captainmorgan
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People on the spectrum can have some extraordinary talents but they seem to be offset by socialization burdens.
OMG that is so very true.People on the spectrum can have some extraordinary talents but they seem to be offset by socialization burdens.
People are never the same from day to day. Math always is. I thought I was the only one who did math for fun.I've lived my life on the Spectrum.
Gots lots of stupid-shit in my life to prove it but then again I can do some really interesting Mathematics no one else can.
Whatever this "Existence" is it is a Construct.People are never the same from day to day. Math always is. I thought I was the only one who did math for fun.
The word “construct” implies an act or acts of will. It suggests that the divine has an ego. I find that to be one of the more corrosive ideas in our known history: God as a somebody or somebodies. In fact I believe that our psychological need to fit the Cosmos with a maker marks us as presapient. Civilization and technology are not good markers for sapience. Not as long as we need a bedtime story.Whatever this "Existence" is it is a Construct.
No one can point to a thing and that thing not being made of smaller things and in turn they are made of and so on.
Go back to the Big Bang and we have to ask what Construct made the Big Bang Possible.
Some would say God did then I would ask Who is God's Mother?
Some would say God jerked himself into existence. That is a Circular argument.
So who knows what the Grand Construct really is.
The payoff may be purely subjective. Take psychedelics. They show us that our minds can do powerful stuff, but there is a sterility. The psychedelic experience leads to no teachable specifics. We have a lot of idle or vestigial brain structure.Nature doesn't waste energy on stuff it doesn't need, yet it gives us the ability to have deeply religious experiences. It must have a payoff.
I've always said religion was important or we wouldn't have so many of them. My own take on the subject is that we, (and just a handful of other animals) have foreknowledge of our own death, so we create Gods in our own image to ease our fears. I think whales, elephants and some of the higher primates probably have Gods too.Nature doesn't waste energy on stuff it doesn't need, yet it gives us the ability to have deeply religious experiences. It must have a payoff.
I would not put it past ravens or cuttlefish.I've always said religion was important or we wouldn't have so many of them. My own take on the subject is that we, (and just a handful of other animals) have foreknowledge of our own death, so we create Gods in our own image to ease our fears. I think whales, elephants and some of the higher primates probably have Gods too.
Thank you. That is a lovely thought.Most of my adult life I have loosely followed the Muscogee (Creek) tradition. Their take on what the Creator looks like is when he is running with the deer, he appears as a deer to therm. When he is flying with the hawks, he appears as a hawk to them.
It also reminds me of a benediction that I think is best grade, and I think it is of Native (Southwest) origin.Most of my adult life I have loosely followed the Muscogee (Creek) tradition. Their take on what the Creator looks like is when he is running with the deer, he appears as a deer to therm. When he is flying with the hawks, he appears as a hawk to them.
When I was in highschool I thought "there is no algebra in the real world", but I was wrongPeople are never the same from day to day. Math always is. I thought I was the only one who did math for fun.
there is no real world only maths.When I was in highschool I thought "there is no algebra in the real world", but I was wrong
Appalachian Trail? I loved the Blue Ridge segment my dad took us to when we were kids. Generally the October weekend of the time change, with leaves at the peak of color. Some maples were full on traffic cone.The math that is stuck in head these days is 6.03 X 364 = 2194.92.
The AT was lengthened to 2194.3 miles this season. So if I stick to my mileage, I would have one day to spare. It might even be the Slowest Known Time.
Yes. I could find the time for a small section but I would rather wait and dream about a thru hike. I do a lot of out and backs on the Florida Trail. I live about a mile off the FT. In the summer I can leave about 3pm, walk the mile to the trail then 1.6 miles to the campsite and get there with plenty of time to fart around before dark. Then the next morning I can take my time over breakfast and still get home by midmorning.Appalachian Trail? I loved the Blue Ridge segment my dad took us to when we were kids. Generally the October weekend of the time change, with leaves at the peak of color. Some maples were full on traffic cone.
Until recently I had easy access to the Red Hills Area of Critical Environmental Concern. Two times out of three I never saw another soul, and it was like having 20 well-laid trail miles to myself.Yes. I could find the time for a small section but I would rather wait and dream about a thru hike. I do a lot of out and backs on the Florida Trail. I live about a mile off the FT. In the summer I can leave about 3pm, walk the mile to the trail then 1.6 miles to the campsite and get there with plenty of time to fart around before dark. Then the next morning I can take my time over breakfast and still get home by midmorning.
We did a lot of summer trips to the Blue Ridge and Smokies when I was a kid. But I haven't been since I've been hiking.
You should be a secular Buddhist!Whatever this "Existence" is it is a Construct.
No one can point to a thing and that thing not being made of smaller things and in turn they are made of and so on.
Go back to the Big Bang and we have to ask what Construct made the Big Bang Possible.
Some would say God did then I would ask Who is God's Mother?
Some would say God jerked himself into existence. That is a Circular argument.
So who knows what the Grand Construct really is.