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- Sun Sep 04, 2005 10:26 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Enlightenment VS The Meaning of Life
- Replies: 18
- Views: 7401
I find your points interesting because shortly after I personally renounced being a christian I found that life can now be lived by enriching my experiences of daily events - however superficial they may be. It was once those things that I saw as a "waste of time" but now that I know there is no poi...
- Tue Aug 30, 2005 5:05 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Psychedelics
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7170
What is the difference between a drug-induced trip and any fantasy I may conure up without drugs? How do you measure the value? What are your fundamental truths, Loof? Do they proceed somewhere along the lines of “if it feels good, do it� I agree. I was actually going to mention it but I thoug...
- Fri Aug 26, 2005 2:22 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Enlightenment VS The Meaning of Life
- Replies: 18
- Views: 7401
I understand what you both are saying but I just dont want to delude myself into experiencing purpose when there is none... I'm a very intellectually honest person and if there's delusion I do everything I can to destroy it - remanants from being a christian I suppose. That didn't last long. But I h...
- Fri Aug 26, 2005 1:57 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Enlightenment VS The Meaning of Life
- Replies: 18
- Views: 7401
The problem is, I guess, that we can only make our own purpose which will usually be different from anyone else's, and that purpose we make is essentially, well... nothing. So, what's the point of making your own purpose if you know there isn't much true value to it besides what it does for your emo...
- Thu Aug 25, 2005 2:47 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Enlightenment VS The Meaning of Life
- Replies: 18
- Views: 7401
Synapse, Check out this discussion from Genius News, called The meaninglessness of existence. I read it and I still don't know what to think. There is no outside meaning, I already knew that. I find that we - humans - are like little "purpose filters". We 'strain' reality of it's bits and pieces (I...
- Thu Aug 25, 2005 1:24 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Enlightenment VS The Meaning of Life
- Replies: 18
- Views: 7401
Enlightenment VS The Meaning of Life
What is the purpose of enlightenment? What is the purpose of leading a superficial life? What is the purpose of anything ? While on the path to enlightenment one must sacrifice finances, a social life, family, friends, anything that would obstruct this path. And in the end, if one finally reaches en...
- Thu Aug 25, 2005 1:54 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Law of Intelligence
- Replies: 38
- Views: 16438
If whatever exists, or seems to exist, does exist in some form or another, then it surely had the potential to exist Maybe it's just me but I see something as either existing or not. I perceive the situation as being more binary. If something doesn't exist it's a '0' and doesn't become '1' until cr...
- Thu Aug 25, 2005 1:41 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Where is the boundary on intelligence?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 14889
Jamesh: Yeah, I already read about one-fifth or so of "Poison for the Heart". My opinion so far is the guy has some good points and certainly some worth while experience to share, however, it's mostly from a satirical point of view with loads of negative connotation. Although, sadly, life is not hap...
- Thu Aug 25, 2005 1:23 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Law of Intelligence
- Replies: 38
- Views: 16438
There doesn't seem to be any logic in talking about 'accidental' phenomenons on this level, because this implies some intentional or non-random phenomenons to make this distinction in the first place. Maybe "accidental" wasn't the most appropriate word. A "preferable" phenomenon might suffice as th...
- Wed Aug 24, 2005 11:33 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Where is the boundary on intelligence?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 14889
- Wed Aug 24, 2005 10:42 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Where is the boundary on intelligence?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 14889
WOW! Thank you DQ for that site! I plan to immerse myself right away. :) I love to read, but getting good material is rare, and expensave! I'll be sure to check your site out too, I glanced at it already, but I'll be more in depth soon and maybe if I find something that intrigues me we can start a t...
- Wed Aug 24, 2005 9:39 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Law of Intelligence
- Replies: 38
- Views: 16438
Since if a brain did evolve from real matter and can display 'intelligence', then 'intelligence' has to be ingrained in the fabric of reality itself. I think a very interesting discussion can follow from Sapius's quote here! Although I'm not sure if we can go so far as saying that it's ingrained in...
- Wed Aug 24, 2005 9:13 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Cognitive-Theoretic Model of the Universe
- Replies: 21
- Views: 18493
- Wed Aug 24, 2005 8:56 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Where is the boundary on intelligence?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 14889
So, does a genius by this forum's definition need a large amount of intellect as well as wisdom? Because I'm facinated in what reality really is, what life is, what the Universe is, who I am, etc. etc. but I lack the intelligence that society's definition of genius requires me to have. So what am I ...
- Wed Aug 24, 2005 8:44 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Where is the boundary on intelligence?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 14889
Dhodges, If, say, in fifteen years it will be possible for the upper-middle class to buy a computer chip that could be interfaced with the human brain to dramatically improve higher brain fuctions, would you buy it? Needless to say this technology would be a turning point in human evolution. Imagine...
- Wed Aug 24, 2005 8:40 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Where is the boundary on intelligence?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 14889
DQ, your thoughts on Hawking, Einstein, and Davinci are illuminating. It never occured to me that genius and intellect would be different. I guess I still have to really think what genius is because it's hard for me to thoroughly seperate the two. However, I think Einstein in his persuit for an ulti...
- Wed Aug 24, 2005 7:30 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Cognitive-Theoretic Model of the Universe
- Replies: 21
- Views: 18493
Since theories are mental constructs, and mental means "of the mind", this can be rephrased as follows: mind and reality are linked in mutual dependence at the most basic level of understanding. I understand that a theory has certain properties that are observations from reality and reality must fi...
- Wed Aug 24, 2005 7:05 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Cognitive-Theoretic Model of the Universe
- Replies: 21
- Views: 18493
This is a rather extensive quote taken from a Q & A session with Chris Langdon explaining the Cognitive-theoretic model of the Universe in a little more clarity: Scientific theories are mental constructs that have objective reality as their content. According to the scientific method, science puts o...
- Wed Aug 24, 2005 6:54 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Where is the boundary on intelligence?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 14889
- Wed Aug 24, 2005 6:48 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Cognitive-Theoretic Model of the Universe
- Replies: 21
- Views: 18493
It definitely needs to be rewritten for clarity! But the author Chris Langdon is no college stoner. If you read some bio's about him you'll find this out. Somewhere in his site (http://www.ctmu.org) there's a link that can take you to the entire layout of the CTMU with neat little diagrams. It doesn...
- Wed Aug 24, 2005 6:09 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Where is the boundary on intelligence?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 14889
Where is the boundary on intelligence?
Can a "normal" person transform into a genius with years of work? It would be interesting to find out. Let's take myself as an example. I'm 22 (young) and I'm healthy - but no genius. However, I do like to think. I love chess (however sometimes exasperating) and I'm infatuated with self-discovery, p...
- Wed Aug 24, 2005 2:37 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Cognitive-Theoretic Model of the Universe
- Replies: 21
- Views: 18493
- Wed Aug 24, 2005 2:35 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Cognitive-Theoretic Model of the Universe
- Replies: 21
- Views: 18493
- Wed Aug 24, 2005 1:44 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Cognitive-Theoretic Model of the Universe
- Replies: 21
- Views: 18493
Cognitive-Theoretic Model of the Universe
I'm not a genius by any account but I have read the CTMU introduction (put forth by Michael Langdon - a genius) and I would like to get your (pl) opinion on it. Thank you.
CTMU: http://www.ctmu.org/
CTMU: http://www.ctmu.org/