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jonathan.davis (38)in philosophy • 8 years ago
RE: The Tao of Paradox | Part 1: The Only Thing I Know For Sure
Most religions claim that in the past people have had collective spiritual experiences that they could have verified together, but those don't seep to happen in modern times. In a way, all the…
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jonathan.davis (38)in philosophy • 8 years ago
RE: The Tao of Paradox | Part 1: The Only Thing I Know For Sure
keep in mind that i get to hide behind the fact that I don't believe or disbelieve, I allow possibility and wait for further evidence. When it comes to issues like 'will i fall off this cliff if i…
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jonathan.davis (38)in philosophy • 8 years ago
RE: The Tao of Paradox | Part 1: The Only Thing I Know For Sure
This is perhaps the most balanced thing I have found to start you off. Beware, it contains content from Rupert Sheldrake, a figure who if you're not familiar with, ruffles the feathers of skeptics…
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jonathan.davis (38)in philosophy • 8 years ago
RE: The Tao of Paradox | Part 1: The Only Thing I Know For Sure
I like that you bring up that there are some sciences that are more quantify than others. I use this 'i don't know anything for sure' attitude to remain open to possibilities that fall outside…
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jonathan.davis (38)in philosophy • 8 years ago
RE: The Tao of Paradox | Part 1: The Only Thing I Know For Sure
Also, I'll be addressing the double slit experiemt in future posts in this series, as it's a great example of paradox in action.
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jonathan.davis (38)in philosophy • 8 years ago
RE: The Tao of Paradox | Part 1: The Only Thing I Know For Sure
You mention jumping on the bandwagon. You might enjoy the following section of this book talking about the bandwagon effect in science. It partially answers the question you had about the speed…
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jonathan.davis (38)in philosophy • 8 years ago
RE: Time Cycles, Precession & The Schuman Resonance
this is an interesting tangent. my imagination suggests that we are building technology in an attempt to replicate and therefore understand ourselves. as we develop tech like the capacity to…
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jonathan.davis (38)in philosophy • 8 years ago
RE: The Tao of Paradox | Part 1: The Only Thing I Know For Sure
On god in general, I personally like Carl Sagan's stance of approaching these matters with a respectful tone instead of taking a position of ridicule. Though I've only seen the film, I also love…
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jonathan.davis (38)in philosophy • 8 years ago
RE: The Tao of Paradox | Part 1: The Only Thing I Know For Sure
When it comes to claims of whether God is real, I keep in mind that approximately 95% of the humans on planet earth have some form of spiritual belief. I also want evidence and refuse to believe…
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jonathan.davis (38)in philosophy • 8 years ago
RE: The Tao of Paradox | Part 1: The Only Thing I Know For Sure
I'm curious to know how you feel about the variances in recordings of the speed of light over the years and the strong evidence that it is not a constant after all. I bring this up as an example…
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jonathan.davis (38)in philosophy • 8 years ago
RE: The Tao of Paradox | Part 1: The Only Thing I Know For Sure
I agree, it certainly doesn't. It just means that when I arrive at a conclusion, I keep this fundamental core belief, my only actual belief, in mind and don't hold the conclusion so tightly that it…
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jonathan.davis (38)in philosophy • 8 years ago
RE: Time Cycles, Precession & The Schuman Resonance
I often think about cancer as rogue cells who have lost trust that the consciousness driving the organism is going to give them what they need... so they start taking what they need from the other…
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jonathan.davis (38)in philosophy • 8 years ago
RE: Time Cycles, Precession & The Schuman Resonance
To me, the gregorian calendar was specifically designed and implemented to separate us from natural time cycles. We once moved with the cycle of the moon with thirteen 28 day months, but now we…
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jonathan.davis (38)in steemit • 8 years ago
RE: Steemit & Black Mirror: Pre-emting the dark possibilities of P2P meritocratic economies.
Maybe in your territory Netflix only shows the season it funded. In Australia it also shows the earlier seasons.
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jonathan.davis (38)in shaman • 8 years ago
RE: schizophrenic - shamanism ? wtf ?
Great post. Nice to see the other side of this, as I spend a lot of time talking with people about the choice to percieve many forms of mental health challenges as gifts. The idea of shamanism is…
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jonathan.davis (38)in steemit • 8 years ago
RE: Steemit & Black Mirror: Pre-emting the dark possibilities of P2P meritocratic economies.
If you happen to open the post, I write a short summary of each episode, so yes I have indeed seen all of them :) It really is amazing, however I hope it's not where the world is heading!
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jonathan.davis (38)in introduceyourself • 8 years ago
RE: Feeling Steemy! I'm Jared from Montana! And I stayed up all night writing this =) it's morning
She lives near where I live around the most eastern point of Australia, Byron Bay.
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jonathan.davis (38)in introduceme • 8 years ago
RE: Why I Was Made For Steemit and Steemit Was Made For Me.
The bird is a Kookaburra. Every morning and evening in Australia they can be heard in crews of maybe 3 to 7 laughing loudly as a group together. They also do it from time to time throughout the day…
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jonathan.davis (38)in philosophy • 8 years ago
RE: The Tao of Paradox | Part 1: The Only Thing I Know For Sure
Welcome to the paradox. :)
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jonathan.davis (38)in introduceyourself • 8 years ago
RE: Feeling Steemy! I'm Jared from Montana! And I stayed up all night writing this =) it's morning
I got an email the other day from a lovely friend in Australia named Charlie. She told me you'd been working her up on the awesomeness that is Steemit, and after her telling me about it, here I…
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