Leo's Blog: Infinite Insights

I recommend you watch this. This is a very basic introduction to philosophy of science. So you get a sense of how the epistemology of science is thought about in universities. It's not deep relative to my work, but it's important to review the basics so you can appreciate how limited it is. It is important to understand what my work is critiquing and responding to. I want you to study how scientists understand what science is, so you can more appreciate how limited it is. But this is not about debate, this is about pure understanding.

This is an excellent summary of the post-modernist philosopher Jean Baudrillard's work. I recommend watching this whole video. I touched on his work a bit in my The Ultimate Guide To Post-Modernism - Part 2, but I didn't have time to do it justice.

I want to add an important but overlooked point. Today's science and academia has become its own simulacrum of sense-making and truth-seeking — it's own totalitarian Disneyland. Science and academia have become simulations of themselves. There are even these science-clowns who parade themselves across social media, debating, debunking, and promoting the totalitarian Disneyland that science has become, without an ounce of self-awareness, sniffing their own farts. Science and academia have become a corrupt incestuous circle-jerk. And, ironically, post-modern philosophy has also devolved into that, with post-modern philosophers jerking each other off as a profession. It's all a very professional, respectable, decorous form of intellectual incest and ontological bankruptcy.

What is Harvard but a totalitarian Disneyland?

See, it's obvious that Twitter and the 24-hour TV news cycle are self-serving, reality-constructing bubbles. But it's not as obvious with a place like Harvard. Which is why I underscore this point. The situation is even worse than Baudrillard knew. And to my knowledge, I don't think Baudrillard provided a real solution or alternative. Our work here is the real solution to this Sense-Making Crisis. Mankind is drowning in epistemically and spiritually bankrupt reality-construction. That is what my work aims to solve. That's why I'm a bit forceful about it. Because we have so much bullshit to cut through to get to the spiritual gold.

Civilization is a hypnotic Carnival of mindless survival, serving no point other than to advance itself. That is why no amount of success within the Carnival is ever truly satisfying. You can work like a rented mule for 40 years and become a billionaire, but at the end of the day you are just a zombie in a carnival parade, and your soul is disappointed.

Slay The Spire 2 is a perfect game. 10/10. I highly recommend it if you like turn-based strategy games.

I was initially worried about playing it because it's still technically in "Early Access", but the game is fully playable and amazingly well-polished and balanced. So don't let the Early Access label dissuade you. You can lose days playing this game.

If you played Slay The Spire 1, is it still worth playing Slay The Spire 2? Absolutely! It's better in every way.

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I recommend you buy one of these timed lock boxes if you trip regularly. Use it to create extra safety for yourself. Place your phone, car keys, chemicals, and any dangerous items in it for safe keeping while you trip. This lets you trip worry-free. The lock box has a digital timer that you set that unlocks the box. This allows you to eliminate distractions and dangerous activities like texting, social media posting, re-dosing, driving, etc. You don't want to have internet access while you trip. You can eliminate internet access by unplugging your internet router and locking it away. If your phone has a removable SIM card you can still keep using your phone but remove and lock away the SIM card. Don't be texting your family and friends while high. Don't be emailing your boss while high.

For example, if you're going to do a serious trip, set the timer for a couple of hours, lock any dangerous objects inside your car or safe: SIM card, internet router, knives, swords, firearms, alcohol, chemicals, whatever — and then place your car/safe keys in the lock box. When the lock box unlocks you can access all your stuff again, once you're safely down from your trip. This way you don't need to buy a large lock box. All you really need to lock is one key. It's especially helpful to prevent yourself from re-dosing mid trip, which is dangerous because you won't be measuring your dose carefully while high.

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Please trip safely. It's better to be careful than sorry.

You can also use this lock box to eliminate distractions from work. Lock away your phone or internet router for 5 hours to get some serious work done. This works much better than installing gimmicky apps.

Cobalt mining in the Congo is hell on Earth. It is basically modern slavery.