Recent content by Circleseer

@ Mr.Squishy / @ OP Hey, hope you come back and read this. You might want to read Ray Kurzweil's work(s). Glance at his wikipedia page, for starters. I know what he writes can sound rather fanciful at first. But this man is very serious. He is involved with many prestigious...

I've seen relationships like that around me a bunch of times. They either end up turning it into in a serious relationship eventually, or they get into a serious relationship with someone else. I've never seen friends with benefits work for a long period of time. Then again, maybe that was...

IS the OP even around anymore? I do hope so. @Sutter_Cane Basically, not everything is worth studying from an employment perspective. Hard science is good, especially directly applicable, like medicine. While languages or philosophy might be good for personal development, it's just not...

It's intimate, and you'll likely remember it. So do it with someone you truly care about; in hindsight your first time would probably preferably not have been a one-night-stand. PS: Besides that: I do not share your belief system, and thus haven't taken it into account in my answer. I do...

'Since you're seeing my autobiography, this means I've died. I would be very unsatisfied with this, would I be able to feel anything, and can only hope I went out in blazing glory. Also, since I'm gone, I don't care what happens to any of you now. So F you.' The book itself would then be...

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Any form of ethics is a construct of the mind. As such, people can hold several opposing views simultaneously, and/or ridiculous, ones for their entire lives. You say it is 'natural' to eat animals. That too is a fallacy, appeal to 'naturalness' - it does not mean anything to say that. It...

Where I'm from, that term almost always refers to behaviour; particularly owning up to your mistakes and responsibilities. 'Be a man about it', or 'be a real man, for once'. It rarely refers to exterior, because most people don't give a crap how others look. I don't care for the whole...

Kurzweilian Singularity proposes we can transcend our biological form for an existence in virtual reality as pure data. That would be after-life, since we'd not be alive :P It would also last potentially eternally, and one can do whatever they want in VR, potentially create new worlds. You'd...

Back to topic: I don't think the word really applies to me. I'm just not a dick to women. To be a feminist, shouldn't you be actively involved in equalizing and fighting for rights and all that? That'd be the people who introduce themselves as ", Feminist." ? I wouldn't even put it in my...

What is the 'end of the world' in this case? Complete destruction of the planet, every single last human being, or just current civilisation? Completely destroying the planet itself is unlikely, unless the sun would go. All-out atomic war or an asteroid strike (or gamma ray burst, etc) could...

Bike to school and take walks sometimes. Mostly to clear my mind, but they do add up. I have a set of adjustable dumbbells I use for weightlifting, and there's crunches/push-ups etc. But no dedicated sport or gym membership or anything.

That's also basically the Singularitarian viewpoint. But since we'll likely have full immersion virtual reality and the defeat of ageing within a few decades (thirty-ish years at most, probably less), you likely won't have to die before experiencing heaven as you describe it. Not accounting...

This is basically the Singularitarian viewpoint, except instead of in an afterlife we'll have to get it done in the real world, and the 'new intelligence and abilities' would be by artificial enhancement of the mind and manipulation of matter and energy. Google Ray Kurzweil if you're interested...