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Small talk
Imagined small talk between Gautama Siddhartha (the Buddha) and Lao Tze on the current state of the world Lao Tze: The world trembles again. Empires rise like waves—noisy, proud, and blind to their undertow. Every few centuries, humanity forgets the river it flows in. Siddhartha: Yes. Desire has taken new shapes—corporations, nations, algorithms. Yet the…
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The bubble analogy and consciousness
Another moment, another thought… I started taking some notes about a thought I had this morning, and this is what followed: I just started writing Everything has its place and role in the world. What’s lacking is the intellectual and emotional support that should be available to everyone—support that enables personal growth. Take addiction to…
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AI librarian of the web
I had this idea about the problem of misinformation and how it could maybe be improved. So I had a chat with my friend ChatGPT and below you can read what we came up with. The full chat is available here. Training Tomorrow’s Minds to Strengthen Today’s Internet: Why Universities and Wikipedia Should Partner in…
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Consciousness and Reality: Beyond the Material Veil
Filosofloris If my consciousnness would be in an another human body, how would be my perception of consciousness different and in which ways similar? A different body would be have DNA and different life experiences But it still conscious in the body. So would I feel the same kind of consciousness? Would it depend on…
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Zero, Don’t Look at It, Look Through It
In this exploration, I delve into zero, a concept deeply embedded in our lives yet, I think, profoundly misunderstood. The common view of zero as merely an absence or void fails to capture its full essence. Zero is not nothing; it represents a pivotal transition, a concept that defies the simplistic notion of absence. My…
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Dreaming of a more efficient house
Every time I take a shower or wash dishes, I can’t help but feel a twinge of frustration. Here I am, watching the warm water, heated by my gas-powered system, only to be used momentarily before it vanishes down the drain. It’s not just about the water; it’s the energy, the precious warmth generated, that’s…
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Sunk Cost Fallacy: The Irony of Living
I don’t know in what state of mind I was, I wasn’t intoxicated, while the following thought came to mind while pondering the observation that some people don’t seem to live, or do anything with their life: “Maybe the reason some people live is because of ‘sunk cost fallacy’?” A weird but intriguing thought that…
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Checklist on how to stay positive
Life is cyclical. Everything constantly moves up and down. So does our emotional state. There are no highs without lows. And just like the night is darkest just before dawn, it’s the hardest to be positive when you’ve reached the lowest point and wonder how much lower it will go before going up again. In…
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Is there objective morality?
This article is a work in progress. I keep coming back to it, adding, removing, rewriting, as I keep developing my worldview and think more about reality and consciousness. My premise is that consciousness is fundamental and it creates reality. No, I don’t think there is such a thing as objective reality because philosophically, I…
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Reality
What is reality? One of the biggest questions to ask. (others being ‘what is love?’, ‘what is beauty?’, ‘what is the meaning of life?’) In this post, I accumulate over time my thoughts and favourite sources and inspiration surrounding the question ‘what is reality’. I invite anybody to ask questions and share thoughts and stories.…
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The problem
People are natural problem solvers. This is grounded in dualism. We didn’t experience a problem until we started to see ourselves separate from the rest. With that came to urge to manipulate our surroundings to satisfy humankind’s two most fundamental problems: This in itself is not really a problem. It’s human nature and it’s part…
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Law
Law is notoriously complex. Can it be simplified? Let’s contemplate the following thought experiment: All laws are deducted from one rule: Was there harm caused to someone or something? Harm can be defined as an undesired effect suffered. If the answer is yes than the follow up question is: was it intentional or unintentional? Unintentional:…
