Leo's Blog Discussion Mega-Thread

[JTL]

10 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

No, that is valid. Physical security is valid.

The issue is that this victim complex never gets resolved but turns into a lifetime insecurity and fetish for proving ones manhood. That's the unconscious bit. This drive to prove you got a big swinging dick. That's what I see in a lot of UFC fans. It goes way beyond physical security into ego, overcompensation, and immature toxic masculinity.

Look at Conor McGregor. What do his antics have to do with physical security and standing up to bullies? He is the bully. And note, he is the most popular UFC fighter for that reason.

@Leo Gura thank you, for your explanation. BTW, just read your blog post! Will there be a audio version aswell?😁

[Leo Gura]

41 minutes ago, JTL said:

Will there be a audio version aswell?

Yes

[Natasha Tori Maru]

Promotional book tour - I am sure many actualizers and lurkers of the forums would attend, health allowing.

I am excited for you with the book, the process of creation in that way is beautiful.

Single-point focused, driving, creative force to swallow you up.

[Girzo]

Dear Leo, please make sure to hire a good editor who you will listen to when they suggest to cut a little on explications like "inifinty entails giraffes, hippos, crocodiles, space kangaroos, rats, antelopes..." Too much explication of things in the same category is really one of the biggest downsides of your delivery style.

[Davino]

Leo, I'm sure the book will be your best work so far.

Btw, I think I found a typo: "Sense-making is how you to figure out what to do when your science hits a roadblock." I believe that to is extra.

If you ever need feedback, I'd be honoured.

[Ulax]

I wonder what Leo will name the book.

”Rats in a labcoat” maybe lol. Or “Rat wars” hehe

[RendHeaven]

2 minutes ago, Davino said:

Btw, I think I found a typo

lol yeah noticed that too

Hopefully the whole book doesn't explicitly antagonize "science" and "rationalism" the whole way through

because new agers, christians, buddhists, and even genuinely wise tier 2 thinkers are mired in sanity-maintenance while calling it truthseeking. It's not just logical thinkers.

The problem with the snippet shared so far is that a new ager might read it and start agreeing just because they're turned off by rationality, and the passage promises to debunk rationality.

My hope for you Leo is that you more holistically antagonize everybody! diversity and inclusion, but everybody can catch these hands!

[aurum]

The book is looking awesome, excited to read it.

[Anton Rogachevski]

Yes the book sounds awesome! I would be really interested in the chapter about sanity in particular, as I find it central to all this somehow. Are you saying you are post-sane? Like do you go beyond insanity into a new and better sanity? How does it feel? Is it stable? 

What does "sanity" even mean? How to know who is and who isn't? 

Edited Wednesday at 03:30 PM by Anton Rogachevski

[Recursoinominado]

Quote

Atheists did all the right things but turned out false. Theists did all the wrong things but turned out true. Sometimes it's just better to be lucky than good. Sometimes a total fool ends up being right. But that doesn't mean being a fool is the way to go. Eventually the fool's luck runs out. Which is exactly what happens to all religious believers. Just because you got God's existence right does not mean you understand God or solved the problem of self-deception. Yeah, you got lucky and got God right, but so what? You're still completely self-deceived.

In the long-term it's better to be wrong for the right reasons than right for the wrong reasons. Just as it's better to get the wrong answer on a math test but with good mathematical steps, than get the right answer but with all the wrong steps.

It is foolish to envy the lucky fool because his luck will soon run out.

Damn, bro, this is fire.

[CARDOZZO]

Keep going Leo, excited for the book!

 

[CARDOZZO]

"Quantum Questions: Mystical Writings of the World's Greatest Physicists" by Ken Wilber is a good book to understand how scientists found God 100 years ago. 

[UnbornTao]

10 hours ago, Ulax said:

I wonder what Leo will name the book.

”Rats in a labcoat” maybe lol. Or “Rat wars” hehe

Ratism for Dummies?

12 hours ago, Girzo said:

Dear Leo, please make sure to hire a good editor who you will listen to when they suggest to cut a little on explications like "inifinty entails giraffes, hippos, crocodiles, space kangaroos, rats, antelopes..." Too much explication of things in the same category is really one of the biggest downsides of your delivery style.

Don't forget dogs, cats, bats, cockroaches, dolphins, turtles, shrimps, lobsters, crickets, whales, and chimpanzees.

Edited Thursday at 12:33 AM by UnbornTao

[Recursoinominado]

5 hours ago, Girzo said:

Dear Leo, please make sure to hire a good editor who you will listen to when they suggest to cut a little on explications like "inifinty entails giraffes, hippos, crocodiles, space kangaroos, rats, antelopes..." Too much explication of things in the same category is really one of the biggest downsides of your delivery style.

I kind of like it lol it makes the point clearer, which is what he is looking for, not an easy read without deep understanding 

[fabger]

@Leo Gura

Should we still expect the Mind course anytime soon?

[PenguinPablo]

We're gonna get GTA 6 before Leo's new course (or book for that matter).

[Leo Gura]

59 minutes ago, PenguinPablo said:

We're gonna get GTA 6 before Leo's new course (or book for that matter).

But not Elderscrolls

[MuadDib]

10 hours ago, RendHeaven said:

lol yeah noticed that too

Hopefully the whole book doesn't explicitly antagonize "science" and "rationalism" the whole way through

because new agers, christians, buddhists, and even genuinely wise tier 2 thinkers are mired in sanity-maintenance while calling it truthseeking. It's not just logical thinkers.

Out beyond sanity and insanity is 25gr dried shrooms. I'll meet you there.

[Deziree]

11 hours ago, Anton Rogachevski said:

Yes the book sounds awesome! I would be really interested in the chapter about sanity in particular, as I find it central to all this somehow. Are you saying you are post-sane? Like do you go beyond insanity into a new and better sanity? How does it feel? Is it stable? 

What does "sanity" even mean? How to know who is and who isn't? 

How would you define sanity yourself? 

[Anton Rogachevski]

51 minutes ago, Deziree said:

How would you define sanity yourself? 

Sanity is the degree to which one’s interpretive framework generates a coherent, stable, and socially intelligible reality, enabling effective navigation of experience.