I expect a legitimate answer; this means no thinking involved whatsoever because that would be cheating.

Yes! You have all those spare brain cells doing nothing. Exercise them! Seriously I think it's one of the most important things you can do, and I'm not just talking about thinking in school. Self-realization can only come through self-analysis.

That said, it can be really bad to overthink things. Especially if you aren't in the best mindset (drunk, high, depressed, etc)

There you go. You think thinking is a good thing. If thinking is a bad thing -a priori- thoughts have no value in this matter.

Well then there's no way to answer the question

You have possibility to think and you ask is it good thing to do.Let put things other way.If we don´t think what is diference between as and paramecium?We have more cells?

Yes, but the thing is you can't argue that you are better than a paramecium just because you can think!

"better" is relative. It's a qualifier, and almost always an opinion, especially in this sense. You can say that Peter Pan peanut butter is better than Asbestos laced peanut butter, but then someone might come along who LIKES eating Asbestos.

I think zvacet is merely saying that it is our rational thought process that makes us human.

Now the question is merely philosophical. Of course "better" is relative in every way because one can argue that one brand of peanut butter is better because it has more peanuts in it or the other one can say he/she likes more sugar. But as mentioned before if you have absolutely no way of telling why thinking is better than not thinking and floating around like a paramecium than again it's not really relative is it? But again it was meant to be a joke (well kind of...)

You're making me hungry for philosophy classes!

You're making me hungry for asbestos laced peanut butter!

In all seriousness...I think that thinking is pretty great! It's what my life (and my career) are based on. On the other hand, I really envy people who can just stop thinking...I've never been able to do that.

Overall, I'm a fan of thinking. I think it is what makes us human--capable of the most amazing and most horrifying acts.

Free will is a real bitch sometimes...

Great Because this can be expended (like "is living a good thing?") and even tracked back to Nietzsche and Wittgenstein or to Goedel's "incompleteness" in a more mechanical way (not that I know or want to know anything about it :P).

Thought can be good, it can certainly be bad.

It could be productive, or unproductive.

Ergo the concept of thought and its limits (that i feel it has none) makes the question moot.

Thought is limited only to what the imagination can think up, lawful, evil or neutral in nature.

To think, or not, is the most basic (and possibly only) use of free will man has. Thinking is a choice, and it is the only way man has to stay alive.

My answer: " "

...shit, I can't even type a quotation mark without thinking. Nor a space. Nor can I scroll down to the "Submit Reply" button.

Can I make a program that posts as a simulation of how to answer a question without thinking, or would that simply be considered a repetition of my pre-existing thought?

LOL! Turn back and accuse the question being absurd. That requires no thinking.

Pressing a button requires thinking. I didn't say the question was absurd, just that it is by definition impossible to answer under the condition given- that of being unable to think.

Misunderstood. I didn't say you said that. But attacking seems to be the most instinctive way of defense. Thus less thinking. I was just introducing a new approach.

It still requires you to think to press the button, move the mouse, etc. Even speaking requires thought. "instinct" is still thought, just at a lower level. It's impossible to reply to a question in any way without thinking.

To everybody who don´t think I have simple request.Can I borrow your head for the weekend?I realy need some rest.

No thinking whatsoever? okay...

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