Would knowing how the brain works lead to madness?

Discussion in 'General Philosophy' started by Why?, Oct 12, 2007.

  1. Why? Registered Senior Member

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    If you knew how and why the brain did the things it did, wouldn't you psychoanalyze yourself to death? How could you function knowing how your actions are pre-determined?
     
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  3. cosmictraveler Be kind to yourself always. Valued Senior Member

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    Have you tried it?
     
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  5. Baron Max Registered Senior Member

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    You post some of the strangest, weirdest, oddest, most non-sensical topics of anyone that I've ever known.

    Is there something wrong with you? How could you possibly be "normal"?

    Baron Max
     
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  7. shorty_37 Go! Canada Go! Registered Senior Member

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    LMAO I have thought the exact thing myself!

    But what is "normal" Baron?
     
  8. spidergoat pubic diorama Valued Senior Member

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    It could lead to a cure for madness.

    There is no guarantee that the brain works in a "pre-determined" way. You know how dice work, but their output is unpredictable.
     
  9. Baron Max Registered Senior Member

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    And it could lead to realizing that humans are really fucked, so shooting them is the best thing we could do for the Earth and the other animals.

    Baron Max
     
  10. Why? Registered Senior Member

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    But, with dice, you know all the possible combinations. Obviously, the mind has a lot more combinations than a pair of dice. But, if you knew in general terms what made you decide to do things, wouldn't that lead to an endless loop of self-analysis that would drive you nuts?
     
  11. cosmictraveler Be kind to yourself always. Valued Senior Member

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    Is that why your here, to get help?
     
  12. Why? Registered Senior Member

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    Actually, I am here to speak with intelligent individuals - unlike yourself.
     
  13. cosmictraveler Be kind to yourself always. Valued Senior Member

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    Careful, you'll get yourself into a hissy fit! Then what would YOU do?
     
  14. Why? Registered Senior Member

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    I will speak to others on this site, who are clearly more intelligent than you are.
     
  15. spidergoat pubic diorama Valued Senior Member

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    Are you saying ignorance is bliss?
     
  16. Why? Registered Senior Member

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    Yes.
     
  17. spidergoat pubic diorama Valued Senior Member

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    God must be really depressed, then.
     
  18. Why? Registered Senior Member

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    But you assume God thinks like man. God doesn't think like man.
     
  19. (Q) Encephaloid Martini Valued Senior Member

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    And you are assuming he doesn't.
     
  20. Why? Registered Senior Member

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    Yes, I am assuming God doesn't have a tiny brain like ours. Wow, that's a shocker.
     
  21. (Q) Encephaloid Martini Valued Senior Member

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    But, that's all it is, exactly, an assumption. Thanks. That's NOT a shocker.
     
  22. Why? Registered Senior Member

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    Well, how could an omnipotent being think like man? Man is limited, God is not. That's not an assumption.
     
  23. (Q) Encephaloid Martini Valued Senior Member

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    Yes, that IS an assumption. Your personal assumption.
     

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