Hippyhead

Yes, everyone will claim they already know it, they're already doing it, no need for feedback from the public, yada, yada and more yada, but... The ma...

You're confusing the acquisition of knowledge, and our relationship with knowledge. Scientists are experts on the acquisition. Not the relationship. T...

I'm still interested in learning more about this, should anyone wish to chew on it. Underlying state common to life and death? Hmmm...

The acquisition of knowledge is indeed driven by an escape from bias, to the degree that's humanly possible. I'm referring our RELATIONSHIP with that ...

We might keep in mind that scientists have a built in bias towards the acquisition of ever more knowledge, because that is their ability, and the sour...

I do. :-) My argument is that suffering is made of thought, so to the degree one is not thinking, one doesn't suffer. One is not happy either, as happ...

Ok. Why are all things worth of non-attachment, in theory at least? Not arguing, just trying to get a better understanding, to the degree it is possib...

Yes, this. Don't mean all thinking is bad, but rather that psychological suffering arises from the properties of the medium (thought) which both think...

Yes, I readily acknowledge that the knowledge explosion comes with many benefits, including those that you've listed in your post. The problem, as I s...

What's the relational structure of knowledge?

Yes, that's all it is. The gap between power and wisdom is widening at an ever accelerating rate. Power races ahead while wisdom inches along at best....

I'm not blaming science, which does an excellent job of performing the service we ask it to perform. I'm blaming our relationship with science, or rat...

I would further explain, but it's clear that all you're ever going to do is blast out these lazy little gotchas. Figure it out or don't.

Yes, and to do that we need publics which are educated enough to understand and accept the necessary compromises. And so here we find ourselves, back ...

If you find you can not write a thread which doesn't reference other people's ideas, write a thread about that.

If we are well aware of the dangers, why do we continue down the same path as fast as we possibly can? What is pragmatic about largely ignoring thousa...

I can get this. The vast majority of reality is space, and it would seem to inhabit a middle way between existence and non-existence. If true, then th...

This could be a key point of divergence between Buddhism and whatever we want to call my perspective. As I may have said too many times, I see the ori...

Could you perhaps expand on dispassion and release? If this is a bottom line, I'm interested in bottom lines.

Are you referring to my quote just above?

Ok, got that part. Confused by this. Remember, no philosophy education here. Ok, academics are trapped in a box, and unwilling to consider alternate t...

Francis, a quick tip. If you highlight text in a person's post a little quote button will appear. When you click that button their text will be automa...

Patiently awaiting receipt of your payment. Take your time. Or ignore, as you wish.

Yes, there is no certainty, agreed. I'm just speculating on the outcome of an ever widening gap between the power available to us and our ability to s...

From that page:

I hear ya. To be clear, I have no interest in demonizing scientists. We hire them to develop knowledge, and they do a good job of performing the servi...

Will assist with this to the degree desired, after you pay the bill. If you choose not to pay the bill, ok, no problem. I'm not going to chase you aro...

Ok, but first, pay the bill. 1) Start a thread where you share your insights on any topic of your choice without making any reference whatsoever to an...

Wow! Two entire sentences! You must be exhausted. Do you want to lay down? Buddhism is a religion! OMG! Who knew??? Fascinating!!!

Except that you don't understand the issues, so it's not an insult, but rather a factual statement.

It's interesting that you've met every person in the world and documented all of their experiences. That must have been quite time consuming!

Me either. Me either. Well, other than the emotional buzz of the gotcha dance, I get that part. Seems reasonable, but unproven. It's the core of the t...

Made me laugh! Owning it, a beautiful thing in any writer. I tried to do the same above, but now I'm kinda embarrassed after seeing the elegant concis...

Wayfarer is "The Man" when it comes to subjects like this. Not that I'm qualified to judge, but his knowledge on such subjects seem exhaustive.

We use virtual reality to become armadillos? Seriously, I don't see a human based solution to excluding the act of wanting. Maybe some theorize they c...

Well, yes, that's perhaps a Buddhist kind of conundrum. I'm think of something more like this. When I was young I was friends with some very rich peop...

The electro-chemical information medium all ideas are made of. All thoughts, philosophies, ideas, opinions etc inherit the properties of the medium th...

There are only something like 36,000 people in the Yukon, a geographic area larger than California. As a lifelong Florida hermit kinda guy, I figure I...

Lot of that going around. Do they have a vaccine for it??

Hey, he got closer than anyone. But blew it in the end.

Well, I thought Biden handled last night's debate pretty well. No big fumbles anyway, so barring an alien invasion, it's on to the victory party, I de...

Ok, well, was Lao Tsu an urban dweller, or did he live in the country? I do hear what you're saying. The experience I'm reporting does happen within, ...

Ah, yes, exactly what I meant as well. Just a language hiccup, thanks for clarifying. I like this a lot. If you wish, please expand on the "underlying...

Fair question. Hmm.... In part, it's just a language issue, as I tend to use the words "real" and "truth" to refer to that which symbols point to. Not...

Ok, cool, so we aren't really debating, just using different language and methods to head in the same general direction. Hmm.... Don't quite get this....

And if you were actually motivated by what you claim to be motivated by, reason, you would surgically identify whatever aspects of religion (which you...

"The Truth" lies just beyond the symbolic realm. It's right there in front of our face at all times.

I agree with all of this! Imho, the source of the binary thinking is thought itself, how it operates. The evidence for this is that everything the min...

Ok, I bow to your expertise on Nagarjuna, of whom I still know basically nothing. Just wish to add that there is another simpler way to justify a "no-...

Sorry, more sloppy writing on my part. I wasn't using the term "real world" as precisely as you are. I was just trying to make a common sense distinct...