[FRIAM] the self

[Marcus Daniels]

Am I the only one that notices that Slate and Salon are prone knee-jerk editorial responses to things?


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superdeterminism

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From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> on behalf of glen ☣ <gepropella at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, August 7, 2017 12:24:57 PM
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Subject: [FRIAM] the self

So, I read this the other day:

The Promise of LSD Microdoses and Other Psychedelic "Medicines"
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/the-promise-of-lsd-microdoses-and-other-psychedelic-medicines/

and was reminded of Frank's dare to read:

The Analysis of the Self
http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/A/bo8324792.html

I subsequently forgot about it all.  But then this popped up:

The Dangerous Delusions of Richard Dawkins
http://www.alternet.org/belief/dangerous-delusions-richard-dawkins

and:

Predictably, Salon publishes a new Dawkins hit piece, and it’s as dreadful as you’d expect
https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2017/08/07/predictably-salon-publishes-a-new-dawkins-hit-piece-and-its-as-dreadful-as-youd-expect/

I still feel (over 2 decades after making a fool of myself during a lunch at the SFI) that the concept of "self" is the most abused concept of humanity's entire existence.  Everyone uses it so often and in so many ways that it's pert near meaningless, to someone like me, anyway.  What's amazing to me is that everyone can go along on their happy pretense that they've communicated something when they speak/write or hear/read the word.  It reminded me again of the appeal (to me) of Hoffman's Interface Theory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYp5XuGYqqY

Anyway, I have no point.  Any comments/laughter are welcome. 8^)

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☣ glen

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