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I think the wrong lesson to draw for this is that it's just a systems problem. Somehow if we do a different song and dance, the outcome will be different. I've been thinking that t…

Agree with this.

Yea it's quite confusing and subtle, but there is something there. I'm not a teacher so I don't know how to phrase this to address where you are coming from, but I will say in gene…

My own experiential insight is not definitely not complete, so of course the guidance of a master or of course your own direct practice should be preferred. But to the extent I hav…

Phenomenal consciousness as being raised here, and probably in most people's minds, is probably taken to be the self or at least deeply intertwined with the concept of a separate s…

It isn't surprising that "phenomenal consciousness" is the thing everyone gets hung about, after all we are all immersed in this water. The puzzle seems intractable but only becaus…

There's actually a decent amount of work recently in this space, some of it motivated by the wildfires. Here's another recent paper with similar findings. The persistence of smoke …

Author is a right wing propagandist. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hanania A web of potentially interesting data is presented, but no rigorous reasoning is involved. A lo…

Yea, I don't think he's reached a point where he's seen the territory apart from the map. His post is still a lot of confusion running in circles in the space of concepts and mind.…

Humans don't learn because of our short lifespans. If humans from ancient Greece were still alive, we might have learned something. But our short lifespan is also a boon in many ot…

I don't mean to belittle RMS's achievements, but as a general point, I don't think that simply adhering to conviction is courageous. It's the easy way out. It's the way that doesn'…