Leo's Blog: Infinite Insights
Miscellaneous bits of wisdom and resources on personal development, life purpose, philosophy, epistemology, nonduality, psychedelics, etc. Published randomly throughout the week.
- penetrating mental vision or discernment.
- the sudden act of grasping the inner nature or truth of a situation.
- a deep understanding of a person or thing.
Insights here are meant to be quick and half-baked. Consider these food for thought.
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Are you autistic?
There's a test for that: Autism Test
Am I autistic?
I scored 25/50 on the test. Scores in the 0-25 range indicate few or no autistic traits.
The reason my score is relatively high is because I am very introverted and solitary, which overlaps with many autistic check-boxes. But my mind is not obsessed with technical detail, in fact the opposite, I don't care about trivial technical things at all. And I do not like keeping a routine. Mostly I just don't like socializing because it is too shallow for me. I can socialize, but it's just not meaningful for me.
Anyways, placing yourself into a simplistic narrow box like that is not so wise. You have to question any man-made category mankind tries to place you in. Don't accept their frame if it doesn't feel right.
This is high-quality and interesting history:
That channel has many good, niche history videos.
It should come as no surprise that Flat Earth was started by a Christian pervert.
I love this. Every developed nation should enact this policy.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DfBTfZ5uemf
Japan recently outlawed teaching children that they will go to Hell. That's progress.
Religion is so dangerous and toxic that it needs to be regulated by the government. But of course that's what religion resists the most because religion could not survive without toxic psychological emotional manipulation tactics. Half of religion would die in a decade if it was properly regulated. I do not mean regulating the content of religion, but regulating toxic manipulation tactics, cult mind-control techniques.
What China and Japan have done in this case is exactly right. It's the healthy way to go. Brainwashing children should be a serious crime. Government has the obligation and responsibility to protect children from brainwashing by cults and parents. Just because the child is yours does not give you the right to brainwash your child any more than you have a right to have sex with your child or rent your child out for labor.
Mentally healthy children become responsible voters who aren't easily brainwashed by demagogues and charlatans. Notice that most Trump voters were brainwashing by religion as children. This left them with an juvenile mind that then votes for creatures like Trump. Regressive voting is an education problem. A well-educated mind would find Trump repugnant. Quoting Trump, "Smart people don't like me very much." Trump knows his base better than they know themselves. Trump knows his base are fools.
Even kids' toys are being corrupted by shameless capitalism:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DfAQnFhpSc9
Notice how capitalist corruption infects every aspect of society and human life. Everything is for sale to the highest bidder. Everything is profane. That is peak Stage Orange, but it's nowhere near the end yet. Things will get worse before they start to get better.