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Speaking of challenges to a point of view: Plenty of passengers ride the bus, but the bus is not redefined by this. Smell, sickness, graffiti, background nois
by chair6 9y ago
Speaking of challenges to a point of view:
Plenty of passengers ride the bus, but the bus is not redefined by this.
Smell, sickness, graffiti, background noise, and even the occasional pleasant conversation.. all things passengers bring to the bus that may not actually redefine it but do potentially have lasting impact on the bus itself and shape the experience for all parties involved.
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- posterboy 9y agoThe whole problem is anthropomorphism. There is no bus, there am just I, and the bus is part of my experience. There are no other people, even -- only me and that which looks and behaves similar to me. So I rationalize exterior events as just as involuntary as my own thought. When I rationalize that as free will, I must rationalize other exterior stimuli as expected, wanted and willed, too, but then there is no interior left. Which is a contradiction, so nihilism is the only solution. If that sounds like bollocks, I will still find a way to rationalize that. > Plenty of passengers ride the bus, but the bus is not redefined by this. The busriding-experience is shaped, which is all that matters. How many parts of a ship can you change until it's not the same ship anymore? There never was a ship to begin with. Just a build. Perhaps this is why Americans love the gerund. "building" is a process and an object at the same time. > ... lasting impact on the bus itself and shape the experience for all parties involved This prompted me to answer. I couldn't say it better.