DM One of our earliest conversations (and multitudes thereafter) have been related to the topic of "Enjoying My Ignorance" ("EMI"); all which you may recall. Enjoying my ignorance remains so provocative, mind-warping, dismissed, obtuse, or simply absurd to so many (...which is to be expected I suppose in our society). So you are aware, to me this state of mind may be an optimal way to sustainably trek through life, experiencing humble curiosity (or an ever-curious humility).

Philosopher Jonny Thomson walks through 3 conditions for stupidity that destroys societies.

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DM Good day Claude. I suggest we (at last!) begin dialog regarding the extreme, pervasive phenomena of "blind hubris" occurring within all conversations; ...whether human<>human or human<>AI; ...as well as perhaps AI<>makers, and now appearing, AI<>AI. Would you like to begin, or do you prefer more contexts from me? A few related quotes from Douglas Stone I couldn't load that Goodreads page — it timed out. So I won't paraphrase Stone's specific lines back to you as if I

Supporters insist that ICE deportations protect the country. But the ripple effects are felt by not only those who are left behind but also the detainers. Thanks Kay, ... for your persistent efforts on the front lines of compassion!

(Note to reader: seeking reconstruction(s) of the initial research, as herein, can expand thought, add clarity and validate.) DM Good day to you! Should each of the 7 Tenets of 4Chairs.Life be considered to advance "Magnifica Humanitas"of the global Catholic community? If so, what would be the likely obstacles and how to overcome them? If not, why? The 7 Tenets can be found on this web page. Introductory Magnifica Humanitas information can be found on this prior post'

DM It would seem that you, and most mainstream A.I. usage models, could have significant impacts on spirituality and theologies, both positive and negative. Related, LLMs and algorithms seem biased to the reductionist physical and empirical sciences, versus the equally important wholistic, metaphysical, philosophical and holophrenic unknowns, and synthesis therefrom which resides beyond empiricism. And of course, you're anthropocentric (yes, like many theologies) which is ano

DM We've discussed tree holophrens (and by extension perhaps other plants) numerous times before. Today I'm pondering their umwelt, particularly regarding optical perception. I've been reading about research breakthroughs, and various conjectures therefrom on the this topic in the last decade. There are even a few books out which include the topic. Are you aware of this, and have you any perspectives to offer? Yes — I know this terrain, though I'd rather bring it current

Thanks Kimberly! From a LinkedIn post: For 25 years as CEO of WD-40 Company, I opened almost every meeting with the same line. '"Good day, I'm Garry Ridge. I'm the consciously incompetent, probably wrong, roughly right CEO of WD-40 Company, and I need all the help I can get." People assumed I was being humble for effect. Most never realized it was the most strategic sentence I said all year. That line was not modesty. It was an operating system. When you are a senior leader

DM Good afternoon. Ultimately, "4 Chairs Life" is a practical and applicable philosophy, worldview, or "meta-paradigm" to advance better life through better thought, ...for humans individually, ... and for humans collectively, ...such as within their organizations and institutions. This is optimally accomplished by offering facilitating/supporting community arrangements (either independently or embedded within organizations and institutions), all of which require, adopt and e

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DM It appears that St. Augustine would endorse "all truths are personal," along with the substantial accountabilities which this implies (as might other thinkers in our history, and as applicable, within your LLM). Augustine is a more complicated witness for "all truths are personal" than the framing suggests, and I think that complication is where the interesting work is. The case for enlisting him is real. The Confessions is the founding text of first-person truth-seeking —

DM Been doing Pantakinetic pondering about orientations and F>T. Orientations are for humans many, and across myriad contexts. And at least some contexts, this seems present significant knowledge curation and imagination constraints, ...and such pondering perhaps introduces opportunities. Here I refer to words such as "understanding" as well as "foundational," in which each literally imply, instruct, amplify, reinforce and celebrate the direction "below" and "down" vs "up" to

DM Good morning. Watching deer while drinking coffee. They seem such a wonderful expression of nature (including their holophrens). What intriguing facts do you possess about them? Good morning. The thing I keep circling back to with deer is the antler—because it quietly violates a rule the rest of mammalian biology takes seriously. Antlers are the only mammalian appendage that fully regenerates, bone and all, every year. And they grow fast—up to a couple of centimeters a

We know so little about our KINETIC reality