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Perhaps this is entirely unrelated to the type of symmetry of which Leo is referring to, but this is something I’ve thought about just as recently as this morning. Mathematicians categorize the different kinds of symmetries with things called groups. Larger groups can be constructed from smaller subgroups (normal subgroups if you want to be anal about it), meaning larger symmetries can be constructed from smaller symmetries. An example would be a 6-sided pinwheel. This pinwheel can be seen to have six symmetric pins each 60 degrees from one another, or it can be split along 120 degree angles to get three symmetric pieces with two pins each, or it can be split along 180 degree angles to yield two symmetric pieces with three pins each, and lastly one could choose to not cut the pinwheel at all and leave it as one asymmetrical unit with six pins. So the symmetry of a 6 sided pinwheel contains within it three smaller symmetries, namely the symmetries of a 3 sides pinwheel, a 2 sided pinwheel, and a 1 sided pinwheel. Another example could be a square. A square contains all the symmetries that a rectangle does, as well as additional symmetry. Any standard kind of symmetry can be associated with a specific and unique group (at least in theory). As it turns out, objects which are asymmetrical are associated with the Trivial group, the only group containing only one copy. This means that while usually we think of asymmetry as being separate from symmetry, it is indeed a type of symmetry, the symmetry that represents objects with only one copy. Furthermore, an important theorem within group theory is that the Trivial group is a (normal) subgroup within every other group. To put this in English, every symmetrical object possesses within it smaller sub-symmetries, and one of these symmetries must be asymmetry. Because of this, every object has a certain kind of symmetry associated with it since all objects are at the very least asymmetrical, the symmetry of one copy.

I’d enjoy a look at more of the conversation, and perhaps more information on this AI if possible. Thanks for sharing this.

I once gave some panicked meth heads some “gas” money for their mother dying a few hundred miles away. I didn’t believe their story and told them this to their face, but a part of me wanted to give them the benefit of the doubt, knowing I’d never hear from these strangers again. The lesson I learned is to listen to my intuition more carefully. I had also assumed that graduate school would be less memorization based than everything else has been since grade school and more focused on research and creative thinking. This was false. Graduate school from my experience has been a carbon copy of grade school style of learning. There’s a saying “You don’t go to school to learn, but to learn how to learn”, but in reality if you can pass high school, you can graduate college, as the skill set is identical and you won’t be picking up any critical thinking skills you didn’t already develop during high school. Here I learned that if you want to learn something in depth, or do research into a topic, you must go it alone. Others such as private companies and universities do research based on things that are important to them and their survival as an entity, not necessarily on what is interesting as this is more of a subjective, personal quality. Research what interests you independently.

This topic very much reminds me of the end of this video. I've linked it to the correct time. "Still frustrated, you know. One of the biggest frustrations is how … what do you do after this? How do you reach those levels of consciousness naturally, in the 'sober' state? How do you make it 'permanent'? You see the thing is is that people who say that 'Oh well Leo it wasn't permanent so it's not real.', but what you don't understand is that the distinction between permanent and impermanent is complete bullshit. There's no difference between permanent and impermanent. That's your own imposition. Consciousness doesn't care if it's permanent or impermanent. You could have full, infinite God consciousness for one second. And it's genuine, it's exactly what it is. It's infinite God consciousness, it's absolute consciousness. Infinite omniscience for one second, then it's gone. That doesn't mean it wasn't real, it just means it was there, and now it's not there. You were fully awake, now you're half asleep. That's what it means. Can you be that awake all the time? Maybe, I don't know. What does it take to become that awake? Meditation, yoga, self inquiry, more 5-MeO? I don't know, I don't know. Maybe it's not possible at all in the human body. Maybe you have to put a gun in your mouth and shoot yourself. I don't know, there's a lot of possibilities."

@Javfly33 How do you know that other moments exist, or that other consciousnesses exists? The only way you could be sure of this is if you verified these other consciousnesses/moments existed for yourself, right now, in the present moment via experiencing them yourself. But then that other consciousness would really just be your consciousness, and that other moment would really just be now.

Saw this video and found it informative. To use terms popular on this forum, it’s interesting to see how stage orange coopted stage blue’s loyalty to authority figures and sense of right vs wrong for political power.

My thoughts about nihilism don’t really matter.

I was originally going to write a long, intricate explanation as to why I disagree. But honestly, it sounds like a lot of work and I just don’t have the will power to do so.

There was a solipsism convention a few years ago near the city I live in. Only one person attended.

@Ananta I saw this video earlier today and it reminded me of your comments. Vaccine side effects are actually a good thing - Vox Mainly the part about how the vaccines for Covid-19 have a higher propensity to cause side effects than most other vaccines, in particular the second dose.

Open up any dictionary and pick a random word. That word is defined by every word that is in it’s definition. But what defines all of those words? All of the words that are in their definitions. So that means the original word is not only defined by the words in it’s definition, but all the words in those words’ definitions, and also by all the words in those words’ definitions, etc. Since there are finitely many words, some words must be defined by themselves.

I can't quite describe intuition. I just know what it is.

Leo telling me about 5-MeO-DMT. ”5-Meo-DMT is all it takes, Simplex.”

"Am I really all the things that are outside of me? Would I complete myself without the things I like around?"

The recent Pickup mega thread made me reflect on all my past failures with women. It also caused me to start putting research into how to attract women and what women find attractive, including most of Leo's videos on the subject. It made me realize how little I was doing right in these various interactions. But one girl from my past in particular came up in my thoughts while contemplating about all this. For context, before meeting this girl I had zero success or experience with women beyond friendship. I had very low self esteem, was pretty awkward, and knew that I didn't understand what women really wanted. Furthermore, I made the assumption that whatever it is women are looking for, I clearly didn't have it or else I would have had more success. The second assumption I made is that whatever it is women were looking for that you were either born with or born without, like charisma, confidence, extroversion, fun, looks, etc. were all things that certain men were born with and certain men weren't. Every time I would get rejected by a romantic interest, it would reinforce my ego's narrative. I'm not saying any of the things are true, but they are how I honestly felt at the time. This happened at my apartment for college. One of my housemates who was involved in the college's political system had invited over his really hot friend who was also involved in the school's politics. My first thought when I saw this girl was "Wow! This girl is so out of my league. I'm going to introduce myself to her and tell her how I feel. She's so out of my league that I KNOW she would never date a guy like me. So whether or not she is receptive of my compliment or not doesn't matter because I won't be dating this girl regardless if I say it or not.". So I went up to her, reached out my hand and said "Hi, I'm Collin." with a slight smile looking her dead in the eyes. She reaches out her hand and starts shaking mine and says "Hi, I'm *******.". While still shaking her hand, maintaining direct eye contact, and still making that subtle smile, I replied "You're very pretty, *******." to which she smiled and said "Thank you.". We chatted a little bit about who each other was and parted ways. A fair amount of time passes, and she comes to the apartment one evening. She's upset at her housemates for being loud and disruptive and was going to spend the night at our apartment due to her friendship with my (gay) housemate. She intended on sleeping on the couch, so I offered her briefly if she wanted bedding such as a pillow and blankets. She said yes and I went to fetch it. Eventually, everyone in the apartment was either in their rooms, passed out, or out. So she and I started talking about life, her personal issues, her feelings and thoughts about her current situation in life, etc. Once again we split our separate ways. The third noteworthy encounter was when I was walking to somewhere on campus. As I was walking, I noticed her standing in front of the library. As I passed by her, I quickly said "Hey, *******." and then turned my head forward and proceeded to walk where I was originally intending to go. I hear behind me "You're not gonna stop and talk to me?" with a sort of smile in the tone of her voice. This stopped me cold and I really didn't know what to make of the situation. This was the first time in my life that someone I had been attracted to showed any signs of being interested. Obviously I started to make small talk with her, discussing the classes I'm taking, and at the end of the conversation, she gives me her number. Rather than have me type it in, she grabs my phone and puts herself in my contacts. But my self image couldn't accept this. This went against my ego's narrative about her being out of my league. Rather than accepting the hints and pursuing what I wanted, I double downed on my ego's narrative. I backward rationalized the situation with the assumption that "She's out of my league." must be the necessary conclusion to whatever narrative I would end up concocting for myself. The story I settled on was "She is involved in politics and is very confident in herself. She is also very charismatic, friendly, and extroverted. She loves social interaction and gives her number out to all sorts of people and likes talking to people in general, not just me. She just wants a friendship." Eventually she asked me over text if I wanted to grab lunch with her over at the cafeteria on Friday. I was elated by this. This was the first time someone at the college who wasn't a housemate invited me to something, and it was my crush of all people! This was over the summer, so the campus was empty comparative to the rest of the semester. Also, her sorority was mostly gone for the summer, as well as the fraternity/sorority scene. So I assumed she was lonely and just wanted companionship. We did met up and just talked, and decided to make this a weekly thing. It should be pretty obvious how this story ends up. Eventually, the large gap between her confidence and my confidence became a wedge in any potential relationship. As I sensed myself losing my chances with her, neediness kicked in and this basically terminated any possibility with her. The whole situation left me confused and depressed, as it once again reinforced my ego's shitty narrative about me. I still don't understand how attracting women works. But, I think using this past experience, as well as the new knowledge I have obtained on the matter, I think I can better extract certain lessons from this encounter. Things I didn't pick up on at the time because of my ignorance about female attraction. Please note that these points I'm listing below are not advice for the reader. I am the last person you should be getting advice from in this matter, as is apparent by the story itself. 1) A girl that I "KNEW" was out of my league showed very real signs of interest in dating me. So while from my perspective, she was out of my league, she clearly didn't see me as not being good enough for her. It was just some bullshit my ego made up so I wouldn't pursue what wanted out of fear of repeating past events (the sheer irony of this self-fulfilling prophecy!). I should try and pursue women I'm attracted to unapologetically , because what they are looking for is different than what men look for, so I never know what the outcome could be. 2) Do NOT play the long game with girls. Knowing what I know now, I did a large chunk of the attraction phase when I introduced my self to her. Eye contact, smile, handshake (physical touch), and being direct and blunt about my attraction towards her, AND with no expectations as to getting with her. I wasn't looking for her approval as much because it felt like I wouldn't be dating this girl anyways, so why not just have fun? Now this is a poor way to approach the situation in the first place. I think my future mentality will be more along the lines of "I spent my entire life without this girl in my life just fine, and if nothing comes of this interaction, then she'll just be another person that came in and out of my life in a flash. No true harm done. And if we end up hitting it off, that's great too!" but I can't let my ego hurt me too badly when I am rejected, as I am aware I'm nowhere near the point of not letting rejection get to me, if even for a little while. But this can be trained over time and with more experience. 3) Confidence is KEY! Regardless of women, to become the best me that ever me'd, I need to start putting more focus on my confidence on the self improvement front. This will include me going out to fun and new exciting things at least every other week, and talking to strangers regularly. Also, when I do hear negativity, doubts, and fears in my head, I should be mindful of those thoughts, acknowledge what they are saying, but still execute on what I set out to do regardless of the internal dialogue. Especially for things like my lack of assertiveness.