Leo's Blog: Infinite Insights — Page 11

October 16, 2023

Nick Cage said that the following is his favorite Nick Cage film:

I still think Nick Cage's best film is Lord Of War. But Pig is worth a watch.

There exist infinite kinds of love. Even pig love.

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And this is just for fun:

October 15, 2023

"Initially I was four, then became three, afterwards two and when I got out of being two, I became one with Allah."

-- Sultan Bahu

October 14, 2023

I have been extremely fascinated lately by the evolution of humans and their technology. Especially the most early technology like fire, axes, knives, metal tools, bows, fish hooks, pottery, etc. Like, how did humans have the insights needed to invent all these things? It's a deep question. How does a mind invent a bow and arrow? This is a profound thing which no scientist takes seriously enough. Imagine what it was like to be the first creature on this planet to invent a furnace! Fire wasn't even invented by humans, it was invented by an earlier species of hominid nearly 1-2 million years ago. Try to contemplate what it would take for a chimpanzee to get the insight to invent fire!

I'm fascinated by how technology was used to bootstrap itself. So I went on a YouTube binge to find all the best primitive technology and bushcraft videos. Below are some of my faves. I find it amazing to contemplate how the structure of Earth allows an animal to go from stone axes to modern high-precision machining. It's not at all obvious that this should be possible, yet it is. Is it just an accident that a pathway exists from stone axes to rocket ships? I think not. There are so many links in that chain which could have failed to pan out, each one requiring all the previous ones. Try to comprehend this: You could not have a rocket ship unless it was first possible to build a clay furnace. The ingenuity, the intelligence, required to build even the most primitive tools was insane:

And much more:

October 12, 2023

Happy shopping.

October 11, 2023

All your mental capacities are determined by your genetics.

Don't misunderstand. Whatever your mental capacities are, they still require effort to fully develop. So I'm not saying that effort doesn't matter. The point is that there's no amount of effort you can do to give yourself perfect memory.

Never forget: if your genetics was off by 1%, you would have the mental capacities of a baboon. And no amount of spiritual manipulation could help you.

October 10, 2023

The human mind's capacity to bullshit itself is infinite:

Don't kid yourself. Your mind is doing this same level of bullshit on you. Just in other areas. And that is why people never realize God.

October 7, 2023

This is how corrupt Eastern Europe is:

Now you understand why Andrew Tate moved to Romania. It's the perfect place to run industrial grade scams.

But God is the ultimate scammer. He scammed you into thinking he isn't you.

October 5, 2023

I like this example of recontextualization:

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October 4, 2023

I like this example of recontextualization:

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October 3, 2023

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