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تجنب. القتل والاغتصاب واستعباد الآخرين
Évitez; assassiner, le viol et l'esclavage des autres
Avoid; murder, rape and enslavement of others

-----Original Message-----
From: archytas <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 11:27 PM
Subject: Re: Mind's Eye Re: Delusions

Has anyone else noticed that a colon and a right parenthesis look like a 
symbol for a cut-throat razor? :)

On Wednesday, 11 February 2015 22:19:52 UTC, Chris Jenkins wrote:
>
> No justifications, dear Gabs. Just a correction. :)
>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 4:58 PM, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Oh yes, What, who, whose questions are being ommitted is quite telling. 
>> There is a geometry in that too, of course. I explicitly said no blaming, 
>> and you come up with justifications?! For what? Yes, we were close to my 
>> wish come true, but then Facil appeared and it all started again. There is 
>> nothing I can do about it from where I sit. ;)
>>
>> Am Mittwoch, 11. Februar 2015 schrieb Chris Jenkins :
>>
>>> Oh, how quickly time muddles the recollection...perhaps you should go 
>>> back and review some of those posts before I left. It was for the same 
>>> reason Craig did, and had nothing to do with the legacy nature of an email 
>>> list. I was overloaded between job and family, and simply couldn't keep up 
>>> with the volume of communication (a strike against your assertion I left 
>>> because I knew it was an outdated format). There were hundreds of posts, 
>>> some of them quite combative (*ahem*), and any action taken by mods to keep 
>>> the list adhering to its original intent was met with a hearty round of 
>>> "fuck you matey". It was draining. 
>>>
>>> My goodbye: 
>>> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/minds-eye/by$20chris/minds-eye/ZQB5vLJ2rSI/0GbRK-9nz-AJ
>>>
>>> Note that I put it to the group to decide, specifically because there 
>>> was no other way to effectively determine any sort of self governance, and 
>>> I didn't feel I had the right to make an arbitrary decision without input. 
>>>
>>> You promptly attacked every facet of my decision (and I expected no 
>>> less). There was a long and robust conversation with a ton of familiar 
>>> faces (most missing now). Your first vote was for a natural death. Have you 
>>> gotten your wish?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 12:37 PM, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>>  Over a thousand members, 5 actually post?
>>>>
>>>>  
>>>> This question coming from you? YOU! Oh come on, Chrissy baby! This is 
>>>> an outdated format here that doesn't generate much traffic anymore. You 
>>>> know that, that`s your job to know that, that`s why you quit the mod job 
>>>> here! No one is blaming you for that but don´t play the innocent here! You 
>>>> introduced no transparent polling as to who should become your successor, 
>>>> but lay down your crown to the one who threw his hat in the ring, a method 
>>>> acceptable for the queen also. Nice try, dear.
>>>>
>>>> 2015-02-11 17:34 GMT+01:00 Chris Jenkins <[email protected]>:
>>>>
>>>>> Yep, he passed the bar some time ago, which is a big part of why he no 
>>>>> longer had time for these conversations. 
>>>>>
>>>>> He's not alone in that, apparently. Over a thousand members, 5 
>>>>> actually post?
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 11:32 AM, archytas <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Such charm as ever Gabby.  The term paedophile is not well taken here 
>>>>>> and may really insult Allan and make him sad.  Molly was gone, in the 
>>>>>> sense 
>>>>>> of 'gone fishin'.  Craig was becoming a lawyer.  Hope he made it. He was 
>>>>>> a 
>>>>>> Mormon too.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It would have been nice to hear updates on Bacon.  There were eleven 
>>>>>> Idols.  I expect your superior model incorporates them, or perhaps spits 
>>>>>> spleen.  We can only be sure of never seeing it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We model defeasibly now and use a lot of geometry because a lot of us 
>>>>>> think in shape.  The idea is to make natural language usable by the 
>>>>>> machine.  It has even more difficulty making sense of just what humans 
>>>>>> say 
>>>>>> than a pair of paranoid-schizoid positionists.  We do consider 'shapes' 
>>>>>> like the molygon as underliers in our logic and they are instructive.  A 
>>>>>> gabbygon is on the horizon - some no doubt thinking this is the best 
>>>>>> place.  The general theory is called 'bag of words' - we look for shapes 
>>>>>> in 
>>>>>> text to give context meaning and identify root metaphors.  You probably 
>>>>>> know how the SNERT stands out like a sore thumb?  Maybe accusing old men 
>>>>>> and their dogs kind of thing?  We are trying to find much more routine 
>>>>>> issues in word use to get at some of Tony has described as dishonesty  
>>>>>> from 
>>>>>> 'bag of words' samples taken from the 'marketplace' and other Idol 
>>>>>> conversations.  What the machine establishes from metadata - considering 
>>>>>> we 
>>>>>> often haven't - is fascinating because we are not sure what it i doing 
>>>>>> at 
>>>>>> all.  We have it working on the self-justification of psychopaths at the 
>>>>>> moment.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Gravity obviously collapses on seeing a photograph of me.  Thanks for 
>>>>>> the memory.  
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at 3:13:50 PM UTC, Gabby wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This here is my real lesson. You have been bringing up and pushing 
>>>>>>> this idol model so many times that I have forgotten what the one was 
>>>>>>> that I 
>>>>>>> found better. All that I remember is that it was either located in the 
>>>>>>> alchemy or in the metaphysical poetry context. It was a perfect four is 
>>>>>>> all 
>>>>>>> that is left. It has been overwritten by your four idols.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 2015-02-11 1:35 GMT+01:00 archytas <[email protected]>:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Francis Bacon classified the intellectual fallacies of his time 
>>>>>>>> under four headings which he called idols. He distinguished them as 
>>>>>>>> idols 
>>>>>>>> of the Tribe, idols of the e, idols of the Marketplace and idols of 
>>>>>>>> the 
>>>>>>>> Theatre. An idol is an image, in this case held in the mind, which 
>>>>>>>> receives 
>>>>>>>> veneration but is without substance in itself. Bacon did not regard 
>>>>>>>> idols 
>>>>>>>> as symbols, but rather as fixations.  They expand a bit like this:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 1. Tribe
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The example of desiring to see more order in the universe than is 
>>>>>>>> actually there is one of his examples of an idol of the tribe. He 
>>>>>>>> thinks 
>>>>>>>> that we all suffer from that one.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 2. Cave
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> An example of an idol of the cave (one of Bacon's examples) is that 
>>>>>>>> some minds are more drawn to new things and new ideas than they are to 
>>>>>>>> what 
>>>>>>>> has been around for a long time, while other minds are more drawn to 
>>>>>>>> "tradition" and "old school" ideas and ways than they are to newness. 
>>>>>>>> Bacon 
>>>>>>>> thinks we should become aware what our own tendency is so that we can 
>>>>>>>> make 
>>>>>>>> corrections for it. He hopes that by becoming aware of our own mind's 
>>>>>>>> tendencies toward loving novelty or tradition that we might be able to 
>>>>>>>> "correct" for them and then hopefully see things more clearly and 
>>>>>>>> truly.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 3. Marketplace
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We often use words very loosely in common discourse. Bacon sees 
>>>>>>>> nothing wrong with that when we are just speaking ordinary language 
>>>>>>>> with 
>>>>>>>> friends and family. But, when it comes to trying to describe the world 
>>>>>>>> accurately and precisely, we should be aware of our tendency to use 
>>>>>>>> words 
>>>>>>>> loosely and should try to correct for it. When we are trying to speak 
>>>>>>>> precisely we should probably not say things like "The mountain is out 
>>>>>>>> today" (anyone outside of the Puget Sound area wouldn't have a clue 
>>>>>>>> what 
>>>>>>>> this means); or "The sun went under a cloud" (the sun did not go 
>>>>>>>> anywhere, 
>>>>>>>> let along underneath something); or "The sun came up this morning" 
>>>>>>>> (the 
>>>>>>>> earth actually just rotated). None of those sentences is precisely 
>>>>>>>> true, 
>>>>>>>> and if we use language imprecisely like this it can sometimes 
>>>>>>>> accidentally 
>>>>>>>> lead to huge misapprehensions about the world. Bacon thinks this 
>>>>>>>> misuse of 
>>>>>>>> words and language causes far more problems than we realize.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 4. Theatre
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> If you can think of someone you know who has recently bought into a 
>>>>>>>> whole new religion or philosophy or psychology, you can probably see 
>>>>>>>> how 
>>>>>>>> they have suddenly come to interpret everything in the universe 
>>>>>>>> according 
>>>>>>>> to their new world view. That world view has become the new lens 
>>>>>>>> through 
>>>>>>>> which they perceive and interpret everything in their world. What 
>>>>>>>> Bacon 
>>>>>>>> says, though, is that we all do this. We all interpret the world 
>>>>>>>> through 
>>>>>>>> the lens of our own little world view. It's just easier to see other 
>>>>>>>> people 
>>>>>>>> doing it than it is to see ourselves doing it. Bacon thinks we should 
>>>>>>>> become aware of how these world views shape and distort our own 
>>>>>>>> perceptions 
>>>>>>>> of the world so that we might be able to correct for it a bit.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This is old work.  My questions are about how we recognise the 
>>>>>>>> 'second head' as a delusion yet move hardly at all on obvious 
>>>>>>>> political 
>>>>>>>> delusions like economics, votes counting, social care, public 
>>>>>>>> ignorance and 
>>>>>>>> the making invisible of many social issues.  For me, deep questions on 
>>>>>>>> self 
>>>>>>>> are involved.  The internet self is unlikely to be, as Tony says, the 
>>>>>>>> same 
>>>>>>>> as the 'real'one - but then we have know for much longer than the 
>>>>>>>> internet 
>>>>>>>> people don't say the same things in different contexts.  In fact the 
>>>>>>>> man or 
>>>>>>>> woman in the bar often looks totally different the morning after, let 
>>>>>>>> alone 
>>>>>>>> what the politician says in a speech compared with when she is with 
>>>>>>>> her 
>>>>>>>> backroom boys in the spin room.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> .
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, February 10, 2015 at 10:17:04 PM UTC, archytas wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> At least with my knowledge of delusions I can imagine certain 
>>>>>>>>> people growing a second head overnight and shooting the wrong spare.  
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, February 10, 2015 at 10:11:09 PM UTC, archytas wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> That seems to run to form Gabby.  
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, February 10, 2015 at 10:06:43 PM UTC, Gabby wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Facil picked up your question and gave his answer, I agreed and 
>>>>>>>>>>> then came Allan barking at Facil and I told Allan to watch his 
>>>>>>>>>>> tongue or 
>>>>>>>>>>> leave to his own thread. Only then did you enter the group timeline 
>>>>>>>>>>> to 
>>>>>>>>>>> start your big daddy has come home show. Now tell me what my 
>>>>>>>>>>> deceitful 
>>>>>>>>>>> intent was ... Or better, tell me tomorrow, I'm off for today.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Am Dienstag, 10. Februar 2015 schrieb archytas :
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> The only people I meet like that tend to be online students 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Tony.  We use Skype video conferencing for a few sessions, so have 
>>>>>>>>>>>> actually 
>>>>>>>>>>>> seen each other.  I'm quieter than people imagine, though none 
>>>>>>>>>>>> have yet 
>>>>>>>>>>>> said 'uglier'.  I'm very prone to catch whatever bugs go around 
>>>>>>>>>>>> university 
>>>>>>>>>>>> environments too, so rather like electronic distance.  With 
>>>>>>>>>>>> colleagues, the 
>>>>>>>>>>>> situation is we know a lot more about each other than most in 
>>>>>>>>>>>> online 
>>>>>>>>>>>> encounters.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> My version has 'confusion' written through it.  I say 
>>>>>>>>>>>> something, Gabby takes it another way, or knows what I intended 
>>>>>>>>>>>> and chooses 
>>>>>>>>>>>> another slant for whatever reason.  Online, I assume she has a 
>>>>>>>>>>>> sense of 
>>>>>>>>>>>> humour and a good turn with words.  Deception is not part of this 
>>>>>>>>>>>> in the 
>>>>>>>>>>>> first place.  Just guesses with less risk than so called reality.  
>>>>>>>>>>>> I 
>>>>>>>>>>>> suppose the classic online deceiver is the groomer - where the 
>>>>>>>>>>>> intent is to 
>>>>>>>>>>>> set up and image and then meet the victim.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, February 10, 2015 at 7:54:18 PM UTC, facilitator 
>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>  On Tuesday, February 10, 2015 at 2:11:33 PM UTC-5, archytas 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The delusion that we are what we project is interesting Tony. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> "We claim to be what we project".  Your version allows for 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> reality mine allows for dishonesty. I think most people want to 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> project a 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> filtered image of themselves enough so that if we ever meet 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> people who 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> we've only conversed with online we become slightly astonished 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> how 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> different they appear and act in "real life".  
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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