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For me it seems like Kamala just isnt a natural at being charismatic plus she isnt as fake. Which explains why she isnt acting euphoric about every achievement. That lack of charisma is a real problem for popularity but not for politics per se.

Humans genius potential Some people in my life often got me to contemplate which areas in life take the most intelligence to comprehend. For example you could be very mathematically intelligent and have a huge bias towards that so that you order peoples general intelligence just after mathematical intelligence. Now this thought just struck me. First I always had the feeling that each area in life had their own types of geniuses, from Albert Einstein in physics, to Mozart in music or Freud in Psychology. All of them were geniuses in their own regard and I always felt like they were comparable in a certain way. Like they all had this genius quality to them which simply manifested itself through a different kind of medium. And so - What if we just took it as a high probability that in all areas of life there are incredible brains and the limits of different areas of expertise are the limits of our great brains. I mean that’s how it has to be when people try their best in each area. Even if an area is "simpler“. Well then that means that you can go even deeper in that area which means that eventually it will be just as hard as a "harder“ area of expertise because you won’t get as deep into it.

No, I cant comprehend 1d because I would need to filter out way too much. I automatically see 3d without doing anything (unless I am in a very special place which is designed so my brain cant comprehend 3d which might be possible). But in general I dont need conceptual knowledge to grasp 3d just like an ape doesnt know about dimensions and he still manages to see in 3d. I think we can only imagine how it's like to see in lower dimensions but I dont think we can actually do it.

hmm idk I think dimension is a concept yes but seeing in 3d might just be direct experience because thats how humans experience reality. You dont need to learn about 3d or even know what it is to see in 3d.

Of course thoughts have an experienceable quality to them which is direct experience.

In your direct experience you are aware of shapes, colors, sounds, feelings, the experience of thought, sensations, ... none of these things are conceptual. Conceptual knowledge is not direct. Unless it is possible that in a certain conceptual knowledge there is direct experience in it like in a poem or when god would speak through you or something crazy like that.

The phenomenal experience of dull survival Our lives is all about survival, we just aren't conscious of it as much as it is less direct. So coming in contact with "raw" survival triggers certain emotions. This scene of Godzilla swallowing king ghidorah made me remember a moment when a girl spoke about the great genetics of a guy (in a sexual context) as it triggered a very similar consciousness in me this unfiltered raw look at survival. A mix of clearness, rawness, nausea, instinctiveness, pulsation, a certain aliveness, a certain will for power, unholiness and order. I cant really tell what I should make out of this even though I had plenty of time to think about it. 2:00 - 2:30

Nothing will end. Something is nothing. I am actually speaking from direct experience this time whooo 🥳, I actually had the insight that everything even the most hard/ solid things are really nothing.

I dont know. Maybe I know more than I think I know about such things and I am just not aware of my knowledge because it is too obvious to me. But it's true that I sucpect highly that I cant know that and you are most definitely right that I logically cant tell that. Yeah when you become aware how you dont know such core things about reality it really puts into question the validity of the "truths" you think you know as they arise from those basic core things you have no clue about.

@Someone here thats true. Things/ objects in reality cant really be known and are a mystery right?

Legendary. I guess there is nothing to worry about then.

I always wonder in which way these people might see aspects of reality which are hidden from me. Like one can say that all these fictional characters are just fantasy but for one they were created by real humans and their fantasy had to be enriched by some real world experiences to come up with these ideas. (When you think that the mind is a blank paper at birth which is very debatable but probably at least reductionistically true or partially true) And second these fantasy figures have a real effect on people in society. They inspire and influence our real world behavior. So they do live with us in some real way. Someone could simply be so conscious of these aspects of reality so much that they cant stand the explanation that this is just fantasy so they find some way to integrate this into "real world reality". This is a a very famous article in the newspaper in which the author explained an 8 year old girl how Santa Claus is real and it points to some incredibly profound truths.: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/yes-virginia-there-is-a-santa-claus-1897/ Yes, VIRGINIA, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus. It would be as dreary as if there were no VIRGINIAS. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished. Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies! You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if they did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that's no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world. You may tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, VIRGINIA, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding. No Santa Claus! Thank God! he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.

Haven't heard of this before. Amazing in how deep of a fantasy one can dive into.

Hmm maybe. Our psyche has evolved a lot as well. Certain things trigger parts of your brain which cant just be let go of with deconditioning which is why psychological strategies can be abused like algorithms, sex sells, .. Yes but I cant stop being attracted to her. I can only decide how I am going about it. I couldnt decide being attracted to someone who would be a good fit for me. To get back to the topic I would love to be bi and I would love to like mushrooms because they smell so good when cooked in a pan. But when I dont like it I dont like it and there is no way I can talk myself into it.

Well you cant really take psychedelic states of consciousness and say that sober reality will also be like that. We disagree to which degree you are able to free yourself from conditioning. You say with lots of effort you can basically do everything like getting horny for a ceiling I say our psyche can only be reconditioned to a certain degree and at some point will hit a wall so some things are not possible imo. Haha I just developed feelings for a girl I find really attractive. It's been some time actually since I developed romantic feelings for someone and in her case it's only because of looks. I know full well that she wouldnt be a good romantic partners. So much for my ability to be in conscious control.

Buffed butterfly (Another Dalton-like idea 6) Butterfly gymrat. Full of muscles, is very insecure and feels easily attacked. When it feels attacked it will knock your ass out.

Look at dat frog (critique of society) Lion: Yo look at frog other there doing frog things. Tiger: Look at him being all green like a frog. Lion: He is such a frog dude. Tiger: Yo frog why you doing all that frog things why dont you catch a fish or something?

Brainwashed with core beliefs Until very recently I always swam with my fingers opened. I did it because I had a swim teacher when I was 6 years old and when we practiced swimming on land she taught me the technique of doing the swimming motion with fingers spread which I did. As soon as I grew a little older I developed enough common sense to know perfectly well that it didnt make logical sense to keep the fingers spread because water would get through the holes and therefore you would have less area to use to push the water away to repel yourself forward. But still I swam that way because somehow the things that you are taught in childhood are just burned into your brain and just have more authority over other things. So only recently I was finally able to let that old idea go. There are many other very fundamental things about the nature of reality which you are told when you are young which are way less obvious. So it's very reasonable to assume that I am driven by some core beliefs which probably dont match reality at all and getting myself to question those will probably take some exceptional work.

Reality shows and hides things from you I woke up from a dream and it seemed like my engine lacked a little behind. Like I almost had my eyes opened yet I was still in a dream state. Then I suddenly saw the light around me which was hidden from my consciousness before. It was such a suttle but interesting direkt insight. That’s what consciousness does it can hide and show certain things from us. Its remarkable when you have a direct insight into it.

Qualia is Absolute (improved articulation) Qualia is Absolute. Experiences which seem to not be part of Qualia like science, mathematics, atoms, .. have qualia characteristics. Like 2+2 = 4 has a certain experienceable quality (qualia), a scientific model has a experienceable quality (qualia) and everything you have ever experienced of an atom is qualia. The thought that there is something that isn’t qualia has an experienceable quality and is therefore also qualia.

@Keryo Koffa I am not saying you that you dont point to some absolute truths. I am saying that relatively/ practically this isnt true for your reality. The thread implied the radical thesis that we could all be bisexuals if we changed our way of thinking about reality. I think that is very sloppy thinking. It's projecting an absolute truth onto the relative world into an area which is not as clear so this sloppy thinking doesnt become immediately obvious.My point is that we are limited in the relative world. Thats why I made this example of trying to find sexual arousal of a toaster which isnt possible imo but it still doesnt seem to be clear enough. Look maybe I am to closed minded for thinking that my mind is incapable of getting aroused by a ceiling, maybe I am just not conscious enough. Can you do it though, can you get an orgasm by looking at a ceiling or are you just talking out of your ass? This is the test.

@Keryo Koffa okay then try to get an orgasm by just looking at a ceiling.

@TheUnknown So if you practiced enough you think you could get horny for a ceiling?

I just recently got to know him and listened to him in two videos and am pretty blown away by him. I just cant listen to him for more then 20mins at a time without loosing attention because its so demanding to listen to him.

Oh god. Sexless deep mind rage. And men take the bullshit structure which suits their ego as more real then what is there in the moment. Men are full of bullshit on the other side of the coin. Men and women bullshit check each other in that way. Reality is chaos which is what women are more connected to and they seek structure from men. But if the structure men come up with isnt suited to reality then it's simply rejected. Like when a nice guy doesnt get laid thats because his concepts dont match reality. He probably isnt nice he is just using this strategy to get into a women's pants and women are connected to reality enough to sense that. Men think that women are so shallow when in reality they just cant comprehend the level of bullshit of their own worldview and they think it's so sophisticated.