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  2. Option would be to migrate the forum to Reddit.
  3. @integral whoa, it's pretty cool. Wasn't aware of it. Thanks!
  5. Hell yeah, sounds fun.
  6. I don't like how they talk about dimensions because they dont know where the observer lies. The observer creates the entire thing. When I experiences 1d it Wasnt front to back it was side to side. There is nothing 'in the way' of the observer. This is scientific version of it and its wrong the observer has no limits. This type of thinking about dimensions is wrong dimensions are related to your first person perspective over matter. Sideways is the 1st dimension and specifically states that its not. Not being able to move sideways is 3rd dimension representation of what the 1st dimension is like. You being able to move your eyes left and right is 1st and second dimension and having a head turn 'turns sideways is 3rd dimension. Your eyes moving aren't eyes moving its a dimension you can move in.
  7. This guy set out to explain different dimensions and ended up explaining Absolute Infinity instead:
  8. So, there's incentives and then there's the feedback loop of how models get refined. The tighter the feedback loop, the easier it is to get the explosions. When coding models first came out, they were horrible. But the latest frontier coding models are "explosions" compared to what they were, even just 12 months ago. What made this possible is that with coding, you can set up fast and cheap tests, such as with a compiler. Then you can have the AI do a billion tests and it either passes or fails. That data then becomes available for the next retraining session. When you have a never-ending supply of deterministic tests that either pass or fail, that's how you get the explosions. You need to be able to simulate the domain and you need lots of quick, cheap tests to get the runaway improvement. Obviously, not every domain works like this. You can't run fast and cheap tests in science and medicine because the feedback loop is such that you have to wait on humans to actually do the things in physical reality and report back, as opposed to simulating reality and running tons of deterministic pass/fail checks. When the model is engaging in a domain where it doesn't have this deep training data, it's still useful because it leans on the best mental models and frameworks we have - it's decent at triage, forming hypothesis, and spotting patterns. For people in science and medicine, it's currently more like a helpful colleague than a genius. The calculator allows humans to figure math out faster - saves them a ton of time and cognitive effort. AI is like a calculator in these loose-feedback domains, but humans still have to be the ones to do the work, at least for now. What happens when AI-robots are dialed in? The feedback loops gets tighter, but still not as tight as something like coding and math. You can't fast-forward a chemical reaction or a biological process the way you fast-forward a compiler.
  9. True. No one can HANDLE such degrees of consciousness. Being clinically insane is a really relaxing beach vacation compared to that.
  10. Today
  11. Jeffries and Schumer single-handedly saving democracy despite being targeted by both the socwokies and fascists https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5962472-cook-political-report-race-updates-democrats-midterms/ Cook Political Report moving 4 of 5 gubernatorial races toward Democrats
  12. Hah You can always say - I'm just gonna melt the floors. And thats it just to prove it. But then what is next? Making the sky disappear? Before you know it it is all unraveled and you are stuck picking up the pieces.

  13. Leo's Blog Discussion Mega-Thread

    NewKidOnTheBlock replied to Leo Gura's topic in Personal Development -- [Main]

    Yes, if you're short, focus on your takedowns. Don't do standup Ba dum tssss
  14. I suffer from schizoaffective disorder . I am wondering are there schizophrenic people here on the forum. I'd like that we all become friends and you can freely write here what is going with you.
  15. @Leo Gura Make some "black pill" shorts about dating and survival
  16. I bought testosterone at 17 or 18 to go through half of male puberty because of a genetic disorder . Three years later I largely threw it in the trash and fully medically transitioned to estrogen. I took it for 10 years since then. You'd have to take either hormone for a while for it to fully manifest, in which case the differences are astounding. By that point you start paying the price in terms of your family and society saying you're an idiot and all that . The beauty in estrogen is unmatched and you may be able to notice immediately. If not there are a million other considerations to make to improve your life. Gender transition is indeed very complex and entangled in trouble and good vibes. But on the other hand I think I am also trying to simply sound profound, taking testosterone vs. estrogen is similar in some ways. It can be more philosophically illuminating to try to focus on the similarities. Unity and all that.
  17. It doesn't work like that. You exist in certain states of Consciousness. This state is to keep this particular reality intact. If you could melt the floors it would undermine all of the rules put in place by you to make this place appear physically sound and real.
  18. @Schizophonia "The second major proposition of the mimetic theory proceeds from considering the consequences of the mimetic nature of desire as it relates to human origins and anthropology. The mimetic nature of desire allows for the anthropological success of human beings through social learning but is also laden with potential for violent escalation. If the subject desires an object simply because another subject desires it, then their desires are bound to converge on the same objects. If these objects cannot be easily shared (food, mates, territory, prestige and status, etc.), then the subjects are bound to come into mimetically intensifying conflict over these objects. The simplest solution to this problem of violence for early human communities was to polarize blame and hostility onto one member of the group who would be killed and interpreted as the source of conflict and hostility within the group. The transition from the violent conflict of all-against-all would be transformed into the unifying and pacifying violence of all-except-one whose death would reconcile the community together. The victim who was persecuted as the source of disorder would then become venerated as the source of order and meaning for the community and seen as a god. This process of engendering and making possible human community through arbitrary victimization is called, within mimetic theory, the scapegoat mechanism. Eventually, the scapegoat mechanism would be exposed within the Biblical texts which categorically reorient the position of the Divinity to be on the side of the victim as opposed to that of the persecuting community. Girard argues that all other myths, such as Romulus and Remus, for example, are written and constructed from the point of view of the community whose legitimacy depends on the guilt of the victim in order to be brought together as a unified community. Once the relative innocence of the victim is exposed, the scapegoat mechanism is no longer able to function as a vehicle for generating unity and peace. The categorical moral innocence of Christ therefore serves to reveal the scapegoating mechanism in scripture, thus enabling the possibility that humanity might overcome it by learning to discern its continued presence in our interactions today."

  19. Inception 2.0

    Inception replied to Inception's topic in Self-Actualization Journals

    I’ve been stupid, ungrateful and lazy. I used to be the most intelligent person I knew.
  20. No one has it because you put yourself in a jail cell and threw out the key. It was the ONLY way. All other ways were too easy.
  21. If your dream fell apart you would with it. Heres the question. Do you want the ability to start changing the structure of the dream, if you had that ability it would quickly become meaningless. Look when this is over you can look at the all mechanics you want. But right now you're a player that you placed in your own video game later we can talk about how you get out but you had to lock yourself in totality otherwise it wouldn't feel real
  22. For the floor to melt requires a degree of consciousness that no human has, not even a clinically insane human. You guys are just underestimating how many degrees and layers to Consciousness there are. The floor exists on such a deep layer that Buddha himself could not wish it away. Awakening does not change the world, it changes awareness of the world.

  23. Inception 2.0

    Inception replied to Inception's topic in Self-Actualization Journals

    Ever since I left my love, things went downhill. Now I’m at an all time low. Not even those cute lows, where we say things can only go uphill from there. Worst year of my life. Going to the psych ward ruined my life.
  24. The question still remains, if you’re awake how come your floor isn’t melting like you talked about in that video.
  25. No, that is not a good feature imo, I don't like how you have to keep unpacking all the replies, and keep unpacking after you scroll to the bottom of the each unpacked section - since there is a limit how many replies can be displayed per section. It makes you feel like you have no life and just contributes to the general nolife vibes of the website, I suppose it can make all the geeks there feel like they are digging for something, or discovering something; particuliarly whose opinion ends up being better (more aligned with the subreddit hivemind), whose got the last reply, who is the winner of the exchange. But all they're discovering is their homosexuality
  26. I guess the difference is understanding the functioning of the mechanics of the dream vs the dream that generates the mechanics. I'm sure Curt and other scientists genuinely care about figuring out the mechanics of the dream. It's kind of like being obsessed with a video game and learning all the strategies, lore, map, exploits, etc. The game is ultimately entertainment, but there isn't anything wrong with it per se. I find it problematic when scientists try to understand the dream that creates the mechanics and have no idea where to start, or insist on their mechanical explanations. It's like there's a different plane of thought they haven't unlocked.
  27. Resist your A.D.D.....
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