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I've been researching all sorts of ancient civilizations lately, just for my amusement, and found some great videos exploring the incredible stone work done in ancient Egypt which seems to show signs of advanced machining. Don't get me wrong, I'm not suggesting that aliens made the pyramids. It just seems like there might have been a pre-Egyptian civilization with insanely advanced stone cutting technologies which might have been lost to time. Watch the following videos to really appreciate how impossibly perfect some of the earliest Egyptian stonework is. It's hard to imagine that large circular saws were not used to cut some of this granite. I'm not dogmatic about it one way or another. It's just interesting to speculate about how such stone work was done.

More videos:

• The Mysteries of Saqqara
• The Most Precise Granite Objects Of Ancient Egypt
• The Aswan Quarry
• The Colossal Statues Of Ancient Egypt

I'm not a fan of wild speculation and outlandish mystical theories about ancient Egypt. I think there are many bad New Age theories out there on YouTube about ancient Egypt. What I prefer are grounded documentaries. But even so, mainstream history and science may be underestimating the ancient Egyptians and especially their predecessors. It's possible that some very advanced people lived in Egypt long before the ancient Egyptians who are so well-known today.

In order to keep yourself from getting deluded on this topic it's important to remind yourself that all of this is speculation. This means you should keep an open mind to multiple alternative possibilities. Be especially wary of jumping to exotic and fantastical explanations where mundane explanations may suffice. Don't underestimate how much mastery is possible just through insane and clever work. One thing is clear, the ancient Egyptians were Lords of Stone.

This is a profound discussion of intelligence:

Michael Levin is doing some impressive and deep sense-making work for a scientist. I was pleasantly surprised.

The following discussions are excellent and full of juicy insight into this topic:

I like that this challenges conventional notions of left vs right:

It's crucial to understand that left and right within politics is a highly socially-constructed thing and only loosely grounded in anything real. Both left and right ideologies morph and shift over time because essentially they are kinds of group-think. And group-think sways with the wind and moves in arbitrary cycles. Left and right are very relative notions.

But even so, there is a deeper core to politics which this analysis misses, which is that liberal vs conservative are tendencies of the human mind/brain and constitute kinds of personality types. Liberal minds are more open and conservative minds are more closed. This is a structural feature of the mind, independent of content. It doesn't matter what you're closedminded about, the issue is that you're closedminded and that you could be openminded instead. And vice versa.

Be careful not to confuse the content of any political ideology with being what constitutes liberal vs conservative. For example, your position on abortion or gun control is not what makes you liberal or conservative. These kind of content positions are surface-level and change every generation. What endures is your overall attitude towards new things, new ways of life. You are either eager for new ways of life or you are put off by them in favor of traditional ways. That's the part which isn't a myth, and you can see this divide across all societies, all cultures, all eras.

What makes slavery a conservative position is that the people who defended it were fundamentally opposed to changing their way of doing business and life. That's what conservative means. It's not about the slavery, it's about not wanting to change. You can replace slavery with guns, Jesus, hotdogs, rice, burkas, yamakas, oil, capitalism, voodoo, ayahuasca, human sacrifice, or whatever. A pizza is still a pizza regardless of your favorite toppings. The pizza is not defined by the pineapple or pepperoni.

Really watch this, from 13:14-26:29, and contemplate what it means:

How do you compete with this kid? You can't. You've already lost. There's literally nothing you can do. You have the brain of a chimpanzee next to him.

And all of that is still peanuts compared to Alien Consciousness.

What you need to understand about human abilities is that they are NOT your own! They are God's gift to you. Whatever you are able to do: walk, talk, socialize, philosophize, emote, work long hours, lift weights, even sleep — NONE of that is your doing, it's God's doing. And God could take it away from you as easily as God gave it to you. So whatever talents you have, appreciate them, honor them, cultivate them, exercise them, and thank God for them. Do not take credit for your talents. And do not lord your talents over those who were not as fortunate as you.

All of your abilities are ultimately grounded in genetics. You could not add two numbers together without the right genetics. So appreciate that. Because there are many creatures on this planet who cannot do what you can do. And there are many creatures in this universe who are much smarter than you, in ways you cannot even begin to comprehend.

In the grand scheme of things, the average human creature is a rat in the great spectrum of Consciousness. Which is the only proper explanation of why our society is as dysfunctional as it is. A rat can only do so much. And an enlightened rat is still a rat.

Imagine that there are people born with as radically different states of consciousness than you as this werewolf boy was born different from you. Now you start to understand our situation.

Do not underestimate the power of genetics in shaping what you are. Everyone takes their genetics for granted.

Exceptionally spiritually gifted people are born just like this werewolf boy. And no amount of spiritual practice will give you their abilities. But because all that happens on the inside, people do not see it. So they end up spending their lives trying to emulate someone who is a genetic freak, and of course they end up disappoint with their lack of results or unhappiness in life. Because a werewolf boy has to live differently than normies. And if you as a normie try to live like werewolf boy, you will not be happy because it is not the right fit. This is why above all else in this work you must be true to yourself, to your genetics. Your destiny is in your genetics. But you need to discover what that means, which is no trivial matter.

This YT Channel has amazing moody, atmospheric cyberpunk relaxation music.

Here's one of my favorites:

I often listen to this while I'm working, contemplating, or meditating. It's so good for that.

It's also good for setting the mood if you have a girl over.

There are 100s more on the channel.

This gives you a peak into Trump's true character:

And this is what it looks when people refuse to admit that they're wrong and keep doubling down:

I don't share these clips to be political. I share them as meta-lessons in self-deception, so you can see the patterns playing out in the real world. This is not about Trump, it's about the trickeries of the human mind and ego. Politics isn't really about politics, it's about psychology and dynamics such as bias, survival, and Spiral Dynamics.