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  1. By the way, what does your ID mean in English? Stuzal Iuday means "the proud, stubborn mule" whilst creala means "creative" and Atla, even though it sounds more like Atlas, is actually a concept closer to that of Aristotle's Prime Mover. Time is not an independent absolute, it is an objective measure of relative motion. The ground moves slower so "time" is also moving slower within it.
  2. The train is moving with two perceivers, one inside it and one outside. The doors are on the sides of the train. A light sensor on both doors triggers them to open as they hit by the same light source that is set equidistant from the two of them. The sensors receive the light and both doors open. To one of the observers, they open simultaneously and to the other, they open at different times. I'm not arguing the perception, I'm arguing, either they really open at the same time or not. Does the postulate that it's actually a different truth for each perceiver hold any truth?
  3. What I'm trying to ask is, space is a relative concept so far as it is a concept of the relation between objects but objectively definable as such. However, despite the perception of the two perceivers described in the incident, motion either begins separately or simultaneously, there is no middle ground, in which case, how can this postulate be true? Is it? My philosophy teacher is an Objectivist and was actually the person who introduced me to Ayn Rand, and yet, he agrees with this postulate. How could an idea like this fit into Objectivism? Does it?
  4. In my philosophy class today, an interesting discussion occured when one of my classmates brought up the issue of Einstein's Theory of Relativity. He quoted a postulate developed by leading physicists which stated something to the effect of "If a beam of light was fired at a train while it was moving and the doors of the train opened via light sensory mechanics. To an observer inside the train, the doors would open simultaneously but, to an observer standing outside, they would be off-timed, and yet, this is not a contradiction. My teacher explained this as a proof of space being a relative concept of location between objects. How does this differ from primacy of conciousness or any other idea of subjectivism?
  5. I think that just about fixes my misinterpretation of Free Will.
  6. That helped a lot. As for one of my commentors, what I meant by the integration of concepts is that the volitional focusing of one's mind allows for the practice of Occam's Razor via not focusing on things irrelevant and/or contradictory to the concept being formed/used.
  7. I've been having difficulty understanding Ayn Rand's reconcilliation of Free Will and Cause and Effect. I understand that it has to do with the formation of concepts via the translation of perceptual/sensory data into more abstract connections within the mind of the perceiving individual but, I don't get how that translates to Free Will.
  8. Both of you pose valid points. I realize that I need more training in the biological sciences to refine my claims (I'm looking to be a biotechnician), however, I think the location of and proving of the mental mechanism of free will via scientific research is certainly a worthy quest for me in the future, as well as my other idea of genetically engineering plants to better survive on Mars to help private space explorers.
  9. Actually, if the left and right brain hypothesis is correct, it may be the first definitive scientific proof of Ayn Rand's theory of Free Will. According the the Theory, mental qualities mostly associated with deductive/inductive ability, such as artistic talent and inovation, whilst the left half is associated with purely perceptive anylitical mentalities, with the inner brain's corpus collosum being the connector between the two. Therefore, I submit that the, since the corpus collosum is the connector between the reason dominated right brain and the perception dominated left brain, it is the most likely source of Free Will; or concept forming mechanism. This was most obviously demonstrated to me upon watching a documentary on the man (I can't remember his name) that was the inspiration for the main character of the movie Rainman. This man, as has been proven by science, has amazing perceptual abilities such as unbelievable memory but, due to an agenesis of the corpus collosum, is incapable of forming concepts and, therefore, by definition, not human.
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