"What is now proved was once only imagined." - William Blake
tag > Philosophy
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""Is," "is," "is" — the idiocy of the word haunts me. If it were abolished, human thought might begin to make sense. I don't know what anything "is"; I only know how it seems to me at this moment." - Robert Anton Wilson
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Perspective: 155'000 people didn't wake up this morning so have some respect for yourself
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What is the nature of change (e.g., learning) in the Eternalist perspective of reality? As you contemplate, enjoy this timeless recording of Enrico Caruso from 1917:
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‘We look at the present through a rear-view mirror, so that we march backwards into the future' - Marshall McLuhan
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To all the thrill-seekers, deep thinkers, rabbit hole explorers, and pattern junkies chasing 'truth' out there:
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Keep quiet
"Keep quiet. Nothing to think. Silence. Just be quiet. In quietness, in silence, the Self arises by itself." - Papaji
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The secret to time travel is understanding the distinction between clock time and subjective time. Subjective time bends effortlessly, reshaping and even overwriting objective time. In truth, time exists only as we perceive it—because we are time.
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Holographic reality theory is fascinating, but like simulation theory or the multiverse, it just shifts the goalpost one abstraction down the infinite stack of turtles. Ask: "What are holograms made of?" In the end, all we can say is Neti Neti—Sanskrit for "not this, not that."
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"Medical science has made such enormous progress in recent decades that there are practically no healthy people left." - Aldous Huxley
