Do you think that we are boxed-in in our thinking?

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  1. mikeconley11

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    I'm not sure what you're talking about here but have you ever heard of Ludwig Wittgenstein?
     
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    Nope. I've never heard of him or her. :)
     
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    Wittgenstein's thoughts are extremely influential in the formation of my cosmology. Now, I'm not sure what you're talking about but the thesis of my philosophy lies in the notion that we are constrained by our thoughts and that language represent the limit of this constraint or as Wittgenstein puts it:

    The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.

    It must be pointed out though that by language, I am not referring to its purpose as tool for communication. In line with Chomsky, I find such function as peripheral. Language to me is the ability to visualize and conceptualize perceptions in our mind and thus consequently its limit is the limit of your understanding of reality as well.
     
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    I'm lost. :(
     
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    I can’t see the image
     
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    I can't see them either, and I figured it was just me. I can see them using Chrome instead of Firefox, because they are apparently Chrome HTML documents rather than actual images.
     
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    Use chrome you nerd
     
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    Chrome blows. :(
     
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    No wonder sometimes I can't see the images.

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    I didn't understand what you said. Can you break it down for me? :(
     
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    Well, lets start with this; do you have any form of philosophical cosmology?
     
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    What's that?
     
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    What does God mean here?
     
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    The Judeo-Christian God.
     
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    How do you know it exist?
     
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    I don't. It is faith.
     

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