tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post7454867217381728351..comments2024-01-19T04:29:08.081-06:00Comments on subrealism: i dunno if I'm with you on entheogens though...,Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-68493133993566276542011-07-09T05:56:19.775-05:002011-07-09T05:56:19.775-05:00Mills to me was raising the issue of Art and Scien...<i>Mills to me was raising the issue of Art and Science and its <br />relationship which includes, Language, in the framework of Logic and why<br /> the unity of science and art is a great leap in the field of <br />observation and study of objects.</i><br /><br />Nana, I see and take your point about how culture evolves metaphors - bearing in mind that there are probably more evolutionary blind alleys than evolutionary success stories. Probably more than any other reason I rode you so hard about Penrose. Penrose's books sit at the threshold of professional technical precision and popular science - and no one else that I'm aware of outside of Jaynes - has gone to the trouble that Penrose has to accomodate both audiences and communicate something of great consequence to each - while simultaneously avoiding becoming a popularizer of erroneous notions.<br /><br /><i> Today, we must place our understanding of quantum in the Art of reasoning if we don't have that agreement then I am lost.</i><br /><br />So long as we adhere to a Penrosian standard of precision and excellence, I'm with it, OTOH if we get loose with its use, then we might very well find ourselves on the Dawkinsian slippery slope http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Selfish_Gene of engendering more popular confusion and error than understanding, and THAT'S what gets me worked up about this topic. <br /><br /><br /> CNuhttp://subrealism.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-91770233307410467242011-07-09T05:33:14.037-05:002011-07-09T05:33:14.037-05:00Given his age, BD facing the contents of his uncon...Given his age, BD facing the contents of his unconscious and the collective unconscious to which it is attuned for the first time......, YIKES!!!!!! <br /><br />But with LOTS of professional psychiatric set, setting, and supplemental assistance - even BD could get the watch out http://youtu.be/RKuDYbnXBJQ <br /><br />As best I can gather, most of the documented insanity related to the alkahest resulted from its non-consensual use on subjects(victims);<br />1. In the military (chemical warfare agent)<br />2. Subjects (victims) of mind control experiments<br />3. Subjects (victims) of CIA detention/interrogation<br /><br />The CIA and the military abused it for fifteen years or so before it made its way out of covert psychiatric research into avant garde psychiatric research and therapy and into the hands of elites such as Betsy Drake http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betsy_Drake, Cary Grant http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cary_Grant#Personal_life - and from there into the public sphere and subsequent illegality.CNuhttp://subrealism.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-13492112474899640862011-07-08T18:56:48.621-05:002011-07-08T18:56:48.621-05:00Yes but the verifying and the implement is unconsc...Yes but the verifying and the implement is unconscious, also can be bias, if centered from self and thougth.<br />And I place this site here that actually agress with your original premise that there is no verified theory on consciousness or mindfulness, even in the emprical study we have now; there is Working Theories. If this is the case then you agree with being comfort with ambiguities in your daily life, for you are quite bright.<br />This goes back to the question on language which I don't understand your position, for Penrose is a smart person. Mills to me was raising the issue of Art and Science and its relationship which includes, Language, in the framework of Logic and why the unity of science and art is a great leap in the field of observation and study of objects. Today, we must place our understanding of quantum in the Art of reasoning if we don't have that agreement then I am lost.<br />Quantum as a term has entered into all fields as, a vital etymolgy, ergo; the term in itself takes on analogies in other fields of sciences which is a good thing, for the soft sciences needed this hard science framework. <br />Example:<br /> On the news of the beatdown of a white boy in NJ by a break out group fist fight. He states: "Crime of Opportunity and alcoholic play a big part" Now small city policeman in 2011 is talking of opportunity. It reflects in the trope on the common language, compared to the one I hear back in the 1960's into the 21st Century? nanakwamenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-55441979890787091052011-07-08T18:55:29.791-05:002011-07-08T18:55:29.791-05:00Been trying to imagine it. We might have had the ...Been trying to imagine it. We might have had the requisite wisdom to manage or avoid our resource constraints, and...wow, who knows?<br /><br />Here's one for you. What effect do you think mind expansion would have on BD?Rembomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-17145450523332185282011-07-08T18:34:58.247-05:002011-07-08T18:34:58.247-05:00Nana, Re: "Have you or Doc read the page I le...Nana, Re: "Have you or Doc read the page I left". "The loneliness of the aardvark", yes, I read it. I pretty much agree with its author. He's just pointing out some well known problems with worshiping at the alter of hyper-reductionist analysis. Logical arguments have to start with an assumption (the A part of "If A, then B"), and the validity of that assumption/axiom cannot be known by logic. Basic limitation.<br /><br />On quantum mechanics, I'm only pointing out that science and science fiction are not the same thing. The language of quantum is mathematics, and at that level there isn't much dispute. Interpreting what the math means is where the dispute comes in, e.g., Einstein's "God doesn't play dice with the universe". Talking about quantum in anything but mathematical terms is to move away from it. Sci fi is pretty damned far from differential equations. The rules that define science are much more rigid than those for sci fi. Applying quantum concepts while slipping the rules that define those concepts, that's simply not quantum mechanics.<br /><br />I'd like to point out that the non-conscious plays a big role in the practice of logical analysis. I've personally experienced a strange but familiar example many times. Sometimes when trying to solve a technical problem, I'll get stuck, hit a wall. If I've done all my homework, but the problem proves stubborn, the prescribed course is to put it down, relax and do something totally different for awhile, preferably non-analytical. Having done so, when I come back, the problem will look a bit different and I'll make some progress where none was to be had before. What happened in the meantime? I don't know, but I do know it works. I discovered this in college, but it took a long time. In an environment where tooling is what has worked for you, and you literally can't afford to fail, just walking away from a tough brain problem for awhile was hard to learn to do.<br /><br />Peace.Rembomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-69024111742846280222011-07-08T15:45:21.785-05:002011-07-08T15:45:21.785-05:00What on GAWD'S green earth are you talking abo...What on GAWD'S green earth are you talking about Nana?!?!?!?!<br /><br />My religion consists in the direct and objective verification and application of EVERY single thing I practice and believe. <br /><br />I have no truck with handwavy ambiguity, and the totality of my faith abides in my unwavering certainty about my ability to verify and implement.<br /><br />everything else is frivolous conversation....,CNuhttp://subrealism.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-41197903323772881332011-07-08T15:03:46.381-05:002011-07-08T15:03:46.381-05:00Many folks are afraid Ambiguity are you? Does who ...Many folks are afraid Ambiguity are you? Does who separate Art from Science still hold on to old meme<br /><br />Logic has often been called the Art of Reasoning. Awriter3 who has done more than any other person to restore thisstudy to the rank from which it had fallen in the estimation ofthe cultivated class in our own country, has adopted the abovedefinition with an amendment; he has defined Logic to be [018]3 who has done more than any other person to restore thisstudy to the rank from which it had fallen in the estimation ofthe cultivated class in our own country, has adopted the abovedefinition with an amendment; he has defined Logic to be [018][018]the Science, as well as the Art, of reasoning; meaning by theformer term, the analysis of the mental process which takes placewhenever we reason, and by the latter, the rules, grounded onthat analysis, for conducting the process correctly. There canbe no doubt as to the propriety of the emendation. A rightunderstanding of the mental process itself, of the conditionsit depends on, and the steps of which it consists, is the onlybasis on which a system of rules, fitted for the direction of theprocess, can possibly be founded. Art necessarily presupposesknowledge; art, in any but its infant state, presupposes scientificknowledge: and if every art does not bear the name of a science,it is only because several sciences are often necessary to form thegroundwork of a single art. So complicated are the conditionswhich govern our practical agency, that to enable one thing tobedone, it is often requisite to know the nature and properties ofdone, it is often requisite to know the nature and properties ofmany thingshttp://neuroself.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/a-system-of-logic-js-mill.pdfmany things.many things.nanakwamenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-79408482782743608092011-07-08T14:01:49.163-05:002011-07-08T14:01:49.163-05:00Something tells me deeply that Doc Cnu is doing wh...<i> Something tells me deeply that Doc Cnu is doing what he accuses others of doing. </i><br /><br />and uh..., what exactly is it that I "accuse" others of doing Nana?<br /><br /><i> There is no real difinition of self. </i><br /><br />lol, leastwise none that validates the specially concocted brand of magical thinking that you kinda, sorta, sketchily and ambiguously profess...,CNuhttp://subrealism.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-35071026154888186082011-07-08T13:28:47.249-05:002011-07-08T13:28:47.249-05:00Nana no I haven't read that one. I don't ...Nana no I haven't read that one. I don't think I'd even heard of that one. I'll put it on the list ....Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-19320114134982861962011-07-08T12:56:33.189-05:002011-07-08T12:56:33.189-05:00Did you read "Chance" by Lem - the whole...Did you read "Chance" by Lem - the whole terrorist process today was predicted in that storynanakwamenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-63000063779132634832011-07-08T12:54:51.445-05:002011-07-08T12:54:51.445-05:00Have you or Doc read the page I left? Have you re...Have you or Doc read the page I left? Have you read the thinkers the Doctor puts on his page, re-freshing. Something tells me deeply that Doc Cnu is doing what he accuses others of doing. There is no real difinition of self. I was re-reading Mills from the page great overview. It took them over 40 years to prove one of Einstein theories. And that is Relativity. The laws of probablity can not only apply at the sub-atomic scale. We wouldn't have the study called the Black Swan. Please read some from the link and then give me specific areas where you think it is just poetic, and the man says that the laws of phsyics applies. Like been apllied to your cell phone and this computer system.<br /><br />What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning<br />Werner Heisenberg <br />Our knowledge can only be finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite. Karl Poppernanakwamenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-86298805502601840942011-07-08T11:15:42.845-05:002011-07-08T11:15:42.845-05:00Rembom mostly, kinda, apparently. But nobody know...Rembom mostly, kinda, apparently. But nobody knows how that 'scale' thing works. You can see laser speckle or a photo of electron interference with your eyes, or you can hold on to a magnet to feel the magnetic field from a superconducting loop. You apparently can not get a basketball to go into a state where it's spinning in both directions at once. Nobody <em>really</em> knows why not.Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-62468512451482497232011-07-08T10:57:19.177-05:002011-07-08T10:57:19.177-05:00BINGO!!!
This is where Penrose and Hameroff run i...BINGO!!!<br /><br />This is where Penrose and Hameroff run into a brick wall.<br /><br />Penrose has done a fine job in my estimation of proving that mathematical thought is non-computable - however - Hameroff has been somewhat less than successful in proving that room temperature macro-scale orchestrated objective reductions serve as the physical substrate for the qualities that Penrose has propositionally delineated. <br /><br />Language is a beast!<br /><br />Physics and physiology, however, remain significantly impenetrable to the extant language-based interrogation...,CNuhttp://subrealism.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-62744820816875379702011-07-08T10:35:19.451-05:002011-07-08T10:35:19.451-05:00The sense I get is that the non-conscious mind is ...The sense I get is that the non-conscious mind is incredibly rich, as much as the conscious mind. But the conscious mind is unable to communicate with the non-conscious part. That makes the non-conscious part mysterious, at least to the conscious part. Tapping that non-conscious richness involves practices every bit as disciplined, useful, and powerful as analysis is on the conscious side.<br /><br />Seems like one of the effects of entheogens is to make the two parts, conscious and non-conscious, a bit more accessible to each other. It can be startling, but doesn't have to be. Both parts, after all, are (part of) you. And once you can figure out how to START tapping the non-conscious, it opens new universes, right here within us. Liminal, indeed.Rembomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-11173551186414888132011-07-08T10:17:53.414-05:002011-07-08T10:17:53.414-05:00"Quantum" As I recall, the theory of qu..."Quantum" As I recall, the theory of quantum mechanics applies only at the sub-atomic scale. That is to say, it offers a very different look at the physical world than, say, Newtonian mechanics. But you can only "see" the "quantum POV" at the very, very small scale. Similar to relativity's usefulness only at velocities approaching lightspeed.<br /><br />The way you, Nana, are using quantum in your posting here is poetic. I'm a big fan of poetry, and I do appreciate the sentiment. But quantum is not poetry.Rembomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-78339400118600235212011-07-08T09:23:54.711-05:002011-07-08T09:23:54.711-05:00No sir, not I.No sir, not I.Dale Asberryhttp://life-abundantly.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-77639362262691183162011-07-07T21:47:16.304-05:002011-07-07T21:47:16.304-05:00So ok I'm kind of being ridiculous here.So ok I'm kind of being ridiculous here.Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-22756583553991214512011-07-07T21:39:17.581-05:002011-07-07T21:39:17.581-05:00Right, I have none.Right, I have none.Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-59467773444112952072011-07-07T21:32:19.089-05:002011-07-07T21:32:19.089-05:00poetry and music are the preconscious vessels for ...poetry and music are the preconscious vessels for Ur-language..., not something that the frail gravitate to after the fact.<br /><br />the statement was; <b>Language is generative and mathematical thought is non-computable.</b><br /><br />the kwestin posed on this statement of fact; <i>Are these limitations or defects of language or do they indicate something very meaningful about the world and how it works?</i>CNuhttp://subrealism.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-13398998867873405702011-07-07T21:28:59.190-05:002011-07-07T21:28:59.190-05:00leave it as you like Nana, but to be taken serious...leave it as you like Nana, but to be taken seriously - come equipped with macro-scale quantum phenomena to back up your otherwise totally unfounded speculation - or at the very least an anecdotal example of that which you speak.CNuhttp://subrealism.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-62543919395743611602011-07-07T21:28:26.681-05:002011-07-07T21:28:26.681-05:00uh..., not to put anybody on front street, but, am...uh..., not to put anybody on front street, but, am I correct in concluding that neither one of you has any first-hand knowledge of that which you speak?CNuhttp://subrealism.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-86416078049727270862011-07-07T20:26:51.347-05:002011-07-07T20:26:51.347-05:00Really? And to which specific strains of "the...<i>Really? And to which specific strains of "theism" has it become so parasitically attached?</i><br />All. "Theism" is superstitious, silly nonsense. So, it therefore cannot be ascribed positively to a materialistic, ergodic system of understanding.<br /><br /><i>What specifically do you suppose/propose as "more materialistic" than entheogenic gnosis?</i><br />Like Tom, I have similar concerns. What if those visions are nothing more than the mental equivalent of signal crosstalk on uninsulated wires?<br /><br />On the other hand, the amount of data that our senses can process is mind-bogglingly huge. Clearly, only a minisculely tiny bit of it is available to our awareness. Entheogenic substances have been known to evoke synaesthesia. Which to me, indicates it could also create a synaesthetic pathway for some of that data not accessible to our consciousness. I therefore think that entheogenic gnosis is promising but with caveats.Dale Asberryhttp://life-abundantly.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-31623308587909915132011-07-07T19:25:33.846-05:002011-07-07T19:25:33.846-05:00Nana interesting links. I absolutely believe we&#...Nana interesting links. I absolutely believe we're projecting things that mean nothing to the working of the universe. <br /><br />And but also we project some things that somehow do get some traction, but nobody knows why, or how much we're missing. You can count your aardvarks, and later on that quantity is useful. And I'm thinking about Stanislaw Lem and <em>His Master's Voice</em>. Just about my favorite sci fi. We do get something, but disappointingly little.<br /><br />There was some philosopher, called the stuff we perceive but don't understand 'excreta.' Like the stuff we eat but our bodies don't use.Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-1543166219605886112011-07-07T19:06:29.603-05:002011-07-07T19:06:29.603-05:00Are these limitations or defects of language or do...Are these limitations or defects of language or do they indicate something very meaningful about the world and how it works.<br /><br />101 of a entheogen experience is that language is a weak form to express reality, poetry and music are better forms, why delicate and consciousness folks graviated to the mythpoetic forms. Romance is better than argumentative any day. Really what we have done in the last 40 years is that we are better students of nature and virual than our parents not necessary smarter. One thing I learn long ago - the wise person wears a Mask in public, why they know evil wellnanakwamenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-56138827186836624922011-07-07T18:56:02.409-05:002011-07-07T18:56:02.409-05:00Quantum (probabilities in most science fields)
the...Quantum (probabilities in most science fields)<br />there is no local without non-local even in the body of neurons. Again, I hold<br />that to be true to this thing we call consciousness. Sometimes it appears<br />magical or counterintuitive, yet for you; on a philosophical working theory<br />what is the problem? Since you can quote a man who on the web in filtered as a<br />mystic/sufi. I have never gotten an answer for that and I will leave it as<br />agreed to disagree.<br /><br /><br />On the framework of “fundamental forces” it has to<br />affect and be an antecedent to self - this thing we call mindfulness, inductive,<br />or conscious. I am working with it, myself.nanakwamenoreply@blogger.com