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This only proves that there is no such thing as an absolute good. Anything we do, no matter how good it may seem, will always be limited, have blind-spots, cast shadows, create complex feedback loops, etc... It speaks to the unpredictability of life, and of the nature of good and evil being relative. The question is always the same: Are we trying to preserve a system or a life? And the answer is often not easy.

I see you, and I understand what in your past led you to want to hurt yourself. But also, I love you

If that was true, there wouldn't be any Jews alive today. But Jews co-existed with Christians and Muslims for thousands of years, and were always part of the demographic in the middle east. Wars happened between Christians and Muslims and Jews, and in-between each of them. Nothing special there, just regular tribalism. Anti-semitism actually is a fairly new idea, originated as a form of racism/xenophobia in Europe, then transferred to many Arab nations as part of their national and ethnic identity. And more recently it's become a political correctness weapon to marginalize and nullify any opposition to Zionism.

You don't have to leave her, since she is getting professional help and seeking betterment of her condition. Leaving would be the right choice if she gave up, lost hope, and decided to be a victim for the rest of her life. However, the right choice is not necessarily the easy choice. It's probably the harder choice. You need to approach her with care and compassion, and hold loose expectations from her, while at the same time maintaining healthy and strong boundaries. This alone can be difficult and exhausting for most people, let alone the emotional baggage. But if you really like her, then it will probably be worth it. And she will see what you are and what you have done and appreciate it.

Have empathy for the low consciousness members.

As children, we don’t inherently know what “boredom” means. A rock, a shadow, a repeating sound—these are endlessly fascinating things by sheer existence. What are they anyway?! Then comes peer pressure: somewhere around preschool, a friend or someone of “higher authority” sighs loudly and announces: “This is boring 😑”. The group nods. Suddenly, our own stillness feels shameful. Not only is this experience labelled “boring”, but somehow, magically even, boring becomes bad. We learn that uninterrupted attention is a social mistake. We learn that constant stimulation equals joy and excitement. We label and judge flat experiences to be unworthy of experiencing. We learn to flee and run away from thinking about staying still. To fit in, we perform boredom—slumping shoulders, heavy sighs, a desperate scan for stimulation. The illusion? That boredom exists outside us, in the world. In truth, it’s a shared agreement: We’ve decided this moment has no value. By adolescence, the reflex is automatic. Sitting quietly becomes intolerable—not because nothing is happening, but because we’ve forgotten how to witness without judgment. Boredom isn’t the absence of stimulus. It’s the fear of being left out of a more interesting story. It's incredibly fascinating how all of that is even possible even though at first thought it would seem almost impossible! Like we are literally living in wonderland, and how we forget is part of the wonder! Cheers!

It's not right or wrong. It's a perspective. The idea that experience is truth is aligned with solipsism. But who's made that epistemic decision? If you define the present moment as the truth, then yes experience is the truth. But that's limited, and nobody truly lives that way. You may think it's because of delusion, but at the end of the day you are doing the same. You are believing in a past and a future, and you will probably never lose that belief. And you clearly believe in others, which you are seeking discussion with. These are truths. They're your reality, even if you pretend otherwise. Ralston is not pretending, that's the difference.

Enhanced. Good instincts

It can already code better than a human. There's no doubt about that. But like I said, when it comes to specifics and details, a human will always be needed. One persistent error will never be solved by AI alone. Human intervention is required. And coding is just one part of the whole process. You need humans to walk the AI through the required process. This will always be the case, as far as any profession is concerned. So this does not only apply to coding, but virtually to all other professions. AI can do most of the heavy lifting, but the finishing touches belong to us. Always will.

He is smart, and adventurous. But not genius. He is a man of action -- flexible, and adjusts as he goes.

AI is great for general cases, but it faces serious challenges with its capacity to produce high quality results when it comes to details and specifics, which is the future of human jobs. Don't worry about the future. Worry about mastering the details and specifics of your work.

This question is a form of seeking social validation.

Sometimes, having faith, even in falsehood, is the only way to stay alive. In those dark moments, nothing anchors you except faith, alone.

Recently learned that we can use Linux inside of Windows. Life is just so much easier. As an old Windows user, the transition is difficult, and WSL hits the sweet spot.

Schizophrenia does not include hallucinations of a new voice, but rather a misidentification of one's own internal voice as something external. It happens in vulnerable mental states when cognitive capabilities are crippled. The word 'hallucination' is misleading here, because it assumes new visuals and sounds, when it's the same as what was initially there, just misinterpreted. This is easily seen when you talk to a schizophrenic. You will see that they are not making up some outlandish reality. It's the same reality we inhabit, just misinterpreted. They see the same things we see, but interpret them differently, often in a harmful way. And this is also what distinguishes genius from madness. A genius is simply someone who interprets reality in a different way, and that interpretation is coming from higher cognitive functionality. I've never mistaken internal with external or vice versa. Yes, I was mistaken about hearing someone calling my name, but it was just a momentary misperception that came from the environment and then immediately filtered out as meaningless noise that was misinterpreted. I was able to do that immediate filtering, because my cognitive functionality is intact. Someone with severed cognitive functionality loses this filtering ability. And the pathology does not care about the seeds. Rather, it takes anything and turns it into seeds. Any input (sensory or otherwise) can be misinterpreted and turned pathologically.

@Carl-Richard Mental disorders are not behavioural disorders necessarily. In fact, most of the times, people with a mental disorders may seem normal on the surface. They behave like everyone else, suppressing their disorders and trying to fit in with the order. Mental disorders are, first and foremost, mental disorders, as the name suggests, something to do with the intellect/psychology/cognition. And I've never in my life was mistaken about the internal voice. I've always recognized it as it is. But I've experienced other disordered states.

@Hojo I think you're onto something there. However, I will reaffirm my position that the internal voice is a friend to understand, not not an enemy to fight or a symptom to cure. You have nice non-duality ideas, that I myself like and entertain sometimes. But they don't apply in this case or in the way you're suggesting. You've touched on the idea of being better without the internal voice. I think, in many cases, like this one, that it would be better to lose the idea of being better, paradoxically.

@Hojo I don't resonate with what you're saying. It doesn't make much sense honestly. Everyone thinks. Everyone has an internal voice. And everyone believes that voice. But not everyone is mentally ill. And it's not possible to build a life without that voice. I would guess even animals have some sort of internal voice inside their heads that tells them what to do. That's how they live and organize themselves in groups.

Originally, the word God pointed to a supernatural power or being beyond the ordinary human knowledge and experience.

So in your opinion, every thought is a problem and a symptom of illness? Then every single human, including the great geniuses are all mentally ill too.

That doesn't really explain a disorder. You can have a voice in your head, and you can believe it, and remain mentally stable and healthy. Disorders happen when that voice says things that are out of touch with the lived reality, and you have no other choice but to believe it.

Conscious is an adjective. Consciousness is a noun. Some people believe that the substance of everything is consciousness. But the question is what is the substance of consciousness?

You might not be able to access them in your regular state of consciousness, because conditioning or trauma can be buried deep inside the body. To access them, you might need to trigger them somehow. And there are several ways to do that (AI-generated): 1. Somatic practices – Yoga, breathwork, or body scanning can loosen stored tension, allowing buried sensations or memories to surface. 2. Expressive arts – Painting, dancing, or writing without a plan can bypass the logical mind and bring unconscious material into form. 3. Psychedelic-assisted therapy – Under controlled conditions, substances like psilocybin or MDMA can lower defensive barriers and reveal deep conditioning. 4. EMDR or brainspotting – These therapies use eye movements or fixed gaze to access trauma held in subcortical brain regions. 5. Intense physical exercise – Long-distance running, cold exposure, or high-intensity intervals can sometimes “shake loose” repressed emotions. 6. Holotropic breathwork – Rapid, rhythmic breathing can induce altered states where buried content arises spontaneously. 7. Dreamwork or active imagination – Engaging with dream images or dialoguing with inner figures can retrieve material not accessible while fully awake and defended.

I guess we'll find out in the upcoming weeks.