Carl-Richard

I think I found a random Yellow person today (either that, or my mind is just starved from talking to intuitives). We talked for an hour about metaphysics, epistemology, holism, collectivist vs. individualist societies, ideological lenses, integrating different perspectives, trauma, Freud, Jung, Plato, cognitive theory, karma, personal relationships, the relativity of perspectives, Eastern vs. Western religions, theology vs. mysticism, near-death experiences, psychedelics.

You can't Neil deGrasse Tyson this shit.

Yes. It's infinitely inclusive. Why not both? It's infinitely inclusive. The end of suffering is when you realize that not suffering is not better than suffering.

If we take the "10,000 years ago" literally, that was the beginning of the agricultural revolution, which lead to the fall of sub- dunbar number tribal societies and female nature religions, and the rise of empires and male power religions. Crops and farm animals act as a lever on the food supply, effectively freeing up labor, lending it to technological advancement, territorial expansion, and tribal warfare. If there ever was a time where selflessness took a hit, it was during the transition from archaic collectivism to imperial individualism.

That's the thing with evolution and development: it's a progressive climb of trial-and-error by selfish entities. For a developed person, when looking back at his own growth in retrospect, it's natural to think "what a waste", but the benefits of a gradual process is that it produces a relatively stable product. An organism that evolved legs will predictably walk on land, and a person who's childhood development occured within a progressive society will predictably show progressive tendencies. On the other hand, if you try to give a software upgrade that is incompatible with the hardware (like giving democracy to Afghanistan or non-duality to pre-rational sheep herders), the program will either shut down or produce a corrupted file . So while our current shortcomings and stubbornness may seem like a waste of potential, they're nevertheless a necessary part of growth.

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...are violinists just sexual predators?

You can always comfort yourself with the fact that there is so much more evil and wrong things going on in the world that you're not aware about and that the things you read on the news are only a tiny drop in the ocean compared to the real world behind the scenes

Are we hurting the floor when we step on it? Is the ground being hurt by cars driving on it or houses being built on it? How far are you willing to stretch your compulsion to anthropomorphize non-living objects?

The amount of intelligence that goes into creating a flat-earther should floor you. To create a living creature that is able to engage in self-deception requires immense complexity. There is no contradiction there. Self-deception is also a key feature of survival. Your mind is constructed to take shortcuts and make assumptions about its environment, because information processing is a costly activity. Your mind only experiences what it needs in order to survive. Survival is not a truth-seeking activity. It's the game of maintaining a bias.

It's useful to view each proceeding stage as a synthesis of the previous stages (dialecticism; thesis -><- antithesis => synthesis). In other words, the clash between Red (thesis) and Blue (antithesis) resolves to Orange (synthesis). The synthesis is not merely the operation of adding each trait of the previous stages together, but there is an act of "emergence": parts coming together to make up a whole where the sum of the parts are not reducible to each part. It's just like how hydrogen and oxygen join to make up water; where each part has different chemical properties in isolation, but when they exist as a part of the whole, they produce some completely new properties. When you recognize this perspective, you'll see that each stage has its own ethical dimension (ways of determining what is good). It's not that Blue is ethical and Red is not. It's just that Blue ethics is very different from Red ethics (and Orange and Green ethics etc.). The lower stages all have their own ethics, but of course they're more limited than the higher stages (smaller circle of concern). The mistake I'm pointing to is to view a concept like ethics as if it has a objective basis and that one stage has a stronger coherence with this basis than another. No -- rather, ethics is completely relative one's own survival values and hence one's own stage of development. This means that to evaluate the ethical conduct of Orange by comparing it to say Blue ethics becomes a bit problematic. There are many ways that Orange will act that it will justify through ethical argumentation that goes completely against Blue ethics. One obvious example is gay marriage: Blue thinks that to stray from well-established, traditional, tried-and-tested survival techniques is unethical, while Orange -- who invented ideas like individual rights and reason -- thinks anything which unreasonably contradicts one's right to individual expression is unethical. Likewise, Red ethics is very different and tends to be based on things like strength, loyality, and pride. This doesn't mean that Orange or Blue or Red cannot agree on some issues; it's only that you have to use different arguments to persuade them.

Tier 2 people today are thinking in complex ways relative to surrounding culture, but that doesn't mean society cannot become Tier 2. Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle were all very complex thinkers relative to their culture, but today their teachings are taught in children's classrooms. When society turns Tier 2 (whatever that means), you should expect most people to be Tier 2 as adults. @DocWatts Didn't mean to steal your points -- I made similar points recently

Rock musicians/bands/styles that reflect MBTI types (at least aesthetically). I picked the examples based on how I experience the music, but it might be slightly biased as I'm also familiar with the musicians in question and their "official" MBTI type (taken from personality database). ENTP ("too many intellectual ideas"): Jethro Tull Gentle Giant Frank Zappa What is so great about this style of music is that it's unpredictable and at times unconventional. This combination means that the unconventional parts tend to get quickly saved by some contrasting section before it gets too weird, which is a testament to the fast-paced and apologetic nature of the ENTP cognitive style. ISFP ("feels"): David Gilmour (Pink Floyd solo guitarist, songwriter) Known for his beautiful bends and silky smooth voice. Very embodied guitar player and singer. The perfect encapsulation of classic, soulful playing. INTJ ("deliberate and elaborate design"): Roger Waters (Pink Floyd bassist and songwriter mastermind). Arguably the most ambitious concept album in history. Steven Wilson (solo artist and Porcupine Tree frontman). SW just has a god-given ability to create immersive soundscapes and intricate, deliberate compositions with an eye for the tiniest of details. Great songwriter and audio engineer. Fun fact: David Gilmour is a huge SW fan. Tool A song constructed around the Fibonacci sequence (compositionally and lyrically). Do I need to say more? INTP ("abstract, well-polished, and quirky ideas"): King Crimson This song is built around the clever use of dual guitars and odd meters. You'll know exactly what I mean when you hear it. An absolutely groundbreaking technical innovation for the prog scene. For instance, Tool is heavily inspired by this aspect of KC. INFJ ("soul-touching"): Opeth This song in particular is the perfect representation of melancholy. It seemlessly paints the picture of a lonely, rainy day. The INFJ telling you exactly what you need to hear. Fun fact: SW is best buddies with frontman Mikael Akerfeldt. They've released one collaboration album, and SW has worked as producer/mixer for Opeth. Akerfeldt has contributed with guitar riffs to some Porcupine Tree songs and has also been featured as a solo player on a song. Cynic Fun fact: this song features a soundbite of Alan Watts. ENFP ("too many interesting ideas"): Yes Yes has a similar vibe to the ENTP songs, but it's less "computationally dense" (as Frank Zappa would've put it) and a bit more emotionally well-rounded. INFP ("authenticity"): Camel An emotional exploration of creativity and self-expression. The solo guitar is similar to the ISFP embodied soulfulness, but here it's less jammy and more integrated into the larger composition.

I couldn't find a suitable place to post this, so I guess I'll start this mega-thread. I know most of the submissions will be inaccurate, but that is unavoidable. Post videos of what you think are good examples of MBTI types. Explanations including cognitive functions are appreciated. My favorite one: Noam Chomsky (INFJ) explains why he doesn't like Slavoj Zizek and Michel Foucault (both ENTP), shaming their Ne-Ti tendencies towards obscure theories and using fancy words while asking "what use does it have?", all in 4 blistering minutes: I forgot he was INFJ, not INTJ. Still, even though Te is most commonly associated with the statement of "what use does it have?", Fe is also an extroverted judging function, which can have similar expressions as Te in a lot of cases (especially in how he talks about the importance of being understood over using fancy words — Fe caring about other people). And this is the most ENTP conversation I've ever come across: exploring topics at the speed of light, Ne>Ti (no debate screeching):

Not much of a dive, more like a belly flop.

All why-questions are riddled with assumptions that are grounded in humancentric survival which God is not limited by, so you should not expect a straightforward answer to your question.

When I first discovered meditation, I meditated 3-6 hours a day and couldn't stop thinking about awakening. You either instinctively know that there is something there or you don't. There is no one that can convince you to pursue awakening but yourself.

18:17 This segment includes the work of the organization that I used to work at (RIP Kurt Oddekalv). I've actually been onboard of the boat shown in the documentary with an Orca on it

This is a strawman of spirituality. It's intense, ferocious, active, calm, at peace; all at once. See through the duality of opposites.

Differentiate between relative and Absolute good.

I just started reading this book which gives insight into the differences between collective and individual action and the shared importance of both approaches: https://www.amazon.com/Community-Psychology-Pursuit-Liberation-Well-Being/dp/1137464097 Psychology has a collective component which may be emphasized or understated depending on your values, and treating individual responsibility as an isolated entity may increase the tendency towards victim blaming. Here is a quote talking about the Community Psychology approach to framing problems associated with immigration: JBP is a clinical psychologist, so naturally he is biased towards the individualistic approach, and his conservative ideas about personal responsibility is complementary to that. Here is one more example of how a Community Psychologist approach contrasts with the strictly individual approach (where again, the example is about immigration): So essentially, what JBP has to work on is to become an ally for marginalized groups (any group that experiences lower status and power) and to actively participate in or at least recognize the importance of the collective, structural approach.

Thanks :). It's heavily influenced by the chorus of "Still Day Beneath The Sun" by Opeth. In fact, I think I created it while trying to replicate their original riff from memory, but then it came out a bit differently :P. I will post the other riff I talked about soon (it's more original), but now it's nighttime again ?

It's almost like a virus... ?

Johnny Sins on semen retention - 15 years younger ?

There is no separation.