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by the discourse
Tue Aug 14, 2018 9:42 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: The map is not the territory
Replies: 30
Views: 31078

Re: The map is not the territory

Clearly man cannot live without his maps. He has his religious maps, his scientific maps, his socio-cultural-historical maps, his philosophical maps and his spiritual maps. What distinguishes the enlightened map-maker from the unenlightened map-maker? Put simply, an ignorant map-maker believes his ...
by the discourse
Tue Aug 14, 2018 9:20 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Arguments against temporal finitism
Replies: 5
Views: 11171

Re: Arguments against temporal finitism

Hi everyone. Are you familiar with Kant's famous argument against the idea that time has beginning? If not, you can check out this wikipedia article on temporal finitism which mentions various versions of the argument and the objections of academic philosophers against it. https://en.wikipedia.org/...
by the discourse
Tue Aug 14, 2018 9:09 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: fluid theory
Replies: 3
Views: 8601

Re: fluid theory

... it is only our consciousness which creates the appearance of rigid bodies. Our conscious "frame rate" creates a powerful illusion that rigid bodies exist, when in fact all is fluid. I am wondering if this hypothesis is contradicted by scientific equations or validated. Scientists are ...
by the discourse
Tue Aug 14, 2018 8:44 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Are we all the same person?
Replies: 6
Views: 11906

Re: Are we all the same person?

For myself, to speak of "all the same person" conflicts with how I normally define "person", as exactly that isolated "idios kosmos" which would dissolve rather quick in the face of its ultimate truth. Semantics. The crux is what he is saying is that everyone is the sa...
by the discourse
Tue Aug 14, 2018 8:17 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Statement about Solway and Trump
Replies: 757
Views: 392037

Re: Statement about Solway and Trump

snip David you could not be any more correct. You are preaching to the choir right now. It is no secret, to the sane among us, that choosing between Trump and Hillary was a bit like choosing between piss soup and poop brownies. The fanatics who support Trump and Hillary, many of them are a lost cau...
by the discourse
Tue Aug 14, 2018 7:55 am
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: White men, European genetics, masculinity and genius
Replies: 299
Views: 270699

Re: Statement about Solway and Trump

But let's cut the nonsense. Name ONE significant achievement to come from Arabs, Africans, or any of the Aboriginal people of Australia or the Americas. I don't care what it's in: math, science, philosophy, art, or literature. I'll save you the legwork. There are none. ZERO. The most valuable contr...
by the discourse
Tue Aug 14, 2018 4:17 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Life is overrated.
Replies: 13
Views: 20254

Re: Life is overrated.

Life appears to continue despite the suffering. Perhaps it's even part of the process, so far, as some suffering can indeed become a regulator (eg pain says "do not!") or activator ("escape the badness or die trying"). If destroying all consciousness in totally ever would be a p...
by the discourse
Wed Sep 06, 2017 10:09 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: fluid theory
Replies: 3
Views: 8601

fluid theory

I have been watching modern tv and with these new slowmo HD cameras I have been seeing drag race cars on TV, bend and flex. I began thinking about a simulation called "Rigs and Rods" and I said to myself, do metals behave as chains of rods? I said no, thinking back on Archer's Paradox, I b...
by the discourse
Wed Sep 06, 2017 9:58 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Life is overrated.
Replies: 13
Views: 20254

Re: Life is overrated.

You all make valid points, not much needs to be said. The only thing is, this. I would choose to struggle in reality, rather than be sent off to bliss for the rest of my meatsuit's life. This is fundamentally illogical. Good is good. Good is good and this is the closest I can come to A=A. If you don...
by the discourse
Thu Aug 31, 2017 4:32 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Life is overrated.
Replies: 13
Views: 20254

Life is overrated.

Many people will say I'm insane for what I am about to say. Einstein said that genius sounds like insanity to those who don't understand. But I have thought about this my whole life. This is well thought out and I am sure of this conclusion now. Life is simply, overrated. Buddha said the inherent na...
by the discourse
Wed Nov 16, 2016 9:00 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: What I've learned thus far
Replies: 14
Views: 12025

Re: What I've learned thus far

Ah, impermanence and permanences, masculine and feminine. There is permanence. Permanence of memes. The more zoomed out, the more blur, the more structure. When zoomed in, we zoom into chaos. Waves of unordered molecules. Nothing looks the same, we claim it is meaningless, impermanent, all variety. ...
by the discourse
Wed Nov 16, 2016 8:38 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: We the gifted, we are discriminated
Replies: 4
Views: 10782

Re: We the gifted, we are discriminated

I am probably talking to the wall here, the individual who posted this topic has long since abandoned these forums (5 months and only 1 post...) so I can see how the comments about how he is skittish are quite valid. But in the rare event he comes back, this post will be waiting for him. Remember th...
by the discourse
Wed Nov 16, 2016 7:28 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: thoughts, ideas and views
Replies: 1
Views: 5479

thoughts, ideas and views

Been browsing Menoftheinfinite youtube channel, saw a video about Friends and Ego. Dan Rowden's I think. I firmly believe society needs to see these videos, because they are vital components to a functioning mind. These videos taught me not to believe these videos or worship these videos. I do not w...