How would You Feel if You (Accidentally) Retrieve a Lost Memory-Card?

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   God shetposted 10 years ago

   
   
   What if you accidentally ran through a 4-gb memory card which contains photographs and videos of the childhood of Alexander 'the Great? Imagine that you have discovered an 8-gb microSD card which is full of multimedia and depicts the everyday life of William Shakespeare.
   
   Imagine that you have been given a 32-gb memory card where the everyday life of the first human being(s) have been recoded in 4k resolution. Imagine that you find a separate folder where you discover compressed, highly-edited and fast forwarded videos that showcase the origin of the first stars ~ and that of the entire universe.
   
   
   Wouldn't these data revolutionize the way that you view yourself, the world, and the universe? Wouldn't it tear and shatter the belief-systems that you have taught, around these phenomena?
   
   
   
   
   The 'point' that I want to convey is this:  that it's (almost) impossible to convey the reality of anything ~ to anyone ~ being entirely dependent on written or spoken words ~ and other such means of communications: you have to see 'it' yourself to become (fully) aware of it.
   
   Our education systems are based entirely on 'secondhand interpretation' method. Our teachers are obsessed with 'books' as if they (books) are valid substitutes for 'awareness' that is generated by experienceing something directly, as explained above.
   
   
   It's time that we shift our paradigms and engage directly with reality as a whole.

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      EncephaloiDeadposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      So, is this thread about not wanting to learn anything?

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      Rad Manposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Gotta learn how to read before one becomes an historian or and astrophysicist. Although when the child isn't in school the parent can take them on nature walks.

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         God shetposted 10 years agoin reply to this

         That is what the parent thinks.
         
         The essential argument is that one does not need to read any history books if he/she could manage to see the video footages of all the major historical events themselves. They might still find history books helpful and worthwhile as they (history books) provide instant access to 'dates' and such references.
         
         
         It's not even an essential requirement that they know how to read and write to understand the meaning of those footages.

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            wildernessposted 10 years agoin reply to this

            While the book and movie both have their strong points, the book can always provide more detailed information than the movie ever can.  It's a little difficult to "show" the beauty of Einsteins relativity equations, for example, but it comes through clearly on paper.

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               God shetposted 10 years agoin reply to this

               "While the book and movie both have their strong points, the book can always provide more detailed information than the movie ever can."
               
               ~ I have no idea how you mean that.
               
               
               
               "It's a little difficult to "show" the beauty of Einsteins relativity equations, for example, but it comes through clearly on paper."
               
               ~ There you have another example of 'knowledge' without awareness. The universe is too big to come down on a piece of paper. Yes, you might understand it theoretically ~ but you might be misinterpreting the reality of the universe at the same time, rather drastically.

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                  Rad Manposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                  Don't learn because you may be wrong?

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                  Link10103posted 10 years agoin reply to this

                  I guess you have never seen a movie that was adapted from a book. The book is always more detailed

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                     God shetposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                     That's what adaptations always do when they attempt to interpret reality into another medium.

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                        Link10103posted 10 years agoin reply to this

                        So you know exactly what wilderness meant before then. You like to play with words a lot don't you?

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                           God shetposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                           I'm assuming that you have not read through this thread.
                           
                           1. wildeness suggested that a book is better than a movie when both of these are tying to convey a reality to the same recipient. He refutes his own argument a while later:
                           
                           "No, movies can and do give an overview that books never can,"
                           
                           http://hubpages.com/forum/post/2656225
                           
                           
                           
                           2. He had another point which goes like this: "It's a little difficult to "show" the beauty of Einsteins relativity equations, for example, but it comes through clearly on paper" ~ to which I asnwered, that the method that he has described misrepresents reality. Here is it:
                           
                           "The universe is too big to come down on a piece of paper. Yes, you might understand it theoretically ~ but you might be misinterpreting the reality of the universe at the same time, rather drastically."
                           
                           http://hubpages.com/forum/post/2656216

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                              Link10103posted 10 years agoin reply to this

                              And the point of this is what? You made a claim and wilderness refuted it. You said you didn't understand it only to explain it right after.
                              
                              This is all within context of the OP as well... So again, what are you getting at?

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                                 God shetposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                                 You might like to ask that to yourself regarding your persistent desire of asking irrelevant questions.

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                                    Link10103posted 10 years agoin reply to this

                                    Ahh, silly me. How could I overlook a point that you didn't actually make rather than backlink to previous comments that are all within the context of the topic.
                                    
                                    I do have to wonder if any if your forum threads make sense at this point. 2 for 2 right now

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                                       God shetposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                                       Much thanks to you for admitting all these.

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                  wildernessposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                  And without the knowledge of what fine detail we've learned that "awareness" is most often very, very much out of synch with reality.  Flat earth, for instance, or the egocentrism of thinking the earth was the center of things.  The idea of alchemy or astrology; the tale of an unknown, invisible, indetectable creature from another universe that made this one.  Such things come from looking at nature and making up stories about what should be instead of what is. 
                  
                  No, movies can and do give an overview that books never can, but books give understanding and awareness that watching an artist's rendition of what he thinks happened can never produce.  There is far more to awareness and knowledge than the emotional state of the mind.

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                     God shetposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                     "No, movies can and do give an overview that books never can, but books give understanding and awareness that watching an artist's rendition of what he thinks happened can never produce.  There is far more to awareness and knowledge than the emotional state of the mind."
                     
                     ~ Quite irrelevant to the point of coversation.
                     
                     
                     
                     "And without the knowledge of what fine detail we've learned that "awareness" is most often very, very much out of synch with reality.  Flat earth, for instance, or the egocentrism of thinking the earth was the center of things.  The idea of alchemy or astrology; the tale of an unknown, invisible, indetectable creature from another universe that made this one.  Such things come from looking at nature and making up stories about what should be instead of what is."
                     
                     ~ No one would imagine those 'possibilities' had they seen those footages that I've mentioned in the opening post (and during the conversation as well).

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                        wildernessposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                        Really?  I've seen movies of the big bang, with more historical accuracy than any presented by any religious group.  I don't think it would have stopped any alchemist or astrologer, though...

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                           God shetposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                           Perhaps they don't have much faith on 3D animation.

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            Rad Manposted 10 years agoin reply to this

            So rather than educating children to read we should all actively look for video footage of events that took place before camera's were invented.
            
            Wow, you are really on to something this time. I'll order my two in university and one in high school to stay home and start looking under rocks, they must be around here somewhere. Where did Joseph Smith find those Gold plates again...

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               God shetposted 10 years agoin reply to this

               They would revolutionize the world if they 'magange' to find those footages.

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                  Rad Manposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                  Unfollowing...

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                     God shetposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                     Keep coming.

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            Lionrhodposted 10 years agoin reply to this

            Being able to see these events would be nifty, but it still doesn't mean you'd necessarily understand the context of those events.

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      Righteous Atheistposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      And how is something "recorded on an SD card" not second hand exactly?
      
      You need to shift your paradigm to engage reality.

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         God shetposted 10 years agoin reply to this

         Perhaps anyone would tolerate that much secondhandedness on that issue ~ given the nature of the alternatives they have at hand.

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            Righteous Atheistposted 10 years agoin reply to this

            3 words for ya.
            
            CGI.

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               God shetposted 10 years agoin reply to this

               Computer Generated Imagery? That's something fundamentally man-made.

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                  Righteous Atheistposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                  And an SD card is not?

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                     God shetposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                     An SD card is a container.

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                        Righteous Atheistposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                        A Fundamentally man made container.

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                           God shetposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                           Like a spacesuit.

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                              Righteous Atheistposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                              And a car.

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                                 God shetposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                                 Exactly.

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                                    Righteous Atheistposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                                    Glad we got that cleared up.

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                                       God shetposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                                       You're always welcome.

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                              Link10103posted 10 years agoin reply to this

                              And the edit button

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      HowardBThinameposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Since there is no ability to view these past events - the point is moot.
      
      Even if it WERE possible, it would not be a practice in faith-building, since we can safely deduce that most of the stories we've heard are colored by the lens of mythology.

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