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02/25/2003 09:27:25 PM · #1 |
ever wondered why some photos get posted? you know, photos that make you say, "what was that person thinking?"... or ever wondered why peoples comments vary so widely, or why a beautiful photo might recieve a 1 and a horrid photo might get a 10? well there is a scientific explanation to it all! Perhaps this explanation will ease your pain... then again it might only make your despair grow stronger... either way, the riddle has been solved... check this website out for the answer.......
Solipsism
hope that helps!
Message edited by author 2003-02-25 21:27:39.
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02/25/2003 09:49:03 PM · #2 |
| Most of us experienced this during our teenage years. My wartime military experiences broadened that view more than a little. |
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02/26/2003 12:26:55 AM · #3 |
It is an interesting article, but I had to stop when I came to this classic example of why "ordinary" folk think philosophers are kind of screwy; unintelligible if not unintelligent:
...since Descartes elevated the egocentric search for apodeictic certainty to the status of the primary goal of critical epistemology. In this sense, then, it is at least contestable that solipsism is implicit in many philosophies of knowledge and mind since Descartes, and that any theory of knowledge which adopts the Cartesian egocentric approach as its basic frame of reference is inherently solipsistic. |
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02/26/2003 01:01:05 AM · #4 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
It is an interesting article, but I had to stop when I came to this classic example of why "ordinary" folk think philosophers are kind of screwy; unintelligible if not unintelligent:
...since Descartes elevated the egocentric search for apodeictic certainty to the status of the primary goal of critical epistemology. In this sense, then, it is at least contestable that solipsism is implicit in many philosophies of knowledge and mind since Descartes, and that any theory of knowledge which adopts the Cartesian egocentric approach as its basic frame of reference is inherently solipsistic. |
that however might depend on the point of origin to that certain ordinary someone's point of view... everyone, no matter how ordinary, just has a different way of looking at things... as well as trouble at times understanding this fact about those around them... anyway, one of my favorite sayings about philosophy comes from Mel Brooks' movie the history of the world part II..
if you haven't seen it, there is a scene where the tax collector asks a man what he does for a living... the man replies, "I, am a stand up philosopher"...
scowling, the tax collector replies, "Oh, you mean a bullsh@@ artist, right?"
I love that line!
Message edited by author 2003-02-26 01:01:54.
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02/26/2003 01:10:24 AM · #5 |
I've always leaned towards Ambrose Bierce's definition from The Devil's Dictionary:
Philosophy: a route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing. |
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02/26/2003 03:49:05 AM · #6 |
| The point of photography, or any other form of communication, is to enable us all to see other people's point of view. I love DPC for letting me see the world through other people's eyes on such an amazing scale. A lot of the time if I rate a photo highly it's more because of the freshness or uniqueness of their view on life than because they can follow the rule of thirds. I like to give people that encouragement. |
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02/26/2003 05:28:08 AM · #7 |
Originally posted by lisae:
The point of photography, or any other form of communication, is to enable us all to see other people's point of view. I love DPC for letting me see the world through other people's eyes on such an amazing scale. A lot of the time if I rate a photo highly it's more because of the freshness or uniqueness of their view on life than because they can follow the rule of thirds. I like to give people that encouragement. |
I agree, I've just been stressed more than usual lately...at least I'm not quoting Jim Morrison yet...
Thanks for your update in the other thread on the Australian situation...I don't listen to BBC very often and mainstream news (radio) around here doesn't cover that kind of stuff too much. |
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02/26/2003 01:46:37 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by lisae:
The point of photography, or any other form of communication, is to enable us all to see other people's point of view. I love DPC for letting me see the world through other people's eyes on such an amazing scale. A lot of the time if I rate a photo highly it's more because of the freshness or uniqueness of their view on life than because they can follow the rule of thirds. I like to give people that encouragement. |
But whenever you look at something, what you see is based on two things:
The picture itself
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Your experiences or memories
What you actually 'see' is a combination of those things - so no two people will see the same exactly the same things in a picture |
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