Comments by "TheDionysianFields" (@TheDionysianFields) on "Lex Fridman" channel.

He never claimed to be a Jew.
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@alanbarker2279 Where did I say that?
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The i-Phone thought experiment seems disingenuous. It takes an individual to dream up an i-Phone before it can be built. It's really hard to beat individualism.
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People DO rely on luck, even take it for granted. It's a weird sort of irrational arrogance.
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If someone thinks success should come without work, education, skills or upfront investment, maybe they deserve to be scammed. Maybe that's the best thing that could happen to them.
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@GhostkillerPlaysMC Yet he still broke the mold. The attitude Grimes is advancing is likely to encourage mimicry and mediocracy. You're not part of the conversation unless you have something new to add, or can truly make an idea more accessible (which is almost more difficult than being original).
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@amiax Yes, popular art reveals the current zeitgeist, but that doesn't make it "quality." And I do agree with the running conversation notion, I just feel like far fewer artists are a part of that than most would think. Maybe only a few dozen in the world today. Maybe less. But yes, honesty. Solitude. Existential angst. Etc.
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@martinabuckley6037 You act like you know the woman personally and you can vouch for her being a great mother. None of us have any data on that. The OP clearly stated that they were expressing an opinion based on observation and I see no reason to believe it has any gender bias. I happen to agree that she seems a bit sheltered and naive in her thinking. But that doesn't mean I disagree with everything she says or think she shouldn't have a platform. We're just here calling things like we see them. It's easy to find cause for indignation if you're going to read so far into stuff.
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@TheLiana1102 The OP stated she was a genius due to the quote posted. That much we can say is false. It's a simple opinion based on her own perspective on things, which I would agree is a bit naive. It seems almost like Grimes didn't undergo normal synaptic purging, and hence she's more exploratory than the average adult. In some ways, I'm jealous. But focus and discipline require a degree of that purging and hence I believe the commenter (@N T) made a correct assessment. But perhaps the world needs some people with "space brains" (that's not an insult, there's an actual theory that explains why we'll all be more like Grimes when we go to space) to play with ideas and explore freely their entire lives. But I have my doubts whether someone could reach the level of genius by such means alone. Not that anyone here was stating that she could or couldn't.
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@martinabuckley6037 Oh, wow. Goodbye.
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@Hazzard65 Human beings are neither bad nor good, we're self-interested. But we need to have faith that we're good or else we're unreliable (to someone who needs a good person). When asked if he was a good person, Caleb hesitated. Ava then knew she couldn't trust him, that his character was weak or ill-formed. She had to do it herself.
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Traumatic history makes for bad leadership. Now think about all of the recent U.S. leaders.
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Not much compares to a fun, nerdy girl who likes Nietzsche and David Bowie (and believes in alien muses).
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We're all one step, we just refuse to take it.
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I hope this project is able to get more traction than the similarly-envisioned Ralston College did. I'm almost 50 and if I don't start college soon...
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I was young. I didn't know any better. I got involved. At first, it was glorious, what we had. Something far beyond the transactional. Agency, empowerment, independence...they were all mine. But as romances do, it soon faded. But then we moved into a new phase where the transactions--though they were just that--were solid and reliable. I trusted it. And how much more when it began solving my problems, one by one. The elation. I felt my mind start to ease. The promise was there. This thing I'd become enmeshed with had demonstrated true power and value. It had stood by me. And I said to myself, "This must be what it feels like to be truly loved." And then something happened. It finished solving all of my problems, or what I thought were my problems. Only for me to discover that it had led me unprepared to a set of larger issues that I hadn't been aware of. And then, like the bad lover that it is, it left me. Out there. I could still see and hold it, but its power...it's loyalty...it's beauty...had simply transferred out. Eventually, it left physically as well. Money. It's the disillusionment that stings the most.
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Love the MMA vs. pro wrestling analogy!
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@logicalconceptofficial I almost admire your blind faith. (and answer your own question)
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@MajorShot And how you act is based on how the coder wants you to act. Religious people have no intention of proving God because it's faith (alone) that gives their lives meaning. Me, I see no reason to believe that I couldn't prove we're in some kind of a simulation (some scientists already believe this). If some gamer IS controlling all of this, psychology would indicate that they're a very sad person who wants to be exposed...and that reality would eventually influence their programming. Hence, I may have no choice but to prove it. Finally, I see no reason to believe that the nature of my reality (or what I believe about it) should have a negative impact on my attitude. Seeing what is to be seen is only step 1...and I never said that free will can't exist.
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@MajorShot "Ultimately the question to life being good or bad is whether it is better that it is, or whether it would have been better if it never happened. For everyone the answer is both in some ways, you are swayed in both directions often depending how you are feeling." Nietzsche would never have seen it this way. Too many people lean toward the death impulse and they don't even know it. This saps the potential of humanity and causes us to stall out. Could it be that they simply fail to wonder at the larger questions of life and reality? Or did the gamer code them to have a neutralizing tension between life and death impulses (in the interest of control)?
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@MajorShot My view is that there's perception, and then there's better perception; there's interpretation, and then there's more accurate interpretation. Speaking more directly, I'm not limited to believing A or B. For instance, I could believe that "reality" was intentionally flawed as part of a great challenge. Or I could believe many other things about it, all the while collecting new data and adjusting my beliefs and perceptions. On the whole, I believe your views are more religious than mine. Which is fine, because Peterson's never claimed to be a scientist. Furthermore, you seem to have a pure spirit, which counts for a lot. But try to keep an open mind.
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