One benefit of vipassana-style defabrication is if you're anxious you can defabricate whatever you're anxious about and often you'll just forget what it was and the anxiety is gone
over 1 year ago
self-awareness and qualia are orthogonal
over 1 year ago
If meditation had an easier on-ramp people would talk about little else
over 1 year ago
Open individualism means youâre the simulators too
over 1 year ago
Equanimity dampens feedback loops, and most of our sensory field arises from feedback loops. Equanimity doesn't just make it easier to weather the storm, it practically removes the storm
over 1 year ago
I don't know what causes so many good thinkers to equate intellectual capacity with magnitude of experience. Some of the best (jhana) and worst experiences (cluster headaches) are extremely simple states I think there's likely bugs that suffer far more than I do
over 1 year ago
> In reality, there is no "I" in an LLM I have some news for you about humans t.co/uf0v1rLYh9 t.co/etxRdyGCfW
over 1 year ago
Part of why I loved Everything Everywhere All At Once is itâs the only piece of media Iâve seen that sort of got at this t.co/6Ndp46G5GZ
over 1 year ago
A key step in being able to fabricate any sensory particles you want is realizing that everything youâre aware of is already fabricated, a mind render rather than the way things truly are. Thereâs nothing in principle stopping you from controlling the whole field of awareness
over 1 year ago
Iâm grateful that some guy asked what is the cause of all suffering, rather than just worrying about the details of each particular particle of suffering
over 1 year ago