Philosophical Speculations

Okay, thanks Cleric. That clarifies it. So is it even fathomable in your view that an atheist could have the same insight (not the framing obviously) that I quoted from the Vault's piece AND then formulate it? I don't even mean that they would need to explain it. Steiner (or the version of him that ...

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"As an old guy in his end zone, I can testify that feeling grateful for waking and walking on this day and in this way is a worthy offering and profound experience."

Thanks for saying this, Lou.

Hi Cleric.... I need to really grasp where I feel your response overlaps with what I'm getting at... I had said: "If an atheist were having this insight, I wonder what kinds of concepts it would clothe itself within..." From your response I can't yet see that your atheist is really having ...

"Yes. Our entire inner experience of willing-feeling-thinking is a black hole for BK." This kind of statement is so much fun! Can you imagine a podcast where Sam Harris told Bernardo that Bernardo simply can't even begin to understand X, Y, or Z! Oh, the personalities in this group! And th...

Nope, just really busy. Sorry if my daily life seemed to imply I wasn't still interested here. I gotta prioritize a few things over this insight . Or I could just say, hey, I might not be able to respond in the next day or two, but I really appreciate your responses and I just want to have time to g...

No, Soul! Not at all. I love when you get 'stern'! Well, more specifically I love noticing the pattern. Unfortunately I'm not willing to guess about any psychodyamics that might underlie it :( I couldn't even begin to imagine. But it's hard to ignore the short crisp sentences and the detailed inform...

Yes, Lou, it does. And Goethe and Coleridge expressed very similar understandings

"All evil is untimely good". Ashvin attributed this to Steiner. Sometimes our moderator gets "upset"/stern when some people don't give the exact lecture and the exact quote. I'm fine with what Ashvin said and don't demand he source it exactly, but I personally would love to see t...

Hi Ben, I love your comments. Based on them, I suspect you would be much more surprised than me to find out that Bernardo himself experienced that as a fairly unique and inspiring conversation. I could be wrong, but I've received some indication that he did indeed find it refreshing. That doesn't ma...