who invented those?

Well that's not really what I meant. I meant that we should be congratulating such scientists that apply their skills to more abstract problems, that will not benefit any particular person here and now, but will help the advancement of the knowledge of the human race regarding the universe in which we live, for example. These people do not get enough recognition from the average person, but, I presume, this is becuase most people are not interested in science.

[dleviwing]

I think before one asks where the dimensions are, one should know what a dimension is! Is there a dimension for consciousness? There’s one for intelligence called IQ!

A dimension is a term that equates to a quantitative measure; length, width, height, time, speed, voltage, current, brightness, volume, area, density, weight, field strength, permittivity, resistance, capacitance, inductance, opacity, and thousands of other terms of measure. These terms provide numerical data that can be applied to equations to calculate other dimensions of quantity. It requires 27 derivative dimensions to predict the color that will be produced by the dye couplers of photographic films. String theory uses 10 dimensions of measure to define the position and motion of particles and only 9 to define gravity. If something is said to be dimensionless then it does not exist or it is beyond our ability to measure it. Stating that something exists beyond our own dimension however is just BULL xxxx and the biggest con-job other than religion. How does it feel to have been had by some of the most intelligent people in history?

The human eye can distinguish between several million shades and colors just within the small range of the visible spectrum; we use instruments to augment our senses to detect and measure the rest of the spectrum. I think we are doing quite well with what we have; don’t you?

[RascalPuff]

Well. We're certainly indulging in dialogue about a lot of different dimensions, anyway.

Best regards,
- RP