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Yeah, Bryan is crazy. He also has 5-MeO tattooed on his arm. You're like beyond saving. You would be like if I literally revealed my erect Johnson size in plain English, you would say it's flaccid because that's the only "logical" conclusion. No, it is literally that small. Arghhhah 😭

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaa. "5g monthly, for three months". "Monthly" means on a monthly basis. If he had meant on a daily basis, he would have said "~0.2g daily, for three months". I was about to ask if you have dyslexia but this is just daftlexia. No because mystical experiences are absolutely not at all life-changing and absolutely do not lead to permanent changes in the Default Mode Network, the network of the self (you have yourself said the self is the basis of all pathology)......

"You were never born and you'll never die but you'll increase your biological lifespan on Earth by 1.2%" — "Thank you, DMT entity".

He's not taking it every day 😭 Again, it's irrelevant. Are you suggesting he should take SSRIs just once a month for three months? Even if that was the case, it would have to literally be the holy grail of longevity before you make someone super-healthy like Bryan Johnson hop on SSRIs. The side effects (or just effects) of SSRIs or just too much serotonin in general are just ridiculous. I remember I took 5-HTP once just for fun and I was completely couchlocked for an evening, and the next day I had an oral exam and my anxiety was through the roof from the severe downregulation.

You make many correct distinctions but they're irrelevant to the topic. That's why you're a daft lad. Bryan Johnson won't go on SSRIs because he cares about his... Johnson. And show me a mouse study on SSRIs increasing longevity.

You're a daft lad. SSRIs don't regularly lead to mystical experiences (unless you're manic or intrinsically mystical), they lead to impotence and other bullshit, and it's about the long-term not immediate effects (neuroplasiticity and sheet), besides, what mouse study has shown increased longevity from SSRIs? And mystical experiences have neurological correlates and create lasting effects.

@Inliytened1 I think this clip of Bear Grylls (who is a Christian) is a good example of a more "open" kind of Christian who is also still a "normie" (in the sense of not being "mystical"; as far as I know, I could be wrong). He directly questions the term "Christian" and also mentions doubt:

You can't retard-proof reality 😀

My repeated spamming in the comments seemed to help finally:

Go Moderator discussion >:@

Bryan Johnson gonna turn into the next famous spiritual guru at this rate.

Are you dyslexic? 😂

You're such a goooober omg

Are you taking too much copper? Are you using hot tap water for your tea or boiling water?

Yeah it could've likely been beneficial overall. It's just the Alex style of jumping right into the discussion with a pointed question could also have an effect. It's a good way to get people immediately glued to the discussion. There a pros and cons for different versions of outreach, more eyes vs less eyes but more convinced eyes. Even if many people are initially lost, just seeing Alex engage with Bernardo in such a fluid and non-polemical way is itself an effective signal that could make them want to go back and dig deeper to get a better understanding. If you get the audience to think it's on them that they don't understand and that both the podcaster (that you like) and guest are exhibiting signals that they both perfectly understand, that inspires humility. But of course, there is a problem that people think they understand but the people that are talking are misguided. Then your approach could maybe be more beneficial.

What semen retention does well is to remove habitual masturbation that is not as much grounded in energy. Many people simply have built up a habit to masturbate daily, even if it becomes a task and is only slightly pleasurable. Rewiring those habits to coincide with when you're at maximal levels of energy (which I suggested is usually around 1 week) is a reasonable and arguably generally much healthier way (unless you are able to transmutate with little issues). Getting rid of all sense of habit is not necessarily the best solution. Some regularity can be beneficial.

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Maybe, but starting out on a dry "here are my five meta-metaphysical criteria for what makes a good metaphysical theory" would probably make people tune out before it has even begun. I think Bernardo made a genius choice for his first big podcast. He has always been quite reluctant about going on for example Rogan or Lex Fridman. The thing about Alex other than that he is able to play ball, is he tends to argue for positions like "this sounds really ridiculous on the surface, but if you just think about it, it really makes the most logical sense". He does this with for example emotivism, but really it's a general trait coming from his openmindedness combined with his beautifully pompous philosopher persona. It makes a perfect ground for Bernardo to lay out his idealism which is after all based in logic and does sound ridiculous on the surface for someone who doesn't know about it. So when he gets a warm opener from someone like Alex, and as he gets a larger following and his views get more digested, he could move on to larger podcasts from there.

Worse than a solipsism discussion though? The confusion is really the same.

He is talking about Alex.

No, Actualized.org is like "huehue stupid gymheads". The ones why buy RPs products, advertised by "what happens when PhD exercise scientists collaborate with top atlethes? — the best hypertrophy app ever made" (paraphrasing), those people care.

When most people think of recontextualization, they usually think of taking a literal concrete thing and keeping it virtually unchanged and then placing it in a new context. You're taking either general ideas or concrete things that have been altered from their usual form and use them in new ways. It's more like creativity than recontextualization.

1 week plus or minus a few days, depends on how young you are and levels of restfulness. Longer than that and you'll start to transmutate and testosterone drops, you might get sleeping problems, physical tightness, restlessness or other instability. If you transmute well, it's good for spiritual energy, but in that case, for the sake of health, one month is probably perfect.

You need some zinccc.

It's a much larger issue of the standing of academic credentials as a sign of authority.