This is one of the most graceful things YouTube has ever put in front of my eyes. What extraordinary sensitivity and subtlety, perfection in so many different ways. Truly exquisite. I'm watching it on a loop.
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The search for authenticity fails because we conduct it in the wrong place: thought itself. The epistemic gap—the inability of concepts to capture experiential reality—produces the persistent sense that something fundamental about existence is amiss.
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@bernardokastrup.bsky.social discusses the state of the debate on physicalism & consciousness and his predictions for the future
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Based on many private discussions with academics, @bernardokastrup.bsky.social's view is that 'there is not one serious defender of materialism left' & this will be accepted mainstream thinking within 10-20 years
We discuss the future and past of idealism:
www.withrealityinmind.com/not-one-seri...
According to the concept of active inference, our perception of reality is not a direct reflection of the world but, instead, the most accurate guess that our brain can muster. Hans Busstra talks to Prof. Anil Seth at Sussex University about this amazing concept.
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Some words from @bernardokastrup.bsky.social on the recent topic - seeing without eyes and the challenge to the naturalism of Analytic Idealism
www.withrealityinmind.com/seeing-witho...
Prof. Larry Nazareth recounts the fundamental difference in perspective that underlies the Cartesian and Bergsonian views of life and world. Depending on which of these views we choose to base our understanding of nature and life, we may not have a future.
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Bedankt voor al die prachtige schaakpartijen, Jan!
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Tomorrow we discuss the biggest challenge to @bernardokastrup.bsky.social Naturalism (the idea that the reality we experience is spontaneous and based on natural laws, rather than planned.)
www.withrealityinmind.com/seeing-witho...
Here is the limit of my ability to productively philosophise. If naturalism isn't true, I have no interest in doing any more philosophy.
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How is it possible that the cerebellum, which contains roughly 80% of all the neurons in the human brain, can be absent without abolishing consciousness? In this conversation, Jeremiah Hendren unpacks Integrated Information Theory, which answers this fascinating mystery.
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Dr. Currie argues that framing the effectiveness of shamanic medicine in terms of placebo effects alone does not do justice to the sophistication of shamanic practice. The latter, she maintains, is based on a complex, multi-tiered metaphysics.
www.essentiafoundation.org/not-just-smo...
This is a major endorsement #Euclyd is definitely proud of!
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"Europe is fighting back. Dutch startup Euclyd has unveiled its CRAFTWERK architecture, a 100% European-designed inference engine that challenges NVIDIA’s dominance. In the near future, Europe's AI model providers may be able to run on Euclyd hardware."
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@bernardokastrup.bsky.social and Dr Jude Currivan discuss the implications of materialist and idealist perspectives on the economy, an extract from this week's dialogue:
www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-a-...
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What if the patterns of the cosmos could guide better ways to do business? Dialogue tomorrow with Jude Currivan & @bernardokastrup.bsky.social
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Freely downloadable, open-source AI models are often better, faster, and cheaper than proprietary ones for many enterprise applications. AI sovereignty is not about models; it's about AI-specific hardware.
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In this conversation with Hans Busstra, the legendary CPU inventor explains his quantum theory of consciousness in more detail and outlines some of his novel ideas, to be presented in his upcoming new book.
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Terry, did you just call me fat?! 😜 (Kidding 😊)
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This is literally surreal... I never imagined I would live to see anything even remotely like this...
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57% of Republicans strongly support or support _military_ action in Greenland (😮), against an European (former) ally... It's not just the delinquent orange child... The Atlantic alliance is over, at least for a few generations now.
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...And the left will concede that, as much as immigration may be necessary to counter demographic decline, it must happen lawfully and in a fully controlled manner that brings only the right people in, in the right numbers. This is a good thing; it'll bring stability and drive to European politics.
(1 of 2): I predict that there will be a whole new level of political consensus emerging in Europe over the coming few years: the right will concede that a more federalized EU is necessary for us to defend ourselves against the USA, China, and Russia. ...
In this remarkably observant essay, Brian Fang shows that the mathematics of the ubiquitous Fourier transform—which ties the words of events and frequencies together—provides a formal grammar for understanding how temporality is a facet of eternity.
www.essentiafoundation.org/the-magic-of...
Keep in mind this is not analytic philosophy. Neither is it a formal argument in an academic paper. It is an informal thought experiment, meant to open some avenues of ideation during an informal conversation, not to constitute a strict, internally-consistent chain of reasoning.
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"In een stevig essay zet filosoof van de geest en halfgeleiderondernemer Bernardo Kastrup dat verhaal op zijn kop. Hij ontkent niet dat Europa achterloopt, maar stelt dat de focus op eigen modellen het echte probleem maskeert."
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To avoid misunderstanding: my choice of flag is not an expression of support for the former regime of the Sha. This flag is the "Unofficial modern design of the Iranian Lion and Sun flag formerly used during the late Qajar and Pahlavi eras, now associated with the Iranian opposition" (Wikipedia).
The #Iranian people are showing the world how to stop a self-absorbed, totalitarian, belligerent regime, and regain their dignity, prosperity, and ability to live in peace with their neighbours and world at large.
