Leo Gura

Nah, I think people get hooked by that even if they disagree. They get hooked trying to debunk it. On the internets it is better to be controverisal and crazy that boring.

I didn't feel that way when speaking with them. That was very intentional. I didn't want any kind of weak-sauce, materialist-compatible notion of Awakening. None of that Sam Harris stuff.

I wasn't stressed. But depth take time to get rolling. It's hard to just launch into deep philosophy. It needs build-up, like my own videos. The best insights tend to come towards the end because foundation must be laid first, then many dots can interconnect quickly.

The nutcases are those who don't understand that everything I say is completely obvious.

I will twist that around on you and say that if someone tells me he is 2000 ELO in classical I want to know his real number: Fischer random. I don't care how much theory he has memorized. As usual, people got their values all backwards. Perhaps real chess ain't what you think it is.

Of course I am not 2000 in classical chess because I would be playing against guys who memorized a bunch of opening theory. Of course I would look bad there because I refuse to memorize theory. But I am not claiming 2000 in classic. I am claiming it in random. So I am not as self-deceived as you portray me to be. It is fair to say that my score is artificially high against bots. I acknowledge that. If I had a non-bot score then that's what I would report but I don't have it so I can only give you a bot score. I am not trying to sound better than I am. This is just the score I have.

Hikaru is not merely a master, he is worldclass. And he does a lot of cheap, quick, dirty, online games. These are hardly proper chess games. These are not serious classical games with careful attention to detail. And he acheived mastery before he even started playing online. How many classical offline games has Hikaru played to achieve GM? That's a better measure.

Ah, smoke shop game. Find yourself the perfect addict girlfriend "Sup girl! You like smoking crack? I am looking for a crackhead wifey."

I would like a clean brand too. Haven't had time to look into it.

I offered them to record it on my end, but they were uninterested. I do have an HD recording with HD audio of my end.

Yes, that is somewhat deliberate, to call them out. It is a shot across the bow of the Titanic.

BTW, you are grossly over-estimating that number. You have not played even close to 10,000 games of chess. That's an insane number that even a grandmaster hasn't played.

That's the first thing Anastasia asked me. They probably didn't include that part in the podcast.

There is no such limitation to understanding. Listening does not precede understanding. Understanding is an intention. The intention to understand precedes all things if it is put into place. It is not enough to listen, you have to want to understand. Understanding is not limited to conceptual. Anything you can listen to you can understand. And, understanding does not need to assume anything. If you understood a thing, then you understood it. Nothing has been missed. If something has been missed then you haven't fully understood it. Listening is just a means to an end. The end is understanding. You are listening to hopefully understand something. There are many degrees of understanding. Understanding goes far beyond listening because whatever you are listening to may not tell you everything you need to understand what's really going on. If all you do is listen, your understanding will be quite limited because rarely is a situation fully articulated and words and people often mislead or don't themselves know what they are trying to say.

OF COURSE that makes it more special. Your dream girl only has value because she is so unattainable. If I just gave you 100x your dream girl, you would take them all for granted. Your dream girl only has meaning to you because she is so rare and if you lose her you can't replace her. If you could just push a button to replace your dream girl, her murder would mean nothing to you. "OMG! I will never find another one like her!!!!" is what makes you so sad.

Well, I will have more deep videos coming in the months and years ahead. And in my book. I already have some very deep writings in my book.

Of course quality matters. It's not just about mindless quantity. You have to do the 10,000 times with quality in mind too. When I say 10,00 chess games, I don't mean shit games, I mean games where you are being thoughtful about improving. You should always be thinking: How do I do it better next time?

Doesn't bother me. I don't expect any mind to just accept my ideas. I know all the ways the mind will weasel around the Truth. Scientific & rationalist arrogance is well-known to me. This is like slime on an eel.

If you have not mastered chess after 10,000 games, you're doing something wrong. Mastery does not mean being the world's best. I have played less than 200 chess games in my life and I play at 2000 ELO against bots.

Too pedantic. Don't act like you don't understand what creation is. You aren't that dumb. No because it costs a lot of time and money to make those clips and too few people watch them to break even.

I call it understanding rather than listening. If your goal is understanding, you will automatically listen.

I don't remember, sorry.

Well, you need to shut off your mind and stop thinking about it. By allowing your mind to think so much you are hanging yourself. You have to train yourself not to think when talking to girls. So when she rejects you, you just don't think about it. Then there is nothing to cry over. Of course this requires lot of practice. In the meantime you will suffer. But that suffering is 100% self-created. You need to be having fun when talking to girls. Nothing else. No other emotions or thoughts. If you are having fun, no rejection matters. It's a mind game you are playing against yourself. If you only approach one girl, you never give yourself the chance to build state or momentum. So that is killing you. You can't get good that way. You must practice game properly. Don't try to reinvent the wheel.

You are creating every second.

That's not necessarily a good thing. Life only has meaning to the degree it is limited. If you think these capitalists will share their wealth with you, you seriously don't know them.