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Yes. I’m making some distinctions to convey a point. Some perspectives would say that life is a part of existence. There are things that exist that don’t have “life”. But ofc an animist is gonna say that even a rock has “life”. That is the hard problem of consciousness. How can objects have subjective experience? What differentiates an object that we would say doesn’t have subjective experience such as a rock vs something that does such as a human.

Not that I agree with the argument that reality is an accident, but I can’t help but entertain the atheist perspective of reality being an accident. Here’s a thought experiment: How long would it take for you to flip a coin on heads 50 times in a row? You see, life seems improbable because we are seeing it through a finite amount of time. But if you have eternity, I don’t see how it could be improbable for life. Eternity means that every permutation of reality is possible. You can flip a coin 50 times in a row on heads. It might take you 73767282818387473881827373 trillion years to do it, but you can do it and it would be as if no time has passed because eternity means no time. So, how could the creation of life not be like flipping a coin 50 times in a row? Of course, the issue with this argument is that for “accidents” to exist, there has to be Existence. Existence is a necessary condition for accidents to exist. Sure, it might take the Universe billions of billions of years just to develop humans capable of reasoning in a similar way that I could flip a coin 50 times in a row. But the fact is that existence exists. An atheist doesn’t understand that accidents and randomness are properties of Existence. I would argue that there can be no accidents given an infinite amount of time. Me flipping a coin 50 heads in a row is inevitable under the concept of eternity. The only thing limiting me in flipping a coin 50 times in a row is me having a limited amount of time. But if the Universe has unlimited time, then it is inevitable that life exists no matter how improbable it may seem.

@Leo Gura I was trying to use the atheist argument of life being an accident against itself. However, why does evolution exist and take millions of years? You would think that an infinite mind could just create something instantaneously rather than creating through evolution. I am assuming you are gonna reply with “evolution is imaginary”? I do think evolution is infinitely intelligent. But I can hear atheists saying the source of reality could be dumber than the creation in a similar way that humans create AI, an intelligence more intelligent than its creator. I hope this makes sense. Not that I agree with it but I know some atheists have made this argument that if humans can create something more intelligent than it, then it isn’t hard to conceive of god being dumber than its creation using that logic.

Thats identical to what I said. If it is beyond the world, it is outside the world.

Pantheism. Panentheism implies that God is outside of the Universe.

@Leo Gura Thanks for the practical blog posts about daily products like spatulas

Conflating wisdom with foolishness is itself foolish.

Thanks for the share. This is basically the advice that Leo has been giving on dating. Masculine traits such as confidence and humor are essential in attracting women. Without them, it is very unlikely that she will want anything to do with you. Women expect men to embody masculine traits for the most part. Some are an exception and will take initiative and be less selective.

How do you distinguish between true vs false intuition?

Sex is just using another persons body to masturbate. Think about it. The other stuff ofc is emotional intimacy and not sex itself. What you’re really asking is if intimacy is better than self-pleasure.

I am going back and forth between getting the Glock 19, Walther PPK, or the M1911. This is my first gun, and I want to get a high quality gun. What do you all recommend?

Thanks guys. I’ve been shooting my Glock 19 for some time now and it is awesome! I love it! No need to buy another handgun.

I want to get out of Oklahoma in 2 years. I would like to live not too far from the ocean, mountains, and city life. I want some place with an abundance of outdoor adventure activities. Oregon seemed really beautiful. It just sucks that Portland is a shit hole. Seattle was amazing as well. I also loved the east coast when I went to DC, Philly, and NYC.

If you could live anywhere in the USA, where would you live? Why? Explain your rationale.

Thought I’d share shocking information that I found. Apparently, the gunman is receiving love letters and support for the evil done. https://nypost.com/2024/12/21/us-news/meet-the-besotted-groupies-sending-love-letters-commissary-money-to-accused-united-healthcare-ceo-assassin-luigi-mangione/ https://www.the-express.com/entertainment/tv/158340/snl-criticized-shameful-Luigi-Mangione-cheering-weekend-update/amp Society is sick.

Clarity is an essential life skill for understanding reality and being decisive. It doesn’t come easy. Here are some issues that clarity helps you to resolve: 1. Having a family or being single 2. Knowing where you want to live 3. Knowing your life purpose 4. Knowing what you look for in a partner 5. Knowing your dream house I could go on. But it ultimately comes down to knowing what fulfills you. You can also have clarity about existential matters as well such as: Understanding the nature of reality, society, politics, consciousness, etc. Clarity is an essential ingredient to wisdom. However, clarity isn’t the only. The paradox of wisdom is having clarity but also being comfortable with ambiguity. The step to gaining deeper clarity is being comfortable with ambiguity while contemplating. What do you think helps develop clarity? I am most speaking practicality here and not so much existential.

I had an insight from noticing myself detaching from women, love, sex, etc. The insight for me is that approaching women is a waste of time. Sure, you can develop social skills and confidence. And I would recommend you to work through that fear of approaching and transcend social anxiety. Socialization is an important skill. But I am starting to understand Leo’s episode on How Socialization Makes You Stupid. What are we doing here? We are ultimately chasing pussy, women, relationships. It is so lame that I put it like this. I realize that for myself that there are more important things in life to pursue than getting laid, seeking approval, and talking to women. It is another matrix that I am being played at. Women mostly expect men to make the first move at everything. But I realize that the kind of woman I would ever be attracted to is one who wouldn’t be playing these games and would have the confidence to see me as too hot to pass up. I have found so much freedom being single. I was struggling with a breakup of a first long-term relationship. But now I can say that I feel grateful that it ended. I mean the intimacy/sex was great, but I knew deep down that I would lose my freedom. I was about to tie myself down physically, emotionally, sexually, and spiritually to a woman I was with for 9 months. To be with a woman or any relationship is sacrificing something. I am grateful that I didn’t get too far into pickup. I am fine being a virgin. There’s far less drama and so much more freedom in being a single, virgin male. I feel like being single is basically like having sex with life itself. I get to do whatever I want. I get to flirt with whoever I want. When I am with a partner, there’s so much constraints being placed on my mind. I think people underestimate the constraints that are placed on their minds as a result of being in a relationship. You always have to filter everything through you and the other person. Romantic relationships are overrated. Sex is overrated. Fulfillment and happiness comes from the satisfaction and freedom of being single. Anyways, I could write a book on this. (I kinda already did ). But my main insight is that this dating section is a complete waste of time. Sorry to hurt anyone’s feelings. But I realized that I am putting so much unnecessary suffering and giving away so much of my power away to women/sex/relationships, which is all out of my control. It’s a waste of time to go out of your own way to approach women and try to play these games to get them naked. It’s just inauthentic. Of course, if I ever did get into a relationship, then it will happen organically and will not be something that I will torture myself with for not having.

Fvck that. I want the black pill video!

Seattle was the coolest city I’ve been to. I was there when it wasn’t raining though.

I am thinking about moving in 2 years and want to still be a US Citizen and live in America.

Being single is amazing. I’m embracing it at this point in my life. Who knows what the next chapter will bring. I got nothing to lose. It is kinda sad that a lot of people don’t seem to see the amazing freedom of being single.

Use that alpha male energy then to lead her into the conversation about it. It sounds like you are taking a “feminine” position with wanting her to guess how you feel and to change without telling her what she’s doing. It doesn’t really need to be a conversation, but a simple I-statement can do the job.

I think many of you misunderstood. I’m not gonna stop approaching. I just don’t force it and make it the main focus. The main focus is to enjoy myself, work on my life purpose, and contemplate reality. If I am doing karaoke and dancing, I might say hi to someone who seems kind and interesting. I’m just not forcing it. I think approaching is an empowering skill to have. It’s making my whole life and self worth about approaching and approval that stops. I’ll play some games with women too. But the main thing is that I don’t feel a strong desire to force things to happen. I feel content being single because this means that I can flirt and approach whoever I want if I want. But since I stopped thinking about pursuing women, I have finally been thinking more about consciousness and reality.

Thanks. This post isn’t about frustration but about a turning point. I have reconnected with the joy of being single and have felt less and less detachment to women which I think is a good thing. My sex drive is lower and all the thoughts that went to my ex and women are now going back into myself and in questioning reality.

All of that is a social construct. Ever since I was in the 4th grade, I questioned why women play the games they do and wait for the guy to ask them out. And sure, part of me is very feminine and there’s nothing wrong with that. I have my preferences of having a woman that doesn’t make me guess how she feels. I’m tired of all these games. I’m tired of being the 100th guy hitting on her. It doesn’t feel as fulfilling to me than being seen.