1. Why is Faqir Chand's
experiences important in understanding the projective nature of religious visions and miracles? Faqir
Chand’s experiences are important in understanding the projective nature of
religious visions and miracles because they provide evidence that the virtual simulator exists. In the film Faqir Chand: Inner Visions and Running
Trains (The Enchanted Land Film Series), it is mention how Faqir Chand came
to a realization during a military battle in which he noticed that people were
ignorant about the real cause of these so cal
miracles and visions. According to the film, Faqir Chand: Inner Visions and Running Trains, gurus gain power,
attention and devotion from their disciples who incorrectly impute omniscience
and omnipresence upon such teachers even though they posses none of those
characteristics. It is also mentioned that he tells the soldiers and generals
about what way to go or what to do because he had a vision. In the end, he
realized that these visions are produced by the mind. These visions are
illusions that make people believe things are real which further supports the
virtual simulator of consciousness.
2. What is meant by the phrase,
"philosophy done well is science; philosophy done poorly remains philosophy." The
phrase “philosophy done well is science; philosophy done poorly remains
philosophy” means that just like in
science, when an idea is presented one does investigations that can lead to
results that support the idea or theory being presented. In philosophy, the same
process takes place because philosophy’s aim is to explain claims and ideas
with factual evidence. However, when these ideas or claims cannot be tested or
there is no evidence to support them, they remain as ideas. This is what the
second portion of the phrase “philosophy done well is science; philosophy done
poorly remains philosophy” is trying to say. Just like in science, when an
hypothesis cannot be supported with factual claims, then it is just an idea. In
philosophy, these claims that philosophers try to explain or discuss, when
there is no evidence to support them, then it is just an idea.
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