Anyone else think the concept of karma is inherently flawed?

Anyone else think the concept of karma is inherently flawed?
by

1 Answer

Answer :

I asked the same question three days ago. The general agreement was that there is no such thing as karma
by

Related questions

Do you believe in karma?

Description : Do you believe in karma?

Last Answer : I’m afraid of what might happen if I say “no”, so I’m abstaining for now.

Do you believe in a concept of free will?

Description : Do you believe in a concept of free will?

Last Answer : answer:I believe in the concept. I do not believe humans possess it. The illusion of such seems to be enough for most people. Though most probably never consider that the illusion might be scientifically explicable.

Ayn Rand: Can someone explain this concept without sounding selfish?

Description : Ayn Rand: Can someone explain this concept without sounding selfish?

Last Answer : answer:It is selfishness. She even says so. There’s a piece called “The Virtue of Selfishness”. Her writing is awful and tedious. Don’t waste your time. Or if you feel you absolutely must understand this “libertarian” nonsense, read Robert Nozick or Friedrich Hayek instead.

Do you wish to be someone else?

Description : Do you wish to be someone else?

Last Answer : No.

According to Kant, why is helping someone bad if its to look good to someone else?

Description : According to Kant, why is helping someone bad if its to look good to someone else?

Last Answer : Do you mean that Kant is saying that there is no pure altruism?

What does it mean for something to be ontologically prior to something else?

Description : What does it mean for something to be ontologically prior to something else?

Last Answer : answer:Thing X is ontologically prior to Thing Y if and only if Thing X does not depend on Thing Y in order to be, but Thing Y does depend on Thing X in order to be. Thing X does not ... adult, but in order to be a healthy, well-adjusted child are generally raised by healthy, well-adjusted adults.

Why elite athletes inherently different from everyone else?

Description : Why elite athletes inherently different from everyone else?

Last Answer : They tend to have more fast-twitch or slow-twitch fibers, depending on what kind of athlete they are.

How does the concept of reincarnation and karma affect the way we live our lives?

Description : How does the concept of reincarnation and karma affect the way we live our lives?

Last Answer : Speaking as a Buddhist - Reincarnation? Eh, whatever. Karma? Much less mystical than westerners like to believe. “As you sow, so shall you reap” – that’s karma. Act like a dick and people will treat you like a dick. That’s karma.

Is anyone a fan of author Phillip K. Dick?

Description : Is anyone a fan of author Phillip K. Dick?

Last Answer : answer:I just read The Man in the High Castle after seeing it mentioned in an article about alternative history fiction (in the book the Germany and Japan won WWII. Japan occupies the US west coast and the Nazis have the east coast.) It was good, not great.

Has anyone ever read the book called Sophies World by Jostein Gaarder?? If so would you say it is a good read?

Description : Has anyone ever read the book called Sophies World by Jostein Gaarder?? If so would you say it is a good read?

Last Answer : Yep, i did read it, after i tried to read books written by philosophers which proved to be too difficult for me, and it is a good story to begin to understand it. If i recollect correct it was written for youth, not sure though. There is also a movie made of the book.

What benefits do you derive from a website that allows you to ask any question and allows anyone to answer that questions?

Description : What benefits do you derive from a website that allows you to ask any question and allows anyone to answer that questions?

Last Answer : you’d be surprised

How accurate do you think this quote from a famous Indian Guru is?

Description : How accurate do you think this quote from a famous Indian Guru is?

Last Answer : I don’t think ‘retarded’ is the right word. I would have used ‘stupid’. Or maybe ‘simple’.

What do you think of the hippie movement and hedonism?

Description : What do you think of the hippie movement and hedonism?

Last Answer : A couple of points. The Hippie movement of the 1960s-1970s is NOT the Hippie Movement of 2019. I don't know what sort of event you are describing in your question. The Hippie movement of ... re either paranoid or overly cynical. Not everything needs a rationale. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

What do you think about this video as an argument against determinism?

Description : What do you think about this video as an argument against determinism?

Last Answer : As I understand it, Determinism is the belief that all events are caused, or acted upon, by prior events. Nothing happens without cause. I think that the video posits an argument for Indeterminism; that is ... are not caused by prior events and that may, or may not, have effect on future events.

Do you think it’s unusual for someone to understand complex and abstract philosophical ideas but still have a learning disability in math?

Description : Do you think it’s unusual for someone to understand complex and abstract philosophical ideas but still have a learning disability in math?

Last Answer : Math is built on logic and on itself. Most students fail at math when they fall behind and try to do math without the more fundimental math. Then most give up. Also the Matrix was alluding to ... math, because the class was too perfect. No unknowns for fun answers are in the back of the textbook

What do you think of this analogy? (Details)

Description : What do you think of this analogy? (Details)

Last Answer : Men are like pigs.

What do you think about Texas' new abortion rules? (Details )

Description : What do you think about Texas' new abortion rules? (Details )

Last Answer : “I believe it is imperative to establish higher standards that reflect our respect for the sanctity of life,” he said in the email, from the state that looks for any way it can to increase the rate of state executions.

Do you think normality is subjective?

Description : Do you think normality is subjective?

Last Answer : Yes, principally because it is defined by the observer. If it was objective, normality would have a generally agreed upon definition.

What do you think about this approach to talking about morality?

Description : What do you think about this approach to talking about morality?

Last Answer : answer:I will use religion to illustrate my thoughts on this. Most if not all religions have the same moral obligation tools in their tool boxes. It will be how they employ these tools based on ... a discussion. Neither one is right or wrong our moral obligation tools are just in a different order.

Do you think that we encounter 'bad' people in our lives?

Description : Do you think that we encounter 'bad' people in our lives?

Last Answer : answer:I think people may be bad for us for whatever reason - they're opportunists, they're addicts, they're users, whatever, a variety of reasons. If you can realize that and keep a distance, it will ... bad for you, for whatever reason, realizing that is enough for you to cut the ties and move on.

Do you think that lying should be a moral concern?

Description : Do you think that lying should be a moral concern?

Last Answer : Of course it should be a moral concern,and lying to spare one feelings is one thing,but politicians and lawyers have made careers out of it and that is bad.

Don't you think that we are all one?

Description : Don't you think that we are all one?

Last Answer : Yes, all life forms sprang from the same source of life giving components. Some organisms evolved into humans, others mammals, plant life, sea life, etc. We are all one, meaning that every ... the roulette wheel of evolution and we could just as easily manifested as a watermelon or an earthworm.

Do you think the anthropic principle helps or hurts the argument for God?

Description : Do you think the anthropic principle helps or hurts the argument for God?

Last Answer : Absolutely not. Oh darn, this question goes two ways. Hmmmm. Okay, lemme put it this way. Just because the Earth is just the right distance form the sun to be perfect for life to exist here, ... our little corner of it didn't just happen by accident with no intelligent thought or design at. all.

What do you think of these nerdy jokes?

Description : What do you think of these nerdy jokes?

Last Answer : Made me laugh, thanks! Descartes before the horse and all that…

In your own personal opinion, do you think I am insane?

Description : In your own personal opinion, do you think I am insane?

Last Answer : answer:Reminds me of a saying I’m particularly fond of: The difference between me and you is, I know I’m crazy. (I’m very serious.)

What would Immanuel Kant think of organ sale?

Description : What would Immanuel Kant think of organ sale?

Last Answer : I think the government made it illegal to keep desparate people safe from predators. They offer to buy a kidney, well they also have orders in for a heart, a liver, a lung (maybe two). What is to keep them from fulfilling those orders from the same person who was offered payment for a kidney?

What do you think about?

Description : What do you think about?

Last Answer : I gravitate to thoughts about human nature and the workings of the mind.

What do you think of Wittgenstein's statement, Whereof one cannot speak, thereon one must remain silent?

Description : What do you think of Wittgenstein's statement, Whereof one cannot speak, thereon one must remain silent?

Last Answer : Solid advice, oh too often ignored!!

What is the difference between teaching a person how to think and teaching someone what to think?

Description : What is the difference between teaching a person how to think and teaching someone what to think?

Last Answer : Well you maintain a kind of detachment with the former kind of like when you read any article, try to figure out who the audience is, what the evidence provided is and whether it's consistent ... you tell them what their opinion should be after reading the article is telling them what to think.

What do you think philosophers and other famous figures would be like online?

Description : What do you think philosophers and other famous figures would be like online?

Last Answer : answer:What…, Simone is a philosopher? They would love Fluther and @wundayatta’s answer would be short compared to theirs. ~ We would see threads with contribution numbers in the threehundreds.

Do you think we are all seperate beings operating in a vacuum, or are we all one, or is it something in between?

Description : Do you think we are all seperate beings operating in a vacuum, or are we all one, or is it something in between?

Last Answer : Well we weem to be individual specks of awareness with the potential to connect & exchange info, so the connections have to be made, they don’t seem to just be there. It is hard to say what we are in this respect…

Do you think there is a "mind" or is there just "brain"?

Description : Do you think there is a "mind" or is there just "brain"?

Last Answer : I may be missing the point entirely, but exactly why is it that even the mention that a brain is damaged means that there is no longer any mind?

Steppenwolf the Novel. What do you think about it?

Description : Steppenwolf the Novel. What do you think about it?

Last Answer : I remember liking it. I don’t remember anything about the story though.

What do you think of the phrase "openness to the unbidden"?

Description : What do you think of the phrase "openness to the unbidden"?

Last Answer : Ah, my wish for pundits (I hate them) everywhere.

Do you think that the Law of One is legitimate?

Description : Do you think that the Law of One is legitimate?

Last Answer : answer:I don't think it makes a difference whether they are authentic or not. You must judge for yourself whether they are valuable to you, or not. To say that some idea comes from some authority no one ... them. If they do speak to you, then keep on reading. That is the only legitimacy you need.

What do you think those in late middle age should do with their lives?

Description : What do you think those in late middle age should do with their lives?

Last Answer : I don’t think the issue is related to age and I’ll leave it at that.

What would the child you once were think of the adult you are today?

Description : What would the child you once were think of the adult you are today?

Last Answer : He’d be pretty disappointed. But he wouldn’t understand, either.

Do you think you'd be friends with yourself?

Description : Do you think you'd be friends with yourself?

Last Answer : We would be lovers.

What do you think of ''deconstruction'' approach?

Description : What do you think of ''deconstruction'' approach?

Last Answer : This sounds like you thought about it. :) I like to think that the universe comes in pairs or is balanced. I try to apply this in my life. Helps me make sense of things.

Why do you think people disagree with you at all?

Description : Why do you think people disagree with you at all?

Last Answer : The things they find important in life are probably different than the things I find important in life.

Will the children that are born into the age of the internet think in a more insightful and enlightened way by the time they turn 18?

Description : Will the children that are born into the age of the internet think in a more insightful and enlightened way by the time they turn 18?

Last Answer : I don’t think it has anything to do with evolution. Evolution requires many, many generations. Changes wrought by the internet are not heritable, they don’t happen at the DNA level.

What do you think of the saying "A little knowledge is a dangerous thing?

Description : What do you think of the saying "A little knowledge is a dangerous thing?

Last Answer : answer:A lot of knowledge can be a dangerous thing as well. It just depends on what you know. Ever heard of the saying, what you don't know won't hurt you? If you're ambitious and/or ... might blow up in your face. Taking risks is important, but knowing what you're doing is important as well.

What do you think is the basis of all human motivation?

Description : What do you think is the basis of all human motivation?

Last Answer : Most folks are driven by fear and greed.

Is there anything you've done in your life that you think of certain things you do now as penance or self-punishment for?

Description : Is there anything you've done in your life that you think of certain things you do now as penance or self-punishment for?

Last Answer : Everyone can relate with your comment Snarp! Here is my take on the subject. We all makes mistakes, the secret is not to make the same mistake twice! Seems like your learned from your mistake, give it up and go on! Burdens are not meant to be carried your whole life. Be happy with thy ownself!

Do you think "I think, therefore I am" is true?

Description : Do you think "I think, therefore I am" is true?

Last Answer : @Russter I’ll have to think about that.

Are we, who we think, that our friends think, that we think, that we are?

Description : Are we, who we think, that our friends think, that we think, that we are?

Last Answer : We are ourselves. How someone else sees you is true to them. It is their perception of you and all they will know. How you see yourself is who you are. How your friend sees you is who ... knows your experiences, or your motivations better than you. Nobody has the right to judge your life but you

A thought experiment about the nature of self (see details)- what do you think?

Description : A thought experiment about the nature of self (see details)- what do you think?

Last Answer : People who believe in a soul might have a problem with this type of thing. Since I believe that I'm just a collection of cells in the same condition that would be accurately duplicated, yes, ... of yourself isn't you because the machine destroyed some divine part of you that it cannot recreate.

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life. What do you think about this quote from Immanuel Kant?

Description : Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life. What do you think about this quote from Immanuel Kant?

Last Answer : It’s cute.

Here's a good one: do you think morality was invented or discovered?

Description : Here's a good one: do you think morality was invented or discovered?

Last Answer : I think morality was noticed and given a name. It wasn’t invented or discovered so much as naming a concept already there and recognizing it.

Do you think the Olympics generate a net-positive or -negative emotional experience?

Description : Do you think the Olympics generate a net-positive or -negative emotional experience?

Last Answer : answer:I think for the athletes that attend the experience is positive no matter what their personal outcome is. The shared experience with people from around the world, the chance to compete with the best in their sport ... the world. We like to root, period. Win-win even if you don't win, I think.