Posted by No.2pencil on November 17, 1998 at 13:09:40: In Reply to: Re:To ignorant Jason posted by Jason on November 17, 1998 at 00:16:17:
: : I have found the "real world" to be to limiting. The mind's imagination is infinite yet we are limited in the "real world" to the scientific laws of the "real world". Maybe if I had the imagination of a cow I would be content with the "real world" because my imagination would be limited and the universe is limiting.
: You seem quite "limited" in your vocabulary, but that's not my point. I'm sure Einsteen, Galileo, Socrates, Pythagoras and all of the other countless minds of the 'pre-TV' era believed they had more than the imagination of a cow....but I may be wrong.
: : I have a much more advanced mind than the animals that is capable of visualizing anything,nothing is impossible for me to visualize, yet in the "real world" it is impossible for me to will it into exsitance.Not a perfect match. If the Imagination expands, what is possible must expand. I can't be happy living in the same world as the cow, or as you call it the "real world". In the Telivision World you are limited only by your imagination.And nothing is impossible.
: To Pencil:
: Let me ask you, have you ever read a book? I don't want to provide you with more limitations, however it certainly is a good place to let your imagination run wild.
: Believe me, if you manage to haul yourself away from the computer and the television, there is plenty happening in the 'real world' that is far beyond your imagination.
: My point is simple, you are now relying on other people to provide you with entertainment such as the TV, Internet, etc. (which is fine - hell I do it too), but you don't seem understand the idea that you are probably able to amuse yourself far more convincingly than any fictional TV series.
: 'Ignorant' Jason
To Jason:
In this universe science dictates what is possible. Not imagination. I can imagine myself walking on water, but if I step off the boat I'm going to fall into the water. This is because of the scientific law of gravity. Therefore science,or the "real world" has limited me in what I can accomplish. Everything in this scientific universe is created for survival or need. You have hair not so you can look "cool" but to cover your head. Your eye lashes act as screens to protect your eyes. The shape of your ear allows you to hear from all directions with out having to turn them around like cats,dogs,etc. who twist their ears about.The pigment in the skin is to protect you from the sun. Nothing is created for Artistic reasons. You can say you like the way it looks, but it's purpose was not to look good, it was all for scientific reasons. I personally find a universe based on science too contraining for my extremely Artistically creative mind. I don't think in terms of survival and science and what purpose it will surve. But rather how what can I create that shifts my emotions from sad to happy. Something that I emotionally interpret as beautiful or wonderous and therefore makes me glad. In watching television I am looking in on a universe that instead of being based on science, it is based on Art. Where characters are physically created not for survival, but for how their appearance affects you emotionally(such as 2-D,and 3-D animated characters)whose very physical body is not limited to science and the "real world". They are only limited by their imagination, nothing is impossible. T.V. is like a window into that Artistic Universe. By watching T.V. I'm saying that the "realworld"/Scientific Universe doesn't hold my interest compared to even "participating" in the Artistic Universe. So you take the "real world" and worry about how you are going to survive another day, and hope that science is working in your favor in a dog-eat-dog "real world", and I'll be flying around in Neverland,and OZ,hanging with the sailorscouts, while in my Artistically inspired body.