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Yes, but couldn't you then apply the same materialistic approach also to pain for example and explain it away as just some brain activity? Yet people live as if the experience of p…

I ate mushrooms 10 years ago and it made me realize how little humans really know about existence, despite how confidently some people assert that there's no god. I didn't directly…

There's also the 1,5h documentary Rise of the Warrior Apes which is sort of a "prequel" to Chimp Empire. It was filmed over a period of 20 years in the same location and documents …

Well, the Hebrew word for adversary or opponent is satan. Regardless of whether you actually believe in satan or god(s), I don't think it's entirely unreasonable to point out that …

Make a habit of spotting things in your life that you can say you are grateful for. A lot of good things in life are taken for granted and you only realize you had them when you lo…

To me, it's his position that makes those words seem more credible. Once you hit the peak and have everything one could dream of you lose your illusions and realize that the cravin…

Well, you could just escape the situation and switch jobs but there are so many poor leaders out there that this same problem is probably going to manifest itself in your life agai…

When I hit my own rock bottom a couple of years ago I stumbled upon Jordan Peterson's lectures about meaning and the bible. It helped my rational mind understand and accept that th…

I've found that for me the only way to get rid of this kind of addiction is to make it impossible to engage. Any "softer" approaches will eventually fail. I had a bad habit of chec…

I don't know the answer to your question, but I think this[0] video might help to visualize the mind-boggling scale of the world (in the video you can substitute dollars with human…

Understanding probabilities intuitively

I find it peculiar that disregarding the context (hacker news) and just focusing strictly on the content of your message I wouldn't be able to figure out which side you're supposed…

It's hard to say anything without knowing your situation in detail, but to me you sound more like you're just deeply lost rather than your life is messed up beyond repair. If you r…

Really good heaphones. It's been years since I bought them and I'm still amazed almost daily just how good music can sound. I'll admit that the cost upfront was not exactly cheap, …

> And how exactly would non-linguistic animals suddenly gain linguistic ability? They better hope everyone around them is tripping on the perfect dose too otherwise they’re just go…

I think this video[0] fits nicely to your situation. JL Collins lays out how to invest for your retirement using index funds, explained in simple and commonsensical terms. [0] http…

Maybe try it once and see what happens? It probably turns out to be a lot less scarier than you think

I've found that the stick only works when starting from a lowly place to get up to speed. Envy, resentment, anger etc. are very draining and unstable sources of motivation and it's…

How essential the banking apps are in your everyday life? If you don't need them to be available all the time, maybe you could store your iPhone somewhere behind a time lock and sc…

I bought a dumb phone. Now it's impossible to waste time on the phone (only calls and sms). The transition period was brutal, though.

After being stuck for years in my life, what helped me, to speak metaphorically: I believe everyone has a barrel right in front of them that's full of all kinds of things they're t…

I just ignore it. Nature is thrifty in all its actions, so this current madness will eventually come to an end too. I like the attitude of Charlie Munger, and whenever I feel like …

When the only tool you know is a hammer you tend to just go around smashing things

Someone who's ignorant does not realize it because realizing it would mean that they're not ignorant anymore.

I think it's useful to maintain a discipline of mental hygiene and to isolate yourself from the constant flood of news, good and bad. If you get too focused on the success stories …