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Candy Conundrum
#31
RE: Candy Conundrum
(September 4, 2016 at 11:40 am)Aegon Wrote:
(September 4, 2016 at 10:27 am)Emjay Wrote: Shit, please don't tell me this is a puzzle, not a lifestyle question Big Grin

Well I could have posted this in another subforum but I chose this one

Right... maths you mean? Oops Blush
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#32
RE: Candy Conundrum
You get some silly questions around these parts and I just thought it was another one of them... I really should have paid attention to it being in philosophy, rather than off topic... the usual home for the inane and the mundane Wink
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#33
RE: Candy Conundrum
(September 3, 2016 at 10:12 pm)Aegon Wrote: If you have two pieces of candy left equal in satisfaction,  is it better to eat them both at once to have a greater strength of taste or to eat them one at a time so as to lengthen the time you're enjoying them?

You think Aristotle ever faced this?

The former.

Quality > Quantity.
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#34
RE: Candy Conundrum
(September 4, 2016 at 11:45 am)Emjay Wrote:
(September 4, 2016 at 11:40 am)Aegon Wrote: Well I could have posted this in another subforum but I chose this one

Right... maths you mean? Oops Blush

Philosophy!

I really posted this because I was stoned and thought it'd be funny. But I like Tib's answer the best.
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#35
RE: Candy Conundrum
(September 4, 2016 at 10:24 am)Tiberius Wrote: To eat the first piece of candy you must first eat 1/2 the candy, and to eat 1/2 the candy you must first eat 1/4 of the candy, and to eat 1/4 of the candy you must eat 1/8 of the candy.

In short, you only ever need one piece of candy. It will last forever.

All experiences are isolated from one another just like all conscious selves are. Every moment is a little person and a little world. No, not literally. But it feels like that sometimes to me.

Once a feeling has passed it cannot be added to another, for if it could that would be an entirely different feeling.

No amount of pinpricks will ever equate to something painfully tortuous. No amount of shitty snacks will ever equate to one amazing meal.

I'd take one slightly more delicious piece of candy over an infinite number of less delicious pieces of candy every time in theory and in principle.

In theory and in principle Quality > quantity.

In reality? In reality all the more minor pleasures will create memories and thoughts about having had a good day, and it's not the pleasures itself but when you receive them. One slightly tasty peice of candy to cheer you up when you're having a bad day is far better than an infinite number of more delicious candies when you don't need the relief.

It's not the amount. It's literally speaking entirely quality over quanity. But quanity builds memories. We don't just desire experiences we desire to create memories, we collect experiences, we don't just experience them.

TL;DR: The present moment is all there is but the context and timing of a pleasurable and painful experience greatly changes the nature of that experience. Not only that, but memories themselves exist in the present moment and they are more easily created by repeated quantity than by quality, despite quality ultimately literally being what it's all about.

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#36
RE: Candy Conundrum
(September 4, 2016 at 12:15 pm)Aegon Wrote:
(September 4, 2016 at 11:45 am)Emjay Wrote: Right... maths you mean? Oops Blush

Philosophy!

I really posted this because I was stoned and thought it'd be funny. But I like Tib's answer the best.

Big Grin I'm rapidly running out of feet to put in my mouth Wink
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