praxis

What these games have in common is the desire to influence rather than the desire experience the aesthetic. This disparity is worlds apart.

In game theory, cooperation for mutual benefit is the most beneficial strategy. All nice guys, all finish mutually beneficially. In a room of wolves, ...

I don’t know what exists beyond of my consciousness. I’m not even sure about what ‘exists’ within my consciousness. If you want to be a player in the ...

Why?! Do you have to pay for toxic waste disposal? If so, it seems to be a misguided incentive to setup.

How exactly do you know that?

No. Might want to schedule an eye exam.

It is most gentlemenly to be agreeable so I will agree to disagree, thank you very much.

I stumbled onto Dr Rupert Sheldrake, something of a pop * C O N S C I O U S N E S S * guru, and he seems to think that mystical experiences validate t...

Translation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cmt38bsR9Y

1) But you are a gentleman, good Sir. 2) But you are also a stooge (often the butt of your own joke), good Sir.

It seems to me that Trump and his supporters say whatever people want to hear and whatever they believe gains them some kind of advantage, regardless ...

A little refresher course for all us gents. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnOcJbdDmJw

+3 virtue points for trying.

American & British mailorder grooms, the tables seem to have turned.

Salsa dancing, but not since pandemic :mask: Dog agility (my dog's hobby too) Oil painting Surfing Wing foiling Cooking Newest hobby is growing kale* ...

I visited the Louvre once and out of the dizzying amount of painting you couldn’t get within 10 yards of the Mona Lisa because of all the people crowd...

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Essex_photo_03_b.jpg Yikes, those dudes were hardcore. Thank you full refrigerator and dry land.

I could have sworn that I said something like “Suggesting that the definition of art can be so readily shifted only underscores its nature of being a ...

Australian politicians are never in the news. Do they even have politicians?

Of course you do, “science” is too hard to explain. :razz:

How is claiming that consciousness is a constant feature of art scientific? Well now, you spent two years gaining insight so you must be something of ...

I would occasionally do Zumba classes before the pandemic and those are usually around 99% women. Often fine specimens too, I might add.

That's not how labels or signs and meaning work, is it? If I define myself as an astronaut it will be meaningless because I've never trained to be an ...

Yay! :party:

Makes you wonder what other freaky surprises old age has in store.

When someone asks if you’re awake (conscious) do you tell them your state of mind? No, you answer affirmatively. If someone asks how you’re feeling do...

:gasp: Yeah, the heavy flywheel has a lot of centrifugal force but there’s a brake for it.

That's how my spin bike works. It's probably less fun than it sounds. Good with upbeat music though.

It's a mental state where consciousness is absent. Also, many artists are inspired by dreams and intuition so you can't say that creative or artistic ...

Went for a surf and at the last minute switched to a warmer wetsuit because I remembered the water had been unusually cold the day before. It slipped ...

Yeah, it happened to me after unusual circumstances where I had been putting prolonged pressure on my elbows. Didn’t notice it until my elbow brushed ...

I had something similar a couple of months ago. Apparently there’s a condition colloquially known as Popeye’s elbow. Something to do with minor damage...

A meaningless statement since it’s only accounting for consciousness or whether a mind is conscious or unconscious. A mind can be in a dream state, fo...

Right, the state of merely being conscious. In fact, it is less accurate because we know that much of mental activity, and perhaps especially creative...

I’m conscious of some of my mental activity but not all, and I’m generally aware of how conscious I am, though I could suddenly become unconscious bef...

Being conscious is being awake and aware. A mind is more than simply being conscious. A mind requires an internal model of its environment and a model...

You must have your own version because some of your claims don't seem to agree with it. Panpsychism seems to center on 'mind' and you focus on conscio...

It's from the New Testament. Religious authority distinguishing the in-group from the out-group, essentially, to promote group solidarity and control....

Supposedly your "long story" can bridge this gap. Just as I predicted this epic tale has not materialized.

:up:

Hmm, starting with the obvious. So far so good! I do tell the truth at times, when the mood strikes me. Let me see if I've got this straight so far. I...

Apparently, you live in whatever world the art authorities tell you to live in. You're not being clear about liking and aesthetic experience. Can you ...

I hear LSD works great. It depatterns the mind, though you may see stars for a while. :starstruck:

This is a poor analogy because, in art, liking (aesthetic experience) is the job. I don't think that aesthetic experience is something that you consci...

You're forced to alter what I say to make a point. :roll: I value knowledgeable people in general but when it comes to art I can tell if I like someth...

I couldn't care less about what the powerful or the knowledgeable consider good art because I can think for myself and I'm not a mindless herd animal.

To paraphrase the immutable words of Sigmund Freud, sometimes a letterbox is just a letterbox. And holding the note… We can’t think for ourselves?

Interesting, perhaps your mentioning sex is your subconsciousness trying to express the meaning of the symbolism. You did say that the earth is “harde...

The heroic images of you struggling to push up your rundown letterbox in the mud and rain is mildly amusing, so thanks for that. It is also strangely ...

In case you haven’t noticed, mailboxes don’t usually stand in the middle of lakes, and yet you attempt to categorize me as a realist. :brow: Perhaps t...