Leo Gura

You drew a circle from some 3rd person disembodied perspective, like a drone camera shot. That is not solipsism.

@Carl-Richard He wasn't talking about a big circle. He was talking about Ken Wilber's circle.

No, it just doesn't work like that. Your IQ test could be lower in that state. IQ is some human game. Imagine you meet an alien and you try to give him your IQ test. It's silly.

If solipsism is true there was no Jesus.

The video is there for you to replay. He was prefectly clear. Just don't project your stuff onto what he says. Listen with a blank mind.

My biggest advice is to identify all your biases and choose the pursuit of truth and epistemic developement over social justice and whatever other misplaced loyalities you have. Focus on epistemology and construct-awareness, not politics. You have to go meta and stop playing Game A.

"Wealthiest nation" is a misleading measure. The reality is that most Indians were still wiping their asses with their hands. So your point is meaningless. The British are not why India is underdeveloped today. If anything Indians today are better off thanks to British rule, ugly though it was.

You can still experience this world. It is just recontextualized. It's close enough that it could be possible. A human and a rat can still interact even though they have very different consciousness. If a human ever meets an alien, obviously the alien will have much higher consciousness of reality than any nondual/Buddhist human. My case is very unique so you shouldn't draw any general conclusions from it.

Love you too.

Green people need a whack with a broom to the head. Maybe that will free up some space for Yellow.

Please stop this cringe.

That is NOT what Wilber said.

Most important for this discussion is the development of government structures, organization, and markets. But also science and tech. It's hard to have high moral development when you are riding around on a camel and shitting in the sand.

That IS development. The West was pretty developed before 1500. Finding new lands was the natural extension of their development. Of course plundering new land helped super-charge development.

I know. That's why I call it domination of a minority group.

I acknowledge all that. But it's too late now.

It's all good man, just don't use them for a few years. You will be all right.

You sure love arguing with yourself.

Zero progress. My focus must go on new videos and courses and endless health problems.

You trying to get me crucified by the Oranges?

No. But it is a complex issue. The West is largely so developed because of two key factors: 1) highly favorable geography, 2) a geography which forced millenia of intense combat which drove an arms race pressure cooker which fueled development. The West is so developed because they bullied themselves for 5000 years.

So where is your Golden Age? Did the West steal it?

No. Every intelligent mind acknowledges that the West are bullies. That's not at question.

Nah, Destiny is smart and openminded. He would definitely be open to learning about higher concepts in a non-debate format. I can tell he is sick of arguing with baboons. He needs some higher content once in a while. Destiny is principled. He is not merely using tactics to win debates. There is deep thought to his worldview.

The correct analogy is: A D-student gets beat up in 10th grade, and then blames the last decade of his poor school performance on that. That's essentially what you guys are doing here. Trying to convince us that a D-student would be an A-student if not for some pesky bully.