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I just thought id post this site....Res posted it a while back but i thought seeing as there are so many questions constantly on this site about life, death, the purpose of life etc id post it.
i know most people wont actually read all this cause there is a LOT to read but if you want to know it seem entirely feesable (sp)
http://www.humantruth.org/basebook.htm
i thought it was interesting.....lol
Very interesting site, I'll read some more later... But let me be the first to tell you that you've opened up a huge can of worms, there... Let the fun begin! :D
reading it now, very intersting, i think its a little too complicated to explain something that could be explained alot easier, but i guess he just goes real in depth to try and get you to understand it.
ill post more later after reading it all.
interesting quotes so far:
Humanity's search for truth has been concentrated very much more on the discovery of scientific fact than on reasoning with the knowledge we already have. Consequently we are on the verge of total scientific understanding, yet wallowing in increasing social chaos because we do not understand ourselves or our reality.
That truth is not mysterious and unknowable. All that we need to know is already knowable. We have but to open our minds to optimum reason.
The question is 'Can intelligence, once perfected, overcome the instinctive will to go on competing?', and in answering it we have to bear in mind those two influences which are involved - (1) To express energy and thus not only create life but also to develop its forms and functions in every possible way, and (2) to advance the faculty of intelligence until it becomes capable of comprehending truth. This question is important in leading us to perceive (and the aim of this book is to help the reader so to perceive) that while the animal's purpose is to fulfil itself by following instinct, true human purpose is to fulfil truth by following intellect.
Earth history could be said to be that of the development of intelligence, of which physical life is but the incidental vehicle. The potential perfection of intelligence was achieved when humanity appeared. From then on perhaps there was no need for life to progress further.
Maybe if that potential were released all life would settle down to a state of stable continuation. In the present interim, with our intelligence far from being perfected, it is certain that, on the contrary, advanced life-forms on Earth are gradually declining and under threat of extinction.