Leo's Blog Discussion Mega-Thread

[Davino]

16 hours ago, Joshe said:

Strange response to a critique of overt sycophancy. 

 I'm just being grateful. Maybe you don't value things as I do.

It's like we're in a Mozart concert and at the end some people stand up clapping, crying and shouting bravo! Then somebody was half asleep in the armchair and looks puzzled at everyone else.

[Jannes]

12 hours ago, Natasha Tori Maru said:

Really? His off-the-cuff speaking voice is whack as shit in terms of modulation. Sometimes he has a bit of word salad and lots of odd repeated phrasing. In addition, his general speaking tone can be VERY emotive. Aggressive, assertive, incredulous. I am all good with that tbh, doesn't stop me, as it reads like passion and conviction.

In contrast, his audiobooks (I have listened to them many times) are a lot calmer. Thoughts, word pacing and phrasing is a lot more coherent. I am able to focus on the book in a leaner way that enhances digestion. Often I will return and relisten many times. I really enjoy that the audiobook is narrated by Ralston himself. I do not mind the tonal/pace change at all. If it were narrated by anyone else I would not be so captured.

Different strokes ay? 

I guess you are speaking about Peter Ralstons speaking voice and not Leos? 

Well I dont really care about that his speaking isnt perfect, I just feel that it comes from a place of genuine understanding. Thats why it captures me. These professional speakers are just pretending, beautifully so perhaps but still pretending. 

12 hours ago, Natasha Tori Maru said:

Different strokes ay? 

Appearently. 

[Leo Gura]

5 hours ago, Nemra said:

The mechanism seems more radical. But I digress.

Seems

[Nemra]

@Leo Gura, can that happen in my normal state? Am I lacking imagination in this case?

[Leo Gura]

3 minutes ago, Nemra said:

@Leo Gura, can that happen in my normal state? Am I lacking imagination in this case?

I don't know. Depends on who you are.

Certainly if it happened you would run to the doctor for drugs.

Edited 10 hours ago by Leo Gura

[Joshe]

5 hours ago, Davino said:

 I'm just being grateful. Maybe you don't value things as I do.

It's like we're in a Mozart concert and at the end some people stand up clapping, crying and shouting bravo! Then somebody was half asleep in the armchair and looks puzzled at everyone else.

I'm trying to get you to see that's not all you and several others are doing. 

If someone stood up at a Mozart concert crying "I thirst for the day you compose again! I'm 5 years behind reaching your level of musicianship! The  godly gems and divine fragrance of your unique work!" - that's MORE than just gratitude and appreciation going on. 

No shame in having blind spots - we all have them. The key is to not ignore them when they're pointed out. 

Using exemplars for aspiration is one thing - praising them to the high heavens is something else. At a certain point, praise crosses over into worship.

Praise says "that was valuable, thanks and good job." Worship says "you are elevated and I am below." One is a transaction about content - the other seems to do with peacocking devotionals for various egoic reasons.

Just some thoughts. I could be wrong. Good day sir!

[Nemra]

43 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

Certainly if it happened you would run to the doctor for drugs.

Most likely.

[Terell Kirby]

1 hour ago, Leo Gura said:

Certainly if it happened you would run to the doctor for drugs.

Geez that would make it worse I’d assume

[Infinite Tsukuyomi]

The zipper forum post is a good one. When someone asks me about consciousness I usually go with "If I just reached out and ripped a whole in space-time or took my head off and throw it at you, that would be unacceptable to your mind but true nontheless". But then they want me to do it lol. 

[TheBG]

I have to agree with the "moon is cheese" argument. 

It is so obvious. I know this because I saw a mouse walk under the moonlight recently, and in THAT exact moment, I realized that they must come out due to the moon pushing out Cheese Radicals towards the Earth at night. 

I see no other explanations... and if I do see some, I KNOW they are wrong now!