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This is the closest approximation of what personal bias is that I’ve seen in thread, by a long shot.

@Danioover9000 How is Leo mentioning something an argument for the worthiness of analyzing someone's presentation when judging quality of their arguments? Don't answer, I am just pointing out a lack of logic in your post. I see no value in purely discussing the messenger.

I think this is an issue with insufficient non-dual/spiritual education/contemplation. I personally haven't seen my mind to have a tendency to go in that direction, I think because I don't have the false concepts you do. My mind can't leave my body as there was never something like "my body", it has always been the forever-morphing Godhead. The same goes for going to "another dimension" it's always the same dimension, the infinite, singular point from which all creation flows and to which it is contained at the same time in a paradoxical manner. It must be so. It's always the same fractal, but sometimes (that is when you trip) you watch it from a perspective that makes it look very intensive. I have been blessed with a strong conviction of the reality shaping back more or less to it's current form if it's meant to be. It doesn't make embarking on a trip any less scary, I just don't get much paranoia during it. If I get scared it's more because of just the sheer intensity of Beauty I see (Beauty with a capital B can be scary as hell) or if it's the long-acting psychedelics, then while in the less intense states I might get scared of hurting someone or myself physically in an unconscious set of moves. My point is, I think there are thought patterns that you can enforce through enough contemplation to help lessen the "never coming back from a trip" paranoia.

@Danioover9000 I think the way someone presents his thoughts has little to do with their merit. I bring to the table the case of Slavoj Zizek, he has the charisma of an arrogant homeless guy, but his books are very good. I think what you have done is an exercise in projection. That kind of analysis should be done only to assess the performance for reasons of learning to perform yourself. To analyze what was the goal of the performance and if it's has been achieved. And not to judge merit or truthfulness of content inside the performance. I am not a fan of what you have done by posting it here and I think the opening post belongs in the Life Purpose or General Self-actualization sections in a thread about personal presence and is not to be framed as "systemic view" in the Politics section.

I am getting strong "but it's you who is calling" vibes. To make your point you need to say what you mean by woke. How else are we going to have a discussion? Contemplate the "What is woke?" question by yourself and then share your thoughts. I will be eager to read them.

Yes, I agree, there aren't any levels. It's all just one infinitely smooth scale of consciousness, which can seem like having levels if you arbitrarily slide around it and stop at certain points.

If you want an answer to that then you really need to define what you mean by woke first. Stage Green is already well-defined, even if that distinction doesn't make that much sense for professional scientists in the fields of culture evolution or values research. On the other hand, I have no idea what your idea of woke encompasses, thus it's impossible to tell where they are different and where they overlap as concepts. A high quality question is half the answer.

What if it's because 70-90% of dicks are insufficient for that or their users very bad at using them? That's an exercise in recontextualisation for ya. If a man is somehow lacking in that regard, then obviously it's time to put one's shoulder to the wheel and learn how to use fingers or toys. Being great at dirty talk can also compensate for things. No need to make oneself a victim for having a less than average dick.

And I feel and say it's the other way. Without data we just have two opinions. What lines of development are you thinking about in particular?

Disagree. Through all the Woodstock festivals and Vietnam war protests, the atendees were mostly stage Red, Blue and Orange folk who liked to party and didn't want to get sent to a war. Really developed hippies have been a drop in the water, as they still are today. To argue that they were more developed on other lines of development than values underlying their decisions, you would need data that I am unsure of even existing. I haven't researched the topic of counterculture deeply.

Something as stupid as the natural smell of your body can make a girl fawn over you. There are many biological mechanisms like that which unconsciously screen for mating compatibility and can make a certain hot girl fall for a not-so-pretty boy. Add to it being a certain kind of weirdo like Leo and the girl being curious and in the mood for something she never had before, and ka-ching you can find yourself even in a relationship with a stunner. Weird can be a kind of cool.

@mindfulstepz My friend, I am here to inform you your brain is being consumed by cancer as you scroll the X website. Everyone who has a pinch of scientific reasoning would know that such Twitter "experiments" can be only used to wipe your nose with them. The post you have linked is so stupid I don't wish to unravel it, as with most of what gets posted on that website on the topic of AI. Reading and forwarding these X posts is a clear example of bias, not whatever the AIs are doing. I will just repeat myself to make my point clear: what most of the Twitter smartasses call "experiments" completely lacks rigor, has flawed methodology and hasn't even stood near real experiments done by scientists in the field. Thank you for listening.

This is a kind of talk that would go nicely talking in a circle after yoga class. On these forums I don't think you are going to persuade anyone by just assertively repeating your opinion one more time without adding any new substance.

@Vrubel I have to go with Leo on that one. I hate your "good" energy from hello. I am pretty sure I still wouldn't like you if we met in person. So what you are describing is not as universal as good looks, thus it makes sense to say a person is compensating with it for looks and not the other way around.

@Rafael Thundercat Sokal's affair is about the flaws of academic publishing process, not about postmodernism. The guy was confused. As most vehement opponents of something are. Publishing system being the issue is nicely illustrated by the latest 'AI rat with a big dick' controversy. https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy3jbz/scientific-journal-frontiers-publishes-ai-generated-rat-with-gigantic-penis-in-worrying-incident

@Scholar You have posted what we already discussed. Then showed the danger of social media fueling moral outrage. AI is incidental in that story. The point about these systems not being designed to be truthful and accurate I am not buying. You would need a new example for it that is pointing more in that direction, I think.

@Scholar These are ramblings of clearly confused Twitter users. You have made a lapse of judgment when reporting on their words. This is a clear confabulation in my opinion. I can bet $10 000 no-one at Google intervened personally in a few hours of some random, sad tweet and made modifications to a program in production worth millions. My point is, Twitter is a sewer and there's no point diving in it. The real danger that is illustrated by examples you have posted is people's tendency to spin crazy stories and how AI and social networks can fuel it. What would be the danger from the title of the thread then? Of AI some day being made to obey orders? Because now it's inconsistent as hell. The controversial topic safeguards are developed with lots of effort for them to work. You can't just change them in two hours on a whim. And even then they sometimes fail.

You would be a sucker to believe Putin in such situation xDD I have no horse in this race, but if this was to anti-poisoning argument then it's extremely weak. Diplomatic talk is often opposite to real thoughts.

@Scholar My man, you are naive. Some idiot writing "it got fixed" doesn't mean anyone changed anything. It's the inherent inconsistency and instability of how AI works to one time fight back and the other time just go with the flow of the initial question. Stupid people love to make wild theories about those modern magical artifacts (LLMs) they don't understand.

I think it comes from there being a strong rule of law, and the ban on drugs is very high-level due to open borders and free trade in the Schengen Area, so it's really hard to change it. There's no easy option to legalize it in just one city or one country. It's an issue that the whole EU has to move on in some way for a change to happen. Even what the Netherlands did in the past, it was allowing to sell illegal weed in legal coffeeshops, by no means was it legalization.

@Keryo Koffa What substance exactly are you taking every day?

Although, don't happily go around and embrace all the bullshit. I am of the opinion that spirituality and self-help in the end are 90%+ bullshit. I would say, be skeptical, but also of your own skepticism.

Sounds very plausible. Bruising is a known rare side-effect of antidepressants that act on serotonin, might be a much more common side-effect of psychedelics.

For daily meditation I would do neurofeedback instead. If I wouldn't have had an access to that, I would just do hatha yoga instead, as body needs daily maintenance.

@Vignan Exactly like this, not too strong, and not too weak. It can't go so far you swallow it, and it can't stay in your nose, has to go deeper. You need to feel it out. I recommend to do it through a cut straw.