I changed responsibility to irresponsibility.
A challenge to all of you!
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I changed responsibility to irresponsibility.
The number of threads on this and other forums would show them to be wrong.
Hell, the number of threads YOU have started on the subject shows that you don't believe that.
as far as i can tell you never take any responsibility for anything, so i propose you stop asking questions altogether.
Yazata
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It's far too cryptic. "Relevant" to what? "Responsibility" for what, to whom? What are the logical connections between these various words?
My initial response was similar to chimpkin's. I'm a curious sort and this seems to be a variant on 'curiosity killed the cat'. It seems to run counter to the philosophical spirit.
The person asking the question.
To themselves, for their life.
I tried to narrow down the qualificators. "Complex" and "relevant" seemed like the crucial ones.
True. It is also pragmatically oriented. I was inspired by the Buddha saying that some questions should be put aside.
i think it's right, i mean, if someone asked a complexed question and etc... he usually should have already searched about it and try to know the answer, before he ask, so, when he ask, he have to be ready to try to understand, as he want to seek for answers, and he have to search more, to understand that answer, however, a person don't have a question in he's mind out of nothing, depends on it's intellectual thinking and the informations that he have in he's head and he'sways to solve questions and problems and etc... so, if he asked a complexed question, means he already thought about it, and means he already, have some basic thoughts about it, that he can develope by discussing, and try to understand the answers if are too complexe, for example, "what is time?"
but sometimes, people ask complexed questions, and can't understand the answers, so they need, to get simplified answers from the people that they asked them, so it's also a responsability for who's going to answer him, and for the asker too, a responsability to try to understand and search for the answer and try to understand the anwers
but sometimes, people ask complexed questions, and can't understand the answers, so they need, to get simplified answers from the people that they asked them, so it's also a responsability for who's going to answer him, and for the asker too, a responsability to try to understand and search for the answer and try to understand the anwers
What is the meaning of life?
Why are so many people unhappy?
Why are there insanely rich people and insanely poor people?
Why do politicians lie and why do voters like being lied to?
What came first the universe or the big bank?
Who is responsible for my life and yours?
Anyone got a light?
Why are so many people unhappy?
Why are there insanely rich people and insanely poor people?
Why do politicians lie and why do voters like being lied to?
What came first the universe or the big bank?
Who is responsible for my life and yours?
Anyone got a light?
Yazata
Valued Senior Member
Yazata said:
Yazata said:
Signal said:
Ok. Maybe the most important variable here isn't complexity or relevance, but rather a particular kind of relevance, namely relevance to making some important life-changing decision.
I guess that people probably should approach major life-changing choices more carefully than they approach choosing what they are going to eat for lunch.
Signal said:
Potential consequences might be a bigger one. The more important the consequences, the more important the associated decision's going to be.
That still doesn't exactly address the original idea of asking questions, but we seem to be getting closer, especially if the "question" turns out to be some kind of major existential decision.
At least with regards to making spiritual progress, you might say. I'm not sure that the Buddha was counseling that everyone cease having any curiosity about anything except Buddhadhamma. His order of forest renunciates came pretty close to that, but the Buddha often spoke to laymen and householders as well. Kings still had to take an interest in ruling, for example. Parents have to take an interest in their children. I suppose that scientists still have to take an interest in the natural world and philosophers still have to take an interest in logic and metaphysics. It's just that those kind of things aren't really going to have a whole lot of utility on the Buddhist path.
1, if you don't beleive in god, life means nothing but a coinsidence, if you do, your life is a test for you, if you are good, or bad, then you will be judged, and go either to hell or heaven
2, the unecaul share of resources, and rich people rules, besides, the western economies are about, world economic domination, 80% of world resources, are for 20% of the world population, and plus to that, the dictatorship in many countries where dictators steal he's people's money, so, corruption......
3, politicians lie, hmm, i don't need to answer that (for their interests maybe?), and voters like to be lied on, so they hear what they want to hear and feel safe and satesfied (no in all voters like being lied to, what voters you mean? well, depends on the country)
4, i thing the big bang
5, everyone is responsible for he's own life
6, yupe, do you want to cigaret?
The big bank. Where do you think the funding came from to make the universe?
What happens after it pays itself?