Insights

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Truth is a spectrum.

The most true things are distinctions that are highly functional under many or all perspectives.

The least true things function under very few or no perspectives.

'I exist' functions under any perspective. To have a perspective is to exist. So it's TRUE.

2 + 2 = 4 functions under any perspective that understands mathematics. So it's true if you understand basic math.

'Donald Trump is a hero to the united states' only functions under a very specific state of consciousness. So it's true, but only within that narrow state. The broader range of human perspectives obviously disagree, so it is less true.

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Curation is creation.

Creation is curation.

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God has a personality.

God is not as unbiased as you think, although this bias is not a product of ego or agenda.

This bias is a result of functionality, what exists in God's creation are only things that function.

All life shares a soul. A soul that chooses to survive, multiply and seek love in all its forms.

That is the personality of God.

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Nassim Taleb is one of my favorite intellectuals.

https://youtu.be/THFsNUnMh2U?si=RQJdnY42TZnDwa1Z

He has such a brilliant grasp on psychology and how the world really works. It's so clear, and no BS.

I'm particularly impressed with his concept of Via Negativa

Via Negativa: The approach of knowledge and improvement through subtraction rather than addition. Taleb suggests that we often achieve better outcomes by removing harmful elements rather than adding beneficial ones. This applies to fields such as medicine, governance, lifestyle, and knowledge.

There are metaphysical reasons this principle is effective. Reality is an infinite matrix, will all possibilities and distinctions within it. So to gain insight about something, you have to distinguish what it is from everything it is not.

Subtractive sensemaking.

It's impossible to start at a void and build up understanding, you will create a delusion. Additive sensemaking leads you down rabbit holes and fantasies, subtractive sensemaking keeps what works in focus and removes the BS.

Recognizing this principle and actively engaging it is key to good sensemaking. 

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People are faultlessly, metaphysically fragile. 

Love them.

If you can do that, expand your love to all life.

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Whatever Nature has in store for mankind, unpleasant as it may be, men must accept, for ignorance is never better than knowledge.

- Enrico Fermi

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God does not see itself as perfect, it would like to improve many things about itself.

That's where you come in.