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Being

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De-finitions

Being

Mirriam-Webster says:

1a) the quality or state of having existence.

1b)(1): something conceivable as existing (2) something that actually exists. (3) the totality of existing things

1c) conscious existence: life

2) the qualities that constitute an existent thing: essence; especially: personality

3) a living thing; especially: person

Is there a difference between the verb 'being' (as in the process of being) and the noun (a being) or does one imply/require the other? An interesting lens through which to view the question of being is Heidegger's "Dasein". It's fascinatingly linked to technology in the article "Cyber-being and time". It asks the question: "Does the possibility exist in which an artificial human could be human in the way that we are?" and concludes it bluntly with "robots will never smoke." Discuss! ~Ceridwen

Buddha says:

Why did the chicken cross the road?

If you ask this question, you deny your own chicken-nature.