Goedel was a thousand times more important than you will ever be, his IQ far surpassing yours. You should be ashamed of speaking so demeaningly of him.
When you die, you'll be forgotten, no one will remember you. Goedel will live on.
Thank you for bringing this to light. Compartmentalization allowed me to believe in the literal truth of the book of Genesis while understanding the theory of evolution. This lasted for a short while with one or the other being put on the intellectual back burner as it were until it brought about the conflict that was the most painful emotional moment of my life.
Well, take solace in that pain insofar as spiritual/philosophic growth involves such pain if it's authentic. The experience means you've really taken that understanding on board rather than holding it out at the distance of the intellect in a purely academic sense. Kudos for bearing it and going forward.
so true. 'when it comes to beliefs, inconsistency is the rule rather than the exception.' -V.S Ramachandran.
Its not as if we have a unitary intellect, it only feels that way, many brain processes carry on all at once and that's what gives rise to consciousness.
How do I go about "cleaning house" when it comes to these unrealized, unfounded thought compartments? The same compartments that are not truly understood and integrated into my consciousness.
Makes me wonder how strong the core of my beliefs and understanding actually are. How much of it all really represents the true me and how much of it is just hogwash. I think of my computer, I can defragment drives to make it run better, if only I could do that to my head.
Compartmentalization will be less of a problem the more we need, desire and value something, because then our entire psyche gets invested in the task. In philosophy, this is what makes the difference between the academic and the true philosopher. The latter *invests everything* in the task and therefore his intellectual understandings filter through other elements of his mind.
Humor me for a moment. Are you familiar with Stephen Covey's "Put in the Big Rocks First!" story? If so, what are your thoughts on that "self-help illustration"?
I had to look it up, but it seems to be an allegory about getting your priorities and value hierarchies sorted out. I'd agree with that approach because when you attend to the big things, the smaller ones tend to fall into place as a natural consequence.
If you like, with the big rocks in place, the gravel and sand find their natural form around them.
If we are going to compartmentalize (which in most cases we are, to a greater or lesser extent), we should at least be aware of and honest about what we are keeping in little bulletproof boxes.
This doesn't make compartmentalization intellectually acceptable in the ideal sense, but it does at least make honest people of us and pave the way for us to examine the reasons why we choose to set certain things aside as "off-limits."
I'd like to be able to say there's a ready solution to the downside of mental compartmentalisation, but I'm not sure there is. You just have to be on the lookout for where it may be causing you to hold contradictory ideas or act in a way inconsistent with your understanding.
i.e. you have to strive to BE your understanding, not merely possess understanding.
Goedel was a thousand times more important than you will ever be, his IQ far surpassing yours. You should be ashamed of speaking so demeaningly of him.
When you die, you'll be forgotten, no one will remember you. Goedel will live on.
Ti1D 5 months ago
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esplin227 1 year ago
Thank you for bringing this to light. Compartmentalization allowed me to believe in the literal truth of the book of Genesis while understanding the theory of evolution. This lasted for a short while with one or the other being put on the intellectual back burner as it were until it brought about the conflict that was the most painful emotional moment of my life.
scythiconatron 2 years ago
Well, take solace in that pain insofar as spiritual/philosophic growth involves such pain if it's authentic. The experience means you've really taken that understanding on board rather than holding it out at the distance of the intellect in a purely academic sense. Kudos for bearing it and going forward.
MenoftheInfinite 2 years ago
Interesting and informative... thankyou
sleepingTitania 2 years ago
masculine dimension?
stratusmind 3 years ago
so true. 'when it comes to beliefs, inconsistency is the rule rather than the exception.' -V.S Ramachandran.
Its not as if we have a unitary intellect, it only feels that way, many brain processes carry on all at once and that's what gives rise to consciousness.
nspeert 3 years ago
How do I go about "cleaning house" when it comes to these unrealized, unfounded thought compartments? The same compartments that are not truly understood and integrated into my consciousness.
Makes me wonder how strong the core of my beliefs and understanding actually are. How much of it all really represents the true me and how much of it is just hogwash. I think of my computer, I can defragment drives to make it run better, if only I could do that to my head.
Kloxboy 3 years ago
Compartmentalization will be less of a problem the more we need, desire and value something, because then our entire psyche gets invested in the task. In philosophy, this is what makes the difference between the academic and the true philosopher. The latter *invests everything* in the task and therefore his intellectual understandings filter through other elements of his mind.
MenoftheInfinite 3 years ago
Humor me for a moment. Are you familiar with Stephen Covey's "Put in the Big Rocks First!" story? If so, what are your thoughts on that "self-help illustration"?
Kloxboy 3 years ago
I had to look it up, but it seems to be an allegory about getting your priorities and value hierarchies sorted out. I'd agree with that approach because when you attend to the big things, the smaller ones tend to fall into place as a natural consequence.
If you like, with the big rocks in place, the gravel and sand find their natural form around them.
MenoftheInfinite 3 years ago
If we are going to compartmentalize (which in most cases we are, to a greater or lesser extent), we should at least be aware of and honest about what we are keeping in little bulletproof boxes.
This doesn't make compartmentalization intellectually acceptable in the ideal sense, but it does at least make honest people of us and pave the way for us to examine the reasons why we choose to set certain things aside as "off-limits."
Naturyl 3 years ago
I'd like to be able to say there's a ready solution to the downside of mental compartmentalisation, but I'm not sure there is. You just have to be on the lookout for where it may be causing you to hold contradictory ideas or act in a way inconsistent with your understanding.
i.e. you have to strive to BE your understanding, not merely possess understanding.
MenoftheInfinite 3 years ago
Nice video and very infomative. I loved the picture of the brain near the beggining showing its compartmentalisation. Keep up the good work :)
nriab23 3 years ago
My mind seems to only have two compartments. One's full of shit, and the other one's empty. I try to divide my time equally between the two.
mjdoyza 3 years ago
Um, which one of those compartments is enjoying these videos? :)
MenoftheInfinite 3 years ago