Philosophical Speculations

Ah yes, certainty ...

That most comforting of cradles

that lulls one into the suckling's sleep

AshvinP wrote: ↑Tue May 17, 2022 1:52 pm I think everyone interested in this topic should ask these to themselves and perhaps try to share their answer here, or at least share their process of thinking through the questions and trying to answer them.

The mini-me will give it some thought, but I'm not promising much

Spelll chek werks finne fer mee. Godd tu knoe ... Seems to work fine in the first draft, but at some point seems to ignore some errors, and let them stand, as if because one didn't correct them immeditely, then they are assumed to be intentional—if indeed an algorithm can 'assume' and so make an as...

... I can give a simple analogy: an orchestra where there is a musical score - the global constraints, structures and attractors, there is a conductor - a higher-order being that keeps the global flow going and makes sure every performer is in sync with the music, yet the actual music is performed ...

Is anyone else encountering the occasional problem with the spellcheck function not working when composing posts?

Does this make sense? Not whether you agree with the existence or description of IC above, but does it make sense what I mean when I refer to it?  I'm not sure what you mean above. So I'm curious how it relates to, for example, the writing of the best poetry. In this case, it certainly doesn't happ...

Speaking of daydreams, here's an open question: If some magic could be invoked that would bring about a Cleric-esque paradigm shift in a relatively timely way, such that the ideas expressed here as 'the central topic' could somehow be offered to the zeitgeist with some firm resolve, how likely would...

Beyond one of these hurried-along Q&A sessions, allowing mostly quick pat answers with no deep dive into any thorough explication, someone really needs to have a long talk, i.e. dialogos, with BK about the question of redemption in the here and now, according to his Schop-inspired version of ide...

If Eugene wants to rehash some notion about the perils of SS, then I'll give it a while for the above comment, posted on May 14, to be reposted as a separate topic, before deleting it, along with any responding commentary, from this thread. So I'd advise waiting for that specific topic to be posted,...

No, not Dante being expressed through a channeler, but a monologue regarding a Dante-esque take on Idealism contra the Kastrupian take, with Mark Vernon as conversant and eloquent as ever ...