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@Miguel1 I would argue the latest one about epistemology. Albeit it should have been 5x longer for how important it is. Creativity one is probably on par in importance.

I got strong green vibes that didn't allow them to be completely intellectually honest such as when you questioned notions of right/wrongness.

@Joshe Absolutely. I've seen this cope so many times. There are fictional stories warning about becoming this type of person. The genius that has the whole world figured out and is "above" most things in society, yet is a man child playing video games in their parents basement -- because it's easier to create castles in your head than accept the reality of being mediocre. Such a person hasn't even stepped into the ring.

Initially I was getting frustrated with the interviewers. But then I realized it helped me appreciate the discrepancy between even stage green and a truth psychopath 😂 No wonder society feels so incompatible on a personal level.

@Leo Gura He's in the 6000s

I heard Magnus in a fun video where he had to guess strangers ELO and he said something like a few thousands games isn't very much in Chess. So he predicted that the player was very low ELO like 1000 or something based on that along with a few questions about how they approach the game. I haven't lost the nuance though. I think with Chess for instance there are certain suggested avenues in terms of training, and ways of looking at the board that are mental shortcuts so to speak. Principles and so forth that allow you to cut through the noise and simplify the logic. I think that's the problem with most humans that they don't really reflect on what they are doing. Hence you see a lot of people that are mentally stunted. And to be fair if you are around low consciousness people you are just repeating the same loop over and over, perhaps your whole life. Hence the benefit of independent thinking, albeit their is also wisdom is structures that are proven. You just need to be selective and intelligent about which ones to plug into and benefit from. Granted most of these are shorter games and not serious 15+ min games but this is just Chess.com. Add onto that his OTB classical games which Google AI said was only around 6000. Makes sense. I will concede that proves your point. 6000 classical games is some serious shit. Actually gives you enough time to think things through thoroughly as opoosed to the mindlessness of Blitz games.

I've probably played 10,000 Chess games yet I'm only in the top 65% of players. Am I stupid? I think just doing the thing is not enough. But serious analysis and curiosity is necessary along the way to notice the gaps in your approach. I think in the majority of cases experience will suffice to see radical improvements and transformation but I think their can be bottleknecks depending on intellectual aptitude, trauma, etc...

@cistanche_enjoyer It is societal conditioning for sure. What do you suggest as an alternative? Pranayama and chill?

What about people with disabilities

@fopyloBro it's not weird being there alone. A very large percentage of people in Thailand are traveling solo. If they are in groups it's because they met them in Thailand in many cases. This is not the same environment as your home town where everyone sticks to their high school cliques and ostracizes you. It will be hard to see through what I am saying until you let your guard down and start talking to people. Stay at a hostel for a couple of nights. Might be nerve-wracking at first based on how you are describing yourself.

The cosmic joke

@Ramasta9 Yeah but 5 mil is kinda over kill in these locations. But it also is pennies basically in Silicon Valley or other high opportunity locations. So Maybe you're right.

@enchanted No it's epistemic slop. Disrespectful to my intelligence to even consider it.

I've heard rumblings around Vegas that Leo is one of the biggest real estate moguls in the state of Nevada. @Ramasta9 With 5 million might as well live in a better location. SE Asia is for brokies trying to live like millionaires. If you have 5 mil might as well leverage the money and live in a location where you can really put it to work and do bigger things. I guess the healing / retreat biz is cool though. Don't know much about it.

@Hojo For the example you provided specifically fear or shyness came to mind. For some of the photos I knew the emotion already without looking at the multiple choice. Because I tried to discern it first before biasing myself with the answer choices.