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I think that the whole controversy of meaning is quite interesting (aren't we just so philosophical)! I would argue
that perhaps a mind capable of creating meaning does actually have intrinsic meaning in that it possesses meaning
within itself, if only for itself (to get back into the somewhat paradoxical strange loop/recursion idea).
That's not to say that it has extrinsic meaning outside of that person's own mind, and maybe that's the only kind
of meaning that matters! Who can say. The Nihilist in me is squirming at my use of semantics to create a sense of
hopeful reassurance that my life matters, when really I am not sure! I suppose it comes down to the fact that I
don't believe there is a way to know, which also sheds light on why I am agnostic rather than atheist when it comes
to religion. Maybe it's a bit of a cop-out, a way to allow my mind to not deal with a wholly meaningless universe,
but it just feels wrong to fully dismiss something that we know so little about, and maybe can never fully comprehen
(1) X=Y ; Given
(2) X^2=XY ; Multiply both sides by X
(3) X^2-Y^2=XY-Y^2 ; Subtract Y^2 from both sides
(4) (X+Y)(X-Y)=Y(X-Y) ; Factor
(5) X+Y=Y ; Cancel out (X-Y) term
(6) 2Y=Y ; Substitute X for Y, by equation 1
(7) 2=1 ; Divide both sides by Y
-- "Omni", proof that 2 equals 1
Booklist:
The USA Is Lesterland: The Nature of Congressional Corruption
Don't Think of an Elephant!: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate
How Animals Grieve
Brave New World
The Net Delusion: The Dark Side of Internet Freedom
Life Inc: How Corporatism Conquered the World, and How We Can Take It Back
The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery
The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap
Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now
(1) X=Y ; Given
(2) X^2=XY ; Multiply both sides by X
(3) X^2-Y^2=XY-Y^2 ; Subtract Y^2 from both sides
(4) (X+Y)(X-Y)=Y(X-Y) ; Factor
(5) X+Y=Y ; Cancel out (X-Y) term
(6) 2Y=Y ; Substitute X for Y, by equation 1
(7) 2=1 ; Divide both sides by Y
-- "Omni", proof that 2 equals 1
import java.util.Scanner;
public class Validate {
public static void main(String[] args) {
int attempts = 1;
while(attempts<4) {
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);