Philosophical Speculations

Kastrup's philosophy is a model originally derived from direct human experience. Our experience tells us that we experience a flow of conscious phenomena in our own minds . However, we also learn from experience of communication with other people that they also have a similarly structured flow of p...

Ok, I disagree on the tone towards him, he said extremely disrespectful things, wrong things and had a strong tone of contempt before he was even invited here, I only invited him because I thought there could be a small chance B. would talk to him for the sake of content or write a blog-post for th...

Appearances can be deceiving which, with some thought, can be corrected, for example, the sun appearing to revolve around the earth. For us (most of us), some energy appears to us as having no conscious aspect. But this was not necessarily always the case. As consciousness evolves, so do appearance...

I play an ES 335 Yeah, I saw that beauty in your video chat with Adrian ... Been a long time since I played electric, now limited to a made-in-Quebec acoustic Seagull Coastline, mostly stored in its case as of late, away from any excess humidity. Now and then, when the brothers-in-law show up, we j...

Well, since no-one is going to change their mind, how about let's all move over to your youtube channel and you can play us some tunes on your axe, instead of everyone just grinding an axe? :mrgreen: Why is the goal to change minds? My goal is Mind's goal ;) Notwithstanding JW's remark, I quote &qu...

Instead hold on tight and take the ride. You really have no choice anyway since you can’t really hide from reality. As Nietzsche knew, music was for playing and dancing, nor analyzing, The irrationality of quantum waves are for surfing, not praying to, sheltering from, or imagining to be different....

Why would you think I came here to change your mind? Why would I think you came here to change your mind? Actually, it was meant for you: “I'm rather more inclined to go with futility ... now at 41 pages, and might well go on for 41 more, and no-one here has changed their starting premise one iota....

Soul_of_Shu wrote: ↑Thu Nov 18, 2021 8:41 pm

JeffreyW wrote: ↑Thu Nov 18, 2021 8:30 pm

Why would you think I came here to change your mind?

Why would I think you came here to change your mind?

I don’t. That was meant for Eugene. I must have not hit the quote button.

Well, yes. The same as yours: inability. I'm rather more inclined to go with futility ... now at 41 pages, and might well go on for 41 more, and no-one here has changed their starting premise one iota. BK would be no exception. Indeed, one would probably be better served by listening to music ... h...

Instead hold on tight and take the ride. You really have no choice anyway since you can’t really hide from reality. As Nietzsche knew, music was for playing and dancing, nor analyzing, The irrationality of quantum waves are for surfing, not praying to, sheltering from, or imagining to be different....