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Author: darwinistdarwinist Date: Oct 19, 2006 23:19
When do you seek discomfort?
Is it only for the purpose of greater, broader or future comfort?
What is your philosophy regarding this state or sensation?
How can we get immediate comfort without too much endangering its
future?
Please opine and rant, even if only a little.
Here is my belief in brief:
There is nothing more important. Everything we have evolved to pursue,
(eg food, sex, security, understanding), gives us comfort. Conflicts
between our plans or values, are uncomfortable.
Comfort is the points awarded in the evolved information-game of
human-self-awareness. It encourages our mind, for doing a good job, or
being in a good place. We get it from memories, expectations,
sensations and experiences, anything our mind can perceive. The role of
education and philosophy is to learn to secure comfort sustainably.
>From the king of capturing clever ideas:
"A man will do anything, no matter what it is, to secure his spiritual
comfort; and he can neither be forced nor persuaded to any act which
has not that goal for its object." - Mark Twain, 'What is Man'
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Author: galathaeagalathaea Date: Oct 19, 2006 23:46
darwinist wrote:
> When do you seek discomfort?
> Is it only for the purpose of greater, broader or future comfort?
> What is your philosophy regarding this state or sensation?
> How can we get immediate comfort without too much endangering its
> future?
>
> Please opine and rant, even if only a little.
>
> Here is my belief in brief:
> There is nothing more important. Everything we have evolved to pursue,
> (eg food, sex, security, understanding), gives us comfort. Conflicts
> between our plans or values, are uncomfortable.
>
> Comfort is the points awarded in the evolved information-game of
> human-self-awareness. It encourages our mind, for doing a good job, or
> being in a good place. We get it from memories, expectations,
> sensations and experiences, anything our mind can perceive. The role of
> education and philosophy is to learn to secure comfort sustainably.
> ...
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Author: Sir FrederickSir Frederick Date: Oct 19, 2006 23:51
On 19 Oct 2006 23:19:12 -0700, "darwinist" gmail.com> wrote:
>When do you seek discomfort?
>Is it only for the purpose of greater, broader or future comfort?
>What is your philosophy regarding this state or sensation?
>How can we get immediate comfort without too...
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Author: darwinistdarwinist Date: Oct 20, 2006 00:19
Sir Frederick wrote:
> On 19 Oct 2006 23:19:12 -0700, "darwinist" gmail.com> wrote:
>>>When do you seek discomfort?
>>Is it only for the purpose of greater, broader or future comfort?
>>What is your philosophy regarding this state or sensation?
>>How can we get immediate comfort without too much endangering its
>>future?
>>
>>Please opine and rant, even if only a little.
>>
> Probably not, though comfort is a shifting goal.
> When I had kidney stones, I learned that pain
> is god. The pain was what held my attention.
> When the pain decreased, I slept to find the energy
> to face the pain again. Comfort was simply not
> available.
> Today I bare surgery scars and memories. Not the
> same as pain. I think I do have some Post Traumatic
> Stress Syndrome as I cannot handle any stress at all. ...
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Author: darwinistdarwinist Date: Oct 20, 2006 00:52
galathaea wrote:
> darwinist wrote:
>> When do you seek discomfort?
>> Is it only for the purpose of greater, broader or future comfort?
>> What is your philosophy regarding this state or sensation?
>> How can we get immediate comfort without too much endangering its
>> future?
>>
>> Please opine and rant, even if only a little.
>>
>> Here is my belief in brief:
>> There is nothing more important. Everything we have evolved to pursue,
>> (eg food, sex, security, understanding), gives us comfort. Conflicts
>> between our plans or values, are uncomfortable.
>>
>> Comfort is the points awarded in the evolved information-game of
>> human-self-awareness. It encourages our mind, for doing a good job, or
>> being in a good place. We get it from memories, expectations,
>> sensations and experiences, anything our mind can perceive. The role of
>> education and philosophy is to learn to secure comfort sustainably. ...
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Author: Michael GrayMichael Gray Date: Oct 20, 2006 02:46
>When do you seek discomfort?
Never been bungy jumping, ridden a roller coaster, or got drunk?
>Is it only for the purpose of greater, broader or future comfort?
>What is your philosophy regarding this state or sensation?
>How can we get immediate comfort without too much endangering its
>future...
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Author: L JusticeL Justice Date: Oct 20, 2006 05:27
I've reasoned out that there are two types of comfort.
I'll give examples to hopefully make myself clear.
There is comfort that we get as a result of fulfilling needs wether
psychological or basic. But it is only a by-product, not something to seek
in and of itself (comfort, I mean).
Then there is comfort, for the sake of comfort. That may be, watching
television, listening to music, having a coffee, smoking a cigarette.
It is preferable to seek seccurity than it is comfort in and of itself
because through security we will necessarily feel comfort but in feeling
comfort we may not feel true lasting security.
"darwinist" gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1161325152.478027.102130@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...> When do you seek discomfort?
> Is it only for the purpose of greater, broader or future...
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Author: gibbsgibbs Date: Oct 20, 2006 05:29
> When do you seek discomfort?
> Is it only for the purpose of greater, broader or future comfort?
> What is your philosophy regarding this state or sensation?
> How can we get immediate comfort without too much endangering its
> future?
Emotional satisfaction. We want to be comfortable as part of our
never-ending drive towards emotional satisfaction.
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Author: Anthony G. RubinoAnthony G. Rubino Date: Oct 20, 2006 07:35
There are many things more important than comfort. Comfort becomes
important only when there is some discomfort that is not to one's
liking. It is also possible to find comfort in discomfort.
It is a pecularity of human nature that the least important thing, if
made a 'matter of principle' can become important enough to risk life
and limb. Similarly the most important things can be ignored.
There are many tributes to the foibles of man. Check out the Darwin
awards.
Well judge, it was New Year's Eve. It seemed like a good idea at the
time.
Tony, philosopher
http://www.geocities.com/trisector/
So many misconceptions, so little time.
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Author: galathaeagalathaea Date: Oct 20, 2006 08:04
darwinist wrote:
> galathaea wrote:
>> darwinist wrote:
>>> When do you seek discomfort?
>>> Is it only for the purpose of greater, broader or future comfort?
>>> What is your philosophy regarding this state or sensation?
>>> How can we get immediate comfort without too much endangering its
>>> future?
>>>
>>> Please opine and rant, even if only a little.
>>>
>>> Here is my belief in brief:
>>> There is nothing more important. Everything we have evolved to pursue,
>>> (eg food, sex, security, understanding), gives us comfort. Conflicts
>>> between our plans or values, are uncomfortable.
>>>
>>> Comfort is the points awarded in the evolved information-game of
>>> human-self-awareness. It encourages our mind, for doing a good job, or
>>> being in a good place. We get it from memories, expectations,
>>> sensations and experiences, anything our mind can perceive. The role of ...
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