Philosophical Speculations

(Adapted from Straight to Hell by the Clash) Clearly I'm faced with a generational disconnect here, but my eclectic appreciation for poetry of all sorts can still embrace a poet at heart. Maybe not much of a connection there, but I think Papa Shu has a nice ring to it and should be adopted as your ...

If you can play on the fiddle How's about a British jig and reel? Speaking King's English in quotation As railhead towns feel the steel mills rust Water froze In the generation Clear as winter ice This is your paradise There ain't no need for ya There ain't no need for ya Go straight to hell boys G...

And so the trend of tit-for-tat annoyance continues. In this regard, I would also look to Cleric as an exemplar of how to engage without the trigger-effect. Fair point. It would be nice if people who ask for fragmentation of the forum so they can carry on their own discussions apart from spiritual ...

Sorry, that "now I get it" was meant for Ashvin. I am on my phone and will stop posting now before I generate more (self)confusion.

The thing is Ashvin, if you or Cleric have made some major advance in idealist philosophy, why are you spending your time discussing it with non-specialists on an internet forum, instead of submitting papers to peer-reviewed journals (especially as you write so well)? The journal I managed to get p...

We need to go Beyond Flat MAL to Deep MAL (do not think of "alters" existing in a personal bubble of consciousness with hard separation from all other "alters") - https://metakastrup.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=279 The thing is Ashvin, if you or Cleric have made some major advan...

We need to go Beyond Flat MAL to Deep MAL (do not think of "alters" existing in a personal bubble of consciousness with hard separation from all other "alters") - https://metakastrup.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=279 The thing is Ashvin, if you or Cleric have made some major advan...

We need to go Beyond Flat MAL to Deep MAL (do not think of "alters" existing in a personal bubble of consciousness with hard separation from all other "alters") - https://metakastrup.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=279 The thing is Ashvin, if you or Cleric have made some major advan...

I too enjoyed Justin's paper "Liking What's Good for You". Very nicely done. I'd point out that BK has addressed the argument about our choices forming before we are aware of them - it's just a question of not being metaconscious of all our mental activity (reference to the no-report para...

I love U.G. ! His name sprang to my mind the other day when I was reading the following passage from this novel: https://www.amazon.com/Maya-Novel-C-W-Huntington/dp/1614291985 . The context is an American academic living in India, reflecting on a cheap Indian alarm clock: …. Every day followed the s...