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Thread: THE ULTIMATE QUESTION

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    Default THE ULTIMATE QUESTION

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    Grind is basically right
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    Grind’s got you beat by miles. He is very intelligent.

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    I would likely trade any of the other senses to keep sight, but not all of them. If I were blind, I could listen to electronic books, enjoy food, move to Nevada and get sex through hookers, and so forth. Plus, I simply cannot live without conversation in my life, which would be impossible except through writing/IM/etc.

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    Losing the sense of feeling would be massively damaging to your ability survive.

    Also, does this include non-traditional senses like your sense of balance? That would be an absolute disaster. You just wouldn't be able to function at all. There are plenty of blind people who can function in society, not many non-feeling, non-balancing, non-hearing, non-smelling, non-tasting people though. Plus, I definitely need music in my life. That's honestly more important than sight, although to produce music I'd probably need a second person to operate the DAW. Although losing sight would make it difficult to write, it wouldn't make it impossible. Plus without balance I couldn't get up off of a bed anyway.

    It would be a shame to lose reddit and facebook, though. And texting. And with time those sorts of communication are becoming more and more important.
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    just the 5 main senses


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    Quote Originally Posted by Mott the Hoople View Post
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    Grind’s got you beat by miles. He is very intelligent.

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    If you didn't have the sense of touch you wouldn't be able to walk.

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    Blindness separates us from things, but deafness separates us from people”. Helen Keller

    Losing hearing completely would be my worst thing.

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    hellen keller didn't know what the fuck she was talking about since she didn't get to experience the senses and can't know for sure which one would be better


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    Quote Originally Posted by Mott the Hoople View Post
    Grind is basically right
    Quote Originally Posted by Phantasmal View Post
    Grind’s got you beat by miles. He is very intelligent.

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    I like to taste food.
    Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
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    i like to SEE THINGS.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Mott the Hoople View Post
    Grind is basically right
    Quote Originally Posted by Phantasmal View Post
    Grind’s got you beat by miles. He is very intelligent.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PMP doesn't know who i am View Post
    i like to SEE THINGS.
    I like to feel sex, the smooth skin of a beautiful woman, smell her perfume, taste food (and other things).

    I like to be able to know when my hand is burning on the stove, I like to be able to know when I am in danger of freezing to death because it is cold.

    While I love to see things too, losing all four of the other senses would be totally unacceptable. If I had to choose between the above two options I would rather be able to enjoy sex than see.
    Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
    - -- Aristotle

    Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
    - -- The Buddha

    It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
    - -- Aristotle

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    Quote Originally Posted by Damocles View Post
    I like to feel sex, the smooth skin of a beautiful woman, smell her perfume, taste food (and other things).

    I like to be able to know when my hand is burning on the stove, I like to be able to know when I am in danger of freezing to death because it is cold.

    While I love to see things too, losing all four of the other senses would be totally unacceptable. If I had to choose between the above two options I would rather be able to enjoy sex than see.
    Damo, i think you need a cold shower quicksmart.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PMP doesn't know who i am View Post
    hellen keller didn't know what the fuck she was talking about since she didn't get to experience the senses and can't know for sure which one would be better
    Quote Originally Posted by Damocles View Post
    I like to feel sex, the smooth skin of a beautiful woman, smell her perfume..... If I had to choose between the above two options I would rather be able to enjoy sex than see.
    I see a parallel here between Helen Keller and Grind.....

    both will never experience it, so they don't know what they are missing....

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    A better comparison would be between sight and the senses besides balance and touch. Losing touch would be a god damned disaster.
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    Quote Originally Posted by PMP doesn't know who i am View Post
    hellen keller didn't know what the fuck she was talking about since she didn't get to experience the senses and can't know for sure which one would be better
    What she said makes sense, if you stop long enough to think about it.

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    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! That's not the Ulitmate Quesion! NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

    The ultimate question is...."Jeanie or Mary-Ann?"
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