Free will, scientifically — no free will, just this huge deterministic universe. Free will, philosophically — no free will, just a language problem. Free will, spiritually — no free will, no one to “have it” in the first place.
Category: Philosophy
You Are Terribly Superstitious And You Don’t Even Know It
What is superstitiousness? You think it’s “seeing a black cat, thinking it’s a bad omen”. You think it’s stupid. It’s only as stupid as your own collection of cognitive biases. This one is called Post hoc ergo propter hoc. The Post hoc fallacy. Correlation does not imply causation. But you don’t realise it. You …
The Cure Is The Forgetfulness
To cure your problems – forget them. Forget your inadequacy. Forget your failures. Forget your bad experiences. Forget the pain. It’s all gone when you forget them. The venerated “PRESENCE”, the mindfulness — is exactly that – forgetfulness. The venerated “no-self” – it is exactly that – forgetfulness. Forget the past and you are …
Thirst For Knowledge Is Just Thirst
Thirst for knowledge is just thirst. It implies thirst. Thirst. A burning need. A desire. A LACK. When you’re lacking — you are poor. You are poor and suffer from all it’s afflictions. You poor condition permeates your being. You become poor at heart, poor at mind, poor at soul, and poor in …
Anything Is Possible — And It Has Nothing To Do With Your “Dreams”
YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IS POSSIBLE. Not a clue. Wishful thinking or sceptical – you have no idea. You sceptics are not really sceptical. You should be sceptical about what you deem impossible. You should be more open to the UNBELIEVABLE POSSIBILITIES. We all underestimate what is possible. Dreaming, fantasising, wishful-thinking, …
Be Wrong Till The Day You Die
You fail. Then you fail again. And again. And again. You are wrong. Then you’re wrong again. You’re always wrong. Good. That’s what it means to be alive. You fail. You’re wrong. And then you try again. Failure is an inexorable part of life, obviously. So is being wrong. But they will tell …
THE WANT THE CHOICE THE NEW
What is the want? You want thing. It quite gives meaning to your life. You have an idea that this will make your life better. Then the movement of time makes sense. You are moving somewhere. And that somewhere is “better”. How do you conceive of better and worse? You have your memory. Thus the …
You Must Disagree… Even When You’re Wrong
You must disagree. You have to. There is no other choice. Life is short and you don’t know what to do. You can now trust others and hope they are right. You have no reason to believe anyone is right. You have every reason to believe everyone is wrong. You see all this misery, …
Blind Spots Will Persist Until You Actually SEE
Blind Spots Will Persist Until You Actually SEE “Blind spots” make you stupid. Blind spot is when you don’t see a simple fact, a simple solution, etc. You accept that when the problem is difficult – you will make mistakes. But you don’t understand why you sometimes fail to see the simplest solutions, …
When Fools Learn Things You THINK Things
You don’t learn so that you are not a fool. You think. To rely on knowledge is to be a fool. ESPECIALLY today. Anyone can access THE knowledge. It is thinking which is rare. To rely on knowledge is to not think – but rely on something else. To not think is to be …