On a seminar last Saturday in Antwerp I spoke about the 'thinking' of the computer compared to the human thinking. To be able to do so of course one has to study this kind of computer thinking deeply. It is a very interesting and instructive theme. Everyone - also me myself - works with the computer, so actually we should kn... read more...
While reflecting on the DNA-research it came to me that there is a similarity in the vagueness of the knowledge about the own 'I' and the knowledge about the own DNA – but also a big difference. We can feel very clearly that we are 'I' - but the more we look at the own 'I', the more it seems to drift away. It is like... read more...
Whenever one becomes aware that one is, and so can say: I am!, one can feel one's own 'I' as a kind of summary of all his qualities - positive and negative -, fortune, opinions, images, judgements, temperament, everything that one has seen and heard in life, the paths one has gone, the plans for the future... All that,... read more...
When we look at the classic (dead) languages like Greek and Latin, the ‘I‘ still is in the verb, it is not a separate word. In the conjugations of the verbs we can find about whom is spoken. We still find this in the roman languages like Spanish - a living language. In French, German, English or Dutch for example... read more...
After having experienced a number of great views on the human being, I turn to a reflection about th 'I'. Maybe it's the most spoken word in our culture. One can find many theories in philosophy, psychology and psychiatry about the question: What is the 'I'? Is it something that as the highest self-consciousness is floating ... read more...