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Just to goad the right the left should add AI rights and unicorn rights to their agenda. #UnicornsToo

Yup

Yes, of course this is crucial. Go to Zimbabwe and see how many Construct-Aware people you meet.

That is a function of insufficient philosophy and misuse of philosophy. Obviously any field can be misused. Philosophy doesn't gurantee truth. It's not enough to do philosophy, you must also do it well. Just like it's not enough to crunch numbers you must crunch the right numbers. Philosophy is also badly corrupt, like most human things are. Corruption is a problem for philosophy as it is for science, as it is for spirituality. Also, I will take Einstein over Prof Dave any day. Einstein was a serious intellect who used the power of philosophy to do groundbreaking science. What science has Dave done?

Your doubt doesn't make sense. Just ask yourself, If stages of development exist at all, what must the highest stages look like? Obviously it must include Awakening, ego-transcendence, God-realization, and construct-awareness in some capacity. We can argue over degree, but these elements are essential for any serious mind in its quest to make sense of reality. There are stages beyond Unitive, but going through Unitive is essential if you are aiming high.

No. Those are 3 different things.

But many New Agers do have spiritual experience. So it's not so easy to dismiss them. What they lack is intellectual rigor. And it's not like my rigor is even so high. I only care about rigor so much. There's more to this work than rigor.

My approach is cerebral/intellectual. It is not suitable for everyone. But cognitive development requires doing lots of thinking. If you bypass that you can still be spiritual but your mind will fall into error. Which is why many of these New Agers end up pro-Trump and RFK anti-vaxxers.

I am not remotely autistic.

Hearing damage from loud sound. Make sure you wear earplugs around loud things. I have shared earplug brands on my blog.

No. They need way more than that.

If you attempt to do science without taking philosophy seriously you will misunderstand reality and your science will become retarded and corrupt. Which is the current state of science.

Daniel is the exception that proves the rule. Very few people are Daniel.

No. It is not too grounded. It is full of pie-in-the-sky.

The difference between you and me is that I don't care what her document says. I am doing my own thinking, not following her. I don't circumscribe my undestanding of reality with one academic lady. Why don't you got out and do the research? Since you have such strong views on how to do it right.

Yes, good. 1) Trump, or a criminal gangster. Typical blue-colar American who barely passed high school and cannot point to Iran on a map and goes to fooball games and prays to Jesus for his football team to win the campionship so he can win $1000. Typical MAGA rally-goer. Typical American right-winger who thinks Trump is sent by Jesus to save us from communist Biden. 2) Typical stage Orange materialist scientist at MIT. Autistic atheist type like Stephen Wolfram. Many atheist intellectuals are here. Eric Weinstein. 3) Typical hippie New Ager type. Many spiritual healers, witches, shamans, mystics, etc. These are usually people born with spiritual talents thanks to genetics. They operate on faith and intuition. They love stuff like Law of Attraction and astrology. My last girlfriend. The type of person who thinks RFK Jr is God's gift to politics. 4) Ralston, Ken Wilber, Actualized.org What is the difference between Actualized.org and hippie New Ager spirituality?

You cannot distinguish science from philosophy. That is a fundamental epistemic error. You guys should understand that by now.

You can try to please both masters but that's a difficult undertaking. I wouldn't trust people to get that balance right. But if you know what you're doing then yeah, you can do that.

I value not using truth to hurt others.

No, it describes cognitive complexity, which is way beyond a mere unitive experience. Be careful not to conflate these things. That's a huge difference. It's way more than just descriptions. It's a totally different kind of mind. Haha, now you sound like one of those lunatic post-modernists who say that objectivity and truth are white male values. No. It's not about white collar elitism. Construct-awareness is as serious as this work gets, and no one has it. Having mystical or unitive experiences does not give you mastery over the mind. Just distinguish awakening from development. These are not the same thing. I thought we made this point clear long ago. Why are you still lumping these things together?

Yes, you should. I will make a blogpost about it. It's still too early for me to speak on.

This book is self-deception.

There is some loose correlation but it is nothing guaranteed. Yes, rare cases of that could happen. But generally speaking that's not a trend. These models are looking at general trends, not weird edge-cases and genetic freaks. Psychopathy is a neurological disorder.

@How to be wise “Despite rhetoric to the contrary, President Trump has a weakness for swamp creatures, especially corporate monopolies, their lobbyists, and their money.” -- RFK Jr https://x.com/RobertKennedyJr/status/1800701275111399433 Before you ask why I changed my mind about RFK, you should ask why RFK changed his mind about Trump. And then consider which of us is aligned with integrity and which is not.