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Originally Posted by Johnny Rotten
Well, I would submit that subjectivity is precisely what keeps social interaction so dynamic and interesting. Yes, it often leads to strife, but having a part of life illuminated for you by someone else can be amazing.
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first, thanks for shedding some light on something i'd lost touch with, myself.
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Everyone needs a private space to collect their thoughts, be creative, and hatch devious plans.
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my main argument against private space is based on more of my rejection of many of our cultural standards. to give an example... (and so begins my digression)... i have no body-shame, while others are chock full of it and the culture seems obsessed with it. i certainly don't have a problem taking a piss, having sex, or just standing around being naked in the general viewing area of anybody else. the nature of society's problem with this is a sexual one. i blame patriarchy/the dominator culture for this... but... anyway... back to the subject at hand.
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And I wouldn't call thought a sense.
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i would argue that actually defining thought is no easy task. again, we've entered into a realm of subjectivity that makes it difficult to connect the way i'd like to. but back to the point: thought may be intangible, perhaps, but i'm not sure that it is beyond the category of senses. one sense does not need to validate another sense in order for either of them to function.
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If there could be a sixth sense, I would vote for the sensation of the passage of time.
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i like this idea. though we seem to be the only animal that concerns itself with such. in that way, perhaps it is more of a response to the awareness of our own mortality than a real system with actual effects on the physical world.