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Oh. Is that what they are. I guess one difference would be that they are not ominous and relatively harmless and even a clumsy collection of objects. I'll try to come up with another one. A race of proud, human-sized, bipedal, Phasmids. They have a large library of their history that they're...

Hi there. Same. Same.

I put it in literally --------- 2 minutes per day. And surprisingly, it works for me. It works because I prioritize consistency over quality. Because it's just 2 minutes, there's no way I can't be consistent with it. 2 minutes a day over a series of activities, that is. Including this. My 2...

I think this is fun and I am dying of boredom and wanting to showcase my diminutive imagination. hmmm how about... a race of object possessing magnetic fields. So you know those stories of djinns possessing people. well now you have quadrants of objects getting possessed lol. i get a sense that...

Would you rather there's a McDonalds like this that has unintentionally produced kindness or no McDonalds at all? or would you rather a slightly less effective possibly more bigoted Burger King that has been imported from a different country? Kindness can be institutionalized without religion...

That's a nice positive perspective. I'm not sure if growing atheism is a good thing or a bad thing. Christianity has its flaws but in many parts of the world, it has also institutionalized kindness and compassion. Islam has been more exclusionary and bigoted. In the developing world, especially...

Happy birthday to you. 30 yrs old is a pretty big number, but it's still pretty young. I have a 41 yr old friend and I feel like he's still in his early 20's...must be his mannerisms. I think I'd need to be at least 35 to feel old or maybe 45. Do you ever plan out your whole life? By 20, I think...

Ah, gotcha. I get how that leads to procrastination. Once upon a time, I started addings mods to this game and I kept promising to myself that I'd add "just these final 3" and finally start playing. I ended up having spent a week on modding alone and actually spent more time on the mods over...

Not sure exactly what you mean by "thing", and in general. The internet? Right. Upvotes(and consequently priority and attention) are all about "helpful or unhelpful." I find it really odd that people rigidly follow the "soft rules" that make reddit, reddit. There's also a lot of moderation...

Yeah~that's relateable. If you put it that way, it looks incredibly irrational. Seems like an "argumentum ad populum" or an appeal to the majority. In a way, preferring reddit is sort of like that given its sheer size in population in users and how that affects the site as a whole. Or what...

That's really interesting. Huh~ I debate a lot on reddit, and it tends be quite aggressive and confrontational. (/r/changemyview) is really good for discussion. But you're right, it is mostly a q&a sort of communication on the whole. It seems more goal-oriented. What about "least energy"...

Hey~ I remember thinking the same way. I think your city-town analogy is great. Reddit does feel like a big city. Lots of noise data and buzz. I felt the same way initially too. You eventually just get into it after the initial phase. Quantity of people leads to quality ideas in general. I...

Just wondering if anyone can relate to this. It's been a while since I've last participated in this forum, and that kind of made me wonder why. Just a few years ago, I was always unhealthily addicted to this site. Maybe it's because I discovered reddit I guess :confused: Sorry if this is random...

All of the written criticism for each philosophy is actually a deference to Coherence or Rationalism(I can't quite distinguish the two.) . Because they all use logic to criticize. But this particular criticism interests me most because this is my primary epistemology. It's easy enough to defend...

Not "psychological." Psychology is theoretical. "Value" is the aribtrary yet real firing of neurons. Surely, that would eventually affect the optimization of your mental energy. It's a system where there there's internal conflicts that prevent full energy or focus. Internal unknown...

Not really. I don't care about finish or unfinish. I care if i care. Personal Meaning above all human tendencies, instincts and inclings. I think, I don't know. I don't know, but there is a lot to be said. Humans generally overemphasize on the mechanisms of life. How life or meanings can be...

:) Why ask why ask? Why do give so much attention to the mechanisms of life?

Existentialism, to me, is a process of going from a state of naturally questioning "Why was I born?" to a question of no answer and then to a state of depression brought by the absence of answers. The philosophical devt of people tend to be pretty identical or following pattern. As one tries to...

This tells me that I should read Wittgenstein. Does anyone have any recommendations? I wish there were more quizzes like this so I can discover philosophers and philosophies that I'd be interested in reading. I think that Book selection is a very important and difficult task because even with...

Cause and Effect/Determinism is merely a property of time. The concept of time implies an arrangement in the order of events. No time, no order in the form of "cause and effect." Therefore, If you want to get out of determinism, you have get out of this universe's time. But, before that, are you...

Where did this idea of "Meaning is Objective" come from? Does it relate to the origins of the idea or belief in "destiny"? It reminds me of how people objectify aesthetics and values. This is "ugly." I *know* it is ugly. What a strange sense of certainty to have. Perhaps its humans burrowing...

I appreciate collecting multiple perspectives or beliefs and just letting them lie on the ground scattered on the floor. I play with all of them. I like making them interact on the stage that is my floor and I like creating stories about them. I do have favorites but each perspective that I own...

Then we are talking about Fe or Te, not Ni. The OP asks which function is most independent, not which type. I'm not arguing for INTJ. I'm arguing for Ni. In my experience and judgment, most Ni doms are very social, perhaps more than the Ti doms I know. But if we're talking about "extreme"...

"Rejection" is the concern of either Te or Fe in the context of NiTe or NiFe types. When we're talking strictly Ni, environmental feedback doesn't really matter. Some people become isolated not because of their reaction to negative feedback, but because they believe the ideas they believe...

Don't mind Pi. I reckon he's half serious with what he says.

Te is still very much a social function. It feeds off of people. All functions must have some basis on reality. The question is which has the least reliance on reality. Se is the most real function. What is directly oppositional to Se?

Religion is far from grounded in reality and yet it is effective. The craziest, baseless ideas can move millions. On the other hand, Delusions turn people into outcasts; hermits and witches. These are all products of Ni.

Lets narrow it down to introverted functions: Si is independence of "facts" or memories but what it tackles is so concrete that it may as well be not independence at all. Fi is independent of values but it likes to attach itself to other humans. Ti is independence of rules, principles and...

Re: The Void vs Clever Bot "What's the meaning of life?" Why do people ask this question? I'm guessing they're not asking about things related to the origin of life and origin of evolution, so they must be thinking about their personal lives or human lives in general? So why do people frame it...

If 1 represents presence and 0 represents absence, what does -1 represent? A presumed presence but an actual absence? But 2, 3, 4...also implies existence. I get "easily grasped" but smallest? what about .000000...1? Ooh, interesting. I like to think of the relationship between 1 and 2 as...

I think that the quality/development of one's functions can be divided into three categories and/or levels: Meta, Objective assumption, and Instinct-based. People that often use their functions in a "meta"-way means that they excel at using their given function. Every cognitive function has a...

we're prone blindness to the meta-idea realm of our ideas.

i love how this forum attracts strange people with strange ideas.

You're right. But I do think there is a nurture side to this. Different cultures express pain differently. "Ow" "Ah" "Oo" "Ee" "Ya" etc. I distinctly remember learning to express pain by observing others.

We do it because its the norm. We've been conditioned that way. Similarly, a person can be conditioned to not vocalize pain.

Thank you for sharing, Minuend.

Does this relate to the evolutionary function of emotions and feelings? Are they processes meant to tackle complexities that other processes cannot tackle? Humans experience more complex emotions than animals which means they are capable of even further complexities. If I were to relate this...

There are two key traits of Function immaturity: 1. objective presumption 2. instinct-based Objective purpose Objective values Instinctual judgment. Objective rules Objective sensation Also, meta Si. Meta-Objective Presumption-Instinct Based.

Friends, I did not write this to ask for help or to get diagnosed. I am completely mentally healthy. It was to discuss and learn about things, as is always my intention.

This makes me think about the different ways one can perceive the assumed physical reality. Ooh! we're like computers. Electrical signals can represent anything, which means that given the right sensory set-up, reality could be experienced in infinite ways. I don't mean in specific ways of...

ahahahahaha. no. -_-"

Once upon a time...

Everyone has too many incorrect assumptions that it becomes difficult to reach a sensible expression about what I think of "INFPs". This doesn't prevent me from joining in the space of meaningless barking however. This appreciation for INFJs here in this forum is interesting, I guess. It is...

No, we're not. We're assuming it's not guaranteed death, which is what all the other choices is about. Choices are: 1. Certain Death 2. Certain Death 3. Uncertain Death 4. Certain Death This shouldn't be difficult to understand.

What? There is no certainty of death anywhere. Regardless of how you're trying to frame this question, the first two guarantee death and the other one does not. It's pretty simple. It's not a choice between death and delusion of non-death. It's between one possibility vs. a myriad of possibilities.

I'm thinking meta-thinking will lessen practice of willpower and therefore, in the long run, lessen willpower and therefore be a negative. Is there a way to increase willpower? So altering the environment (which I consider as a part of meta-thinking) also consumes willpower resources...

Meta-thinking is thinking about thinking. This includes "thinking about one's own capacity and tendency to think in a certain way." I'm trying to accomplish something, but I easily get distracted. What I do is to strategize against my tendencies. For example, I change the environment in order to...

hah, yes. I think "complexity" will hinder this person. It seems like the difficulty would increase as the number of people he has to contend with increases. It is easy to have one rule-agent at your side but the problem are the checks and balances between rule-agents. I'm incapable of...

I think I've seen that. Did that character really portray "Extreme Social Int."? It seemed more like he was good at acting, which is not the entirety of Social Intelligence.

Explain hermits. What does "regulating and balancing psyches and emotional systems" mean? Nothing is really a "need.' "Need" is relative to one's values. That's why you have people fasting, doing self-emolation, suicide bombing etc. It just so happens that survival, which requires mental...