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originally posted by: Boadicea
a reply to: Fools
It might even be worse than that... "I am validated, therefore I am."
I don't get it. But it seems everyone needs validation these days or they go find a safe space... perhaps after throwing a public tantrum.
originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: Fools
The Latin is (I think) Cognitum ergo sum.
And you are correct!
Not too many know how to live within their own skin, to enjoy their own company.
Our society has become so shallow and vapid that we find ourselves boring.
originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: Fools
It's interesting to watch people when power goes out.
At home? My wife and I light candles, sit together and enjoy each other, read or talk.
But people without their internet tether absolutely panic!
originally posted by: Fools
originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: Fools
The Latin is (I think) Cognitum ergo sum.
And you are correct!
Not too many know how to live within their own skin, to enjoy their own company.
Our society has become so shallow and vapid that we find ourselves boring.
...
I try to walk in others shoes. But when I do, I feel how dumb their shoes are after a time........
originally posted by: Fallingdown
“ I observe and research therefore I am “
Mankind has never had more information than at this point in history.
Best of all it’s all available at your fingertips .
Use it and never take anyone’s word as gospel .
originally posted by: Fools
The article I read was about many things unrelated to this, but the one sentence that stood out to me was (paraphrasing); "it used to be that the philosophical standard was 'I think, therefore I am.' "
"Now the standard is, 'I am observed, therefore I am'."
So true it seems, so sad, and so true.