Leo Gura

If you attempt to do science without taking philosophy seriously you will misunderstand reality and your science will become retarded and corrupt. Which is the current state of science.

Daniel is the exception that proves the rule. Very few people are Daniel.

No. It is not too grounded. It is full of pie-in-the-sky.

The difference between you and me is that I don't care what her document says. I am doing my own thinking, not following her. I don't circumscribe my undestanding of reality with one academic lady. Why don't you got out and do the research? Since you have such strong views on how to do it right.

Yes, good. 1) Trump, or a criminal gangster. Typical blue-colar American who barely passed high school and cannot point to Iran on a map and goes to fooball games and prays to Jesus for his football team to win the campionship so he can win $1000. Typical MAGA rally-goer. Typical American right-winger who thinks Trump is sent by Jesus to save us from communist Biden. 2) Typical stage Orange materialist scientist at MIT. Autistic atheist type like Stephen Wolfram. Many atheist intellectuals are here. Eric Weinstein. 3) Typical hippie New Ager type. Many spiritual healers, witches, shamans, mystics, etc. These are usually people born with spiritual talents thanks to genetics. They operate on faith and intuition. They love stuff like Law of Attraction and astrology. My last girlfriend. The type of person who thinks RFK Jr is God's gift to politics. 4) Ralston, Ken Wilber, Actualized.org What is the difference between Actualized.org and hippie New Ager spirituality?

You cannot distinguish science from philosophy. That is a fundamental epistemic error. You guys should understand that by now.

You can try to please both masters but that's a difficult undertaking. I wouldn't trust people to get that balance right. But if you know what you're doing then yeah, you can do that.

I value not using truth to hurt others.

No, it describes cognitive complexity, which is way beyond a mere unitive experience. Be careful not to conflate these things. That's a huge difference. It's way more than just descriptions. It's a totally different kind of mind. Haha, now you sound like one of those lunatic post-modernists who say that objectivity and truth are white male values. No. It's not about white collar elitism. Construct-awareness is as serious as this work gets, and no one has it. Having mystical or unitive experiences does not give you mastery over the mind. Just distinguish awakening from development. These are not the same thing. I thought we made this point clear long ago. Why are you still lumping these things together?

Yes, you should. I will make a blogpost about it. It's still too early for me to speak on.

This book is self-deception.

There is some loose correlation but it is nothing guaranteed. Yes, rare cases of that could happen. But generally speaking that's not a trend. These models are looking at general trends, not weird edge-cases and genetic freaks. Psychopathy is a neurological disorder.

@How to be wise “Despite rhetoric to the contrary, President Trump has a weakness for swamp creatures, especially corporate monopolies, their lobbyists, and their money.” -- RFK Jr https://x.com/RobertKennedyJr/status/1800701275111399433 Before you ask why I changed my mind about RFK, you should ask why RFK changed his mind about Trump. And then consider which of us is aligned with integrity and which is not.

They can have mystical experiences, and even some awakening, but that is not the same as cognitive development. Don't you know how corrupt these shamans are? Theft, rape, abuse, racism, sexism, genocide.

Osho was legit.

Fuck no!

They will be totally tribal and conformist.

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@Actualising

Just give it time. This kind of stuff usually passes with a few weeks of focusing on other things. Don't dwell on it. Do other things.

Yes. That is on my to-do list.

Nothing will happen. Empty virtue signaling.

They will be gone. But that takes time.

You don't know what kind of skeletons Gaetz has in his closet. Could be some real ugly stuff. But I am surprised they withdrew him, shameless as they are. No doubt his replacement will be as bad or worse. Don't forget that they are selling and trading all these nominations. They will go to the highest bidders and biggest asslickers.