What do you find truly fascinating

the whole sleep process fascinates me. like what causes dreams and how me dream etc.

i always find it fascinating how some games that let you change your appearance or do something good or evil, can keep up with all that stuff. i have a more in-depth answer, but i cant put it into words for some reason:P i guess the mechanics behind video games fascinates me. yea that sounds better.

The human brain is fascinating. so much we dont know.

Most of the things I find fascinating I can't really explain.

• The Human Brain.
• Space and it's possibly endless reaches.
• Early era Mountaineering.
• The deep recesses of Earth's Oceans.
• Dinosaurs.

How small and insignificant of a role we play in the world and universe.

the number of times Dmad hits the new topic button. hhhmmm....

Written word. Its not amazing unless you look at it for long enough, you kind of forget how complex language is. Its only when you stare at the writing for long enough that you realise its just a bunch of symbols, and how astonishing it is that you mind computes them so quickly into thoughts.Overlord93

the number of times Dmad hits the new topic button. hhhmmm....

iloverikku11

Religion mostly. And how it developed over the centuries.foxhound_fox

Humans

(Examples: the human psych, pyschopaths, human nature, and overall human-based philosophy)

Earth and Nature

Ambiguity

Equilibrium

Also, I'm fascinated by the outer dark beyond this earthly realm. I only wish it were possible to comprehend and understand what's out there.

The level of stupidity in the world.

I've always found metaphysics to be really interesting, I'm actually taking a few courses related to it 8)

Greek Mythology. Always found an interest in that.metallica_fan42

I personally prefer Norse mythology.....there's just something awesome about it (fyi, I loved Norse mythology before I even heard of metal :P ).

And then there's also the universe. I've personally exploded my mind a few times trying to imagine what's "outside" of the unuverse......if it even has an outside...

Humans.

A room in the old shop my parents used to own. It was very damp, the roof had black mold growing and we never used it. If you set a dog loose in the shop they would always run up to that room and start putting on a face, like a snarl, and bite the air as if catching a wasp with their teeth. It's strange because every single dog did this. They didn't bark, they didn't growl, just snarled and take bites at the air. Like a dog catching rain.

Also I always used to dream of that room, and still do occasionally to this day. It's never good when the dream leads you to that room either, obviously my mind associates it with something foreboding and bar, like it's became a prison for my most darkest thoughts, and it is a place I must go to confront them. Maybe that's what the dogs were snarling at.....

Everything, tbh. How our universe is so vast and holds so many endless phenomenons even light years away, how life-sustaining forms are able to synchronize their complex parts to perform even the simplest of functions, how every single piece of matter is composed of atoms, how energy is neither created or destroyed but rather constantly transforms itself, and so on. I just find it so fascinating how everything works. Even the smallest of things like typing this on my laptop: a process triggered by electrical signals sent throughout my body so that I can convery my thoughts through a piece of inorganic equipment that also utilizes electrical signals. This makes me sound really nerdy, but I really love science.

A room in the old shop my parents used to own. It was very damp, the roof had black mold growing and we never used it. If you set a dog loose in the shop they would always run up to that room and start putting on a face, like a snarl, and bite the air as if catching a wasp with their teeth. It's strange because every single dog did this. They didn't bark, they didn't growl, just snarled and take bites at the air. Like a dog catching rain.

Also I always used to dream of that room, and still do occasionally to this day. It's never good when the dream leads you to that room either, obviously my mind associates it with something foreboding and bar, like it's became a prison for my most darkest thoughts, and it is a place I must go to confront them. Maybe that's what the dogs were snarling at.....

Evil_Saluki

that does sound very interesting.

i like stories like this. where no one is saying they saw things, a ghost/demon lives their etc. instead of the usual, it just that one room in particular is creepy, not haunted per se, just creepy.

Everything, tbh. How our universe is so vast and holds so many endless phenomenons even light years away, how life-sustaining forms are able to synchronize their complex parts to perform even the simplest of functions, how every single piece of matter is composed of atoms, how energy is neither created or destroyed but rather constantly transforms itself, and so on. I just find it so fascinating how everything works. Even the smallest of things like typing this on my laptop: a process triggered by electrical signals sent throughout my body so that I can convery my thoughts through a piece of inorganic equipment that also utilizes electrical signals. This makes me sound really nerdy, but I really love science.

Suzy_Q_Kazoo

You're trying wayyy too hard to sound intelligent :lol:

I joke!, anyways the basic mentality of humans. How some can kill and feel no remorse, how others can give off a persona thats totally different than their own. Really amazing how the mind works

The wonders of the cosmos. I can't get enough of it. Everyone should watch Through the Wormhole on the Science Channel.22Toothpicks

That show is what Morgan Freeman's voice was made for (and to be God of course).

Have you read the Fabric of the Cosmos: Space Time and the Texture of Reality? Also a great book by the same author as Elegant Universe.

You're trying wayyy too hard to sound intelligent :lol:FrenchDynasty

Pretty much everything I listed are basic ideas, nothing complex, and I think a lot of people probably find them fascinating (otherwise they would never be studied). Imagine actually speaking to an expert in something like that though.

I guess the tl;dr version would be "everything", but that sounds pretty lame and vague, doesn't it?

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[QUOTE="DmadFearmonger"]

The people around me, they don't think creatively. They follow each other. Leading to their doom. A process repeated too many times... They all live default lives, do default things, behave the same, look the same. They are numbers. I am not, I do not live this life. And if you want another example: Media is recycling itself. Nothing is original anymoreDmadFearmonger

So your unique and no one else is? Would you like to have a guess about the number of people who think the same way as that? Or do the 'default' people know they are default people?

butterflies, smart people from long ago, these days i am fascinated by castles and ruins

Magnets, how do they work?

Magnets, and how they workimaps3fanboy

[QUOTE="imaps3fanboy"]Magnets, and how they workOverlord93

:D It's a meme taken from ICP song "Miracles"

The level of stupidity in the world.

CHOASXIII

And the human brain

And what lies in the future

[QUOTE="Overlord93"][QUOTE="imaps3fanboy"]Magnets, and how they workimaps3fanboy

:D It's a meme taken from ICP song "Miracles"

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[QUOTE="Overlord93"] and how exactly is that?Overlord93

:D It's a meme taken from ICP song "Miracles"

The universe.

CBR600-RR

I think my ding dong's pretty fascinating.

Walnuts, and their resemblance to the cerebrum.

I think my ding dong's pretty fascinating.

Palantas

The universe.

CBR600-RR

This.

I think my ding dong's pretty fascinating.

Palantas

Had to post this one as well

It's... beautiful...

Ok we get it now, the universe is big and it's got lots of lights on it and stuff.