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[edit] Minerals

From the opening paragraph of the article:

there is currently no conclusive scientific evidence as to whether or not plants, minerals or viruses are conscious

What the? Minerals? Yes there is, under any realistic interpretation of "conclusive". And that sentence has been around for almost two years [1]. Well, no longer. dbenbenn | talk 04:23, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)

  • You let me be for these two long years--and now you revoke my being? Well, same to you partner! 8)) ---TheMineralBeing

[edit] The Power of Now

I cut the following text from this article, as it is seemingly unrelated to the ontological concept of being:

Eckhart Tolle in his best-selling book, The Power of Now, uses the word "Being" as a substitute and more accurate word for "God".

If that use of "Being" is important, perhaps it belongs in the Supreme Being article or in the Eckhart Tolle article or, if The Power of Now is an important enough book, in an article about that book. The Rod 05:22, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Film: Being There

Continuing to make this article more about a single topic (ontological being), I cut the following content from the article, as it seems unrelated to the ontological concept of being:

The film "Being There" starring Peter Sellers was influenced by existentialism and the works of Martin Heidegger.

If the existentialist aspect of the film is important enough, perhaps it belongs in Existentialism or perhaps the film merits its own article. The Rod 05:29, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Request: The characteristics of a being

I need the qualities or characteristics that differentiate a being from a not-being -Daëmon 02:13, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

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That would depend entirely on which philosopher you asked. -Smahoney 00:45, 30 May 2006 (UTC)