10 Questions to make your Brain Hurt Challenge #3 Drag your friends in and present the most awesome answers :-)
It's almost 2 weeks since my last post of this series. But then again if I try too hard, I might end up having to finish the series very soon. It'll be like binge watching Doctor Who. It'll have its own kind of awesomeness. But I want to drag more people into this brain teasing competition. Before I start, I have to thank all the people who answered my previous post. @durzo @swissclive @axios @cranium @bobinson @ricmark
I don't plan these questions. I use this time to workout my creativity muscle generating something that would push you guys to workout your own brains. Humans came to this point in history by using their minds and thinking smart. We will reach the stars and galaxies but we'll have to use our brains and be creative.
1)Should people protect the law or should the law protect the people instead? Why?
2)Speed of light is 299,792,458 m/ s But what is the speed of dark? How come a shadow be capable of moving faster than light?
3)Every human being on this planet is either a relative of yours or not a relative of yours. Prove this statement wrong.
4)What is the most objectively worst trolling/mind game Joker can pull on Batman.
5)You get a superpower. You can cure any person's any physical injury (including death upto 7 minutes) but the same injury( or death) would be inflicted on a random person on the planet. Would you use this power? Reject it?...... or keep it around just in case?
6)Can a person commit a sin (or a virtue) while dreaming? Can a person be only capable of committing just one of those two?
7)Would you rather live a prosperous life of riches and average talents and virtues only to be treated a faker, monster, cheater, and a evil disgusting human being by history after death or live as a poor broken genius with no greater mind in sight only to die in obscurity and later become recognized as one of the greatest minds ever lived?
8)A video is only a collection of still images. Can't really be just the same? Is there any physical or philosophical proof that movement exist? Is all movement quantum teleportation and not movement at all?
9)Does quantum entanglement work like a lever? If you setup a Class 1 lever that is 1 light year long and with a Mechanical advantage of 10 and push the shorter side at 20% of the speed of light, what would happen??
10)You only remember a fraction of your life. Most of the things you remember are directly involved with your day to day life. What if scientists found a way to make your body repair its cells so well that it can live 10,000 years easily? Would people decide to slow down and take in the life events at a slower place and keep the memories for long times and without clutter or would people just start living hyper busy lives from decade to decade forgetting most past events in life? If the second happens and memory storage become a hot industry, what would be the demand for fake memories?
Laws are abstract principles that don't need protecting, so I guess you mean enforce (in which case it's no longer a play on words). The answer is both. The two aren't mutually exclusive.
I imagine it would be the same as the speed of light. Darkness is absense of light, therefore darkness appears at the same speed light disappears—the speed of light. Also, can an absense of something have a speed? I mean, you wouldn't talk about the size of nothing.
If it's true and obvious why would I try to prove it wrong?
Give up crime. Then Batman thinks he's only pretending to give up crime, when he really is giving up crime.
I would never use it. It sounds kind of like income redistribution, too. I would reject it, lest I be tempted, unless the power goes to someone else if I reject it, in which case I would keep it to keep it safe.
No (?). I don't think so. As for the second question, some actions are morally neutral, like choosing to repaint your house or not.
The only decisive factor is the part where the first option gives average virtue. I would much rather be poor and virtuous.
Zeno argued that motion didn't exist, and your questions sound like his arrow paradox. I think (not sure) I would answer that time can't be divided into moments, so the progress of time is a continuation, not a collection of snapshots.
You lost me. Haven't studied advanced physics yet.
This sounds more like psychology than philosophy. If it were philosophy, you'd ask what people ought to do in these situations. I admit not knowing the answers to your questions.
Pretty much how I think about it. Darkness isn't a thing but a derivative based on other existing information.
3)It's actually not true. I ripped it off from a historical event: http://journals.sfu.ca/cjbs/index.php/cjbs/article/download/60/57
5)Good thinking. There aren't many on steemit who are dumb enough to be a user. All the responses I got were reject it or just to keep it around.
7)A noble choice. Hats off!
8)My take is that time only exist in retrospect. I'd even go as far as to claim that time doesn't exist; only chronology does.
My personal take is that there are no classical systems; only quantum systems. That way many of Zeno's paradoxes can be explained away.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_Zeno_effect
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_Darwinism
There is no such thing as movement; only static events that change which appear as movement like in computer animation. Each new frame is slightly different from the previous. You can only measure static instances existing. The phenomenon called movement is somethings that is manufactured in the mind using perceived data.
9)I haven't studied advanced physics either. I've just read some material. My question was a thought experiment.What if there is a Class 1 lever with Mechanical advantage of 10. I'll mix the relativity to the question and ask what if you use enough force to move the lever at 20% of the speed of light. If we keep adjusting the fulcrum to get different amounts of Mechanical advantage, what would happen when the mechanical advantage hit 5 or more?
10)I think the situation would create a sort of natural selection. A society that go full superficial zombie would eventually crumble and self-destruct and a society that takes it slow would survive without any problem (given that no context altering elements like an alien invasion/meteor etc aren't introduced)
I think it's an interesting idea, it's something that gets me out of my usual routine so I decide to participate, I'll see if I can and how many I can answer, although I do not assure you anything.
1.Both. People must protect the law, because it is in itself a fiction and only works if people accept it and protect it, and in the same way, the rule of law is that which will make people protect themselves from arbitrariness committed by people who refuse to accept the law. It is something reciprocal.
2.Darkness has no speed because it is not something in itself, but it is the absence of something; the light. The shadow does not move, more on the contrary if the light does.
3.If we rely on the monogenist hypothesis that is currently predominant, the statement must be wrong because all current human beings would come from the same common origin. Although this is questionable in many ways.
4.You took me completely off base with this question. Perhaps it is demotivating to make him believe that everything he does, and all he can do to save the Gotham is a vain attempt, since the city is completely rotten inside.
5.I would keep it just in case, but in my opinion it is a pretty useless/unwanted superpower, I do not think I would shake my hand in using it although I would not do it very often and not deliberately.
6.Of course, and you can also commit the two in just one dream, it's called efficiency.
7.Neither. I prefer to live like I do now.
8.Currently, and as far as I know, they are just a set of images in sequence, although only our current capabilities impede it in any other way. I really do not know if I completely understood this question, so...
9 y 10.These two questions, including the 8, are totally out of my field of knowledge, and as much as I think I could only give crazy theories, I do not know the terms and the translation complicates it a bit further.
2)Pretty much what I have to say. Darkness isn't a thing but a derivative based on other existing information.
3)http://journals.sfu.ca/cjbs/index.php/cjbs/article/download/60/57
4)Joker becomes a good guy and dedicate his life (and goons) to serve human kind and gain all the public praise just to troll Batman. The catch is that if the Bat intervene with the good work Joker does, he's going back to doing bad stuff. That's a real catch-22 trolling to give Bruce some Knightmares. Joker is saving the world and if anybody apprehend him for previous crimes, Joker will continue his previous life's monstrosities. I don't see any way to beat that kind of trolling. Chaos wears the mask of order and the true order can't conflict with chaos anymore or it will destroy the entire meaning and philosophy of order and the desired outcomes.
5)Same here.
7)What if you were forced to pick?
8/9/10) Do some reading. You'll learn eventually. Here is one my old articles: https://steemit.com/philosophy/@vimukthi/relational-quantum-mechanics-solution-for-the-paradox-of-the-ship-of-theseus-with-a-touch-of-zen-and-cryptocurrency
Good luck and thanks for stopping by :-)
If they forced me to choose then I would probably do it for the first option, I would have a prosperous life, of riches, talents and virtues, which would not make me bad at all, it would only damage my image in the future, but I think that in the end Truth always triumphs, so I would not have the least fear to live my life for me.
Regarding the last 3 questions, I will definitely take a look at your publication. Although this was really nice, as something anti-routine, 10 off-topic questions to ponder.
Pretty much what I'd choose. With peace in mind and riches backing your freedom you can learn research and experiment to even become a great mind. I believe in the ability of humans to self-evolve. In fact that's the defining quality of human beings; Evolution as choice.
I'll try to make 3-4 of these each months.
Ok. I support it with that.
The correct answer will vary depending on whose perspective, the law’s or mine? Since I am a person, a part of the “people”, and people’s one great purpose of living is to self-preserve, we, the people, should have the law protect us, that is, if we can pick only either one of the conditions that the question is asking. But since, technically, a disjunctive statement (or statement) means both conditions can be chosen, I would say both if that law fulfills its purpose of existence, which is to protect us!
Speed of dark is the speed of light, technically. Darkness means absence of light, therefore when a light comes at its full speed at a room full of darkness, the darkness will go away at the same time the light enters. Next, if a shadow ever moves faster than light, that could mean a non-transparent object is traveling towards a source of light at a time-forwarding speed.
The point of proving seems to be that only one condition can be true for each human being on this planet. Assuming the definition of relative is direct relatives, not distant all the way to the origin of human beings, then we should able to easily weed out all most all population of the earth, except myself. I am not sure if it is correct to consider myself as a relative or not. We would need a better dictionary for this
The most objectively worst trolling/mind game… I am not sure if there is even an objective answer for this but I will give it a try. But first, there needs some agreement on the meaning of the “worst”. Worst, as it means lamest or dumbest? Or as it means brilliant?
I have a feeling the questioner is asking for the latter so I will just answer that. For a trolling/mind game to be objectively the best, I would think the game trolls/mind-fucks the victim the most extreme degree, in our case, Batman. What game would Batman say it was the biggest mind-fuck? Perhaps, if Joker makes Batman believes Joker has been the good guy all along and Batman himself was the villain!
5 Keep it around just in case, do I need to explain?
6 To determine whether something is a sin or virtue depends on what is objectively considered sin or virtue. If God says you could sin while dreaming, then I guess it is so. Can a person commit sin and virtue at the same time? I don’t think sin and virtue has to be opposite of one another, so I would say perhaps.
7 The question doesn’t specify whether the prosperously lived person was truly an evil monster, but it seems to mean that there is some misunderstanding to his image. I would care less what others think, especially after I am dead. As long as I know I was decent, living a prosperous life and ignorant life seems so much more pleasant. What’s fun about being broken and smarter than everyone else? Sounds like miserable life to me.
8 I don’t get the first question. A physical proof that movement exists is that I moved. Quantum teleportation? I think I heard of that before, like how some opposite particles can communicate instantaneously regardless of how far they are apart. Can we apply this to all particles? Is that more likely to be than the other? The nature tends to flow in the direction of the least resistance, I think this also applies to what are most likely to be true.
Or quantum teleportation as it means the random movement of particles in a given space? If so, whether it is yes depends on whether transportation is not considered as a movement or not.
Thanks for interesting questions. I had fun :)
3)How about "You"? http://journals.sfu.ca/cjbs/index.php/cjbs/article/download/60/57
4)You have got the fundamental syntax right. Personally I don't see a way of convincing Batman that he's the bad guy based on most of the events. There are few instances like Batman making backup plans take down members of JL in case any of them went rouge and those plans getting stolen and use against the JL. So imagine a little different version of the same idea you expressed.
Joker becomes a good guy and dedicate his life (and goons) to serve human kind and gain all the public praise just to troll Batman. The catch is that if the Bat intervene with the good work Joker does, he's going back to doing bad stuff. That's a real catch-22 trolling to give Bruce some Knightmares. Joker is saving the world and if anybody apprehend him for previous crimes, Joker will continue his previous life's monstrosities. I don't see any way to beat that kind of trolling. Chaos wears the mask of order and the true order can't conflict with chaos anymore or it will destroy the entire meaning and philosophy of order and the desired outcomes.
6)I think this depends on how much control a person has in those dreams. Most dreams are very much passive experiences despite the 1st person POV. The more lucid dreams can be considered mental action. Is loving kindness a virtue; is jealousy or hatred a sin? If the answer is yes, I'd say it's possible to commit sins or virtue in a dream.
7)I wouldn't care about what others think about me. But I love being a genius. So if I had prosperity I'd work hard to become a genius and die smart even though my name get smeared all over.
Ever heard of Zeno's paradoxes? http://www.iep.utm.edu/zeno-par/
My personal take is that there are no classical systems; only quantum systems. That way many of Zeno's paradoxes can be explained away.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_Zeno_effect
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_Darwinism
There is no such thing as movement; only static events that change which appear as movement like in computer animation. Each new frame is slightly different from the previous. You can only measure static instances existing. The phenomenon called movement is somethings that is manufactured in the mind using perceived data.
BTW your intelligent comments earned you a new follower.
This post has been upvoted and resteemed. I also started following you!!! I am excited to answer the questions, although, do put too much thought into my answers. I'm here to entertain you as much as you entertain me.
I am starting to worry about what should be considered a law. It appears that in my opinion that a law should be put in place to protect and serve the community and keep order. I'm not really sure why those feel that laws against LGBTQ marriage should be established then. Who are we protecting again?
I am way too simple minded to fathom the speeds of anything besides the speed of my 2012 Mazda 3
Sounds right to me.
Opening a fake social media platform as Batman. Social media can really tarnish your rep man
Sounds like a normal day at the hospitals.
I commit sins in my dreams, and enjoy them most of the time, nor feel bad.
I like my life just how it is
Who thinks of this stuff?
I'm not smart enough to know what that means
Human beings take advantage of everything. They still wouldn't enjoy a bit of it.
A person has the right to swing his stick all he want as long as it stop before the other person's nose. This is the Non-Aggression Principle. Enforcing this is the purpose of law. The law should protect people's rights against aggression. Anything that doesn't hurt another should be OK.
How about you? (This is a trick answer)
There is the mass surveillance aspect. Gotham officials hate both the Bat and the Joker. They'll hunt down the location of Joker.
That was borderline profound but also very simple.
What if you were forced to make a choice?
8 ) ME!
As for your point 1, I'd like to clarify that you only have the right to swing a stick around on your own property, or on that of someone who'll let you. Also aggression isn't the same thing as hurting people, since it includes things like trespassing.
I'm a quasi-anarcho-capitalist. I believe in abolishing the state and replacing it with small voluntary non-state-minarchies. Not sure where I was going with this.
I used it as a metaphor and not as an example.
I advocate state as a service within anarcho-capitalism. Think of it like smart contracts built on Ethereum, EOS, NEO or an Operating System. Naturally this would create a bunch of city states and confederates that would function as minarchies. Theoratically it's possible that people would opt in for an one world minarchy but the chances of that happening are pretty close to zero.
Great to meet a fellow quasi-anarcho-capitalist.
@vimukthi
I copied you: https://steemit.com/philosophy/@benlabelle/5-philosophical-questions-answer-them
Great work friend. I like it. Keep it up. Have a nice day.
nice work now my brain hurts ahhaha
super collection.i agree all the questions or have no words to say
Its good information. I agree with your idea
Laws should protect the common interests of the people and should not be beholden to powerful institutions that act in direct opposition to the welfare of the people. This shouldn't need to be explained further.
The oppositional force here is probably gravity, we can't detect the graviton because it's probably a particle that goes back in time and even though gravity is transmitted at the same speed of light we've yet to discover how this exactly translates to other things like the presence of dark matter etc. that would probably require enough energy to pull a wormhole in on itself to prove which isn't really happening anytime soon (hopefully)
Everyone is descended from a small group of ancestors that drifted away genetically and unless multiple groups of humans evolved in parallel from different ancestors then we're all related.
Already addressed in a movie, but he should just not care.
Dreaming is just memory consolidation and planning.
Everything is an illusion of relative perspectives.
People would offer people a ton of money to take the speed route while they themselves take the slow route and the global economic balance would skew even further. Longevity and accumulation of capital is already distorted global economic balances of power among generations, this will worsen it.
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