“Of all the rabbit holes you can go down intellectually, Carl Gustav Jung is one of the DEEPEST and most arcane.” – Dr. Freckles
It starts with a PSYCHIC …
- a psychic makes a prediction on a radio show: “terrorists will attack WA DC on November 12th”
- the terrorists hear the radio broadcast and change the location to NYC on Jan 15th …
Was the psychic right?
Is there freewill?
Finally: a solution to the trolley problem …
Just let the fucker on the tracks call their loved ones to say goodbye … if there’s time. Maybe just live stream it … like George Floyd … too close to it? Eh, boyo?
UNIVERSAL WAVE
“You are surfing on the wave of the universe.” – Dr. Freckles
Respect and Approval
“Respect does not mean approval.” – Dr. Freckles
Squishy stuff …
“Spock would have been happiest as simply a software engineer. God forbid you enter that field AFTER 30, as a human, and KNOW the ‘squishy stuff’ that doesn’t fit into logic – then you are truly doomed.” – Dr. Freckles
IMAGINE if “SPACE” were this successful?
Why is it views from low Earth orbit look like shit, invariably?
Simulation Theory
TBH:
The essential metaphysics of a “simulation universe” isn’t really that different from a “the universe is a manifestation of God’s will and thought” …
(first there was the Word)
(another name for a series of bytes)
If you can imagine THE DECEPTION, as being, as ugly and deep that a 10 billion year old universe can instantiate?
Then you are kind of groping in the world of Lovecraft.
(and we might simply be NPCs in an ocean of semi-deterministic bullshit)
(but there’s beer and cigs)
PLANIVERSE (1984)
Kinda …
“Kinda isn’t the same as IS … a little fuzzy logic for you.” – Dr. Freckles
Deal or not …
“You can deal with your trauma, in whatever clean or messy way you have, or you can BECOME your trauma. It’s never been easier than that.” – Dr. Freckles
Do you take the money?
Thought Experiment or Gedanken:
Let’s say you were a podcaster, and you spoke YOUR truth. One day some dude comes to you and says – “I’ll give you $5 million to stop talking about your truth.”
Do you take the money?
If you do why?
If you don’t why?
I’m here … (a “I think therefore I am” rebuke)
“I’m here. You?” – Dr. Freckles
(fuck you Descartes)
Secrets and Lies …
One of the questions I placed on the chalkboard, based upon the books the students are reading, is the following:
What is the difference between a lie and a secret?
It doesn’t have a simple answer, and because of that it generates thinking …
People keep secrets … and this is something that we do for lots of reasons, some are good, some are bad.
People lie – but sometimes the lies are MORE ABOUT acceptance, and not just judging every “less than perfect” person around you.
History and Truth: Parts 1-5
MP3: https://planetarystatusreport.com/mp3/20230920_History_and_Truth_P1.mp3
MP3: https://planetarystatusreport.com/mp3/20230920_History_and_Truth_P2.mp3
MP3: https://planetarystatusreport.com/mp3/20230920_History_and_Truth_P3.mp3
MP3: https://planetarystatusreport.com/mp3/20230920_History_and_Truth_P4.mp3
MP3: https://planetarystatusreport.com/mp3/20230920_History_and_Truth_P5.mp3
My favorite PHILOSOPHER …
“Asking me about my favorite MOVIE is a lot like asking me about my favorite PHILOSOPHER … but scratch that … the philosopher problem is easy – Jesus.” – Dr. Freckles
3 Stages of Consciousness …
The three stages of consciousness:
- “Holy CRAP, I’m here.”
- “Fuck, I’m here, and I don’t know enough.”
- “Shit, no one else knows enough EITHER ….” – GRIFTER
MOAR on CURSING …
When I was a kid I had a bicycle.
My sister cried to my parents “let me ride Dan’s bicycle”.
I was angry and I told her “I hope you crash”.
She crashed, and had to be taken to the ER, chipped tooth.
That’s a CURSE. That’s CURSING.
When I was a boy, my “evil sister” was pissing me off …
She was standing on the deck of our second house, being a bitch.
I took the hose and sprayed the hornets nest in the cedar stump.
The hornets went after my yelling, EVIL, sister …
THAT was GAME THEORY.
B.F. Skinner and the Trolley Problem …
“B.F. Skinner: the real INVENTOR of the Trolley Problem.” – Dr. Freckles
Well, actually, it would still be Satan that invented it.
(how many animals simply went into the corner of the cage and died?)
Knowing what to leave behind …
“The hardest lesson in life: know what to take with you, know what to leave behind.” – Dr. Freckles