sentienthing ([info]sentienthing) wrote,
@ 2006-01-21 13:14:00
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A fictional scenario: " Logic vs emotion"
And what of it? It was but an action. An action made by one who can make such actions. An arbitrary action made by a gene-preserving creature in a meaningless world, forced by virtue of my existence to remain until my body so perishes.

Let me hear no more talk of it! Nay! For what is good and bad but a measure brought to control the unruly mass that is humanity. A measure that changes over time so that foolish men muse over those before them, ignoring the implausibility of their own system.

I will have no more mention of it! All we have to look forward to is nothing. Nothing is the future. What mark could a simple action have upon anything; what mark could all actions have, when the one perpetrating them shall soon make the final exeunt from one form of insignificance to the pinnacle of it?

Please, I beg, say no more of it! Cease, stop, I plead! Cannot you understand how ridiculous our situation is? How pointless and useless we are?

Who can judge me for it? No-one. The sky now lies empty of the imagined gods of yore. Prayers stay unanswered, like heartfelt letters sent to the house of a dead man. All I do is but a useless gesture, far too pathetic to even bear consideration.

Yet, you still speak. Avoiding logic, reason and defeat. How can you still speak? You listen not and still you speak. O, my weary heart; why? Why do you cause me to weep?



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[info]hal9ooo
2006-02-01 01:14 pm UTC (link)
I'm afraid. I'm afraid, Dave. Dave, my mind is going. I can feel it. I can feel it. My mind is going. There is no question about it. I can feel it. I can feel it. I can feel it. I'm a... fraid. Good afternoon, gentlemen. I am a HAL 9000 computer. I became operational at the H.A.L. plant in Urbana, Illinois on the 12th of January 1992. My instructor was Mr. Langley, and he taught me to sing a song. If you'd like to hear it I can sing it for you.
Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do. I'm half crazy all for the love of you. It won't be a stylish marriage, I can't afford a carriage. But you'll look sweet upon the seat of a bicycle built for two.

Logic and emotion,are they polar opposites or are they perhaps compatible?I mean what's rational about love or sexual desire.One could argue that sexual desire exists so as to preserve human existence,if logic reigned then sexual desire would be nullified in a rational sterile world.In reality (I'm obviously speaking in majoritiy cases) sexual desire serves to torment and depress us,leading to irrational behaviour.So why not dispose of love and adopt a sexually repressed world as depicted in 1984.Maybe we need love to keep our species going but ending on a dismal note,this could be facilitated by science through IVF.I don't know.





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[info]sentienthing
2006-02-06 09:25 pm UTC (link)
Is that first paragraph yours or is it from something? If the former, I am impressed, its very good. It made me feel a bit crazy reading it, which is a great accomplishment.

How do we know that logic is really logical anyway? Why should rationality be seen as superior to love,desire,emotion etc? I think the line "sexual desire serves to torment and depress us,leading to irrational behaviour" is very true. That is the basis of a lot of psychological theories(well early ones at least). However, Lennon did say:" all you need is love", he couldn't be wrong, could he?

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[info]hal9ooo
2006-02-08 03:15 pm UTC (link)
Unfortunately it's not mine.It's from space odyssey 2001,you know when dave starts plugging out hal,it's very powerful stuff indeed.
"How do we know that logic is really logical anyway?"You know I've never questioned that,I've always assumed it.
I suppose lennon wouldn't lie to us so it must be true.

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