"You should view the world as a conspiracy run by a very closely-knit group of nearly omnipotent people, and you should think of those people as yourself and your friends." - Robert Anton Wilson
tag > Philosophy
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Be careful how you speak to yourself. You are always listening. It's time to say thanks to yourself.
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There are many brilliant minds in the field of AI, but ironically far more artificially intelligent people who are mere fools. Perhaps if the field shifted its focus from building "super intelligence" to cultivating "super love", the world would be filled with kind fools at least
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"Listening to everything until it all belongs together and you are part of it" - Pauline Oliveros
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The observer is not separate from the object observed
Energy flows where attention goes. Thoughts create reality. It only hurts when i exist
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Does science actually deliver what is promises?
If the ultimate "claim to fame" and "right to exist" of western science over the past 200 years has been "it improves human life", wouldn't the vast majority of it be attributed to engineering innovations in sewage, sanitation and healthcare (primarily improving birth outcomes)?
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The singularitarian/accelerationism movement is the most recent, most aggressive, and most dogmatic iteration of the age-old religious cult of determinism. Those who challenge the notion of linear, predictable time risk invoking the fury of their Inquisition. Dare to question, defy the dogma.
Transforming age-old deeply ingrained belief systems within a complex network of sentient beings is an exponentially greater challenge than developing cutting-edge artificial intelligence systems.
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The surface of the Labyrinth, like life itself, is uneven. Please walk mindfully.
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The important thing is not to focus too much. You could lose sight of the big picture.
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"If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to." - Tao Te Ching, V74
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Three thoughts by Michel de Montaigne (1533 - 1592)
"Men under stress are fools, and fool themselves."
"Only the fools are certain and assured."
"It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere."
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"This too shall pass" is a great attitude to have. In Japan there is the concept of shogiomujio (しょぎようむじよう). While complex to translate (more a cultural attitude than language), it means “the impermanence of all things”. In Arabic/Farsi "Inshallah" is related to this attitude as well.
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The "reality as machine" paradigm is a 19th century hangover, causing great havoc today. Embracing alternative paradigms, such as "Reality as Garden", leads to saner outcomes.
Image Source: "Chinese traditional medicine: an introductory overview"
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“Tempore patet occulta veritas” is a Latin motto meaning “Time reveals hidden truths.” - Luis, de Granada, 1504-1588. Of prayer and meditation, 1596.
“Tempore patet occulta veritas” is a Masonic Motto.
Sir Bacon had a big influence over King James. Among Bacon’s unfinished papers was a manuscript = the NEW ATLANTIS. It was Bacon and King James I’s secret Hermetic blueprint for America.
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'Music is liquid architecture; architecture is frozen music' - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
