five philosophical questions

[datasuspect]

1. what is the nature of being?

2. what assumptions/presuppositions generally influence your perception?

3. if that which is, is; what is not?

4. what is the primary substance which permeates all real things?

5. if a bear shits in the woods, does it fart too?

[skygazer]

1. five answers

1. what is the nature of being?

it is.

2. what assumptions/presuppositions generally influence your perception?

the assumption that those I'm interacting with are most likely morans.

3. if that which is, is; what is not?

that which isn't.

4. what is the primary substance which permeates all real things?

duct tape.

5. if a bear shits in the woods, does it fart too?

indubitably.

[Haole Girl]

2. I shall do my very best...*snickers*

1. what is the nature of being? Being

2. what assumptions/presuppositions generally influence your perception? People will be people

3. if that which is, is; what is not? Not? :shrug:

4. what is the primary substance which permeates all real things? Being real

5. if a bear shits in the woods, does it fart too? I don't know...never been that close to one! lol

[La Lioness Priyanka]

3. ok

1. what is the nature of being? surviving

2. what assumptions/presuppositions generally influence your perception? education makes a big difference

3. if that which is, is; what is not? that which isnt

4. what is the primary substance which permeates all real things? dont know

5. if a bear shits in the woods, does it fart too? yes

[Dr. Strange]

4. Locking

No primary substance permeation threads please.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

5. hmmmm

1. what is the nature of being? The Unbearable Lightness of Being.

2. what assumptions/presuppositions generally influence your perception? My eyeglasses.

3. if that which is, is; what is not? that which is a knot?

4. what is the primary substance which permeates all real things? Oatmeal, sticks to your ribs.

5. if a bear shits in the woods, does it fart too? Thats why Yogi called him Boo-boo.

[Aristus]

6. This answer answers all five:

FORTY-TWO!

[Chan790]

7. Eureka!

1. what is the nature of being?

If existence is not predicated on the basis on consciousness of being, it cannot have a nature separate from its' genesis nor divisible from its' observer in any sense in which it can be known a priori.

2. what assumptions/presuppositions generally influence your perception?

I cannot know anything empirically because I cannot know anything in a state unaltered by my sensory experience of it. Anything I cannot sense I cannot know, anything I cannot know I cannot presume into existence except within a state of fantasy and want.

3. if that which is, is; what is not?

All beyond that which can be known empirically.

4. what is the primary substance which permeates all real things?

Energy. All which exists has energy.

5. if a bear shits in the woods, does it fart too?

Your hypothetical bear doesn't exist. It is an object only within this query, therefore not being real; its' actions are not limited by our imagination of them.

[datasuspect]

11. buddy

sounds like you got some book learnin'

[Burma Jones]

8. I will answer as the typical GOPer

1. what is the nature of being? - getting stuff

2. what assumptions/presuppositions generally influence your perception? - there's something in it for me

3. if that which is, is; what is not? - that which has little money

4. what is the primary substance which permeates all real things? - money

5. if a bear shits in the woods, does it fart too? - Sure, but that wacko Al Gore wants to outlaw bear farts

[datasuspect]

12. that is a serendipitous response.

[SOteric]

9. What-the-heck, - 5 philosophical answers.

1. what is the nature of being?

The nature of being is: Shit happens. Literally, I mean. We're extremely complex self-replicating poop machines who both by our lives and our demise are designed to fertilize Mother Earth. We succeed if we crap a lot. We fail if we get on Al Gore's shitlist. From the shit that happens, we can extrapolate the existence of a benevolent Supreme Being by the holy trinity:

• Chocolate exists (female Nirvana)
• Pizza exists (neutral Nirvana), and
• beer exists (male Nirvana).

2. what assumptions/presuppositions generally influence your perception?
I work with donkeys.

3. if that which is, is; what is not?
That which is not can be found and studied over in GD-P. Where along with 'Everything,' - 'Nothing' is held sacred. Simultaneously.

4. what is the primary substance which permeates all real things?
To answer this question I propose a household experiment. First you'll need to reference question number one. Next, you'll need a fan. Alternatively, you could just witness the ensuing phenomenon by yet again visiting GD-P.

5. if a bear shits in the woods, does it fart too?
...And the Pope is still Catholic.

[azmouse]

10. Cheese is the answer to everything.

<:3)~~~~~~~

[datasuspect]

14. i like cheese.

from my head down to my knees.

i like cheese.

[BarenakedLady]

13. I like pink!

1. what is the nature of being? I am, I said.

2. what assumptions/presuppositions generally influence your perception? That I am always right.

3. if that which is, is; what is not? that which isn't

4. what is the primary substance which permeates all real things? my belief in them.

5. if a bear shits in the woods, does it fart too? bears are too classy for farts

[SOteric]

16. RE: #5....

You mean they just explode when they turn forty?

[krispos42]

15. Easy!

1. Beer
2. Beer
3. Beer/light beer
4. Beer
5. Beer farts