Autodidactic Polymath

every person that comes into your life changes you—lil lessons they each teachleaving imprints...

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:17:00 -0400

every person that comes into your life changes you—
lil lessons they each teach
leaving imprints denting your path
softness warming your heart—
if you let them.

Then I realized sth: That last thought had brought no sting with it. I wondered if that was how...

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:38:00 -0400

Then I realized sth: That last thought had brought no sting with it. I wondered if that was how forgiveness budded, not w/ the fanfare of epiphany, but w/ pain gathering its things, packing up, and slipping away unannounced in the middle of the night.

pg. 359 Kite Runner

…the value of science as metaphysic belongs in another sphere. It belongs w/ religion and art...

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:36:00 -0400

…the value of science as metaphysic belongs in another sphere. It belongs w/ religion and art and love, w/ the pursuit of the beatific vision, w/ the Promethean madness that leads the greatest men to strive to become gods. Perhaps the only ultimate value of human life is to be found in this Promethean madness. But it is a value that is religious, not political, or even moral.

The dualism of mid and matter is out-of-date:
matter has become more like mind,
and mind has become more like matter.

—《Scientific Outlook》Bertrand Russell

Living the Paradox

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 04:05:00 -0400

you’re afraid to want
for w/in desire lies inherent the fear of loss.
so you go after the thing you know
you were never sentimentally attached to
to begin with.

oppression induces apathy thru psychological dissociation—thru the gradual erosion of empathy,...

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 03:10:00 -0400

oppression induces apathy thru psychological dissociation—
thru the gradual erosion of empathy, perpetuation of evil-doings
is made more easily allowed.

Waking Life Blade Runner Authentic Existentialism

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 23:44:00 -0400

Waking Life

Blade Runner

Authentic Existentialism

when evil is done with intent — it is no longer grey

Sun, 19 Jun 2011 14:42:27 -0400

when evil is done with intent — it is no longer grey

No oppressor is greater than u make him out to be

Sun, 19 Jun 2011 14:29:46 -0400

No oppressor is greater than u make him out to be

happiness is waking up every morning with the will to fight for ur own salvation — even if the...

Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:26:02 -0400

happiness is waking up every morning with the will to fight for ur own salvation — even if the forces be against you

the desire to want to conquerthe fear of ctrl of fear.

Sat, 18 Jun 2011 20:58:02 -0400

the desire to want
to conquer
the fear of ctrl of fear.

Contempt is the root of all evil.

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:57:33 -0400

Contempt is the root of all evil.

The only way to free yourself from fear over lossis abandonment.

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:34:00 -0400

The only way to free yourself from fear over loss
is abandonment.

About Me: Waking Life/Sci-Outlook <| Annual Traditions · Kipple is the spiritual manifestation of...

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 23:20:00 -0400

About Me:

Waking Life/Sci-Outlook <| Annual Traditions

Kipple is the spiritual manifestation of this reality because kipple seems to appear from nowhere and drives out the more positive state of non-kipple. This parallels themes found in eastern religion in which the lack of material objects is equated with spiritual balance. John Isidore has been able to find a spiritual balance in this world of destruction and in his own life, because he has been able to keep the kipple at bay.

The virtue of Happiness is Hope.

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 10:47:35 -0400

The virtue of Happiness is Hope.

《臥虎藏龍》 · Promise that whatever path you take in this life, you will always be true to...

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 02:28:00 -0400

《臥虎藏龍》

Promise that whatever path you take in this life, you will always be true to yourself.

《Into the Wild》

Make a radical change in your lifestyle and begin to boldly do things which you may previously never have thought of doing, or been too hesitant to attempt. So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservation, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun. If you want to get more out of life, you must lose your inclination for monotonous security and adopt a helter-skelter style of life that will at first appear to you to be crazy. But once you become accustomed to such a life you will see its full meaning and its incredible beauty. […] I fear you will follow this same inclination in the future and thus fail to discover all the wonderful things that God has placed around us to discover.

You are wrong if you think Joy emanates only or principally from human relationships. God has placed it all around us. It is in everything and anything we might experience. We just have to have the courage to turn against our habitual lifestyle and engage in unconventional living.

My point is that you do not need me or anyone else around to bring this new kind of light in your life. It is simply waiting out there for you to grasp it, and all you have to do is reach for it. The only person you are fighting is yourself and your stubbornness to engage in new circumstances.

— Alexander Supertramp

《Androids & RSA》 There is no Empathy in Utopia the roots of empathy originate from the knowledge...

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:48:00 -0400

《Androids & RSA》

There is no Empathy in Utopia

the roots of empathy originate from the knowledge of suffering

emotional haven | moral/spiritual sanctity, holiness of character

[relativity] of beliefs - not credited according to objective validity,

rather merited based on adaptive value

emotional security / civil liberty - insure prime most those of others

to secure rights for thyself

Keeping the Kipple at Bay...

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 13:26:00 -0400

Why our childhood experiences do not render the human race deterministic machines:

induction: re.evaluating currently upheld theories/beliefs in the face of new evidence

levels to relate: physical, emotional, intellectual, spiritual, & admirable character

(life goals & fdn.al pillars for their attainance)

Maslow

Emotional Security + Intellectual Liberty > to foster Creativity

in the pursuit of Beauty & Art

Vision Revolution Monkey Head Transplant - Dr. White Rewiring Neuroscience Quanta &...

Sun, 12 Jun 2011 17:44:18 -0400

Vision Revolution

Monkey Head Transplant - Dr. White

Rewiring Neuroscience

Quanta & Consciousness

Ben Best Ben Goertzel Sam Harris Nick Bostrom

Sat, 11 Jun 2011 21:33:00 -0400

Ben Best

Ben Goertzel

Sam Harris

Nick Bostrom

Freed at Last

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 22:51:06 -0400

I know you’re out there. I can feel you now. I know that you’re afraid. You’re afraid of us. You’re afraid of change. I don’t know the future. I didn’t come here to tell you how this is going to end. I came here to tell you how it’s going to begin. I’m going to hang up this phone, and then I’m going to show these people what you don’t want them to see. I’m going to show them a world … without you. A world without rules and controls, without borders or boundaries; a world where anything is possible. Where we go from there is a choice I leave to you.