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Month: April 2019

Butterfly’s Dream

One of the most famous stories in the Zhuangzi is perhaps this anecdote between Zhuang Zhou himself and a butterfly, dreaming. Once Zhuang Zhou dreamed he was a butterfly, a butterfly flitting and fluttering around, happy with himself and doing as he pleased. He didn’t know he was Zhuang Zhou. Suddenly he woke up, and … Continue reading Butterfly’s Dream →

Tom Uncategorized 2 Comments April 30, 2019May 7, 2019 2 Minutes

The Death of Chaos

Does knowledge make us smart or foolish? Our common sense tells us that the more we possess knowledge, the more we become intelligent. There is, however, an inevitable trade-off. Knowledge is one of the powerful tools to give us how to see the differences in the world. With this, we can consciously pursue the Big … Continue reading The Death of Chaos →

Tom Uncategorized 3 Comments April 30, 2019May 7, 2019 3 Minutes

Time Travel

Is time travel possible? It is one of the classic questions from metaphysics to physics to philosophy to science fictions. In our human histories, we have been providing various hypotheses and theories. And one of the initial questions is: What is time? Without clarifying this question, the scope of time travel would remain vague. Generally, … Continue reading Time Travel →

Tom Uncategorized 2 Comments April 28, 2019May 7, 2019 3 Minutes

Naming and Qualia

We see the world through the grid of language. For newborn babies, the world looks chaos. Everything they see is a stream of colorful dots and shapes. It is almost a series of abstract artworks. And everything they hear sounds a series of meaningless noise. It looks like the beginning of the universe. In the … Continue reading Naming and Qualia →

Tom Uncategorized Leave a comment April 27, 2019May 7, 2019 3 Minutes

Maya’s Veil

How do we know the world is real? How do we know our life is real? After all, what we see is what we see. These ontological and epistemological questions always end up with such tautology. As long as we rely on our sensors or their linguistic, semiotic, technological extensions, we can never get out … Continue reading Maya’s Veil →

Tom Uncategorized 2 Comments April 27, 2019May 7, 2019 2 Minutes

Absolute Subjectivity

Consciousness has levels. It is one of the well-accepted concepts. When we live only with our survival instinct, our consciousness level is at the lowest. In the next level, we care about neighbors; we learn how to live in society. Still, in the next, we would see ourselves amid everyone and everything. Our self-consciousness becomes … Continue reading Absolute Subjectivity →

Tom Uncategorized 6 Comments April 25, 2019April 26, 2019 2 Minutes

Spiritual Reading

There are two types of reading. One is to possess knowledge. Through reading, we can learn new things and keep them in our mind. For this type of reading, finding a good quality of new books is quite important. The more we read new books, the more we possess something new. Or, they are not … Continue reading Spiritual Reading →

Tom Uncategorized 3 Comments April 24, 2019May 6, 2019 2 Minutes

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