EternalForest

Keep it going! You're onto something profound here.

First of all, LMFAO Secondly, I agree that Grok is where the real fun begins with AI chat. ChatGPT was like the PG, safe prototype. Grok is the uncensored, smarter and fully actualized model, and it's going to change everything.

Friends are very important in my opinion. You need people to ground and support you when you're having issues and/or everyone else has abandoned you. You also don't even need 6 friends. One true friend is enough (or one true friend group), trust me. Edit: For the record, I have 3 true friends, and I consider this the greatest blessing in my life.

My personal ranking of the arguments from the video, from least convincing to most convincing. Argument from Faith: | You could have faith in anything, doesn't make it true. Argument from Scripture: This is like saying your favorite movie is so good, it must've been inspired by God! Ontological argument: | Basically, the definition of a tautology. If God can exist, God can exist... Pretty bad. Pascal's Wager: | I used to believe this out of fear but honestly, if God was real, he probably wouldn't let Pascal's Wager believers into heaven because their belief needs to be genuine. Argument from Free Will: | Not without value but irrelevant to God’s existence. Moral argument:| Functionally good for the world (for those who believe it), unconvincing for argument's sake. Argument from Mystery: | So what happens when science can explain everything? Neoplatonic Proof: | Not convincing. Why does multiplicity require absolute unity as its source? Aristotle's argument: | Assumptions on assumptions. Why can't there be an infinite chain? Something From Nothing: | Feels more like another philosophical mind game you play with yourself than a strong proof of God in my opinion. Argument from Reason: | Despite some deeper layers assumes that the mind of God works the same as ours, which I highly doubt. Performative Contradiction of Naturalism: | Doesn't necessarily prove God, but should give any scientist or rationalist pause. Argument from Perennial Philosophy/Popularity/Success: I'm probably in the minority here, but I think there's some weight behind this, more than most. Among the billions of people who believed in God over the years, how likely is it they were all wrong? There has to be something deeper there. Causal Argument: | It's a bit esoteric with the way it describes the Human/God relationship. Not sure what the average person is supposed to make of it. Like Leo said, it's one big esoteric analogy for something more. Argument From Participation: | A more sophisticated causal argument, and I like this one better. The top down element is actually very insightful. Argument From the Big Bang: | Essentially, it's the cosmological argument with less steps, using the big bang as a stand-in. And while it’s not bad and it holds some weight SOMETHING caused the Big Bang, we have no way of being sure it was God. St. Augustine's Proof #1 & #2: | Good arguments for the idea that there is something ultimately more intelligent and good than humanity, and why its likely to be some sort of God. Cosmological argument: | Claiming everything has a cause, and therefore the universe has a cause? I can accept that. Claiming that cause is God? That’s a bit of a stretch. It's convincing on the surface, but it kind of jumps to assume God more than I'd like. Still one of the best. Argument from Consciousness: I completely agree with this. There is an entire spiritual realm that science has no way of properly exploring. Science can NOT properly explain consciousness because its too profound to fall into a box for study, and comes from something higher. Argument from Miracles: I disagree with Leo a bit on this one. Because even if one of these miracles was true, that’s stronger evidence for the existence of God than most of the previous arguments combined. Argument from Personal Experience: Once you correct for self deception in yourself and in others, this is indeed one of the best ways to know that God exists. Because you have experienced it for yourself. Personally, I won’t be 100% convinced of God until I have my own experience one day. Teleological and fine-tuning arguments/Information theory: | Now these are great in my opinion! (grouped together because they're basically all pointing to the same thing). Considering the complex code of DNA, how complex and perfectly nature operates and how the sun and moon are the perfect distance from the Earth to sustain life, what are the chances that the Earth was created so perfectly exactly the way we experience it without some divine intervention or help from a higher power? Very slim. Even after billions of years of evolution, it's practically a miracle.

Dang I've never seen this guy before and he seems really solid. I'll be watching him throughout the week. Thanks for the share Daniel!!

I'm a virgin too, but if you gave me the choice between getting a new favorite song every day and having sex with a new girl everyday, I'd take the songs, no question. Because as good as it is, there are things greater and more profound than sex. I can return to those songs for the rest of my life and find joy in them over and over again. There's a reason why long term couples (who are both attractive) eventually stop having sex everyday. It's not because it doesn't still feel amazing. It's because, like anything else, eventually that orgasmic high becomes routine. But experiencing a great story? Cooking or eating a great meal? Running a marathon? Raising a child? Or again, making music or sitting at the piano and playing your heart out? Volunteering for a cause you believe in? Laughing and making memories with your friends? That's what life is about.

@gengar It's been a couple days, are you okay man?

Then how are there married couples in every city in the world?

I can't wait to hear the results! You're an inspiration

Gambling is a legitimate hobby (as long as you do it responsibly of course). Some would even argue its a sport https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poker_Hall_of_Fame

You don't need to move. No matter what city you live in, there are hundreds and thousands of women. You only need to find one.

Hard disagree. Having empty, transactional sex with no genuine connection behind it for the rest of my life sounds like hell to me.

Yeah we're definitely not getting the full picture here. What has she REALLY done to you in the past to make you react this way? Because, personally speaking, no one I know would respond to a 15mins late message like that.

Why not get it directly from the horse's mouth? https://www.youtube.com/@WhiteHouse/videos I watch The White House's new uploads and live streams to get the full, unedited messages that the media will clip to fit their own individual narratives

Best of luck. Keep in mind that outside of giving you knowledge on a subject, college degrees are mainly useful for securing a guaranteed or high paying job. If you want to be a businessman, artist, entrepreneur, etc. it's far more important to develop your drive, vision and grit/work ethic from this point forward. And if you change your mind, you can always go back, but if you're serious, you should give this a real shot for a year or two and see what you can accomplish.

Nowadays most social media platforms, even YouTube, show new content to a small "test audience" and if it does well, they'll promote the content themselves through the algorithm. So if you're not getting followers, either your content isn't resonating with the audience the platform is showing it to, or it's showing it to the wrong audience and you need to adjust your tags and keywords a bit better. Either way, my best advice is to stay consistent. If you love what you're doing, there's definitely an audience out there who'll love it too.

Don't watch football outside of my home team but I watched it because there were a lot of new trailers dropping during the commercials and Kendrick Lamar (probably the best rapper right now) did the halftime show. Btw, HE FUCKING KILLED IT!! What a performer.

This part really hit home, especially this part: "You feel unlikable and the people who you want to associated do not want to be associated with you. There might be good reasons for that, both individualistic and social." Because honestly, a lot of times I think...if only they truly knew me, on a deeper level, then maybe they would actually like me? Maybe I'm just not showing them the sides of myself that they would like? And the trouble is, every interaction goes differently, so it's impossible to know exactly what was missing in any given interaction with someone unless you ask directly. And most likely, if they didn't resonate with you, you won't have further contact with them. So you'll never really know. Pickup feels fake and mechanical to me. It's hard to be authentically romantic with someone when they're just one of a dozen girls you're hitting on. Now, regarding the 3 solutions you suggested: #1. I absolutely agree with this, and it's where most of my energy and attention is channeled! #2. Once again, I completely agree. The fulfilment you can get from spirituality alone is profound. #3. I see what you're saying, and your intention here is good but it's hard to be proud of not having everything you want, as you've mentioned throughout the post. Jim Carrey said it best: “I think everybody should get rich and famous and everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that that’s not the answer." So yes, you can embrace where you are, and accept celibacy, because when you finally do have sex one day, you must keep in mind that won't change a thing about your life in the grand scheme of things. Our virginity doesn't define us. Satisfaction doesn't come from out there, it comes from inside (the heart) ❤️

I think that's a bit of an exaggeration. Now for me personally, I'd never want casual sex, because sex without love is meaningless to me. However, if both parties are okay with it being casual, and it's completely consensual? I don't see the issue. For some, they don't have to deeply love everyone they have sex with; it can be an experience of pure sensory pleasure.

@ZenSwift Nothing wrong with watching Breaking Bad haha. As I've said before on here, you can learn more from that show than 90% of self help books out there. Just keep it to one episode a day and focus the rest of your time on working hard. What's hurting you is the "shoulds" and anxiety around how much you should be doing, and what you're not doing that you should be. When in reality, if you make just a little progress every day, reaching your goals will become inevitable. Come at it from a place of self-assurance. You WILL get there eventually, because you're doing the work. You're doing great.

This is actually brilliant, thank you sir.

I'd focus on career because it's something you can control and advance within. If women come, then they come, it's whatever. Ultimately it's better to focus on something you can control rather than something you can't (if some random woman likes you).

My baseline measure of if someone likes me is if they'd be willing to do something simple with me outside of a forced social setting (ie. meet me for a cup of coffee). No woman I've met has even been willing to do that. So is it delusional to say that every woman doesn't like me if that's actually been the case in practice? It feels irrelevant to say "One million women somewhere in the world like you" if you don't have access to 99% of them. If every woman in your vicinity doesn't want you, it's gonna sting no matter what.

I choose to believe in Cthulu...and kick his ass if he tries to destroy me! If I'm going down, I'm going down fighting.

I'm sorry to hear that... My friend actually got diagnosed with cancer in his 20s too, and he beat it. I'm rooting for you, man. Stay strong and keep us posted.