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You should consider John Searle's "Chinese room argument" against strong AI. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_room

Danza del Viento (Dance of the Wind) É Tai Tai Inti É Pacha Mama É Wanka Tanka Danza que Danza English It is Father Sun It is Mother Earth It is Great Spirit Dance this dance https://porangui.bandcamp.com/track/danza-del-viento

I have degrees in Physics and Math. You asked a broad question. It depends on your goal. As for understanding the world, there are limitations. The educational curriculum focuses on learning mathematical equations and cranking out answers from those equations. The philosophy behind physics or the history of physics is mostly ignored. So, for example, if you take quantum mechanics, you will learn various solutions to Schrödinger’s equation, but all of the philosophical questions raised by Quantum Mechanics or what is says about reality will not be addressed. If you want something that requires more thought beyond technique, I suggest studying the history of science and the philosophy of science.

Because in modern times, we are faced with multiple contaminations that close off our third eye. A shaman in Mexico told me that he has to give significantly more ayahuasca to people who live in the United States than Mexicans for them to enter into their journey. He believes it is because of the water. The US puts fluoride and other chemicals in the water. In Mexico, people don’t drink the tap water. They buy water in five-gallon jugs, with the water purified at the source. The bottled water doesn’t go through pipes and thus doesn’t have all the chemicals in the US water or have fluoride added. Fluoride causes pineal gland calcification, cutting you off from your intuition and third eye. https://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/what-to-know-about-calcification-of-the-pineal-gland#:~:text=A research study done in,a hard shell called calcification. https://medium.com/mystic-minds/i-can-see-clearly-424cfe0196c1 In addition to all the chemicals, we are saturated with information, most of it useless or negative. We are raised in materialistic societies that focuses all our attention outward. Our minds are abused and blocked. We live in cities and are out of contact with nature. It is of interest to worldly powers to limit our consciousness to control us. Our ancestors were much more connected with their intuition and themselves. As evidenced in ancient sacred texts, people would talk to gods, have visions, and intuit revelations of ultimate truth, like the rishis did.

When I lived in Mexico, I worked out with an ex professional boxer who had to quit boxing because his doctor told him that he was vulnerable to retinal detachment. So he made a living teaching boxing. Boxing is great for conditioning you to take a blow, but it is hard on the head. The philosophy of traditional Japanese Karate has been that if your training gives you permanent injuries, that makes you weaker not stronger. Traditional Japanese Karate makes you strong while avoiding major injuries.

I actually don’t like the idea of “fat acceptance”, but Jordan Peterson’s snarky response is evidence that he is immature and not qualified to be a clinical psychologist – his chosen profession. Ridiculing a woman in public doesn’t help her change, but shows an unhealthy urge to cruelty. Why doesn’t he address the real issue which is the American diet and the horrible chemical, sugar laden food in America that is making everyone obese (not just women)? Instead he promotes a ridiculous all meat diet, showing he has even less knowledge of basic nutrition than he has of psychology.

I’m glad to hear somebody agrees with me that Campbell is awful. I was once in a spiritual men’s group, and everyone was gushing about how wonderful Campbell was and how he has revealed the beauty of metaphor in ancient stories and beliefs. I asked them if they realized that some of the stories they thought were beautiful involved people actually being sacrificed. That people were killed. That those who followed these beliefs didn’t see them as metaphors but as actual fact. They wouldn’t talk to me anymore.

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I do all my ceremonies in Mexico. My guide was trained by a respected Shaman in Mexico City.

Preparing for 5-meo by using another psychedelic is a waste of time and doesn’t work. The experience is too different. If you want to start, I recommend finding a competent guide you can trust. I have attended many group Bufo ceremonies and have seen many beginners do just fine, because the guide was competent and, in addition, gave an appropriate dose for a beginner.

Come Healers, Teachers & Guides Strengthen my body Strengthen my soul Thank you Mother Thank you Father Thank you Creator Grandfather Sun Grandmother Moon Thank you Mother of the Waters Celestial Realms Mother Earth Thank you Take me to your Magical & Sacred World Give my being purification, healing, wisdom & strength Heal me of what I need healing, Teach me what you have to teach me, Guide me where you have to guide me. We are together with you https://porangui.bandcamp.com/track/ancestors-shamans-dream-porangu-remix

Below you will find two sites you can view to see traditional Japanese Karate. Shotokan Sensei has excellent Shotokan technique. Jesse Enkamp trained in Okinawa.

I found it’s better to keep things simple. “There is no end to the making of many books, and much study wearies the body”. (Ecclesiastes 12:12). Dancing is social and physical. The people who you meet tend to be more social and not stuck in their heads. Also, partner dancing is an excellent way to interact with women. You have to learn how to lead a woman smoothly, and it is a valuable skill that you learn. When you are a good leader, they love it. I have women coming up to me asking me to dance. Heal yourself by interacting with other people rather than reading books. We are the medicine.

Self help and psychology books are worthless. I find dancing to be more effective. Take classes in Salsa and Bachata.

I got a black belt in Shotokan many years ago. I agree with the “unpadded kumite”. When I lived in Mexico I would work out on the bags with boxers and they would sometimes try to give me a pair of gloves, since I would hit the bags full force with my bare fists. If you work out with gloves, your wrists become weak and you don’t learn to hit with a squared wrist. If you train in gloves all the time, in a real fight you can break your wrist.

In my opinion, spiral dynamics is just another grand narrative laden with its own values that oversimplifies history. You can google “spiral dynamics is a pseudo-science” and make your own judgment. If there is evidence to support spiral dynamics, where is it? Of course they are going to protect their intellectual property because the model is being used in profit generating businesses. And it doesn’t surprise me that he supports Trump, Bush, and the Republicans because those values and prejudices are baked into his model, i.e. (the descriptions of the beige and purple stages). “Spiral Dynamics has been criticized by some as appearing to be like a cult, with undue prominence given to the business and intellectual property concerns of its leading advocates.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_Dynamics#Criticism_and_limitations

I took 4 grams of extremely powerful mushrooms my shaman got from the Mazatec Indians. I saw a infinite universe of entwined snakes, like the caduceus. The entwined snakes represented our life paths, we are all interconnected and our lives are entwined with each other. For two days after the ceremony, when I woke up in the morning, I would see these translucent spiders with multicolored legs walking on the ceiling.

A shaman taught me how to focus my energy to get out of a trip. I now can be in a deep journey and pull out of it long enough to go to the bathroom and then go back in.

Right-wingers already have compassion for guns. What we need is compassion for humans.

It’s an imprecise translation of “Tanha” from Sanskrit to English. It means “craving” or “clinging”. You can’t stop having desires. They come from the unconscious. But if you don’t cling to the desires, you won’t suffer.

Warren Farrell doesn’t even mention the bullying issue, and is using the incident to promote his Father’s rights stuff. In the second video he said all boys should be required to take team sports – which would subject weaker boys to even more bullying. According to new reports coming out this kid was severely bullied. It’s amazing how stupid people are that the elephant in the room is virtually invisible. Children should be able to learn without being trapped in a living hell. By the way, I do believe in passing gun control laws. But the laws still don’t solve the underlying problem.

A recent article suggest that he was bullied in school. Most of these shooters have been bullied. Why doesn’t any politician ever bring up the root cause? That’s why things never change. “According to reports, the 18-year-old shooter was a lonely child who was bullied in school over speech impairment.” https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/who-was-the-18-year-old-texas-school-shooter-friends-say-salvador-rolando-ramos-was-bullied-as-a-child-grew-up-aggressive-and-violent/articleshow/91794272.cms

Saturn You taught me the courage of stars before you left How light carries on endlessly, even after death With shortness of breath You explained the infinite And how rare and beautiful it is to even exist I couldn't help but ask for you to say it all again I tried to write it down, but I could never find a pen I'd give anything to hear you say it one more time That the universe was made just to be seen by my eyes I couldn't help but ask for you to say it all again I tried to write it down, but I could never find a pen I'd give anything to hear you say it one more time That the universe was made just to be seen by my eyes With shortness of breath I'll try to explain the infinite And how rare and beautiful it is to even exist With shortness of breath I'll try to explain the infinite And how rare and beautiful it truly is that we exist

Traditionally, patent laws have considered mathematics to be a discovery, and thus mathematics can’t be patented. However, eventually US law allowed for the patenting of an algorithm, as long as it was embedded in physical form, i.e. a computer. However, cognitively, mathematics can be highly creative, and seems to be an invention.

I went to an outdoor Ayahuasca ceremony, where in the morning the dogs on the ranch would come around and lick the ayahuasca cups on the ground. They seemed to like it, which is strange because for humans it tastes horrible.