This is more random than I think I've ever posted here. No rhyme or reason, and its a little long. Bear with me, its significant (I think).
I saw the film "Waking Life" a few months ago, and it most certainly changed my life. It's just a completely different aspect on everything. The most creative movie I have ever seen possibly.
I found a website:
Waking Life
That has the entire transcript.
Don't read this if you haven't seen it.
but specifically in one scene of the movie.... this is a quote:
Quote:
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And the funny thing is, our cells are completely regenerating every seven years. We've already become completely different people several times over, and yet, we always remain quintessentially ourselves.
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Now, alone, that is an amazing thought. But I saw Ghost in the Shell again tonight. A deeply significant and symbolic movie I must say.
I can't really say I have a point to this thread. I wanted a deep and thoughtful discussion about life...but thats been done before. Dreams have been discussed too.
So what I propose is that we discuss the fact that through evolution or creationism that we have created a consciousness. If all our senses are created through electric and chemical responses, how can we have a personality and a consciousness?
Those (chemical and electricity) are things with distinct laws, bound by seemingly unbreakable laws of the universe. Can we have a free will and a consciousness if we are made from things that don't?
That leads me to another thought....do we have a free will, or does fate govern our lives?
Opinions, thoughts, feedback, whatever.