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    Description: In this provocative 40-minute deep dive, we deconstruct the "bio-chauvinistic" bias that insists consciousness is a monopoly of biological cells. Using the "Domino Logic" thought experiment, we explore the paradox of downward causality—how abstract mathematical truths and high-level desires can physically dictate the behavior of microscopic atoms.

    youtu.be/4h8PiAO-vYM

    #consciousness
    #brain
    #SelfReferential
    #Hofstadter
    #Dennett
    #ThoughtExperiments
    #philosophy

  2. 🎩 Behold! A pretentious ode to Hegel, a "universal" testing protocol that nobody asked for, buried under layers of self-referential links and future "how-to" guides that will probably never exist. 🚀 It's like they took Hypothesis, slapped on a philosopher's name, and called it innovation! 👏
    hegel.dev #pretentiousinnovation #HegelianTesting #selfreferential #HypothesisCritique #futureguides #HackerNews #ngated

  3. Oh great, another riveting think-piece debating whether society's collective IQ has plummeted to reality TV levels 🎬🤦‍♂️. Spoiler alert: If you're reading this article and wondering, the answer is probably in the mirror! 🪞💡
    idiocracy.wtf/ #societyIQ #realityTV #thinkpiece #selfreflection #mediacritique #HackerNews #ngated

  4. A quotation from Proust

    In reality, every reader, as he reads, is actually the reader of himself. The writer’s work is only a kind of optical instrument he provides the reader so he can discern what he might never have seen in himself without this book. The reader’s recognition in himself of what the book says is the proof of the book’s truth.
     
    [En réalité, chaque lecteur est quand il lit le propre lecteur de soi-même. L'ouvrage de l'écrivain n'est qu'une espèce d’instrument optique qu'il offre au lecteur afin de lui permettre de discerner ce que sans ce livre il n’eût peut-être pas vu en soi-même. La reconnaissance en soi-même, par le lecteur, de ce que dit le livre, est la preuve de la vérité de celui-ci.]

    Marcel Proust (1871-1922) French author
    Le Temps Retrouvé [Time Regained], ch. 22 (1927) [tr. Moncrieff/Kilmartin]

    More about this quote: wist.info/proust-marcel/83203/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #proust #marcelproust #discernment #knowthyself #reader #reading #reflection #resonance #selfexploration #selfreflection

  5. A quotation from Proust

    In reality, every reader, as he reads, is actually the reader of himself. The writer’s work is only a kind of optical instrument he provides the reader so he can discern what he might never have seen in himself without this book. The reader’s recognition in himself of what the book says is the proof of the book’s truth.
     
    [En réalité, chaque lecteur est quand il lit le propre lecteur de soi-même. L'ouvrage de l'écrivain n'est qu'une espèce d’instrument optique qu'il offre au lecteur afin de lui permettre de discerner ce que sans ce livre il n’eût peut-être pas vu en soi-même. La reconnaissance en soi-même, par le lecteur, de ce que dit le livre, est la preuve de la vérité de celui-ci.]

    Marcel Proust (1871-1922) French author
    Le Temps Retrouvé [Time Regained], ch. 22 (1927) [tr. Moncrieff/Kilmartin]

    More about this quote: wist.info/proust-marcel/83203/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #proust #marcelproust #discernment #knowthyself #reader #reading #reflection #resonance #selfexploration #selfreflection

  6. A quotation from Proust

    In reality, every reader, as he reads, is actually the reader of himself. The writer’s work is only a kind of optical instrument he provides the reader so he can discern what he might never have seen in himself without this book. The reader’s recognition in himself of what the book says is the proof of the book’s truth.
     
    [En réalité, chaque lecteur est quand il lit le propre lecteur de soi-même. L'ouvrage de l'écrivain n'est qu'une espèce d’instrument optique qu'il offre au lecteur afin de lui permettre de discerner ce que sans ce livre il n’eût peut-être pas vu en soi-même. La reconnaissance en soi-même, par le lecteur, de ce que dit le livre, est la preuve de la vérité de celui-ci.]

    Marcel Proust (1871-1922) French author
    Le Temps Retrouvé [Time Regained], ch. 22 (1927) [tr. Moncrieff/Kilmartin]

    More about this quote: wist.info/proust-marcel/83203/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #proust #marcelproust #discernment #knowthyself #reader #reading #reflection #resonance #selfexploration #selfreflection

  7. A quotation from Proust

    In reality, every reader, as he reads, is actually the reader of himself. The writer’s work is only a kind of optical instrument he provides the reader so he can discern what he might never have seen in himself without this book. The reader’s recognition in himself of what the book says is the proof of the book’s truth.
     
    [En réalité, chaque lecteur est quand il lit le propre lecteur de soi-même. L'ouvrage de l'écrivain n'est qu'une espèce d’instrument optique qu'il offre au lecteur afin de lui permettre de discerner ce que sans ce livre il n’eût peut-être pas vu en soi-même. La reconnaissance en soi-même, par le lecteur, de ce que dit le livre, est la preuve de la vérité de celui-ci.]

    Marcel Proust (1871-1922) French author
    Le Temps Retrouvé [Time Regained], ch. 22 (1927) [tr. Moncrieff/Kilmartin]

    More about this quote: wist.info/proust-marcel/83203/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #proust #marcelproust #discernment #knowthyself #reader #reading #reflection #resonance #selfexploration #selfreflection

  8. A quotation from Proust

    In reality, every reader, as he reads, is actually the reader of himself. The writer’s work is only a kind of optical instrument he provides the reader so he can discern what he might never have seen in himself without this book. The reader’s recognition in himself of what the book says is the proof of the book’s truth.

    Marcel Proust (1871-1922) French author
    Le Temps Retrouvé [Time Regained], ch. 22 (1927) [tr. Moncrieff/Kilmartin]

    More about this quote: wist.info/proust-marcel/83203/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #proust #marcelproust #discernment #knowthyself #reader #reading #reflection #resonance #selfexploration #selfreflection

  9. We’re good at the noise. The planning, the preparing, the being “on.” We’re good at busyness and momentum.

    But the quiet after? That’s when the real feelings show up.

    That’s when you process what actually happened - not what you were trying to make happen, but what actually happened.

    And most of us run from it.

    We scroll. Plan the next thing. Turn on the TV. Create new noise.

    Because the quiet feels dangerous. Lonely. Too much.

    But here’s what I’ve learned:
    The quiet after is where the truth lives.

    It’s where you feel what you actually felt - not what you were supposed to feel, but what you actually felt.

    The noise protects you from knowing. The quiet reveals.

    Sometimes it reveals disappointment, grief, exhaustion. Sometimes gratitude you didn’t have time to feel. Pride in what you did. Clarity about what matters.

    The quiet doesn’t just reveal hard things. It reveals true things.

    Shabbat Shalom 💙

    #mindfulness #selfreflection #ShabbatShalom #innergrowth #personaldevelopment

  10. Hypothetical Scenario: You are going about your day and you come across someone basically naked, covered in mud, looking a bit frightened and seemingly, well *you*

    They would be acting like how you might act if you came-to covered in nothing but mud and watching a (probably) clothed version of you cautiously approaching.

    They have some memory loss and can't remember much from say, the past few weeks, but everything else is there.

    What would you do? Like actually envision this happening, look at yourself in the mirror if you have to.

    Assuming you help get them cleaned up, clothed, fed, etc. What do you think that situation will feel like? Would you be asking about memories to get a feel for how those line up? What if they remember more things than you?

    How will this situation proceed? And what does your reaction tell you about who you are as a person? How does your reaction from the other perspective tell you about yourself?

    What are some of the differences in how you wish it might go vs how it would be most likely to go?

    I'm hoping for a sincere #Discussion and welcome anyone to reply :blobcat_box:

    #WhatIf #Imitosis #SelfReflection #MusingsOfAKat #KatQs

  11. Hypothetical Scenario: You are going about your day and you come across someone basically naked, covered in mud, looking a bit frightened and seemingly, well *you*

    They would be acting like how you might act if you came-to covered in nothing but mud and watching a (probably) clothed version of you cautiously approaching.

    They have some memory loss and can't remember much from say, the past few weeks, but everything else is there.

    What would you do? Like actually envision this happening, look at yourself in the mirror if you have to.

    Assuming you help get them cleaned up, clothed, fed, etc. What do you think that situation will feel like? Would you be asking about memories to get a feel for how those line up? What if they remember more things than you?

    How will this situation proceed? And what does your reaction tell you about who you are as a person? How does your reaction from the other perspective tell you about yourself?

    What are some of the differences in how you wish it might go vs how it would be most likely to go?

    I'm hoping for a sincere #Discussion and welcome anyone to reply :blobcat_box:

    #WhatIf #Imitosis #SelfReflection #MusingsOfAKat #KatQs

  12. Hypothetical Scenario: You are going about your day and you come across someone basically naked, covered in mud, looking a bit frightened and seemingly, well *you*

    They would be acting like how you might act if you came-to covered in nothing but mud and watching a (probably) clothed version of you cautiously approaching.

    They have some memory loss and can't remember much from say, the past few weeks, but everything else is there.

    What would you do? Like actually envision this happening, look at yourself in the mirror if you have to.

    Assuming you help get them cleaned up, clothed, fed, etc. What do you think that situation will feel like? Would you be asking about memories to get a feel for how those line up? What if they remember more things than you?

    How will this situation proceed? And what does your reaction tell you about who you are as a person? How does your reaction from the other perspective tell you about yourself?

    What are some of the differences in how you wish it might go vs how it would be most likely to go?

    I'm hoping for a sincere #Discussion and welcome anyone to reply :blobcat_box:

    #WhatIf #Imitosis #SelfReflection #MusingsOfAKat #KatQs

  13. Hypothetical Scenario: You are going about your day and you come across someone basically naked, covered in mud, looking a bit frightened and seemingly, well *you*

    They would be acting like how you might act if you came-to covered in nothing but mud and watching a (probably) clothed version of you cautiously approaching.

    They have some memory loss and can't remember much from say, the past few weeks, but everything else is there.

    What would you do? Like actually envision this happening, look at yourself in the mirror if you have to.

    Assuming you help get them cleaned up, clothed, fed, etc. What do you think that situation will feel like? Would you be asking about memories to get a feel for how those line up? What if they remember more things than you?

    How will this situation proceed? And what does your reaction tell you about who you are as a person? How does your reaction from the other perspective tell you about yourself?

    What are some of the differences in how you wish it might go vs how it would be most likely to go?

    I'm hoping for a sincere #Discussion and welcome anyone to reply :blobcat_box:

    #WhatIf #Imitosis #SelfReflection #MusingsOfAKat #KatQs

  14. The juxtaposition of matrimonial and necrotic imagery within the subconscious serves as a powerful metaphor for systemic life transitions and psychological integration. 🏛️📜

    "Wedding Dream Meaning Death: What It Really Says About You." For those interested in dream theory and the mechanics of the subconscious, this is an excellent resource.

    Full article here:
    🔗 authorkennethgray.com/wedding-

    #DreamTheory #Psychology #KennethKGray #MentalHealth #SubconsciousMind #SelfReflection #PublicInterest

  15. The juxtaposition of matrimonial and necrotic imagery within the subconscious serves as a powerful metaphor for systemic life transitions and psychological integration. 🏛️📜

    "Wedding Dream Meaning Death: What It Really Says About You." For those interested in dream theory and the mechanics of the subconscious, this is an excellent resource.

    Full article here:
    🔗 authorkennethgray.com/wedding-

    #DreamTheory #Psychology #KennethKGray #MentalHealth #SubconsciousMind #SelfReflection #PublicInterest

  16. The juxtaposition of matrimonial and necrotic imagery within the subconscious serves as a powerful metaphor for systemic life transitions and psychological integration. 🏛️📜

    "Wedding Dream Meaning Death: What It Really Says About You." For those interested in dream theory and the mechanics of the subconscious, this is an excellent resource.

    Full article here:
    🔗 authorkennethgray.com/wedding-

    #DreamTheory #Psychology #KennethKGray #MentalHealth #SubconsciousMind #SelfReflection #PublicInterest

  17. The juxtaposition of matrimonial and necrotic imagery within the subconscious serves as a powerful metaphor for systemic life transitions and psychological integration. 🏛️📜

    "Wedding Dream Meaning Death: What It Really Says About You." For those interested in dream theory and the mechanics of the subconscious, this is an excellent resource.

    Full article here:
    🔗 authorkennethgray.com/wedding-

    #DreamTheory #Psychology #KennethKGray #MentalHealth #SubconsciousMind #SelfReflection #PublicInterest

  18. The representation of physical intimacy within the dream state often serves as a metaphorical bridge for interpersonal communication and emotional integration.

    "What Does Dreaming of Kissing Someone Mean? Unpacking the Mystery." For those interested in dream theory and emotional intelligence, this is an excellent resource.

    Full article here:
    🔗 authorkennethgray.com/what-doe

    #DreamTheory #Psychology #KennethKGray #MentalHealth #SocialDynamics #SelfReflection #PublicInterest

  19. 9. When I try to put my phone down, it feels like an inner double-pull:

    A vacuum‑cleaner vortex dragging me into the screen – and the moment I ask “Why am I doing this?”, a tiny angry Rumpelstilzchen in me yells: “Absolutely not! We’re not looking at that! That’s what the phone is for!”

    I just watch. So much in me says: anything but the feeling — straight into the phone.

    #DigitalDetox #Minimalism #Mindfulness #SelfLeadership #PhoneAddiction #SelfReflection

  20. 9. Wenn ich mein Handy weglegen will, fühlt es sich an wie ein innerer Doppelzug:

    Ein Sog wie ein Turbo-Industriestaubsauger zieht mich ins Handy – und sobald ich denke „Warum mache ich das eigentlich?“, schreit ein kleines, wütendes Rumpelstilzchen: „Auf keinen Fall beschäftigen wir uns damit! Dafür ist doch das Handy da!“

    Ich beobachte. Da ist viel, das sagt: Bloß weg von dem, was ist, hin zum Handy.

    #DigitalDetox #Minimalismus #Achtsamkeit #Selbstführung #Handysucht #SelfReflection

  21. Faith, Doubt, and the Ghost of Memes Past

    Some atheists are questioning their non-belief after old internet memes from the 2010s reappeared online. This affects how they see their identity.

    #Atheism, #OnlineCulture, #Belief, #InternetHistory, #SelfReflection

    newsletter.tf/atheists-rethink

  22. Faith, Doubt, and the Ghost of Memes Past

    Some atheists are questioning their non-belief after old internet memes from the 2010s reappeared online. This affects how they see their identity.

    #Atheism, #OnlineCulture, #Belief, #InternetHistory, #SelfReflection

    newsletter.tf/atheists-rethink

  23. A small number of atheists are looking again at why they don't believe, partly because old internet jokes from around 2015 are being shared again.

    #Atheism, #OnlineCulture, #Belief, #InternetHistory, #SelfReflection
    newsletter.tf/atheists-rethink

  24. A small number of atheists are looking again at why they don't believe, partly because old internet jokes from around 2015 are being shared again.

    #Atheism, #OnlineCulture, #Belief, #InternetHistory, #SelfReflection
    newsletter.tf/atheists-rethink