UnbornTao

I'd rather not, it's a waste of time. Go through the thread if you want. Then don't encourage it and call it out when you see it. Sometimes this might require a direct confrontation with people in here, otherwise the point won't land. I guess the main issue is being able to see it occurring in the first place, which for you might be harder to do, because this is your place. @Miguel1 You are part of the main audience all this cult chatter is directed at. Not really. I'm sure you don't consider Bentinho, Teal, the Aaron guy, and Mooji cults, but they essentially are.

Ok, back to rizz, whatever that means.

They recently won the Nations League, if I recall - beating Spain. I'm just looking forward to Italy's performance.

That looks wonderful in a serif. Imagine Shakespeare writing that in the 1600s

Exchange Germany for Portugal and that's my list.

No Foden and no Palmer 🥶 It's still a very strong contender, though! The ball will be controlled by third parties from outside the stadium. How do you expect Ronaldo to score goals?

No Spain? They're the main favorites. The injured players will have to get back into form quickly, though. I think Cristiano could at some point become a burden to the Portugal team. We'll see. Brazil for some reason keeps disappointing in these tournaments lately. Germany used to be a stronger team than they are now. France lacks a distinctive play style and they somehow always reach the semifinals as if it were commonplace.

No, long-term injury. Neymar will presumably recover from his injury soon.

It must be true, then. What are you waiting for?

@Someone here What are your predictions?

It's your metabolism, and the ice cream.

@Schizophonia You got fat really quickly.

Hmm, I'm not so sure about that. The person on the videos might be real, though. Are you AI?

Isn't this the second time you're asking me? Not every cult is bad, though.

First's one AI, to be clear. (And honestly, the second one might be, too.) People love that shit, don't they?

I honestly love the new font.

And for some reason this doesn't prevent it from happening.

Fair enough. Props for that. But seriously tackle the topic of belief. It's easy to miss it and would be very useful, if, again, people don't believe in it. Get clear on what it is. If you aren't, I'll bet your followers aren't either. Also, it's interesting that you frame it as intellectual work.

Go over @zurew's points again. I feel some of the antagonism is directed at that kind of analysis. You'd be easily swayed by people here talking the way you do. In practice, the theory might not be directed at what it claims on paper. Surely you know people just end up following you, even though they try to hide it under a spiritual cloak - "Think for yourself," "mental sovereignty," and so on.

I know the theory. And look at what happens in practice for people, which you tend to encourage, even if unknowingly. It relates to @zurew point about adopting the same terminology. I think an episode on belief would be in order. I don't think you are clear on that matter either. But then we'd start believing in belief rather than looking at the real dynamic at play.

The overall criticisms of science can be levelled at virtually anything. You aren't an honest actor. Now do the same with spirituality, and with the followers of those paths. Expand on the points addressed in the fake spirituality episode. And let burn what needs to burn - especially because it will apply to us, Leo included, and to this place. @Leo Gura What do you expect people to do with some of the blog posts (particularly the more existential ones) other than believe you? You present assertions as true, and that's often the end of it. Have you thought about what effect they have on people when it comes down to it?

Eh, I'm stretching it. There's a cultural component behind it, though.

A good one: Finding something funny because it is true - because it points out something real - and seeing that, for some reason, elicits laughter. The meme: 'It's funny because it's true.'

'Tis the bitch of the human mind: