So I wanted to do something. I don't know if it is allowed. If it is against the T&C, then I guess it is a bust and a Mod will let us know.

SO, the contest is to provide 1 original concept. It can have parts of it be linked to others, but the core idea has to be new. The subject is philosophy.

If you can make 1 new philosophical concept that no one has come up with in recorded history you win. What do you win you ask?

Well it may seem lame, but if you value it, I will go through your profile and star EVERY ONE of your posts. You can essentially boost your ATS stars. Well, if you have 800 posts on your profile, you will get 800, if you have less because you have not posted that much yet, you will get that many more.

This contest will depend on some rival contestant double checking since I cannot possibly know every single philosophical concept ever. If you see one I am declaring a winner then call it out or that member will get the prize. You may get a star for your post......

Why you ask? Because I want to show people how hard it actually is. That almost everything has already been thought of and that when you do have an original Idea, you should share it since it may never be heard of again.

You may begin putting your thinking caps on and trying to beat the challenge.

P.S.
If the stars are not really your thing then just play along. Let me know if you win not to give you 800 stars you do not want though. That would be a major waste of time if you don't even care for them. We can work something else out.

To those that say this makes stars useless I say that one truly original post is worth 800 stars or more. It is few and far between that we do see one. I think it should be rewarded.

Game on.

EDIT:
all entries will be assessed in a order of post. So the first guy gets dibbs on the prize until his idea is proven to not be original, and then onto the next. That is why I say we have to all chip in or I may screw someone over who was next in line of posting.

any grey areas/ stale mates, will be voted on by all participants for a tie breaker.

I put forth this: When a parent dies, his or her consciousness is transfered into thier child. This is to be applied to all life. I believe that this is the source of the universal drive to breed. Because DNA is thought to act as an antenna, I suppose that of the offspring would naturaly absorb and embrace the escaping energy of its compatible source.

If no offspring, them the consciousness maybe released into an astral realm, or perhaps diverted into the next available vessel.

I never read this, always thought it was my own theory. Probably wrong, but worth a shot.

Are you looking for something ontological or human condition or... what criteria are you looking for? And... what will be done with the ideas presented?

I don't know how this will fit in with your contest but I think I'm on to something and this is as good as any place to see.

I think your name, whatever it is you are called by mostly in life, helps shape who you are. For example the name Paul. Do you know more than one person who goes by Paul or Sam or Jennifer?
Do you notice a similarity between those two people with the same name?
Maybe attitude or mannerisms that they both share?
I'm not saying they will act exactly alike but I've noticed certain mannerisms that people with the same name may share and this has made me wonder if it's the vibration of the name or just the audible pronunciation of that word continuously has an effect on them through out their life...or am I just crazy?

What'cha think ATS?

P.S. I'm not interested in a prize but I thank you for giving me the opportunity to see what others think of my, uh, philosophy? This 'idea' may also be out there in the land of the internet, I have never pursued it before to see.

In the infinite universe model life outside of this planet is not just highly likely but inevitable hence the IUM argument is often seen as defeating the intelligent design model. If however the universe is indeed infinite then everything that can be concieved of, and more must exist within it icluding the intelligent designer

Drunk man who walks on wobbly stones, falls over.

Originally posted by Aqualung2012
I put forth this: When a parent dies, his or her consciousness is transfered into thier child. This is to be applied to all life. I believe that this is the source of the universal drive to breed. Because DNA is thought to act as an antenna, I suppose that of the offspring would naturaly absorb and embrace the escaping energy of its compatible source.

If no offspring, them the consciousness maybe released into an astral realm, or perhaps diverted into the next available vessel.

I never read this, always thought it was my own theory. Probably wrong, but worth a shot.

This doesn't work, since generations live together for relatively large portions of their life. ie. Great grandfather, grandfather, father, son all alive at once.

There would be a discernible change in people if this was the case, especially if they all died around the same time.

Here is one. We are essentially infants from the moment we are born to the moment of death. We try and mask it with elaborate words and ideas, but the exact same habits, attributes and personality quirks that plague us in the developmental years, continue throughout our lives until our feeble years descending on senility. (Which brings us back the stage we started.)

You often hear, "People are acting like they are in highschool" because it's true. The world tries to instil some sense of maturity, or realness to our actions over a certain age, but as you age, you realize those wrinkly faces are no different than the ones who tried to steal your apple juice 50 some odd years earlier.

The real epiphanies people have in middle life, is the one where they realize they spent a lifetime trying to run and hide from what they actually are. Realizing that everything they did to convince themselves they grew up was pointless, as all the actions were superficial.

I call it the baby-paradign.