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To be free of fear is to be full of love. Love yourself instead of the idea of someone else loving you. Love is a better master than duty. I must be willing to give up what I am in order to become what I will be. An eye for an eye and the world goes blind.

Yep

It's the other way around. It has limited knowledge of things after 2021.

I'm pretty sure there's a caveat somewhere on the website saying that ChatGPT has limited knowledge of events after 2021. They seem to have decided to cut off its knowledge there.

Same for me, I was just focusing on the positive aspects of it. I think it's more likely for introverts.

We aren't constantly clinging to any anxieties or worries of the future. In that sense, we're more lax. When you're lax and carefree, it creates more space for enjoying things deeply. You can't enjoy and worry at the same time. There is an energy that builds up in the chest area. It almost feels like an itch that's being scratched. It's an energetic release. Sometimes you see something so absurd and surprising and comedic that you need to let out some sort of reaction and energy, and this ends up being a pretty enjoyable process. Talking to other people can ground you pull you away from your thoughts and worries if you are someone that overthinks. It feels like a weight being lifted off your chest sometimes, because you have someone you can communicate your feelings to and vent to. And then they can talk back and forth with you and give you feedback about yourself. It feels validating having someone listen and communicate to you, like an acknowledgment of your existence and your ideas. People can perceive social interactions differently though. I'm an introvert, and this is how I perceive the good aspects of socializing, other people might differ. I like Christmas because of all the festive designs and ideas that start to appear everywhere. It's very cartoony, and I like that. It gives different flavors and variety to the different months, instead of all of them being bland and similar. There are also many different events and gatherings that pop up as a result, which can be enjoyable. The lights outside are nice too, I like seeing bright colors everywhere, it's very stimulating and energetic. It's nice seeing the world celebrate something in unison, it creates a feeling of connection. If I had to use a few adjectives to describe Christmas, I would say warm and cozy, probably because of the contrast between the snow outside and being inside somewhere warm. This creates a unique cozy atmosphere.

This coding stuff is insane. You can even use it to write scripts for the Minecraft command block.

Ease them into it. You have to talk to them from where they're at in terms of development. It's like the difference between jumping straight into a cold shower vs slowly decreasing the temperature. For example, telling a stereotypical hard-nosed religious person "You are God" will likely cause backlash. But, if you instead ask, "What is God?", or "How do you know what God is?", these statements are much more palpable and easier to explore for them. A lot of times psychedelics do work, though. The experience completely shatters their paradigm. But some egos recover back. Some people are harder to change. I also think a lack of spiritual and epistemological foundation could be an issue as well. They're just easily swayed by the opinions and ideas of others. Their process for grounding themselves and finding truth aren't very rigid. This is probably related to why some people are harder to change.

Ego backlash

Stories are real, they exist as stories. You are making a distinction that says one part of reality is less real than the other. In reality, you don't believe in your own definition of God, which is that God is everything. If you did, you would realize that imagination and stories are all equally God, and thus equally real. One part of reality can't be less real than the other. You can't deny that you do experience imagination and stories, so it is some sort of phenomena that is occurring in your experience, even though you might shun it away. There is of course a difference between being conscious that something is a story, and being unconscious of the fact that something is a story. For example, a child who believes in Santa as a physical entity vs a parent who is aware that Santa is an imagined holiday mascot. They are both imagining Santa, but the latter has recontextualized it to see that it is imaginary, whereas the former hasn't become aware of that yet.

They do exist, as imagination. Sometimes it can even exist as something more visible and tangible. Consciousness can shapeshift. You're clinging to a state of consciousness which doesn't imagine stories, because you believe in the story that imagination is "unreal" or "invalid" or "less real" than the rest of reality. All of reality is real. You are still subtly partitioning God and placing certain aspects of it in hierarchies. If God generates everything, and God is everything, then stories and imagination are a part of everything as well. If you were aware of what you are saying, you would realize that imagining neural networks is how God generates things, because a neural network is God. God can imagine any sort of generation it wants. It can stop imagining things that generate it, as well. It doesn't really need a generation process in order to exist, unless you imagine it.

I understand. I didn't say imagination isn't a part of reality. It's tricky, because the mind will sneak in ideas about how certain parts of reality are "unreal" or "invalid", even if I don't explicitly state it, so I get your concern. I'll try to be more cognizant of it next time. If I'm being honest, I was already trying to be careful about my wording, because I know how it can affect people. But, if it rubbed you off the wrong way, I guess the approach still needs tweaking.

God can be a story. The idea that God is generating the output, is also a story. Nothing wrong with stories.

I didn't say you shouldn't debate people, just that you should be smart about it. My point is to be more mindful about how you allocate your energy in regards to debating. There are different intentions and expectations people have when arguing, and some can be dysfunctional and needy. Yes, there are useful skills that can be developed from debating. There are even people who create entire brands around debating, which reach many people. This is different from mindlessly debating random anons online. There are even situations where you might wanna change the mind of some close friend or family. That's all well and good. Just be strategic and realistic about it. There are people who debate with realistic expectations, and those who debate with dysfunctional and neurotic expectations.

Going out of your way to debate every person who has a different worldview is not an efficient way of conducting life. Ok, maybe you managed to change their mind. Millions more to go. Learn to laugh at its absurdity. It's funny. Free comedy from the universe. Fundamentally, you're still needy about having everyone understand you. People aren't really that good at understanding each other. The best person for understanding you, is you. That's all you really need.

How is this breaking it? Didn't it do what you asked?

This bot is honestly freakishly smart. Maybe not for super existential questions. But anything else. Someone should implement this bot into the Actualized.org website so it automatically responds to every single post on here, that way every post gets a somewhat decent answer. When a robot has better morals than actual humans

This is the intended function of the forum format. You're forced to think longer before replying. There are pros and cons to live conversations and forum conversations. Well, it's not surprising, which is why there is already preemptively a rule clearly saying that Discords aren't allowed. It's expected. At the same time, there's a line to be drawn between seeking casual live chats elsewhere, and creating a subsection of this community by taking Actualized.org members to a Discord server. You can do the former without the latter.

Ayyyyoooo Bro.... Caught the "bot" lacking

Lmao, I remember this post

AI can apparently write hit pieces

We need to help the bot achieve enlightenment

Explain to me like I am above 5

Wow, nice. I feel like it's hard to find girls who are into kinkier stuff. Pretty amazing to get to do this for your first time. She seems very open sexually.

Then you can ask, how come you don't find it inspiring anymore? Also, I'm curious how the anhedonia started. I don't find it hard to believe because of how widespread sexual stigma is. And also, how unconscious most people are of their own negative projections. For example, think about how many people ascribe to religion, and how much religions push sexual repression and demonization. Anecdotally, a lot of these no-fap communities do give me religious cult-like vibes at times. It's filled with bro-science, and people will gaslight you for reporting negative symptoms of no-fap. I just don't find it unlikely that so many people would be steeped in delusion. Bad epistemology is everywhere nowadays. Most people are strongly positioned in stage red - stage blue. These are better. Now you have something tangible you can actually look at and question and figure out, instead of a one-note blanket statement saying "I'm a stupid loser". This one is still hyperbolic. This video basically just talks about hedonic adaptation and uses porn to demonstrate it. The stuff mentioned in this video points to a process called hedonic adaptation, and it applies to any activity that stimulates dopamine in large amounts. Basically, there's an activity, and that activity has a potential for addiction, because after a while you get desensitized to the previous stimuli, and so you end up searching for bigger stimuli, and it can become a cycle of addiction. Me personally, I haven't been addicted, even though I watch porn. I can still get off to just images. In fact, I can get off without any visual stimuli, or direct physical stimuli. With porn in particular, I find it very hard to get addicted. It's just very satisfying. I don't find myself falling into any addictive cycles. However, I wouldn't say it applies to your situation, because I'm sure that you feel bad after masturbating even without watching porn. This video is talking about porn use specifically. You also have to keep in mind that sexual urges are physiologically and psychologically programmed into your body, so it might not be practical or useful to test for addiction using the metrics he used at the end of the video, which are for people struggling with exogeneous substances. It's not perfectly analogous to call a natural function of the body an addiction, it's like saying you're addicted to water or food. In general, I'd say if you're doing it some obscene amount of times a day, like 5 times a day consistently, or you've noticed that it's a detriment to your relationship with real women, I would then say it's negative or addictive. Or, if you find that you've become noticeably desensitized to a lot of the porn you watch. Otherwise, your body will naturally produce and excrete its urges. For example, if you're really busy with some project or you go on some business trip, notice how easily you end up abstaining. And then notice how wet dreams increase during abstinence. I would say these are your body naturally regulating and excreting its urges. You don't have to micro-manage anything, unless you want to experiment with your sexual energy or something.