Sunday, April 30, 2006
havent really been thinking the past few days. and I mean
really thinking. and before the rest of you can argue that anything we do is an actual thought that is processed before we act out on it, i don't mean that sort of thinking. in a strange way, it isnt really thinking, is more of functioning. we do what we need to do, mostly, and den go our own way here and there, not really bothering whether we do or do not, and mostly do
not think, about what we are doing.
the question at this point would then be, what is thought? is thought the precoursor of an action regardless of what the action may actually be, since thinking in itself is actually an action should you choose to think about it that way. in relation, the next question would still be, if a tree branch falls in the forest, and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? following which would be what is sound? sound is something we hear, and meaningful sound, is communication, at the most basic level, since even instrumental music can communicate to a person.
[as i'm typing this i'm playing poker solitaire on powerpets, so forgive the laspes and jumps in thoughts]
going back to the previous question about the sound in the forest, i would have to say that yes, it makes a sound, since technically, no one refers to a person in particular, and realistically, the forest is home to creatures and plants that can hear, yes, trees can hear, it has been proven that plants respond to music both positively and negatively, and thus, they will 'hear' the sound. And if no one is there to say that there is no sound, there must be sound, and if someone is there to say there is no sound, well...that's an oxymoron in itself since the person would probably have heard it since he/she was there, not accounting for the fact that the party who is trying to prove that there is no sound has sent a deaf person to prove their point, because then that person can't hear to begin with and there was never any sounds in his/her life unless prior to the deafness if the person was not born with it, and if the deaf person was actually near enough to the aforementioned branch, he/she could probably have felt the vibrations it made as it landed, and assuming that a deaf persons's sense of touch is more sensitive than an average persons', which is should be considering that the four senses have to make up for the lost one, the vibrations that the deaf person heard could tranlsate into sound since sound is made up of vibrations anyway.
[reading about CKND now...kinda forgotten what point i was trying to make now...oh ya]
back to the begining again then, so what is thought, in my pov, i suppose thought is anything thing that i can analyze as opposed to other regular neural responses, such as hunger [ reaching for something to eat], thirst, comfort, discomfort and etc. thought would be more like a line which prompts me to further think in depth about it. such as my thought about thoughts which caused this particular post. i think you can apply the logic about the sound in the forest to the thought in your head so you go figure.
Luel Eclipse Reinhardt@ 6:52 AM
