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If were talking smells then it is not strictly hardwired, nor is it consciously decided what smells good and what smells bad.
Smell is heavily associated with memory. If you associate the memory of the smell with something positive, then the smell is likely to become positive. The time and place these things are presented in our world influences these memories whether you consciously want them to or not.
There are people who hate the smell of flowers, conversely there are actually people who like the smell of manure because it reminds them of the countryside.
Perfumes are another example here. There are in fact a wider variety of perfumes. There is also cologne. They are simply less popular because the broader appeal here is minimal.
If one is a Boltzmann brain, how would one ever even determine such and does it actually matter in the scheme of things?
Since the probability of being a Boltzmann brain is infinitely greater than that of being a "real" human, and the probability of experiencing near-normal reality even as a Boltzmann brain is near infinite, how in the universe would a brain ever be able to properly test its reality?
And if our lived experiences, our lives, are just a string of memories tied together by a constant identity of remembering being oneself, how would being a Boltzmann brain effectively be any different than being human?
This one has been running around in my head a lot, recalling my first philosophy of religion courses on "what is a person?" arguments and now throwing in a whole monkey and typewriter layer.
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
@TxTom Yes!! @lonelytauros Good addition!
@CuddleHugs01234 right! Lol 😂
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There’s a law in our books, more specifically, the second law of thermodynamics that states that “as one goes forward in time, the net entropy (degree of disorder) of any isolated or closed system will always increase (or at least stay the same).” That Entropy is simply a measure of disorder and affects all aspects of our daily lives and that we’re bound toward it. But what if that were false. What if it were actually more a law of Contraction & Expansion, like a heartbeat, where chaos ascends into order, and order descends into chaos.
What’s an example of something chaotic elevating to order. There’s so many. The creation of a baby in the womb, a construction project, people walking into a theater to take their seats, music, vibrational ticking clocks, pendulums, people clapping, birds in flight, a school of fish, a rainbow, every coagulation of randomized people into popular/unpopular node points/clusters. It defies entropy. But then there’s this release again, that defines it. A constant breath that permeates through all. How is that not written into law?
You used to need a dark room to produce an image. I wonder if it’s something similar to get through a memory.
How did one determine the name for colors? Who looked at something and was like "the only way to describe this is...purple"
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@SunsetSnuggles Wow. That is seriously cool. And nice sig, by the way. Should prevent mistaken assumptions by the much shorter-lived species, the bonehead males.
How did one determine the name for colors?
@Jova114 The etymology of words is a fascinating subject of which I know almost nothing about.
@Hugginsworth 😂😂😂 Not at all, dear sir. 'Twasn't the straw that broke the camel's back, so much as the sliver in the clouds that allowed the ray of realization to...rainbow? 😐🌈🤭 I shall get back with you soon, by the way! You are a delight.
A tale of two metaphors! I look forward to it.
Why do whales live so long, anyway? The size of a species of animal seems to be at least weakly correlated with its longevity. There must be something deep going on there. Maybe it's something to do with competing advantages: preservation of a large investment of material and energy versus the greater genetic adaptability of a short life cycle. Something like that. More clarity is called for, obviously.
And yet, within a species, I believe the correlation goes in the opposite direction. Small dog breeds generally live a lot longer than large ones. I think even for humans, short people generally live a bit longer than tall people.
Hmm, puzzling.
This inspired me to look around and see what I could find. Very good article about exactly this paradox: https://www.popsci.com/why-do-bigger-animals-live-longer-than-small-ones/
The long and the short of it seems to be that science has some leads, but the jury's still out. They do point out that predation on a species is easier the smaller it is, which obviously could limit its lifespan. That's a big link.
Really interesting post @Hugginsworth. A little off your subject, but they say taller humans get cancer more. There are more cells to go wrong/mutate? I think.
I just found out that a group of ladybugs is called a loveliness. I think we could say a group of cuddlers is a loveliness.
@achetocuddle posted: "I just found out that a group of ladybugs is called a loveliness. I think we could say a group of cuddlers is a loveliness."
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is dust really dust flying about 24/7 or are they a realm of a microcosmic living ecosystem.
That makes me think of Horton Hears a Who. That is a good cartoon.
@SunsetSnuggles Love the cat passport! ❤️
Human cells have nuclei, bacteria cells do not. Is this the difference between those with a center and those without?
If everything happening in the world and universe also happens somewhere in the body. The death of a human synonymous with the death of a cell. Likewise the birth of a human synonymous with the birth of a cell. War in one part of the world found in a war happening somewhere in your body. The more you help your good cells fight it, the more good soldiers added to the battlefield.
If you could help someone far away by helping the corresponding cell in your body and vice versa. If you could stamp out bad things in the world by stamping it out inside first.
Yeah, we literally have to stamp out bad things inside ourselves all the time in order to make the world a better place! So what's the internal medicine equivalent of peace talks?
Interesting
Maybe it’s the brain at the supermarket negotiating whether to feed itself bad food or not. Or the moment one decides to fast, a withdrawal from it all to reset the tide.
Well I hope everyone does a cleanse, and fast, because the tide is looking awful red right now.
I hope everyone does too. I’ll join you
I've always wondered why some countries drive on the right side of the road, and others the left.
Edgar Rice Burroughs penned "Tarzan.". He lived in Tarzana. Some say the name Tarzan came from Tarzana, others said Tarzana was named in honor of his book.
Why does everything have to broken into 12’s and 60? 12 hours on the clock to midnight, 24 hrs in a day. 12 months in a year, 60 seconds to a minute. 12 inches to a foot. Yet you need 100 pennies to a dollar. Why not 9 to match the cycle of birth?
9 months to a year, 18 hours to a day - 3 parts (morning, noon & night, each 6 hrs long). 90 minutes to an hour (which when converted to our current time gives 3 extra hours to the 24 hr cycle). 9 months to a year. 40 days to a month. 360 days to a year. 10 days to a week.
Or 36 days to a month, 324 days to a year. 9 days to a week.