"Yum" or "ahh"? ,your choice

Originally posted by perth
Realise of course, Marichiko, that I no longer think 50 is old.

Such a nice young man! Of course you may help me across the street.

[Tomas Rueda]

I figure. the perception of age becomes clouded the afrther away it is. Like a ship 20 miles into the ocean can't really distinguish a light in the night as either a lighthouse or a beacon by sight. yet at 5 miles or so it is distinguishable.

thus the closer you are to a certain age then you can tell how does it feel.

Originally posted by Tomas Rueda
I figure. the perception of age becomes clouded the afrther away it is. Like a ship 20 miles into the ocean can't really distinguish a light in the night as either a lighthouse or a beacon by sight. yet at 5 miles or so it is distinguishable.

thus the closer you are to a certain age then you can tell how does it feel.

Oh, Grasshopper! For one so young, you are indeed wise!

[Tomas Rueda]

{Columbus, Cristopher; 1492. 20 miles off-shore of the Americas.}

Land, ho. Sail 14 degrees west... oops. never mind, let's go back to Spain.

...and thus America was not discovered until 200 years later. The End.

Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately, indeed), my young friend, unlike Columbus, time gives you no choice but to keep moving forward. You WILL "discover America" whether you want to or not.

[SteveDallas]

"Middle Age is 10 years ahead of where you are now"
--Mrs. Dallas

[xoxoxoBruce]

Thank Mrs Dallas profusely. I thought it was 10 years behind me.

[Tomas Rueda]

Originally posted by marichiko
Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately, indeed), my young friend, unlike Columbus, time gives you no choice but to keep moving forward. You WILL "discover America" whether you want to or not.

Does that mean that things are already planed out for us? You know, there are some scientists who believe that a thing does not exitst until someone places his/her gaze on it.

ex. there is a metal ball suspended above a trianglular wedge. on the sides of the wedge are buttons that activate two different circuits: 1- a mini-computer connected to a mini-robot that paints red. 2- a similar circuit like the above but it paints blue.

Everything above is contained in a sound-proof box.

question : How do you know which circuit has been activated without opening the box? the ball has 50-50 chance to fall either way.

hint: some scientists believe that both colors are painted on to the wall until some one opens the box and finds out that it had been painted of a certain color.

[wolf]

The cat is dead.

Originally posted by wolf
The cat is dead.

Schoedinger's dog got it.

To answer your question, Tomas. No I do not believe in fate or predestination or something like that. But when it comes to getting older, you have two choices. You can die and avoid progressing any further in age or you can continue to live your life. If you continue to live your life, you have no choice other than to experience 20, 30, 40 etc.

YOU won't exist as a 20 year old until time takes you to that point, so in that sense the age of 20 is a hypothetical question for you. You can make a construct of age 20, paint it 5 different colors, and place a dead cat inside, but when you finally open up that gift wrapped box on your 20th birthday, the one you have no choice but to open up because it beats the alternative, don't be surprised if a dalmation leaps out.

[Tomas Rueda]

Originally posted by marichiko


Schoedinger's dog got it.

Well, at least there is no dead cat, just painted boxes.

I'm 16 and when I was 5, I did not imagined the realities of being a teenager. In fact, I thought the way the average teenager acts was reserved for wild, skateboarding-like people.

oh, well. God only gives you one slice of life, no second servings whatsoever. So why don't we experience it to the fullest?

[Troubleshooter]

Originally posted by Tomas Rueda
God only gives you one slice of life, no second servings whatsoever. So why don't we experience it to the fullest?

That's only a valid question if you believe that sort of thing.

[perth]

Well, whether you believe it or not, he does have a point. No one can prove anything either way in that arena, as we have discussed over and over again here. Let's rephrase the question so as to avoid offending the hypersensitive :

Why not live life to it's fullest?

There, now that it's had all religious context removed, we're free to dicuss the point Tomas was trying to make.

[Troubleshooter]

Originally posted by perth
Let's rephrase the question so as to avoid offending the hypersensitive :

Not hypersensitive but assinine and querulous I'll admit.

[lumberjim]

i gotta agree with, ts. first of all, who can prove that there is a god. second of all, who says you only get one trip?

but more importantly: don;t speak in cliches....that makes my skin crawl. ..."live life to it's fullest"....... blech.