#humanself — Public Fediverse posts
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Questioning the 'Self' Amidst Emerging AI: Ricky Williamson's Philosophical Foray
Therapist Ricky Williamson explores the human self and consciousness, asking what makes us human as AI advances. Learn more.
#HumanSelf, #AIandConsciousness, #RickyWilliamson, #Philosophy, #HumanIdentity
https://newsletter.tf/ricky-williamson-human-self-ai-rise-questions/
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Ricky Williamson is asking new questions about what it means to be human as Artificial Intelligence gets smarter. He thinks we need to understand ourselves better.
#HumanSelf, #AIandConsciousness, #RickyWilliamson, #Philosophy, #HumanIdentity
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“The Ruach lastly is the machine of the mind converging on a central consciousness, which appears to be the ego. The true ego is, however, above Neschamah, whose occasional messages to the Ruach warn the human ego of the existence of his superior. Such communications may be welcomed or resented, encouraged or stifled. Initiation consists in identifying the human self with the divine, and the man who does not strain constantly to this end is simply a brute made wretched and ashamed by the fact of self-consciousness.” https://library.hrmtc.com/2026/03/12/the-ruach-lastly-is-the-machine-of-the-mind-converging-on-a-central-consciousness-which-appears-to-be-the-ego-the-true-ego-is-however-above-neschamah-whose-occasional-messages-to-the-ruach-warn/ #above #aleisterCrowley #appearsToBe #ashamed #book #byTheFactOf #centralConsciousness #communications #consists #ego #encouraged #existence #humanEgo #humanSelf #identifying #initiation #machine #madeWretched #man #mayBe #mindConverging #Neschamah #occasionalMessages #quote #resented #Ruach #selfConsciousness #simplyABrute #stifled #strainConstantly #superior #TheConfessionsOfAleisterCrowley #toThisEnd #trueEgo #warn #welcomed #whoDoesNot #withTheDivine -
Human beings hate the truth.
This hatred of reality spreads within groups, organizations and even nations.
I discovered this extract from the book
Thoughts of Blaise Pascal in 1978.It remains my favorite text to this day.