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by Matt Gregory
Sun Mar 19, 2017 12:19 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Statement about Solway and Trump
Replies: 757
Views: 391800

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...
by Matt Gregory
Sat Mar 18, 2017 11:59 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Statement about Solway and Trump
Replies: 757
Views: 391800

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.
by Matt Gregory
Thu Feb 26, 2015 10:42 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Larkin Debate (was: Hello genius forum)
Replies: 12
Views: 11214

Re: Hello genius forum

Right on.
by Matt Gregory
Wed Feb 25, 2015 1:54 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Larkin Debate (was: Hello genius forum)
Replies: 12
Views: 11214

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...
by Matt Gregory
Sun Nov 17, 2013 11:48 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Can Logic
Replies: 8
Views: 5881

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.
by Matt Gregory
Thu Oct 31, 2013 10:57 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Consciousness vs. the Infinite
Replies: 33
Views: 16674

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 ...
by Matt Gregory
Tue Oct 29, 2013 9:30 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Enlightenment / Despair
Replies: 15
Views: 11766

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...
by Matt Gregory
Tue Oct 29, 2013 9:23 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Consciousness vs. the Infinite
Replies: 33
Views: 16674

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 ...
by Matt Gregory
Tue Oct 29, 2013 12:07 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Consciousness vs. the Infinite
Replies: 33
Views: 16674

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...
by Matt Gregory
Tue Oct 29, 2013 11:58 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Consciousness vs. the Infinite
Replies: 33
Views: 16674

Re: Consciousness vs. the Infinite

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.
But that would mean enlightenment is the same as ignorance.
by Matt Gregory
Tue Oct 29, 2013 11:43 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Wise Quotes Collection
Replies: 474
Views: 188911

Re: Wise Quotes Collection

I didn't read this whole thread, so forgive me if I'm redundant, but...
SeekerOfWisdom wrote:"whoso delights in suffering, will not be freed from suffering"
-Buddha The Word
"Know, too, that there is nothing more common than to do evil for the pleasure of doing it" - Prosper Merimee
by Matt Gregory
Mon Oct 28, 2013 2:01 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Consciousness vs. the Infinite
Replies: 33
Views: 16674

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...
by Matt Gregory
Mon Sep 09, 2013 3:47 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: What is Logic?
Replies: 22
Views: 7227

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...
by Matt Gregory
Sat Dec 03, 2011 2:04 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Can people change?
Replies: 373
Views: 74561

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...
by Matt Gregory
Sun Nov 27, 2011 3:44 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Consciousness
Replies: 4
Views: 2149

Re: Consciousness

I would personally define it along the lines of "truthful thinking", since truth is what connects us to reality.
by Matt Gregory
Wed Nov 23, 2011 1:39 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Can people change?
Replies: 373
Views: 74561

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. ...
by Matt Gregory
Mon Nov 21, 2011 3:14 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Can people change?
Replies: 373
Views: 74561

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...
by Matt Gregory
Tue Oct 25, 2011 8:41 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Can people change?
Replies: 373
Views: 74561

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...
by Matt Gregory
Thu Oct 20, 2011 11:09 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Can people change?
Replies: 373
Views: 74561

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....
by Matt Gregory
Sun Oct 16, 2011 10:04 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Can people change?
Replies: 373
Views: 74561

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...
by Matt Gregory
Fri Oct 14, 2011 11:31 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Can people change?
Replies: 373
Views: 74561

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...
by Matt Gregory
Thu Oct 13, 2011 3:12 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Can people change?
Replies: 373
Views: 74561

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...
by Matt Gregory
Tue Oct 11, 2011 1:52 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Can people change?
Replies: 373
Views: 74561

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...
by Matt Gregory
Sun Oct 02, 2011 12:18 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Employment is unethical
Replies: 44
Views: 17474

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 ...
by Matt Gregory
Tue Sep 20, 2011 12:47 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: "A violent man will die a violent death!"
Replies: 25
Views: 17060

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...