Nilsi

i'm not even trying to make a kantian point per se, but rather a deleuzian one, but i'm really at the edge of my ability to articulate (and even properly understand) this. let's return to this topic in a year or so and i shall have a better answer.

the emergence of "numbers" as a concept has been a rather recent event in the evolution of the universe. there are no numbers without some intelligence's cognition of them. also, there can be intelligence without numbers: most of my day is spent without cognizing numbers or mathematics. even modern psychology agrees that there are multiple intelligences, only one of which, "logical-mathematical," is contingent on the existence of numbers. returning to the allegory of the dice throw, i will run into numbers from time to time, but a lot of the time i won't, and even when i do, the context of what a number is constantly changes, as the situation in which i encounter them changes, as my understanding and the general theory of numbers changes, and so on - and this gap in between is prior to the existence of numbers. i'm precisely making an anti-platonic argument here.

i don't know what you mean by "abstract objects" specifically, but on the general question of identity, i don't think i have a better answer in me right now than the one i gave above.

the point is that difference and repetition, chance, and the dice throw, as i talked about them in the edited comment above, are prior to identity itself. with immortality being the continuity of identity, any such possibility has to be rejected precisely on the terms that all identity is fundamentally discontinuous, i.e., there is a metaphysical gap in the material (meaning the world of appearances, forms, ideas, natural laws, etc.) universe, which is precisely what allows it to exist in the first place, and what prohibits any such phenomena from being anything other than finite, impermanent figments of infinity. it should be intuitively obvious that only the infinite can be immortal, but here we are.

they get eaten by predators or killed by pollution. even if they weren't, their evolutionary niche wouldn't exist forever, as their environment and the species itself evolve. even atoms have only really existed since humans started imagining them through contemplation and research. we are already at a point where any notion of an atom, and with that the possibility to even imagine them, starts to break down. so, at some point in the future, atoms will literally stop existing (until perhaps someone reopens that conversation). in any case, it's all in flux and utterly impermanent. the only permanence in this is the "eternal return," to talk with nietzsche, which is the perpetual arising and passing away of any form or idea, as, for example, the atom in this example. this is not to imply some teleology, but is rather to be thought of as a divine dice throw, where each throw is an affirmation of chance ("amor fati"), with the possibility of both: difference and repetition.

you just answered your own question. if you have some kind of gnostic ideal of spirituality, human problems and life will slip through your fingers, as you grasp for the "transcendent." this is also an issue with most traditional spirituality, where the immanent aspects of god are often neglected, or downright rejected as heresy, as is the case in mainstream islam. if you want to get shit done, you have to be able to see god not only in the beyond, but also in the muck of "mundane" existence. i'm always reminded of the opening lyrics to george clinton's classic ode to transcendence, "maggot brain," when contemplating this issue: take your psychedelics and jam out to some funkadelic from time to time, but don't get too hung up on it, is what i would suggest. if seeking non-ordinary states of consciousness is what you truly feel called to, i won't be able to persuade you otherwise anyway - and i wouldn't want to either. but there are also plenty of amazing experiences available that don't require rejecting your humanity - being human may even be the pre-condition for those... so there's that.

that's not the point. the point is that now millions of mexican girls will grow up knowing that they too can achieve anything they dedicate themselves to completely, regardless of their gender.

that is pretty cool.

what makes you say that? everywhere i look, i see death and impermanence. unless you are talking about whatever eternal spiritual core there is to all of it, i don't buy it.

from now on, i'm gonna use this as a copypasta whenever carl pisses me of 😏 in all seriousness though, what's the matter with you? he was giving you constructive feedback in a very respectful way and you act like he sold your mother into slavery.

this makes me want to throw up in my mouth.

have you tried cerebrolysin? it is used to mitigate the effects of traumatic brain injury and is hailed in the nootropics community for its effects on neuroplasticity. there have also been many anecdotal accounts of it helping with addiction and issues related to neurochemistry from substance abuse.

get more clarity on clarity, huh? that’s not a game i will let myself be dragged into. lol

that might be our disagreement then, because i would rather embrace chaos than try to get rid of it. wtf 😂 now you’re spiraling.

again, as mcluhan put it so eloquently: the medium is the message. it is precisely peterson’s prophetic pathos and his gesturing towards christian theology, western philosophy, and modern psychology that gets his message across. if he were to just bluntly tell you, “individual responsibility is important,” the message would land flat on its face. your obsession with “clarity” is at the core of the “western buddhism” zizek often talks about, which also happens to be the ruling ideology in silicon valley and tech-bro circles. this leads down the road of brain-computer interfaces, where at some point we won’t even have to communicate at all, because the message is instantly transmitted to the recipient. there is the classic zizek joke, where a man and a woman who are romantically involved meet up and instead of having actual sexual intercourse, which involves a lot of psychological games and ambiguity, the man brings his pocket vagina, the woman brings her dildo, and they watch their toys having intercourse on behalf of them. that’s the vibe i’m getting from you sometimes.

you assume people come here to "communicate," which i argue is not the case. the medium is the message. and the primary message of most people here is "look how spiritual/smart/virtuous/etc. i am." whether the actual content of the communication is intelligible to others is only incidental. i would even go as far as to say that such "simulated" communication, to use baudrillard's term, is the primary characteristic of social exchange in our postmodern society in general, and that your concern with "effective communication" is largely a nostalgia for authenticity, which is a rather reactionist stance to take.

i don't know if you're arguing that this is just leisure, or that there is somehow a shared mission of "personal growth," or whatever, but i would claim it's mostly neither of those. i would assume most people's actual (probably largely unconscious) motivation for coming here is having their identity validated, because they don't have any social structures in their everyday life that value traits like "consciousness," "intellectual sophistication," "moral development," or whatever. and i also suspect that many individuals here have developed these traits to the detriment of other, more generally valued traits, so of course people will try to signal these traits as strongly as possible to reinforce their sense of self-worth, which is the primary reason why they are here in the first place. i guess your allegory of the insane asylum is actually not that far off from how to conceptualize this place, only that "insane" is, of course, a highly relativistic and loaded term. if foucault were still around to write a sequel to "discipline and punish," i'm sure he would have a lot to say about forums like reddit, 4chan, and our lovely place, as far as "neurodivergent" people being shoved to the recesses of society goes.

i agree that this was a uniquely obscure and atrociously structured argument, but i disagree with the premise that what we’re doing here falls into the category of "conversational communication in common social situations," as your "maxims of conversation" imply. if i wanted to have a "conversational communication," i would precisely seek out a "common social situation." i would step out on my terrace and have a chat with my neighbor, or meet up with my friends in a bar, not visit an online forum which mostly appeals to ubernerds.

pahaha

Alright kiddo, imagine you're in a big playroom with lots of different toys and games. Let's break this down: 1. **Intelligence is like a pretend game:** Just like how characters in your favorite storybooks aren't real people, intelligence is like something we pretend exists in a certain way, but it's not a real thing you can touch or see. 2. **Dreaming and ideas:** When you're sleepy or dreaming, you can think of all sorts of wild ideas and imagine things from different angles, just like a fun, twisty slide in the playground. 3. **Making sense of things:** We try to understand these ideas by putting them in boxes and rules, like sorting your toys into different bins. But sometimes, this doesn't capture the whole picture, just like sorting only by color misses out on which toys are your favorites. 4. **Growing and learning:** Growing smarter isn't just about counting how many things you know. It's more about understanding things deeply and using that knowledge well, like knowing not just the names of your toys but how to play with them in creative ways. 5. **Different ways to be smart:** People and animals can be smart in different ways. Monkeys might remember where their food is better than humans, and computers might solve puzzles faster, but being smart isn't just about one thing. It's like having a bunch of different superpowers. 6. **Learning together:** Sometimes, working together and sharing ideas makes us all smarter. It's like when you and your friends build a huge castle out of blocks together. But if we don't talk and share, we might miss out on cool ideas and fun games. So, being smart is like playing in a big playroom with lots of toys, ideas, and friends, and finding fun and interesting ways to learn and grow together!

i‘m a fan of music. ain’t no genre safe from me

the remix also rules

wdym lol it‘s a bop 💅

the rollout and singles of charli’s upcoming album have been excellent so far. i can already tell it’s gonna be a strong contender for album of the year for me.