Origin of Life (Pt2) (Introduction)

by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Thursday, December 31, 2009, 16:06 (5440 days ago) @ BBella

BBella AND David,-> > What drives me in this search? The ancient drive for truth. If I hold one virtue dear, it is that I hold truth above all else--in as many things as possible. Nietzsche once wrote that a man should only try to master one virtue, and the one that I had chosen well before that was truth. 
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> I had to finally give up the pursuit of truth (the big T) not that many years ago and replace it with trust as my one virtue to master. It has already paid off many times over...something truth never did. Truth is fine when you are young and have the belief "it's out there"...but eventually it wears you down and you have to replace it for something more suited for your speed.
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> bb-As politely as I can possibly say this, it sounds to me that in both cases, there is a sacrifice of truth for convenience; the human brain likes things to be solved. It wants to worry about other things. I AM NOT trying to be rude in this observation, but sometimes I admit to just not knowing the right tact. Both David's and BBella's comments resolve to my ears as "giving up the game." -In my own case, my path is that of a computer scientist/mathematician. I have all the patience in the world for truth, because as far as what I'll be doing for the rest of my life, truth is it. And by that I mean simply that both programming and math are very clear and require "true" or "false." I understand that both of you are at different points in your lives, but this... drive for me I've always recognized as something that has been with me. -But did I train myself, or did my brain train me? I don't see myself as getting worn down or in David's case, needing to make a decision before he leaves the world. -What is clear to me, is that my time spent with Nietzsche trained me to accept certain things exactly as they are. If something is clearly not solved yet, then it is unsolved. If it is unsolved, we shouldn't make a claim that assumes it is, else we serve only ourselves and not the greater cause of mankind. -Respectfully,
Matt

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\"Why is it, Master, that ascetics fight with ascetics?\"

\"It is, brahmin, because of attachment to views, adherence to views, fixation on views, addiction to views, obsession with views, holding firmly to views that ascetics fight with ascetics.\"