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Stuart Roberts

['Member']Joined: May 14, 2025 at 07:49Last active: January 15, 2026 at 16:53None discussions7 comments
Location: Manchester, England

Favourite Philosopher

Immanuel Kant, André Breton, Georges Bataille, Jean-Paul Sartre, Carl Jung

Favourite Quotations

"I believe that truth has only one face: that of a violent contradiction. The need to go astray, to be destroyed, is an extremely private, distant, passionate, turbulent truth. A kiss is the beginning of cannibalism."

~Georges Bataille

Comments

In: Time is a Byproduct of Consciousness - Consciousness is Universes Fundamental Dimension  — view comment
This is all too true. I'm Uni-aged now, and my whole life I've been deep into STEM, academically. I meet many people who present themselves as staunch...
June 01, 2025 at 00:58
In: Time is a Byproduct of Consciousness - Consciousness is Universes Fundamental Dimension  — view comment
So glad you said that! It's something I too, think about often. In an unrealised universe, birth and death may as well happen in the same instant. Thi...
May 31, 2025 at 23:04
In: Ontological Shock  — view comment
This is a good and nuanced question. I think that whether or not information regarding non-human intelligence should be classified in the first place ...
May 27, 2025 at 19:48
In: 2001: A Space Odyssey's monolith.  — view comment
That's right, I'd somehow forgotten about that. Now that I think of it, it plays at the very start when the Earth, moon, and sun are shown; the scene ...
May 27, 2025 at 16:53
In: 2001: A Space Odyssey's monolith.  — view comment
It has been a long time since I read Arthur C. Clarke's 2001: A Space Odyssey novel. It was written in 1968 concurrent with the production of the film...
May 27, 2025 at 13:46
In: Beyond Democracy: A System Where Citizens Vote with Their Taxes  — view comment
How do you quantify political wisdom? Do you have any evidence to back-up the idea that only giving, say, degree-holders the ability to vote on policy...
May 26, 2025 at 23:58
In: Violence & Art  — view comment
I feel that violence is inherently loaded with intent, so I don't see any way you could plausibly liken natural disasters (sporadic, physical events n...
May 14, 2025 at 09:45
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