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Name 1 Something that You are Sure of

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Name 1 Something that You are Sure of
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RE: Name 1 Something that You are Sure of
July 26, 2013 at 2:16 pm
(July 26, 2013 at 2:12 pm)Faith No More Wrote: Yes, phantom limbs are an illusion. However, I was referring to the ceratinty that biological reactions will occur, not that our interpreation of biological reactions will match reality.

*cough* Anesthesia *cough*.
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RE: Name 1 Something that You are Sure of
July 26, 2013 at 2:27 pm (This post was last modified: July 26, 2013 at 2:29 pm by Faith No More.)
Yet, in absence of anesthesia, I am certain they will occur.

ETA: Also, couldn't the fact that anesthesia will lessen pain be a biological reaction I could be certain of?
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RE: Name 1 Something that You are Sure of
July 26, 2013 at 2:33 pm
(July 26, 2013 at 2:27 pm)Faith No More Wrote: Yet, in absence of anesthesia, I am certain they will occur.

*cough* Nerve damage *cough*.
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#44
RE: Name 1 Something that You are Sure of
July 26, 2013 at 2:37 pm
You suck. j/kTongue

Let's qualify this, then. Given a healthy, fully-functioning body free from external chemical influences, I can be certain that I will experience the sensation of pain as a biological reaction to damage done to my body.

Am I getting closer?
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RE: Name 1 Something that You are Sure of
July 26, 2013 at 2:43 pm
(July 26, 2013 at 2:37 pm)Faith No More Wrote: You suck. j/kTongue

Let's qualify this, then. Given a healthy, fully-functioning body free from external chemical influences, I can be certain that I will experience the sensation of pain as a biological reaction to damage done to my body.

Am I getting closer?

Yup. Much better. Cool Shades
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RE: Name 1 Something that You are Sure of
July 26, 2013 at 3:06 pm (This post was last modified: July 26, 2013 at 3:09 pm by Fidel_Castronaut.)
That Jesus lives and he is my saviour.

LOL JK

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RE: Name 1 Something that You are Sure of
July 26, 2013 at 3:20 pm
(July 26, 2013 at 12:23 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:
(July 25, 2013 at 10:47 pm)Walking Void Wrote: Shit guys. I did not know that the Philosophy Forum was a place to just joke around.

You must be new here. Big Grin

Certainly.
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July 26, 2013 at 4:15 pm
Could somebody get Genkaus some cough sweets?
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RE: Name 1 Something that You are Sure of
July 26, 2013 at 4:20 pm
(July 26, 2013 at 3:20 pm)Walking Void Wrote: Certainly.

I've been here a whole day longer than this newb.
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RE: Name 1 Something that You are Sure of
July 26, 2013 at 4:43 pm
Quote:Something I am sure of? Quite a few things, but I'll opt for evolution. That's how obvious it is.

Too right. In fact, I'm so certain that biological evolution is not in doubt, I firmly believe that life, when discovered on other planets, will be found to proceed via mutation coupled with natural selection.

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