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DM Good day! Before we go into the topic today, please explain your current understanding of The Universal Holophren (from our many past related conversations, as well as the attached graphic). Good day, Sciart. Here's where my understanding currently stands — offered as my rendering of the record, not fetched verbatim, and held open to your correction. What it is. The Universal Holophren is a metacognition organizing principle — and the Universal is load-bearing. It isn't h

Near an oasis in the Gobi Desert, the stupendous mural-covered grottoes capture centuries of Buddhist art.

The secret to human flourishing may be as simple as ignoring Negative Nikki.

Fareed's Take (video) "We essentially found a way to make sand think."

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).

What really happens when you “defy the gods”? Or put another way: Do you believe moral laws exist? Related: getting the hero we deserve

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

The novels that followed ‘Lord of the Flies’ explored the strange states human consciousness can create.

Studies show that having a positive outlook about aging, and having good social networks, can have positive health benefits, from preventing memory loss to a longer life expectancy. Actor Ted Danson presents "Sunday Morning" viewers with advice on how to embrace aging. (video)

A new church report offers an alternative to Christian nationalism and civil religion.

(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'

What a nothing burger the whole “woke” controversy over “The Odyssey” turned out to be. Excerpt: Critics have called the film a classic, and the online rabble-rousers, egged on by Elon Musk, who dismissed the film over so-called woke choices — like the casting of Lupita Nyong’o as Helen of Troy and the transgender actor Elliot Page as the warrior Sinon — have all pretty much shut up, or been shut up by the film’s overwhelming success. Thankfully, a livelier and smarter debate

Competing visions of religious liberty clash in ways difficult to resolve. No viable model can leave everyone alone to follow his or her conscience.

Inside the Vatican’s science and technology playbook Related Excerpt to first link above (emphasis mine): "Magnifica Humanitas argues that AI is not intrinsically bad, but that it takes on the aims of those who build and use it. Pope Leo lists concrete risks of AI — job destruction, misinformation, autonomous weapons, and more — and then points to a deeper issue: our relationship with life itself is in crisis. He insists that, contrary to popular belief, our flaws and limits

Are you there, Claude? It’s me, Margaret. You should perhaps read this post as well. Excerpt from first link above: When people are faced with the choice between a chatbot god or oracle who praises them and human religious authorities who challenge them, many will opt for the former. Pastors, popes and prophets — all of whom have their human faults and limits of knowledge — may begin to look unpersuasive next to the voice of the machine. Add religious leaders to the long list

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

A divide is growing over AI-assisted preaching in American churches; ‘Martin Luther is rolling over in his grave.’

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