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Daddy Long Legs · Apr 3, 2017

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It may be Impossible to prove the conceptual view of "karma" but isnt "karma" essentially Newtons third law? For every action there is an equal reaction. I mean if you want to get really deep how can you prove anything really exists? Prove a "Car" exists? Take the wheels off the car, where is the car? Take the engine, the windshield, the doors, the body etc, out the car, where is the "car"? Prove that "You" exist? Take the blood out of your body, take the heat out of your body, take the air out of your lungs, take the bones out, etc. Where are "you" now? ("you" in this case as a human being). You see a "car" but isn't a "car" really just nuts and bolts made of iron and steel mined from the earth? You see "you" but arent you(a human) just an intricate combination of minerals from the earth, cells, atoms etc. Okay, maybe Newtons Third Law restricts itself to immediate, not future, consequences. As well, the Third Law deals with the physical, not metaphysical, world. But this is why humans have two halves of a brain. People lean too much on either side of their brain, whether its too much too the left brain or too much to the right. Maybe we have to start thinking more along the lines of a balanced Middle way? Then things will start to make more sense!
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Yes i agree that you can take the ultimate skeptic approach on anything. You can doubt the existence of anything. It comes down to weighing which beliefs have stronger evidence to support it. Nothing has enough evidence to 100 percent prove anything.

However that does nothing to further the argument that karma does exist. In fact taking the skeptical approach hurts the argument that karma exists. The skeptic will usually find less evidence that karma exists then a chair existing.

Newtons 3rd law isnt applicable because that is about physical interactions. To believe in karma, you will have to be a dualist. Most likely a substance dualist. You need to believe that there are non physical substances and non physical properties and forces governing these non physical substances. It is a mostly outdated and frowned upon view in modern philosophy but some really brilliant philosophers like david chalmers still believe in it.

I am a physicalist. To be more specific, my personal view on philosophy of mind is closest to the identity theory of physicalism.

Here is a very basic article on why physicalism is more often accepted in the philosophy community over dualism.

https://cosmictempest.wordpress.com/2013/01/13/reflections-mind-over-matter-dualism-vs-physicalism/

Daddy Long Legs · Apr 3, 2017

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Lol Atheists or agnostic, much?

Karma doesnt necessarily mean instant justice. Theres no statute of limitations to this. Maybe next life cycle you'll come back as a cow destined for the slaughter house and not even know it, or maybe a rapist will come back as women only to expirience the same fate he forced on someone else or maybe he'll get his this cycle all the same walking down the street and gets hit by a car.

Karma and superstition are two different things. You dont have to be superstitious to believe in karma its asisnine to think you do,nor asisnine to believe there is no grand architect.

No, man, women or child has a right to judge anybody period. We can set parameters of prevention but humans will do what they want.(its called free will) We have laws against killing other humans but people do it around the counrty daily. How is that human governing working out.

People saying KD injury was Karma are just saying the first thing that comes to mind. It would have been karma had he got injured in preseason and never got to suit up this year at all. This is just a stupid injury, with people looking for reasoning thats not even there. They are personally superstitious so they try to find a correlation, there is none. If Im superstitious I avoid, walking under ladders, or avoid spliting poles, or coming across a black cat. All of it is stupid really if you ask me. Has nothing to do with karma. In fact you could say KD going to GSW is karma for OKC being cheap and trading Harden and breaking up the big three. They really thought they was keeping Durant didnt they?

Hope this helps.
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Yes I am an athiest. I dont see how that would discredit me. Atheism is consistent with my philisophical beliefs.

Im not crapping on your beliefs. Everyone is free to believe in what they want. You didnt do much to argue for your claim about karma not being superstitious though.

You have failed to prove a difference between karma and superstition. You made the claim that they are different and you didnt offer any evidence why. Your points that

1) humans dont have the right to judge other humans

2) karma affects one through reincarnation, not in ones current life

Both fail to support the claim that karma is not superstitious.

Also free will is not a fact either. Look up Determinism.

I personally believe in free will. I follow david humes teachings about how free will and determinism are compatible but other philosophers have some compelling arguments in favor of hard determinism.

dkoune · Apr 3, 2017

Mathrocker said: ↑

Yes i agree that you can take the ultimate skeptic approach on anything. You can doubt the existence of anything. It comes down to weighing which beliefs have stronger evidence to support it. Nothing has enough evidence to 100 percent prove anything.

However that does nothing to further the argument that karma does exist. In fact taking the skeptical approach hurts the argument that karma exists. The skeptic will usually find less evidence that karma exists then a chair existing.

Newtons 3rd law isnt applicable because that is about physical interactions. To believe in karma, you will have to be a dualist. Most likely a substance dualist. You need to believe that there are non physical substances and non physical properties and forces governing these non physical substances. It is a mostly outdated and frowned upon view in modern philosophy but some really brilliant philosophers like david chalmers still believe in it.

I am a physicalist. To be more specific, my personal view on philosophy of mind is closest to the identity theory of physicalism.

Here is a very basic article on why physicalism is more often accepted in the philosophy community over dualism.

https://cosmictempest.wordpress.com/2013/01/13/reflections-mind-over-matter-dualism-vs-physicalism/
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Very interesting! Thank you!

tc0330 · Apr 3, 2017

i'm really hoping this is for real....our boy needs to be fresh for playoffs

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