These calls keep getting better and better.
Topics include: Placebo/nocebo and the effect of conspiratardism on our health; 'Artificial intelligence' juxtaposed with 'human intelligence'; The demographics of johnlebon.com; Judgement, morality, and objective truth.
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Your thoughts and actions: who is responsible for them? If our lives are being recorded, have we thought through the potential consequences of judging the thoughts and actions of others? Does the ACT realm promote utopian fantasies to people who want to avoid facing reality?
This was the first Sunday Skype following a three-week break. Naturally we had plenty to discuss.
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How would we know if ‘god’ were present in our day-to-day lives? Why do so few of us take the time to look into the history of where our technology comes from? Do people really want the truth, or is it possible that some people are better off in blissful ignorance? And why can’t the average person cite a single study to support their belief that cigarettes are as harmful as we are told?
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Are the people who run the show our enemies? And who are 'we', anyway? Is each individual necessarily part of some collective mass of organisms known as 'humanity'? Or is it possible that some of us are fundamentally and significantly different from the creatures who cannot or will not think? How do we navigate a world in which entire races seem to be disappearing before our eyes? Is it okay to be 'happy' (or at least to try) when one knows what the future holds for the lemming masses?
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What a way to end 2017. This call took place just a few hours after I went to bed following the recording of Farenheit 32.
It is fair to say that the last Member Skype of 2017 was also one of the most enjoyable. Those of you who couldn't make it missed out, bigtime.
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Could they really lie about tens of millions of deaths at war? Speaking of 'them', is it possible they are not really 'evil' after all?
A fascinating conversation which went well beyond the intended one-hour allotment, and for good reason.
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Are the people who run the show ‘evil’? Do ‘paid shills’ really exist? What evidence is there to prove it? How much responsibility ought we take for our own lives? Is the system as bad as some people believe and, if so, why do we continue to play our roles in the system?
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The main topic of conversation in this call was to do with the ethical (moral?) implications concerned with investing in potential ponzi schemes.
Most of us like to think that we have our ethical/moral frameworks finely-tuned and internally consistent... but do we?
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A few weeks ago I enjoyed a wide-ranging conversation with Tomfoolery of the ISS, a YouTuber who rose to prominence in the ACT realm with his series As The Potato Turns, an ingenious mockery of the clowns and charlatans at the top of the Flat Earth food chain.
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On Sunday 10-Dec-2017 myself and several others enjoyed yet another of our now-customary member skype calls. This time we finally recorded a portion to release to Full Members of the site.
The main topic of attention in this chat was Bitcoins and related issues. Over the past couple of weeks this has been my own pet topic and Chad in particular wanted to clarify a few of my claims regarding what I call 'Bitcoin's Tether problem'.
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