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If an emotion or idea is thought, but never put forth by written or spoken word, does it still exist? It all falls back on the theory that it isn't who you are on the inside, but the person you appear as to others on the outside who is the real "you". It was once written that a truly evil man can do purely good deeds and practice nothing but kindness throughout his entire life and only on his deathbed say "I fooled you". Is he still an evil man? If we keep all of our stories and ideas in our minds and never express them, are they really worth anything? Can we say, "I am a very emotional person, I just never show it."? If we have a brilliant idea and yet never share it with anyone, can we still call ourselves genii? If a tree cracks in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it still make a sound?
Just a thought.
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If a tree falls in the woods
If a tree falls in the woods and no one is there to hear it then it doesn't make a sound as its your ear that actually makes a sound a sound. So I guess if you apply the same idea to the "evil man" if he never actually does any evil deeds, then you can't really call him evil if no one has ever felt the effects of his evil. Thats just what I think anyways...
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OK, that all depends on what you consider the observer. Quantum mechanics, the new fad of the science world, is showing that you need to define an observer. Now, granted that's a bit general... let me try to rephrase. Scientists say that the observer can be us... (the reason conciousness is such a problem, and needs to be understood) However, the current (i hesitate to use this word) myth is that there is an ultimate observer. Something that can observe everything that exists. (can you say god?) On our level, if a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it... the answer is, no it does not make a sound, just like in your example that an evil man lives his life with kindness... the outside world will only observe kindness, and hence believe he is a kind person; however, the evil man is still an observer of himself... to him he is an evil person. If you take the side of the ultimate observer, then he is at heart an evil man... However, also consider in this example "we are not judged by the feelings in our hearts, but rather how we act on them." so... take your pick from which observer you want to see life from. Ahh the joys of quantum... is your head hurting yet?
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