praxis

Just start explaining it to those around you and, trust me, they’ll soon learn the meaning of suffering.

Values.

I’ve never heard of a grammar whore.

When aggitated it can feel particularly loud, but as I mentioned, I've had recent success in quieting the inner voice in meditation somewhat reliably,...

Yeah that's pretty messed up. :grin: For whatever reason I have a rather overactive DMN, I believe, so my interest is in methods of reducing it's acti...

I don’t quite follow your meaning when you say that neurology celebrates the efficient brain. Do you essentially mean that this is optimal for health ...

I should say that I've never seen an instance where I thought a mod should be flagged on this forum.

That's not a simple question. It's kind of like asking someone like me who's not a chip designer what the semiconductor basis is for the math my compu...

A natural attraction to order, I suppose. Implants can really speed up the process, my geeky side imagines. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AyenRCJ_4Ww

I tried it on a different forum once. If moderators on a forum are of a similar mindset they can pretty much do whatever because no one will check the...

By considering how much time I have to waste.

This suggests that everything a tree is exists in the external environment, including the concept of a tree and everything that a tree means to a huma...

So the Capital Gazette is said to have a left-center bias.

I can't tell if you're being serious or not. The subconscious effect you're talking about essentially amounts to bonding. Indeed some etymological int...

I’m “anti-Trump” and I know with certainty that he’s not the embodiment of all things bad. That is indeed a silly fairy tale. Do you actually believe ...

Most definitely, just look around.

The blue lie, where believing or supporting a lie is an expression of solidarity, is scary because it could lead to another four years of Trump, and o...

Maybe it's a simulation and only appears to be consistent and reliable. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlTKTTt47WE Is it about our capacity for objec...

Some of the list is a little ambiguous but it seems to indicate that I’m a nihilist. I’m not a nihilist. For the first item on the list, it’s a popula...

Imagine being trapped in a repetitive and unfulfilling life with no possibility of escaping it.

Does life feel meaningless to you? Like endlessly repetitive and therefore without any real purpose.

My six month old Australian Shepard isn’t always prone to comprise. I think we have months more of extensive training to go. He’s a good companion tho...

What a unique identity to adopt. So for instance you’re serving tea and ask, “one lump or two?” And he’s doing mathmatical simulations to determine th...

Who's unfamiliar with that expression? ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0lkCvAp3jo

Must be dumbing it down for us.

I think you'll agree that we don't create all of our values. We may contrive and develop some, but many are ingrained into us from birth and the cultu...

Yes. And yes. But I don’t think you addressed why organized religion is more perverse post-enlightenment. What’s the fundamental difference?

How so?

People can live cooperatively for mutual benefit. I’m not sure if a hierarchical structure is nessisary for this to take place. In any case, we can fr...

Pretty meaningless in the age of alternative facts. I'd be interested to see studies. You got links?

If it's necessary then it must be of value. I just don't understand the notion that "You can't go more right than making an individual equal to its ow...

Rather, research (Washington Post Article) shows that liberals are charitable towards the secular and conservatives are charitable towards religious-b...

How so? Don't conservatives, at least stereotypically, value hierarchies?

360 calories for Kraft mac'n cheese, per serving. Only 150 for a beef hot dog. Surprising! Must be because it's not really food.

Technically no, the delusion being a separate self.

Resistance is futile.

I’d ask why TL was banned but I know there doesn’t need to be a good reason. She was a valuable contributor. It seems like you might have tried harder...

Lame.

Trippers typically report stronger or renewed meaning for things that might ordinarily seem trite or banal. This phenomenon might only add weight to c...

From what I understand, psychedelics leave a person more susceptible to suggest, a conditional that a sexual predator could take advantage of. Alleged...

I missed that, so my lameness. Agreed, however, I think it’s possible that he may not appreciate the fluid nature of out implicit associations, and al...

It was lame of you to mislead. But then if this is just a game... it’s still lame.

Unless the many who disagreed were fellow racists, which seems highly unlikely in this special place, this appears extremely lame.

That’s ridickulous.

Meido is the real deal. And the new facility looks very nice.

I'm just parroting advice. :smile:

The importance of "set and setting," a competent guide, intention, etc., is all covered in Pollan's book, in rather extensive detail. There seems to b...

I've been working towards a transcendent experience, with increasing diligence of late, with meditation and other natural means (not that substances i...

Did you guys see anything particularly interesting while down the rabbit hole? @"Wayfarer" @"Janus" @"AnyoneElse"

@wayfarer could address this better. Too much order, or rather a hyperactive default mode network (See), can lead to host of psychological issues and ...