What Peter Ralston Gets Wrong

[James123]

On 5/1/2026 at 7:40 PM, r0ckyreed said:

I got Peter Ralston’s new book Whereof One Cannot speak. I just started reading it and am noticing one thing that doesn’t seem right. 

Peter Ralston states in the book that experience is subjective/relative/indirect and isn’t what is true/objective/direct. It seems like he is hinting at a veil of perception or something when he says our experience/perception isn’t truth. But it is. Qualia is Absolute Truth. Experience is what Truth is.

I can understand if he was referring to something subjective within our experience, but experience itself is Truth. It cannot be otherwise.

He also seems to hint at there being an objective world in which we interact with.

I will continue reading and contemplating to see if any new understanding comes about, but it seems like Ralston may be meaning something totally different when he refers to Consciousness and experience/perception.  But they are both the same in my eyes - no pun intended.  

Let me know your thoughts.

My thoughts are you are so dumb that you can't even make 2+2, meanwhile you are judging the one of the best math professor in world.

[r0ckyreed]

54 minutes ago, James123 said:

My thoughts are you are so dumb that you can't even make 2+2, meanwhile you are judging the one of the best math professor in world.

While in school, I remember correcting my math teacher a few times from mistakes he made. Even the great professionals make errors and aren’t exempt from deception. Had I of not have questioned and followed blindly, I would have learned improper math. Not sure what your point is or what you’re trying to accomplish with that comment.

Edited 19 hours ago by r0ckyreed

[James123]

6 hours ago, James123 said:

you can't even make 2+2,

 

6 hours ago, r0ckyreed said:

, I remember correcting my math teacher a few times from mistakes he made

Look yourself first.

6 hours ago, r0ckyreed said:

Even the great professionals make errors and aren’t exempt from deception. Had I of not have questioned and followed blindly, I would have learned improper math.

Check Peter Ralston, Ramana maharsi, Krishnamurti, papaji, lao tzu, İmam Gazali, Rumi. Stop turning around what leo says, he is just a storyteller.

[Natasha Tori Maru]

12 hours ago, James123 said:

My thoughts are you are so dumb that you can't even make 2+2, meanwhile you are judging the one of the best math professor in world.

Keep those nasty thoughts to yourself. Don't make such negative character judgements toward other users.

[James123]

1 minute ago, Natasha Tori Maru said:

Keep those nasty thoughts to yourself. Don't make such negative character judgements toward other users.

Sometimes Truth is nasty, hurts. But if it's listened, it is useful.

[Natasha Tori Maru]

@James123 I don't care. Observe the forum rules. 

Don't use truth to justify behaving in a nasty way. 

[Hyperion]

@r0ckyreed

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[James123]

2 hours ago, Natasha Tori Maru said:

@James123 I don't care. Observe the forum rules. 

Don't use truth to justify behaving in a nasty way. 

Dumb is so nasty for you? Why are you so offended? It is not a curse, nor racist call.

Have you been called dumb before? Maybe, you are traumatized from past.

[Natasha Tori Maru]

17 minutes ago, James123 said:

Dumb is so nasty for you? Why are you so offended? It is not a curse, nor racist call.

Have you been called dumb before? Maybe, you are traumatized from past.

Just don't be rude. It's not hard. 

[Carl-Richard]

Solipsism is retarded.

[Eskilon]

35 minutes ago, Carl-Richard said:

Solipsism is retarded.

Shut up.

I am a lovepsist