An actual STARGATE/PORTAL-THING was caught on film in New Mexico. The footage can be found within the short-film entitled "SUDDEN PORTHOLE", which is parked at the PROJECT CAMELOT YouTube page (it's under the George Noory video).
I'm not selling anything…I'm just trying to spread the word about the unseen-dimensions we find ourselves embedded in.
My BLOG contains peripheral data regarding the movie and is where I reply to the "debunkers" (use search words "SAM ZURICK" & "BLOG"). THANKS!!
It would also seem, he taught you how to speak clearly, and explain things in a way,that your not over-boasting. Next time chew gum, hop on one foot, bouncing a basketball, and reading one of his books while talking. Well done Sir Pope!
@Flint1545 - I disagree. I know a number of people who have unquestioning fundamental beliefs, and some of them are dullards to say the least. Then I know others who don't have a firm belief in anything, and they are some of the most creative and fascinating people I know.
Also the world is a much more intriguing & brilliant place, when you are flexible in you beliefs, therefore experiencing multiple realities rather than just the one reality tunnel.
This is a slightly depressing and bitter view of ... well, everything. I say you absolutely need 10s in life (e.g. passion for your work). Otherwise we wouldn't have any Picassos or Dian Fosseys. The world without people like them is boring.
I subscribe to this completely and always have done, its infuriating to a lot of people. But it brings me alo't of solace and contributes to the fact that I don't get depressed or stressed very often.
A great philosophical dissertation in the ancient peripatetic form flitting about in cyberspace,well done.I give God a 9.999etc.to infinity.I am a witness to such epic and astonishing serendipity qualifying as miracles that I reverse the equation.I give myself a 9.999etc chance of actually existing. I only exist because God believes in me.I have to make up the other percentage and it's infinite as well.The concept of infinity has driven more than one brilliant mathematician mad. Wilson rocks
i think i knew Bob Wilson. Maybe it was another person with that name. although probably not 2 of that same name and age from Rochester. Here's a bit of planetary physics that is not part of common knowledge: At a planetary level things near the center of mass actually "fall" outward and land on the inner surface. Gforces sum to zero 1. at the center of mass and 2 points or one spherical plane between the inner and outer surface. I haven't ever heard of anyone else saying that.
@hypnofan35 i guess what this means that everything that can see to be spherical in space has most of it mass gravitating away from the center and stopping when the lateral gravity matches the "compressing" gravity. This means that there could be an inner world where conditions allow. Because the whole inner space has similar downard gravity and the ability to hold and atmosphere.
Well we do have something solid to hang onto, our being, at least for a time but that is taken from us as well! If we didnt have that to hang onto into this big ol world we would be quite mad. Thats how the stereotypical guru would snap his students back into being, via pain. Which brings us back into that undeniable connection with something solid.
Way to simple, that's why it gets confusing, everything you see in the reality is actually a ten, it is manifest because (partially) of your belief and the belief calibrates your measuring devices. The thing one must learn to do, is remove belief and "mattering", so you can induce change. When you change a belief, your new choices and decisions will act accordingly and you will see and act different. This in itself is also simple, but perhaps one will get the basic idea.
Way to simple, that's why it gets confusing, everything you see in the reality is actually a ten, it is manifest because (partially) of your belief and the belief calibrates your measuring devices. The thing one must learn to do, is remove belief and "mattering", so you can induce change. When you change a belief, your new choices and decisions will act accordingly and you will see and act different. This in itself is also simple, but perhaps one will get the basic idea.
Way to simple, that's why it gets confusing, everything you see in the reality is actually a ten, it is manifest because (partially) of your belief and the belief calibrates your measuring devices. The thing one must learn to do, is remove belief and "mattering", so you can induce change. When you change a belief, your new choices and decisions will act accordingly and you will see and act different. This in itself is also simple, but perhaps one will get the basic idea.
Way to simple, that's why it gets confusing, everything you see in the reality is actually a ten, it is manifest because (partially) of your belief and the belief calibrates your measuring devices. The thing one must learn to do, is remove belief and "mattering", so you can induce change. When you change a belief, your new choices and decisions will act accordingly and you will see and act different. This in itself is also simple, but perhaps one will get the basic idea.
Way to simple, that's why it gets confusing, everything you see in the reality is actually a ten, it is manifest because (partially) of your belief and the belief calibrates your measuring devices. The thing one must learn to do, is remove belief and "mattering", so you can induce change. When you change a belief, your new choices and decisions will act accordingly and you will see and act different. This in itself is also simple, but perhaps one will get the basic idea.
Way to simple, that's why it gets confusing, everything you see in the reality is actually a ten, it is manifest because (partially) of your belief and the belief calibrates your measuring devices. The thing one must learn to do, is remove belief and "mattering", so you can induce change. When you change a belief, your new choices and decisions will act accordingly and you will see and act different. This in itself is also simple, but perhaps one will get the basic idea.The reality is not linear
Way to simple, that's why it gets confusing, everything you see in the reality is actually a ten, it is manifest because (partially) of your belief and the belief calibrates your measuring devices. The thing one must learn to do, is remove belief and "mattering", so you can induce change. When you change a belief, your new choices and decisions will act accordingly and you will see and act different. This in itself is also simple, but perhaps one will get the basic idea.The reality is not linear
Way to simple, that's why it gets confusing, everything you see in the reality is actually a ten, it is manifest because (partially) of your belief and the belief calibrates your measuring devices. The thing one must learn to do, is remove belief and "mattering", so you can induce change. When you change a belief, your new choices and decisions will act accordingly and you will see and act different. This in itself is also simple, but perhaps one will get the basic idea.The reality is not linear
To be a variable compasitor is to feel alot of resistance. Dimmers hold back alot of energy inorder to dim because the circuit is either on or off. He says stupid stuff like this as a way to put cracks in peoples opinions that don't align with his. Once there is cracks and a opening to infect he will then get into those cracks and break you. I imagine he was told "NO!" by his date and he used this argument to get to first base.
This guy considers himself clever. He uses fancy words and clever examples but it's a bunch of intellectual masterbation. He knows that he is not correct but doesn't think anyone is smart enough to argue with him. On a scale of 0-10 without using absolute 0 or absolute 10 now describe Dead. Alright now describe yes or no. Our brains and computers us 0's and 1's for all deductions. Any deviation from this is a malfunction.
@TheIkkap Any believe taken to an absolute, a 0 or a 10, will cause your brain to change reality to suit those beliefs. Instead of holding doubt and self criticism with an expanding worldview, you will subject yourself to a cognitive delusion; a worldview filled with confirmation bias. Challenging the absolutes causes cognitive dissonance, emotional distress, and to some extent, violence.
None of the world's problems were caused by the "dimmer switch". They were caused by absolute beliefs.
@Dirge987 I am more open to this opinion since you have pointed out fanaticism. I was hearing this point of view more as a way to make people wishy washy and more apt to run with some liberal ideas. Not a way to save the world.
@Dirge987 The universe is run on very clear laws not dimmer switches. This topic has me arguing with myself. I can think of arguements for both sides. I am leaning towards "Either or Or". Am I Right or Wrong? If I am either then we are in absolute territory. If I am in the middle maybe I'm proving his theory. Egad......
I'll rephrase, when he talks out his ass he tells you that he is. When he doesn't know, he tells you. He explains the subjectivity of reality. He wrote numerous books, some are brilliant, but always with humor. You on the other hand are nobody.
Really great video. I once had a conversation with a taxi driver who told me something similar, he told me that when something fantastic happens in my life to not be over the moon about it and when something terrible happens to also not take that too seriously either as things will always end up at the opposite end of the scale sooner or later. He was right and so are you. Great advice. Thank you!
There is one small modification to this system that I would like to suggest: don't limit yourself to 1 - 9. You can go as high as 9.9, 9.999, 9.99999, or even higher if sufficient evidence is available. Likewise, levels of confidence can approach zero, even if they never reach it.
There is one small modification to this system that I would like to suggest: don't limit yourself to 1 - 9. You can go as high as 9.9, 9.999, 9.99999, or even higher if sufficient evidence is available. Likewise, levels of confidence can approach zero, even if they never reach it.
The closed mind to which you refer is a different matter from the principles of rational thinking. Though closed mindedness abounds, there are times when others will think a person who IS right has a closed mind. An open mind should not be a a garbage receptacle.
Fair enough, however the wording must be clear. As it is, you have indeed committed the aforementioned fallacy. Absolute certainty is a huge value for living and for understanding. Concepts must be clearly understood, by more than just their definition. A rational mind seeks to know when it understands. Though errors occur, one cannot discover them without acting upon what he believes to be true. If contradictions do arise then he may have learned a better absolute.
I have not denied your assertions, I have asked you to consider what they signify. You have simply disregarded the meaning & implications in your very own words. That is you deny Truth & Certainty whilst attempting to convince me (& other readers) that one thing or another in your comments IS the Truth. This error is known as The Fallacy of The Stolen Concept.
Are you *certain* I err? Why use the word "because", instead of "maybe"? "Because" presumes a cause & an effect. Under Skepticism that can't be known. Are you sure it is dubious? To grasp the example one must think. You typed a response, quite certain it would appear here, & expecting me to get it. That understanding is *correct* (save temporary errors in the system). You acted on it as a Truth while denying truth. The e.g. isn't vague, it is un-reason that is vague.
I also want to bring up that most of us just want something that "Just works". Science is not that, but it serves the money making reality of products that must work. Science and math have to work very hard to develop theories that can provide a predictable result. But consider this, if it was absolute what would prevent it from being infinite? If your computer was absolute we would not still be developing newer and faster processors.
Reminds me of an excerpt from Richard Dawkin's 'The God Delusion' where he talks about a scale on which people can place themselves regarding their religious beliefs.
It's a very helpful and incredibly productive way of understanding reality, that which, everyone should adopt.
This waffling skepticism is a ZERO. The purpose of our sensory, perceptual & conceptual systems is to discover what IS absolutely true (TEN). That system is not automatic, so we must learn Reason to identify which facts of reality naturally integrate to form Principles WITH *their proper context*. Done right, rational certainty can be achieved. The GOAL is 0 or 10 not mush.
Wilson's skeptical nonsense could not be circulated without the CERTAIN physics of your computer, the Internet etc.
Well your computer is not certain, that's a very big mis-conception. You computer operates within certain allowable tolerances. the machine of "Absolute 1 and 0" "true or false" actually operates by voltage tolerances if it's low it's 0 if it's high it's 1. If you dig far enough into any science or math you will see that it works upon tolerances and probability, even 1 + 1 = 2 can be debated. But why should we when it does what we want it to do?
The tolerances to which you refer DO result in absolutes. It is irrelevant that the voltage range may vary, the RESULT is absolute. All knowledge we hold is based on the Units of our perception (however enhanced by technology) and a particular context. One unit is 1. Have another unit: in the same context? That unit too, is 1. Want to save mental space? Make a new concept for having both units. Call it "Two" (in English). It is conceptually absolute, and fits with reality.
No it does not result in an Absolute! it results in an absolute relevance to a reference. Our perception is what makes it an absolute by our standards.
My point is no matter what you are dealing with when you break it down small enough you end up in uncertainty. It's a job best left to philosophers, physicists and mathematicians. And should not affect normal life, but to deny it is foolish.
But the issue of the video's 'philosophy' is that there are no absolutes. By saying, "it results in an absolute relevance to a reference" you have simply confirmed my point. There ARE absolutes, once you know how they work. And as I say elsewhere, it is the absolutes that make life successful, and even happy. I am absolutely certain that the consequence of the ideas in this video serve only to wreck that success and happiness. Minds should Work hard to be Certain.
Thus 1+1=2 ...absolutely, irrefutably, forever. Gravity is absolute on a macro scale. Even the charge of an electron or proton is astonishingly absolute. Perhaps, some electrons are lower, and some are higher, but *en masse* we can count on them to have the charge (the elementary charge).
If you are not absolutely certain, for all intents and purposes, that gravity will draw you to the ground, you could make some pretty fatal mistakes. Death is absolute.
I think we are both talking on top of the mountain. The point I made is probably what most normal people ignore. What this guy is saying could have been heeded a few years ago with the economy. I'll sum up there are few absolutes and of those few they can be broken down to uncertainty. BUT it does not affect us.
What does affect us is absolute belief in things that may change in our lifetime. A paradigm shift is not much of a big deal if you had a 9 belief.
Yes! ... because the paradigm shift was really only a matter of understanding. The realities were always there, and the paradigm shift moved minds a to better 'synch' with reality. That is because Reality itself IS absolute.
Anton Wilson is looking at economists. Put ten in a room, and you'll get 20 different opinions. But that is only ignorance of relevant facts and their meaning. Where facts hold true Absolute Certainty is inescapably real.
Yes! ... because the paradigm shift was really only a matter of understanding. The realities were always there, and the paradigm shift moved minds a to better 'synch' with reality. That is because Reality itself IS absolute.
Anton Wilson is looking at economists. Put ten in a room, and you'll get 20 different opinions. But that is only ignorance of relevant facts and their meaning. Where facts hold true Absolute Certainty is inescapably real.
Yes! ... because the paradigm shift was really only a matter of understanding. The realities were always there, and the paradigm shift moved minds a to better 'synch' with reality. That is because Reality itself IS absolute.
Anton Wilson is looking at economists. Put ten in a room, and you'll get 20 different opinions. But that is only ignorance of relevant facts and their meaning. Where facts hold true Absolute Certainty is inescapably real.
Yes! ... because the paradigm shift was really only a matter of understanding. The realities were always there, and the paradigm shift moved minds a to better 'sync' with that reality. That is because Reality IS absolute.
Anton Wilson is looking at economists. Put ten in a room, and you'll get 20 different opinions. But that is only ignorance of relevant facts and their meaning. Where facts hold true Absolute Certainty is inescapably real.
Yes! ... because the paradigm shift was really only a matter of understanding. The realities were always there, and the paradigm shift moved minds a to better 'sync' with that reality. That is because Reality IS absolute.
Anton Wilson is looking at economists. Put ten in a room, and you'll get 20 different opinions. But that is only ignorance of relevant facts and their meaning. Where facts hold true Absolute Certainty is inescapably real.
Yes! ... because the paradigm shift was really only a matter of understanding. The realities were always there, and the paradigm shift moved minds a to better 'sync' with that reality. That is because Reality IS absolute.
Anton Wilson is looking at economists. Put ten in a room, and you'll get 20 different opinions. But that is only ignorance of relevant facts and their meaning. Where facts hold true Absolute Certainty is inescapably real.
Direct sunlight damages your camera. Just a heads up.
This is a very interesting concept. I like the idea of putting thoughts on a scale of belief, except when it comes to the things I believe in. It's all well and good to rate the things I doubt based on how much I doubt them, but there are some things in life that I don't want to doubt, even if it's possible, however remotely, that they aren't real. But isn't admitting that it's possible automatically put it at a nine? Hmm...
Im not a big fan of your rankings, no offense. Jesse Ventura is pretty much a nut job, did u see his TV show. And although Ron his an honorable man, I would say his vision of America is unworkable
Yeah that's why I like him. I enjoy knowing the truth.
Plus, his TV show was the only TV show I've watched in the last 15 years. Throw away your TV and you learn to think for yourself and you learn the truth.
People who use the term "truther" are worse than people who use the word "nigger." Same shit, different asshole.
You have to go easy on them, they really have no idea what is actually going on...we were asleep once too. And people need to stop looking for gurus. RAW has some good points but he's done a shit-ton of drugs. I don't trust his "insight" any more than someone who is drunk on power and money.
That's all well and good but sometimes, sometimes you just have to believe. When there's 10 seconds left in the game, you're a point down and you happen to be Michael, if you don't believe you can put that ball in the net then, well you're not really Michael are you?.
i like this guys voice
o0AHughman0o 2 days ago
What about physically healthy - you sound like you're about to have a heart-attack at any second ! Mentally healthy is also NB though.
sipeirson 3 months ago
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I'm not selling anything…I'm just trying to spread the word about the unseen-dimensions we find ourselves embedded in.
My BLOG contains peripheral data regarding the movie and is where I reply to the "debunkers" (use search words "SAM ZURICK" & "BLOG"). THANKS!!
peopledick 4 months ago
It would also seem, he taught you how to speak clearly, and explain things in a way,that your not over-boasting. Next time chew gum, hop on one foot, bouncing a basketball, and reading one of his books while talking. Well done Sir Pope!
HedronHelios 5 months ago
@Flint1545 - I disagree. I know a number of people who have unquestioning fundamental beliefs, and some of them are dullards to say the least. Then I know others who don't have a firm belief in anything, and they are some of the most creative and fascinating people I know.
Also the world is a much more intriguing & brilliant place, when you are flexible in you beliefs, therefore experiencing multiple realities rather than just the one reality tunnel.
FruitbatTV 9 months ago
And what is mentally healthy anyway?
Flint1545 10 months ago
@Flint1545 If you feel okay then you're healthy.
If you don't feel okay then you're not healthy.
bobbygnosis 7 months ago
This is a slightly depressing and bitter view of ... well, everything. I say you absolutely need 10s in life (e.g. passion for your work). Otherwise we wouldn't have any Picassos or Dian Fosseys. The world without people like them is boring.
Flint1545 10 months ago
Meh I give this a 5 ;)
jellybeansinc 11 months ago
This is brilliant.
MrErisian 11 months ago
ALL PERCEPTION IS GAMBLE!
TruthJockey 1 year ago
There's nothing quite like listening to someone help you marginalizing your own beliefs...
touchnova 1 year ago
I give this a 10 or a 0 : )
MultiMudskipper 1 year ago
I subscribe to this completely and always have done, its infuriating to a lot of people. But it brings me alo't of solace and contributes to the fact that I don't get depressed or stressed very often.
sacredgeometry 1 year ago
@sacredgeometry *a lot
sacredgeometry 1 year ago
Q: What do you call an empty jar of Cheeze Whiz?
A: Cheeze Whuz.
m4lvolio 1 year ago
A great philosophical dissertation in the ancient peripatetic form flitting about in cyberspace,well done.I give God a 9.999etc.to infinity.I am a witness to such epic and astonishing serendipity qualifying as miracles that I reverse the equation.I give myself a 9.999etc chance of actually existing. I only exist because God believes in me.I have to make up the other percentage and it's infinite as well.The concept of infinity has driven more than one brilliant mathematician mad. Wilson rocks
euripideesshreds 1 year ago
Modern day Socrates right here!
VitaminTMan 1 year ago
I'm one fucking smart Tibetan caterpillar!
samanthalynn6790 1 year ago
i think i knew Bob Wilson. Maybe it was another person with that name. although probably not 2 of that same name and age from Rochester. Here's a bit of planetary physics that is not part of common knowledge: At a planetary level things near the center of mass actually "fall" outward and land on the inner surface. Gforces sum to zero 1. at the center of mass and 2 points or one spherical plane between the inner and outer surface. I haven't ever heard of anyone else saying that.
hypnofan35 1 year ago
@hypnofan35 i guess what this means that everything that can see to be spherical in space has most of it mass gravitating away from the center and stopping when the lateral gravity matches the "compressing" gravity. This means that there could be an inner world where conditions allow. Because the whole inner space has similar downard gravity and the ability to hold and atmosphere.
hypnofan35 1 year ago
i like how the conclusion is dont trust women
daanigarda 1 year ago 2
awesome video, thanks
Antranik01 1 year ago
Well we do have something solid to hang onto, our being, at least for a time but that is taken from us as well! If we didnt have that to hang onto into this big ol world we would be quite mad. Thats how the stereotypical guru would snap his students back into being, via pain. Which brings us back into that undeniable connection with something solid.
Silvertrine 1 year ago
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Silvertrine 1 year ago
That looks like a great day to go for a walk, looks very crisp and fresh
thnaks for dimmer switcg analogy
subbtopp 1 year ago
Awesome!!
dextc 1 year ago 2
lovely, man walking and talking, thats evolution baby!
finlan9 1 year ago 2
@finlan9 witty!
astralempire 1 year ago
Nice and really straightforward system of managing beliefs! I like it!
Peace
ThereAreNoSides 1 year ago
sounds like a great way to manage grey matter 0 black 10 white and everything in between is grey and gets put on the scale. Like this concept.
madinmelbourne 1 year ago
great
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Way to simple, that's why it gets confusing, everything you see in the reality is actually a ten, it is manifest because (partially) of your belief and the belief calibrates your measuring devices. The thing one must learn to do, is remove belief and "mattering", so you can induce change. When you change a belief, your new choices and decisions will act accordingly and you will see and act different. This in itself is also simple, but perhaps one will get the basic idea.
Richardparistalks 1 year ago
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Way to simple, that's why it gets confusing, everything you see in the reality is actually a ten, it is manifest because (partially) of your belief and the belief calibrates your measuring devices. The thing one must learn to do, is remove belief and "mattering", so you can induce change. When you change a belief, your new choices and decisions will act accordingly and you will see and act different. This in itself is also simple, but perhaps one will get the basic idea.
Richardparistalks 1 year ago
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Way to simple, that's why it gets confusing, everything you see in the reality is actually a ten, it is manifest because (partially) of your belief and the belief calibrates your measuring devices. The thing one must learn to do, is remove belief and "mattering", so you can induce change. When you change a belief, your new choices and decisions will act accordingly and you will see and act different. This in itself is also simple, but perhaps one will get the basic idea.
Richardparistalks 1 year ago
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Way to simple, that's why it gets confusing, everything you see in the reality is actually a ten, it is manifest because (partially) of your belief and the belief calibrates your measuring devices. The thing one must learn to do, is remove belief and "mattering", so you can induce change. When you change a belief, your new choices and decisions will act accordingly and you will see and act different. This in itself is also simple, but perhaps one will get the basic idea.
Richardparistalks 1 year ago
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Way to simple, that's why it gets confusing, everything you see in the reality is actually a ten, it is manifest because (partially) of your belief and the belief calibrates your measuring devices. The thing one must learn to do, is remove belief and "mattering", so you can induce change. When you change a belief, your new choices and decisions will act accordingly and you will see and act different. This in itself is also simple, but perhaps one will get the basic idea.
Richardparistalks 1 year ago
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Way to simple, that's why it gets confusing, everything you see in the reality is actually a ten, it is manifest because (partially) of your belief and the belief calibrates your measuring devices. The thing one must learn to do, is remove belief and "mattering", so you can induce change. When you change a belief, your new choices and decisions will act accordingly and you will see and act different. This in itself is also simple, but perhaps one will get the basic idea.The reality is not linear
Richardparistalks 1 year ago
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Way to simple, that's why it gets confusing, everything you see in the reality is actually a ten, it is manifest because (partially) of your belief and the belief calibrates your measuring devices. The thing one must learn to do, is remove belief and "mattering", so you can induce change. When you change a belief, your new choices and decisions will act accordingly and you will see and act different. This in itself is also simple, but perhaps one will get the basic idea.The reality is not linear
Richardparistalks 1 year ago
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Way to simple, that's why it gets confusing, everything you see in the reality is actually a ten, it is manifest because (partially) of your belief and the belief calibrates your measuring devices. The thing one must learn to do, is remove belief and "mattering", so you can induce change. When you change a belief, your new choices and decisions will act accordingly and you will see and act different. This in itself is also simple, but perhaps one will get the basic idea.The reality is not linear
Richardparistalks 1 year ago
To be a variable compasitor is to feel alot of resistance. Dimmers hold back alot of energy inorder to dim because the circuit is either on or off. He says stupid stuff like this as a way to put cracks in peoples opinions that don't align with his. Once there is cracks and a opening to infect he will then get into those cracks and break you. I imagine he was told "NO!" by his date and he used this argument to get to first base.
TheIkkap 1 year ago
@TheIkkap
Read RAW"s book Prometheus Rising, then comment.
100chemosabe 1 year ago
@100chemosabe I heard of that title before but I don't know anything about it. I will check it out next time I at the bookstore.
TheIkkap 1 year ago
This guy considers himself clever. He uses fancy words and clever examples but it's a bunch of intellectual masterbation. He knows that he is not correct but doesn't think anyone is smart enough to argue with him. On a scale of 0-10 without using absolute 0 or absolute 10 now describe Dead. Alright now describe yes or no. Our brains and computers us 0's and 1's for all deductions. Any deviation from this is a malfunction.
TheIkkap 1 year ago
@TheIkkap Any believe taken to an absolute, a 0 or a 10, will cause your brain to change reality to suit those beliefs. Instead of holding doubt and self criticism with an expanding worldview, you will subject yourself to a cognitive delusion; a worldview filled with confirmation bias. Challenging the absolutes causes cognitive dissonance, emotional distress, and to some extent, violence.
None of the world's problems were caused by the "dimmer switch". They were caused by absolute beliefs.
Dirge987 1 year ago
@Dirge987 I am more open to this opinion since you have pointed out fanaticism. I was hearing this point of view more as a way to make people wishy washy and more apt to run with some liberal ideas. Not a way to save the world.
TheIkkap 1 year ago
@Dirge987 The universe is run on very clear laws not dimmer switches. This topic has me arguing with myself. I can think of arguements for both sides. I am leaning towards "Either or Or". Am I Right or Wrong? If I am either then we are in absolute territory. If I am in the middle maybe I'm proving his theory. Egad......
TheIkkap 1 year ago
I believe Anton Wilson was talking out his arse at the time.
I'm 99.99999% sure.
Apashiol 1 year ago
@Apashiol
Your screen name is close to the truth, you're an asshole.
100chemosabe 1 year ago
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@Apashiol
Your screen name is close to the truth, you're an asshole.
100chemosabe 1 year ago
@Apashiol
Your screen name is close to the truth, you're an asshole.
100chemosabe 1 year ago
@100chemosabe
Ooohh! Bazinga!!
Apashiol 1 year ago
@Apashiol
I'll rephrase, when he talks out his ass he tells you that he is. When he doesn't know, he tells you. He explains the subjectivity of reality. He wrote numerous books, some are brilliant, but always with humor. You on the other hand are nobody.
100chemosabe 1 year ago
I believe Anton Wilson was talking out his arse at the time.
I'm 99.99999% sure.
Apashiol 1 year ago
Really great video. I once had a conversation with a taxi driver who told me something similar, he told me that when something fantastic happens in my life to not be over the moon about it and when something terrible happens to also not take that too seriously either as things will always end up at the opposite end of the scale sooner or later. He was right and so are you. Great advice. Thank you!
Gerrrry 1 year ago
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There is one small modification to this system that I would like to suggest: don't limit yourself to 1 - 9. You can go as high as 9.9, 9.999, 9.99999, or even higher if sufficient evidence is available. Likewise, levels of confidence can approach zero, even if they never reach it.
ThomasAHMoss 1 year ago
There is one small modification to this system that I would like to suggest: don't limit yourself to 1 - 9. You can go as high as 9.9, 9.999, 9.99999, or even higher if sufficient evidence is available. Likewise, levels of confidence can approach zero, even if they never reach it.
ThomasAHMoss 1 year ago
Decent Point
Fish51992 1 year ago
Ok dksi
Fish51992 1 year ago
@dannooll [cont'd]
The closed mind to which you refer is a different matter from the principles of rational thinking. Though closed mindedness abounds, there are times when others will think a person who IS right has a closed mind. An open mind should not be a a garbage receptacle.
RnBramwell 1 year ago
@dannooll
Fair enough, however the wording must be clear. As it is, you have indeed committed the aforementioned fallacy. Absolute certainty is a huge value for living and for understanding. Concepts must be clearly understood, by more than just their definition. A rational mind seeks to know when it understands. Though errors occur, one cannot discover them without acting upon what he believes to be true. If contradictions do arise then he may have learned a better absolute.
RnBramwell 1 year ago
What if I AM a caterpillar in Tibet dreaming about this?
megalopolis20 1 year ago
@dannooll
I have not denied your assertions, I have asked you to consider what they signify. You have simply disregarded the meaning & implications in your very own words. That is you deny Truth & Certainty whilst attempting to convince me (& other readers) that one thing or another in your comments IS the Truth. This error is known as The Fallacy of The Stolen Concept.
RnBramwell 1 year ago
@dannooll
Are you *certain* I err? Why use the word "because", instead of "maybe"? "Because" presumes a cause & an effect. Under Skepticism that can't be known. Are you sure it is dubious? To grasp the example one must think. You typed a response, quite certain it would appear here, & expecting me to get it. That understanding is *correct* (save temporary errors in the system). You acted on it as a Truth while denying truth. The e.g. isn't vague, it is un-reason that is vague.
RnBramwell 1 year ago
@RnBramwell
I also want to bring up that most of us just want something that "Just works". Science is not that, but it serves the money making reality of products that must work. Science and math have to work very hard to develop theories that can provide a predictable result. But consider this, if it was absolute what would prevent it from being infinite? If your computer was absolute we would not still be developing newer and faster processors.
filmmonk 1 year ago
Reminds me of an excerpt from Richard Dawkin's 'The God Delusion' where he talks about a scale on which people can place themselves regarding their religious beliefs.
It's a very helpful and incredibly productive way of understanding reality, that which, everyone should adopt.
Great little vid.
jguy83 1 year ago 2
This waffling skepticism is a ZERO. The purpose of our sensory, perceptual & conceptual systems is to discover what IS absolutely true (TEN). That system is not automatic, so we must learn Reason to identify which facts of reality naturally integrate to form Principles WITH *their proper context*. Done right, rational certainty can be achieved. The GOAL is 0 or 10 not mush.
Wilson's skeptical nonsense could not be circulated without the CERTAIN physics of your computer, the Internet etc.
RnBramwell 1 year ago
@RnBramwell
Well your computer is not certain, that's a very big mis-conception. You computer operates within certain allowable tolerances. the machine of "Absolute 1 and 0" "true or false" actually operates by voltage tolerances if it's low it's 0 if it's high it's 1. If you dig far enough into any science or math you will see that it works upon tolerances and probability, even 1 + 1 = 2 can be debated. But why should we when it does what we want it to do?
filmmonk 1 year ago
@filmmonk
The tolerances to which you refer DO result in absolutes. It is irrelevant that the voltage range may vary, the RESULT is absolute. All knowledge we hold is based on the Units of our perception (however enhanced by technology) and a particular context. One unit is 1. Have another unit: in the same context? That unit too, is 1. Want to save mental space? Make a new concept for having both units. Call it "Two" (in English). It is conceptually absolute, and fits with reality.
RnBramwell 1 year ago
@RnBramwell
No it does not result in an Absolute! it results in an absolute relevance to a reference. Our perception is what makes it an absolute by our standards.
My point is no matter what you are dealing with when you break it down small enough you end up in uncertainty. It's a job best left to philosophers, physicists and mathematicians. And should not affect normal life, but to deny it is foolish.
filmmonk 1 year ago
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@filmmonk
But the issue of the video's 'philosophy' is that there are no absolutes. By saying, "it results in an absolute relevance to a reference" you have simply confirmed my point. There ARE absolutes, once you know how they work. And as I say elsewhere, it is the absolutes that make life successful, and even happy. I am absolutely certain that the consequence of the ideas in this video serve only to wreck that success and happiness. Minds should Work hard to be Certain.
RnBramwell 1 year ago
@filmmonk [cont'd]
Thus 1+1=2 ...absolutely, irrefutably, forever. Gravity is absolute on a macro scale. Even the charge of an electron or proton is astonishingly absolute. Perhaps, some electrons are lower, and some are higher, but *en masse* we can count on them to have the charge (the elementary charge).
If you are not absolutely certain, for all intents and purposes, that gravity will draw you to the ground, you could make some pretty fatal mistakes. Death is absolute.
RnBramwell 1 year ago
@RnBramwell
I think we are both talking on top of the mountain. The point I made is probably what most normal people ignore. What this guy is saying could have been heeded a few years ago with the economy. I'll sum up there are few absolutes and of those few they can be broken down to uncertainty. BUT it does not affect us.
What does affect us is absolute belief in things that may change in our lifetime. A paradigm shift is not much of a big deal if you had a 9 belief.
filmmonk 1 year ago
@filmmonk
Yes! ... because the paradigm shift was really only a matter of understanding. The realities were always there, and the paradigm shift moved minds a to better 'synch' with reality. That is because Reality itself IS absolute.
Anton Wilson is looking at economists. Put ten in a room, and you'll get 20 different opinions. But that is only ignorance of relevant facts and their meaning. Where facts hold true Absolute Certainty is inescapably real.
RnBramwell 1 year ago
@filmmonk
Yes! ... because the paradigm shift was really only a matter of understanding. The realities were always there, and the paradigm shift moved minds a to better 'synch' with reality. That is because Reality itself IS absolute.
Anton Wilson is looking at economists. Put ten in a room, and you'll get 20 different opinions. But that is only ignorance of relevant facts and their meaning. Where facts hold true Absolute Certainty is inescapably real.
RnBramwell 1 year ago
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@filmmonk
Yes! ... because the paradigm shift was really only a matter of understanding. The realities were always there, and the paradigm shift moved minds a to better 'synch' with reality. That is because Reality itself IS absolute.
Anton Wilson is looking at economists. Put ten in a room, and you'll get 20 different opinions. But that is only ignorance of relevant facts and their meaning. Where facts hold true Absolute Certainty is inescapably real.
RnBramwell 1 year ago
@filmmonk
Yes! ... because the paradigm shift was really only a matter of understanding. The realities were always there, and the paradigm shift moved minds a to better 'sync' with that reality. That is because Reality IS absolute.
Anton Wilson is looking at economists. Put ten in a room, and you'll get 20 different opinions. But that is only ignorance of relevant facts and their meaning. Where facts hold true Absolute Certainty is inescapably real.
Anton Wilson is wrong.
RnBramwell 1 year ago
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@filmmonk
Yes! ... because the paradigm shift was really only a matter of understanding. The realities were always there, and the paradigm shift moved minds a to better 'sync' with that reality. That is because Reality IS absolute.
Anton Wilson is looking at economists. Put ten in a room, and you'll get 20 different opinions. But that is only ignorance of relevant facts and their meaning. Where facts hold true Absolute Certainty is inescapably real.
Anton Wilson is wrong.
RnBramwell 1 year ago
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@filmmonk
Yes! ... because the paradigm shift was really only a matter of understanding. The realities were always there, and the paradigm shift moved minds a to better 'sync' with that reality. That is because Reality IS absolute.
Anton Wilson is looking at economists. Put ten in a room, and you'll get 20 different opinions. But that is only ignorance of relevant facts and their meaning. Where facts hold true Absolute Certainty is inescapably real.
Anton Wilson is wrong.
RnBramwell 1 year ago
inside of every beLIEf is a lie.
mistermumbojumbo 1 year ago
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I think we need to find that caterpillar in Tibet, and stomp on it!
kmrs1959 1 year ago
where is he walking
mrizaaae 1 year ago
MARK IT ZERO!!
Accelerant12 1 year ago
He sounds.. exactly like Walter from Breaking Bad.
PwnPirate 1 year ago
this guy is like
*walks 1 block* "WHEWW!" *PANT, PANT, PANT*
SuperCtrlaltelite 1 year ago
@SuperCtrlaltelite Hey, walking, thinking, talking and timing it to finish when you get to your door requires plenty of oxygen at our age. :)
What he said made a lot of sense and sounded like a good summary of what Wilson has written about the benefits of 'model agnosticism'.
tashaealee 1 year ago
Direct sunlight damages your camera. Just a heads up.
This is a very interesting concept. I like the idea of putting thoughts on a scale of belief, except when it comes to the things I believe in. It's all well and good to rate the things I doubt based on how much I doubt them, but there are some things in life that I don't want to doubt, even if it's possible, however remotely, that they aren't real. But isn't admitting that it's possible automatically put it at a nine? Hmm...
illznik2 1 year ago
we need to find this caterpillar in Tibet, thats the answer
chipalike 1 year ago 2
i second this action
halojoe10 1 year ago
This is how I view politicians.
I don't look at their party. I look at their fruits.
Ron Paul gets a 9. Mike Gravel gets a 9. Jesse Ventura gets a 9.
Everyone else falls between 1 and 5. I might agree on the 9 level with some politicians but their total harvest of their labor results in a 5 or less.
I like people who aren't bribed by lobbyists and the whims of the mainstream media.
fuckyougeorgebush 1 year ago
Im not a big fan of your rankings, no offense. Jesse Ventura is pretty much a nut job, did u see his TV show. And although Ron his an honorable man, I would say his vision of America is unworkable
DudefromEvanston 1 year ago
@fuckyougeorgebush You know Jesse is a Truther right?
jacobromu 1 year ago
@jacobromu
Yeah that's why I like him. I enjoy knowing the truth.
Plus, his TV show was the only TV show I've watched in the last 15 years. Throw away your TV and you learn to think for yourself and you learn the truth.
People who use the term "truther" are worse than people who use the word "nigger." Same shit, different asshole.
fuckyougeorgebush 1 year ago
@fuckyougeorgebush
You have to go easy on them, they really have no idea what is actually going on...we were asleep once too. And people need to stop looking for gurus. RAW has some good points but he's done a shit-ton of drugs. I don't trust his "insight" any more than someone who is drunk on power and money.
DarkAdaptedEyes 1 year ago
does this mean 1-9 are just fake feelings, ur not truly believing, just rating possibilities in ur life good/bad
miraclechipmunk 1 year ago
That's all well and good but sometimes, sometimes you just have to believe. When there's 10 seconds left in the game, you're a point down and you happen to be Michael, if you don't believe you can put that ball in the net then, well you're not really Michael are you?.
efanku 1 year ago
i give this idea a 10
rebel4evr114 1 year ago
love it - good advice
whiterhinotea 1 year ago
I'd give this about a four.
gbxpert 1 year ago
Where are we going?
Rilles222 2 years ago
sounds OK to me...
Khaching 2 years ago
hmm, that does make sense...
SantisNight 2 years ago