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- Sun Mar 19, 2017 12:19 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Statement about Solway and Trump
- Replies: 757
- Views: 400426
Re: Statement about Solway and Trump
I am pretty much in total agreement with David, Eric and Dan on this thread (and possibly others...sorry I haven't read the whole entire thread, I'm late to the party). The rest of you are making some good points, but I think having a president whose only values are getting more rich and more famous...
- Sat Mar 18, 2017 11:59 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Statement about Solway and Trump
- Replies: 757
- Views: 400426
Re: Statement about Solway and Trump
I've never seen Kevin care so much about appealing to the public. Now I'm sure I've entered the Twilight Zone.
- Thu Feb 26, 2015 10:42 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Larkin Debate (was: Hello genius forum)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 11345
Re: Hello genius forum
Right on.
- Wed Feb 25, 2015 1:54 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Larkin Debate (was: Hello genius forum)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 11345
Larkin Debate (was: Hello genius forum)
Here I am again. I'm looking for philosophical stimulation. I want to get back into thinking again, but it's hard. I don't know anyone who's interested in philosophy. Also, I have a full-time job now, so it's very hard to find time to think. It's quite a huge disadvantage. It's like trying to run wi...
- Sun Nov 17, 2013 11:48 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Can Logic
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5928
Re: Can Logic
Well someone figured it out. They must have known a lot about how cans are sealed so they could figure out how to rub it off.
- Thu Oct 31, 2013 10:57 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Consciousness vs. the Infinite
- Replies: 33
- Views: 16970
Re: Consciousness vs. the Infinite
Why? Are you saying this because the concept of becoming is at odds with anything that's eternal (eternal things can't become or unbecome)? Yeah, it's another word for "constant", which is just the concept opposite of any notion of becoming. The great duh underlying the much abused start ...
- Tue Oct 29, 2013 9:30 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Enlightenment / Despair
- Replies: 15
- Views: 11888
Re: Enlightenment / Despair
Yeah, I can totally relate. I've come to appreciate it, though (maybe I've developed an unhealthy addiction to it?) I feel like it motivates me. I honestly think it's a symptom of advancing towards something new, away from the familiar. When the change happens on such a fundamental level that philos...
- Tue Oct 29, 2013 9:23 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Consciousness vs. the Infinite
- Replies: 33
- Views: 16970
Re: Consciousness vs. the Infinite
I reckon the loophole is the abstraction we call causality; change and transformation. That is what allows us to understand what we perceive as an exterior, objective world as infinite potential rather than as if we were watching reality as something outside an unchanging self. Yeah, it does seems ...
- Tue Oct 29, 2013 12:07 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Consciousness vs. the Infinite
- Replies: 33
- Views: 16970
Re: Consciousness vs. the Infinite
Hi Matt, Hey Diebert! Logically and as such dualistic and taoist: any infinite you are becoming aware of is not the eternal infinite. Why? Are you saying this because the concept of becoming is at odds with anything that's eternal (eternal things can't become or unbecome)? Ultimately and as such no...
- Tue Oct 29, 2013 11:58 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Consciousness vs. the Infinite
- Replies: 33
- Views: 16970
Re: Consciousness vs. the Infinite
But that would mean enlightenment is the same as ignorance.jupiviv wrote:There is no infinite apart from finite things. There cannot be an awareness of the infinite that is not identical with any instance of awareness, or non-awareness for that matter.
- Tue Oct 29, 2013 11:43 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Wise Quotes Collection
- Replies: 474
- Views: 189926
Re: Wise Quotes Collection
I didn't read this whole thread, so forgive me if I'm redundant, but...
"Know, too, that there is nothing more common than to do evil for the pleasure of doing it" - Prosper MerimeeSeekerOfWisdom wrote:"whoso delights in suffering, will not be freed from suffering"
-Buddha The Word
- Mon Oct 28, 2013 2:01 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Consciousness vs. the Infinite
- Replies: 33
- Views: 16970
Consciousness vs. the Infinite
The "purpose" (I don't like these anthropomorphic words in this context, but it's just easier) of consciousness is to create distinctions in reality. In other words, it somehow takes the infinite nature of reality and, focusing on a finite piece of it, takes in information about that littl...
- Mon Sep 09, 2013 3:47 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: What is Logic?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7280
What is Logic?
Hi again all, I've been studying propositional logic a little bit lately, I'd like to hear your thoughts on what logic is. I know it's been going around the grapevine that logic is identical with the process of recognizing A=A, but I don't think that's entirely true. I think A=A is part of it, but i...
- Sat Dec 03, 2011 2:04 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Can people change?
- Replies: 373
- Views: 77376
Re: Can people change?
You see, if I spend all day reading something I'd like to be able to retain a large amount of the information if not all of it. Just like Will Hunting did in that movie Good Will Hunting. Have you seen it? Basically, it's about a brilliant genius who lives life as if he doesn't have this special gi...
- Sun Nov 27, 2011 3:44 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Consciousness
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2159
Re: Consciousness
I would personally define it along the lines of "truthful thinking", since truth is what connects us to reality.
- Wed Nov 23, 2011 1:39 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Can people change?
- Replies: 373
- Views: 77376
Re: Can people change?
You're young! Good luck with everything! Thank you! I have high hopes that my life will definitely change for the better as soon as I start my studies. Heh, maybe! It definitely will if you stick with it! Jumping into a new field of knowledge is very confusing at first, so don't let it get to you. ...
- Mon Nov 21, 2011 3:14 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Can people change?
- Replies: 373
- Views: 77376
Re: Can people change?
I start my quest to become an enlightened genius on the 1st day of the New Year (2012). Until then, I'll plan how I'm going to accomplish this goal (or these goals) by gathering interesting books, reading up on how to learn more effectively, coming on here and getting advice from people smarter tha...
- Tue Oct 25, 2011 8:41 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Can people change?
- Replies: 373
- Views: 77376
Re: Can people change?
There's really no such thing as "no thinking" in the manner you describe. If you are perceiving things, then thoughts are happening. "Thing" is a thought. "Existence" is a thought. "Time" is a thought. All thoughts. I get it. But what if I'm just observing an...
- Thu Oct 20, 2011 11:09 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Can people change?
- Replies: 373
- Views: 77376
Re: Can people change?
I've been reading almost everyday for the past few days. It hasn't really changed me in any noticeable way. Luke, man, you are seriously cracking me up. The things you experience in the "outer world" are really just ideas in your head. Let me give you an example of what I'm talking about....
- Sun Oct 16, 2011 10:04 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Can people change?
- Replies: 373
- Views: 77376
Re: Can people change?
I believe I can be whatever I want to be in life. It just takes patience and practice. To become enlightened the most important thing, BY FAR the most important, is a burning desire to know the truth about the nature of reality. With this obstacles will roll off you like water off a duck's back. Wi...
- Fri Oct 14, 2011 11:31 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Can people change?
- Replies: 373
- Views: 77376
Re: Can people change?
Yeah, Luke, it seems like you're reading that awfully fast. Try the following technique and see how it works out for you. When you read and you come across an idea that you find interesting, don't just push it out of your mind and continue reading. Put the book down and meditate on that idea for awh...
- Thu Oct 13, 2011 3:12 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Can people change?
- Replies: 373
- Views: 77376
Re: Can people change?
Forget your IQ, dude. I'm sure you could increase it if you did puzzles for six hours a day every day for a few years, but who cares about that? I think IQ is very important because it signifies how well the brain works. The better it works, the higher the IQ, and the more potential there is to acc...
- Tue Oct 11, 2011 1:52 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Can people change?
- Replies: 373
- Views: 77376
Re: Can people change?
Hi, I'm 25 and my IQ is 118. I've been told that IQ does not change by much throughout a person's lifetime, but whether this is true or not, I remain hopeful that with the right training/lifestyle I will be able to raise it to genius level. To be blunt, I'm tired of living like a dumbass and not ac...
- Sun Oct 02, 2011 12:18 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Employment is unethical
- Replies: 44
- Views: 17714
Re: Employment is unethical
What is it about the social darwinism inherent in our society that is so unforgiving to people who don't want to follow the value frameworks of society? I would like to have all the modern amenities of life (not necessarily a millionaire/billionaire but something "decent") without having ...
- Tue Sep 20, 2011 12:47 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: "A violent man will die a violent death!"
- Replies: 25
- Views: 17118
Re: "A violent man will die a violent death!"
I don't know, I'm just having trouble understanding all of this. "A violent man will die a violent death!" I think we humans would like for it to be true because we like our vengeance. We want people who harm us to come to harm. I think that's a very primal instinct. But I don't see any ph...