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Daily Alchemy: a question to think on together
“When you changed your mind about something important, what actually convinced you: evidence, or someone you trusted?”
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- Thea...
The declaration that “none of this is real”, or that “reality is an illusion” is trivial and does a disservice to the pursuit of truth and love.
The power of recognising that “everything is an illusion/nothing is real” lies wholly in using this as a portal to deeper wisdom and knowledge. The danger of recognising that “everything is an illusion/nothing is real” is in mistaking this as a conclusion that implies that... - Mark Burns...
A Partially Artificial Manifesto
This post was generated by AI. Every word of it. Directed, edited, and published by me — but generated by a large language model under my instruction. I'm telling you now, in the first line, because transparency isn't a footnote. It's the foundation.... there’s very little room for skeptics to run experiments or look at the data themselves […] To verify extraordinary claims, you need extraordinary proof, and no one who has seen the proof has a legal right to show it or even talk about it in private.... I just noticed how the "no-self" doctrine supports the "materialist industrial epistemological complex"
My friend Divia has coined this intense-but-great phrase "So “materialist epistemology industrial complex” is my own mental handle, and it might be silly but I like it for now.... Intelligent Talk on Sports, Culture & Life in General
Hi all. My name is Dan Pfeifer and it's great to be on UpTrust. I'm hoping this site works out well for everyone. I have long lamented the idea that social media algorithms reward attention, not quality of content.... - wilfredtr...
Perception
The six blind men feeling different parts of an elephant is a very good example of perception. But the lesson usually ends there. Take it a step further and have them all move around until they each experience the rest of the elephant.... I’m like a traveler who is immune to montezumas revenge bc I grew up drinking less pure water - I’ve digested so much stuff in this category that my epistemically immune system is really active and I hardly even notice a lot of the bullshit until I consider whether or not to... - onI just noticed how the "no-self" doctrine supports the "materialist industrial epistemological complex"byArun...
Yes! And today I was noticing how the Buddhist doctrine of 'no-self' contributes to this whole way of thinking— by denying that there's a self (claiming instead what we call a "self" are five aggregrates/skandas that interact in a way that seems selfy but doesn't actually... Awareness always is (?)
I resisted writing about this partially because I’m afraid it’s boring, and partially because of the inherent limitations of languaging this stuff, and my own limits, but I’ve found the process extremely helpful for clarifying my own thinking.... Possible Is Not Proven
One of the internet’s biggest mistakes is treating “possible” like it already became “proven.” A claim can be plausible and still unsupported. A suspicion can be reasonable and still incomplete. A confident speaker can still be wrong.... - nat...
- david...
Isn’t part of the paradox the nounification of "truth" in English? It seems the closest synonym might be "Tao" which is neither simply static, nor simply dynamic, and not representable, only experienceable.... - onWe have the option to see everything in your life as collaborative; we are scared to say this because we don't want to victim-blame but we're also scared of the possibilities and transcendence that opens upby
* For anthropic principle type reasons, universes that never get observed are useless to think about, so from a pragmatic perspective they don't exist....