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Time Nonlinear
This is not a mathematical discussion. It’s far above that. If you have read any significant amount of fiction dealing with time, particularly Science Fiction that seeks to use or explain a particular theoretical approach to understanding time, then you’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged human choices, intellect, mysticism, philosophy, science, Two Realms
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Quandary: Logic and Morals
I keep hoping I’ve got it explained, but from time to time, questions come up indicating that, for at least one person, I came up short. This business of moral reasoning throws people off the track. In the first place, … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged ANE, epistemology, intellect, intellectual traditions, Moral reasoning, mysticism, pure reason, spirituality, western biases
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It’s About Time
One of the things that makes us human is our awareness of time. That is, we are locked into a specific experience of time. While we do understand how the passage of time can be slowed or accelerated in our … Continue reading
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Tagged civilization, experience, intellect, mortality, mysticism, philosophy, spirituality, subjective sense
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Open Source Lapboard
So far as I am concerned, this design is public domain. That’s because the objective of this exercise is not the specific construction, nor the design, but the process of designing. I’ve built a couple of these and everybody loves … Continue reading
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Tagged art, computers, intellect, technology
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The Limits of Cause and Effect
This is easily the single biggest issue, a mental reflex that requires long conscious reflection to overcome. We are taught from birth to seek a cause-and-effect relationship in all things. Only if we get a really good education can we … Continue reading
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Tagged cause and effect, cause-and-effect relationship, history, intellect, Israel, moral fabric, mysticism, peace, scripture, spirituality, The Curse
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Logic: Category Error
Someone offline asked for my explanation of Category Error. I’ve touched on this before. On this one I’m not happy with the way Wikipedia handles the topic, so I won’t refer to it. Perhaps my answer here will meet with … Continue reading
Posted in social sciences
Tagged Category Error, epistemology, Hebrew Scripture, history, intellect, intellectual traditions, mortality, mysticism, philosophy
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Don’t Take Sides
It’s been gnawing at the edges of my consciousness for a week or so: We who embrace ANE intellectual traditions are better able to operate objectively than those who embrace the Western mythology of objectivity. Try to understand the psychology … Continue reading
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Tagged Gaza, intellect, mysticism, propaganda, psychology, war
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Three Bits on Sunday
There is a divine order to our plane of existence, but it will ever elude the human intellect. You can give yourself a leg up if you choose to embrace divine revelation to the degree possible. That means dismissing the … Continue reading
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Tagged false dichotomy, game, human intellect, human nature, intellect, marriage, mysticism, psychology, spirituality
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Divine Amusement
We are created for God’s amusement. One of the biggest barriers to human understanding of religion and spirituality is arrogance. As previously noted here, the fundamental element in the Fall was the decision to place reason on the throne as … Continue reading
Posted in religion
Tagged arrogance, culture, human reason, intellect, philosophy, propaganda, spirituality
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Talking Past Each Other 2
(The previous post by the same title is about computer stuff, but the principles are similar.) You cannot prove God exists, and they cannot prove He doesn’t. We who are spiritual are aliens to those who aren’t spiritual. They live … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, aristotelian epistemology, epistemology, intellect, reason, Two Realms, western epistemology
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