RE: Experiencing 'proof'
November 15, 2012 at 4:35 pm
(This post was last modified: November 15, 2012 at 5:15 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(November 15, 2012 at 4:14 pm)pocaracas Wrote: Well, I understand their effect. I understand what they're supposed to do... not their inner workings.But again, what is their effect...what do they do? "Vader -uses- the force to choke people" -Okay, you understand what Vader uses the force for..that's still not an understanding of the force (it's quite a bit more to do with Vader)..if you knew -how- the force choked people that would be an understanding of the force.
Quote:That's what I mean when I say I understand Drich's position.So you feel you understand what Drich wants, how that leads to an understanding of the "force" he would have us accept as fact is a mystery to me. I'm not saying that you don't..I'd just like to understand it in the way you feel that you understand it.
I understand what he wants to make of it, but not how it can really work.
Quote:Aye, right.... but he is referring to made up things... he's just not aware of it.Okay, and so it's more accurate to say that he understand what he wants..but given that his reasons for this consist entirely of insisting that imaginary shit is real...given that he appears to be in a state of mind that prevents normal perception of things..such as dreams.. how could I understand this? How do we know that Drich even understands it? He's clearly incapable of explaining any of it....
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