[AntonioLao]

There are more unsolved problems than there are solutions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unsolved_problems

[Guille]

It is very logical that there are more problems than solutions, for a solution comes when there is a problem, and thus, the maximum ratio posible would be 1:1. What isn't so logical is that there are more UNSOLVED problems than total solutions. Well, hat is what a person would think, but I say, isn't it logical? We are humans and our mind is much better made to question than to answer. Why? Because we have perception as a more important part than conception. Why? Because we are not enough evolved. In hundreds or thousands of years, we will, we will be better at thinking and answering than percieving and questioning. We question because we percieve. If you try to make NEW philosophical questions you can come up with several that porbably nobody else has ever come to, but to give an answer to a question that even the ancient tribes managed to question, it is way harder, some will say impossible.

[AntonioLao]

Originally Posted by GUILLE

Because we are not enough evolved.

When do you think human will stop evolving? Is the acquisition of knowledge gradual? Or instantaneous? Do we learn in a second or in a hundred-year? In schools, we are compelled to learn within the school year cycle otherwise we don't graduate. Most often, we learned something that is not quite helpful in getting the things that we really need later in life. Its realization do sometimes come a bit too late. This is when problems start to emerge and then we accept to be called a failure. Still we could be successful in something else or just be contented with what we already have.

[Guille]

The mind obtains information at the speed of electricity in nearons, I believe, because information itself in the brain is electricity.

[AntonioLao]

Originally Posted by GUILLE

The mind obtains information at the speed of electricity in nearons

So, how do we block out undesirable information? Or better yet, how do we filter out the good and the bad information? This is impossible, I think. How do we minimize misinterpretations? We can do these by more studying, research and check and recheck of facts and data.

[TinyTree]

Originally Posted by AntonioLao

When do you think humans will stop evolving?

Humans will stop evolving when we no longer call ourselves human.

But on a more general tone- evolution implies environmental selection of reproduction. At the point the reproduction is completely nonselective- it will cease.

If humans were all immortal and did not reproduce, evolution of humans would cease.

But would this matter? Our thought processes would still evolve, our understanding of the universe, our culture would evolve on its own, memetically selected for its own form of evolution.


But truly, what is human? Is not human an ideal which we have not yet reached? If so, then the better question is: when will we become human?

[Guille]

We will stop being humans when, as the great outcast german philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche said, "The Man is between the animal and the super-man, a strip between two abyss" (super-man is a term he uses to describe that kind of human of progres,s one with no gods, prejudice, believes, illusions...)

[harmonygirl]

Why would we stop being human? Or maybe we stop being exclusively human?

[Lloyd Gillespie]

Originally Posted by AntonioLao

So, how do we block out undesirable information? Or better yet, how do we filter out the good and the bad information? This is impossible, I think. How do we minimize misinterpretations? We can do these by more studying, research and check and recheck of facts and data.

I think only mathmatizable information is worth storing. If it's not mathmatizable, it's entertainment.

regards

[HappytheStripper]

Originally Posted by AntonioLao

So, how do we block out undesirable information? Or better yet, how do we filter out the good and the bad information? This is impossible, I think. How do we minimize misinterpretations? We can do these by more studying, research and check and recheck of facts and data.

Good and Bad are a bit like weights on a scale .. if you balance them .. there should be no problem .. its the same with the mind ..

Yes it is possible to filter out certain information .. its called selective listening .. selective studying .. selective research and a constant check and recheck of facts and data.

Its also about being consciously aware of your thoughts at the time .. the intention of thought .. and the power of energy in your thought ..

Other than that I agree wtih Michelle ..

Ashley