What are your biggest fears?

[]-wandering-raven-[]

I don't fear death,nor do I care about those who die.

It's just an unpleasanth thought

over the past few years half the group of friends I got got killed,and one commited suicide.

The fact one can be taken at any random point,scares me.
I care for those around me,more then I do for myself.

And yaeh,we're all decaying organisms..

we'd be just that if cars and razors didn't kill people now..

but I'm not really a persosn with lots of empathy.

Excluding a few people I won't care.

 

[El P8s]

I meant 'right' more in terms of 'succeeding', to always succeed at whatever you are doing. Personally, I prefer not being remembered and having a kind of assurance that no matter how bad I screw up, people will forget it in time. On the other hand I wouldn't do things intentionally to be remembered, but because they are important to me, so I see a win-win situation in going to be forgotten at some point.

Personal opinion no point arguing^^

I wonder how you'd benefit from that, seeing as you are dead.

To be honest I havn't totally figured that out yet myself but I will eventually.

Seems like classic 11.1 stuff.

That may be because it is you can get you're latinum at year 11 now in hessen if your grades are sufficiant

Difficult topic. One could spend litres of ink on writing books about that and hectolitres of beer on debating it. The first option is usually skipped.

It doesn't really matter anyway philosophy has as much importance to life than a bug to you when you squash it, I very much prefer science.

 

[Satorian]

It doesn't really matter anyway philosophy has as much importance to life than a bug to you when you squash it, I very much prefer science.

I think you are mistaken. And this issue isn't very easy to resolve. Epistemological philosophy is of highest importance to science when you claim knowledge on something. I don't see a way to set them up as something inherently opposed or just even different. In our days they might cover different areas of interest, but they are close relatives at least.
If you'd stick to your position, I'd dare you to define 'science' without philosophical allusions or an answer that is philosophical itself.

And I'd be interested to hear what your definition for either, science and philosophy, is.

 

[El P8s]

I think you are mistaken. And this issue isn't very easy to resolve. Epistemological philosophy is of highest importance to science when you claim knowledge on something. I don't see a way to set them up as something inherently opposed or just even different. In our days they might cover different areas of interest, but they are close relatives at least.
If you'd stick to your position, I'd dare you to define 'science' without philosophical allusions or an answer that is philosophical itself.
And I'd be interested to hear what your definition for either, science and philosophy, is.

Science can proove or disproove anything on our level of perception as long as the rules of the universe stay the same they are at the moment ,while philosophy just has the purpouse to find out what if it weren't this way what if our perception is wrong yadda yadda yadda it's a bit like thinking about somthing ,which isn't prooved existent would do or might not do to you if you have this or the other point of view on life or however you want to call your existance.
Science can do without philosophy but it can't do without spirituality setting a moral standart ,although you could consider this as a lesser complex form of philosphy.

 

[Satorian]

Proving things, labeling them facts or categorizing them as knowledge, are already philosophical issues. Validity of perception has a philosophical history.

And science doesn't explain anything, but it describes. Scientists work with models, and no scientist worth his salt would claim to know or be able to tell what things are.

Philosophy and science are similar in that a thesis is put forward, carried by different arguments (empiric, logical, mathematical, etc.) and then usually reviewed for its internal coherence and ability to fit in with established premises or prevail over them by merit, often by a form of peer review.

I think philosophy and science are structurally similar, but pose different questions to be answered and one historically predates and enables the other.

What sets science apart is a material and materially optimizing nature, of getting more (often for less). Science allows us to live longer, save more lives with less medicine and effort, build more cars with less resources, send more channels to more TVs for more people, give more and better housing to people, work less (hard) and allow more people to live in dignified circumstances. How can we get more? How can we get there faster? How can we get it cheaper?
It's more concerned with us humans as a whole and very materially driven.

Philosophy's questions and issues usually seem more personal to me. It's not only about how we can get more, but of what we want more or maybe should or shouldn't want more. Not only how we can get anywhere faster, but where we want to go in the first place and what we want and why we maybe shouldn't or couldn't want it. It's seems more reflective and introspective.

Well, to wrap my short rant up and cut it short: I don't think you can cut them apart. Different motivations, different fields, but similar structure and shared history.

 

[Broken Rose Ren]

Umm...my biggest fear is being unsuccessful. Believe it or not~

 

[Satorian]

Unsuccessful at what?

 

[miki78]

I'm afraid of being selfish and i'm afraid of hurting others I'm afraid of being regected i'm afraid of being alone i'm afraid of the dark things that fly i'm afraid of being laughed at.

 

[Haru-san`sTeiraa]

My biggest fear is death,not knowing whats beyond life.I try not to think about it but it sits in the back of my mind,ready to strike me at a moment`s notice.I`m scared that death will take everything from me,my friends,my family,my whole life.I dread not waking up one day,I dread that I`ll forget my life as I lived it.I don`t like to see deaths either.I have been to one funeral in my whole life,and it heightened my phobia to the point of anxiety attacks.I have gotten to the point where I`ve developed insomnia from staying up afraid that I`ll go to bed and won`t wake up.thats my biggest fear.

 

[retrodisease]

i have a slight fear of rejection also...but then again i persue something that i know will dissapoint me. i am not afraid of it enough to not take risks. but most of the time especially when it comes to guys, i just ponder and i stay quiet.
i am a different thinker and to them a freak...soooo i guess that their fear would be to take risks also. but then agian (argues with self) we all have standards and depending on what kind you have set for yourself, your subconscience will tell you things or make you do things that will lead your mobil conscience to take actions in achieving some of these standards, or push people away that do not live up.
i fear that all of my mental anomolies will never be spoken off because i know that i will work hard to explain everything about each one.
an on going problem now....my voice is not being heard and then agian i am apparently in the wrong place

 

[Flashjeff]

Large, vicious dogs. I don't know why, but they give me the heebie-jeebies like nothing else.

 

[El P8s]

Proving things, labeling them facts or categorizing them as knowledge, are already philosophical issues. Validity of perception has a philosophical history.
And science doesn't explain anything, but it describes. Scientists work with models, and no scientist worth his salt would claim to know or be able to tell what things are.
Philosophy and science are similar in that a thesis is put forward, carried by different arguments (empiric, logical, mathematical, etc.) and then usually reviewed for its internal coherence and ability to fit in with established premises or prevail over them by merit, often by a form of peer review.
I think philosophy and science are structurally similar, but pose different questions to be answered and one historically predates and enables the other.
What sets science apart is a material and materially optimizing nature, of getting more (often for less). Science allows us to live longer, save more lives with less medicine and effort, build more cars with less resources, send more channels to more TVs for more people, give more and better housing to people, work less (hard) and allow more people to live in dignified circumstances. How can we get more? How can we get there faster? How can we get it cheaper?
It's more concerned with us humans as a whole and very materially driven.
Philosophy's questions and issues usually seem more personal to me. It's not only about how we can get more, but of what we want more or maybe should or shouldn't want more. Not only how we can get anywhere faster, but where we want to go in the first place and what we want and why we maybe shouldn't or couldn't want it. It's seems more reflective and introspective.
Well, to wrap my short rant up and cut it short: I don't think you can cut them apart. Different motivations, different fields, but similar structure and shared history.

I think you misunderstood me philosophy is something ,which is totally dependant on you're point of view ,while the rules of nature applay to everyone even if he doesn't accept them.
And as you said philosophy deals with questions like where?why? etc. but these questions at least in my opinion are now being answered by the economy being the main motor of all the change no matter if its social,political or if it envolves science.
Questions may still be answered by philosophers but no one will take any notice because the voice of "wisdom" is no comparison to the voice of the mass of consumers demanding better products faster more easy to handle etc.
So the great philosophical questions as why are we here? have been replaced by the question of supply and demand.