And we're back.

[silveradept]

It was an enjoyable, restful break. Tomorrow will be readings and thinkings and a little of this and that, and then we're back into the swing of things.

What are your dreams? Are you helping someone else realize theirs? Are you making yours come true? Are you even aware of your dreams? (And are the ones you really want worth the effort - they should be...) Are you too busy trying to make your kitchen perfect when what you really want is to be a superhero? (Speaking of superheroes, here'sa bit of a blast from the past for you - Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman) In other superhero news, unfortunate Batman found headless in local crime. Going from slightly strange to definitely strange, an Amish teen has been fined for wiretapping.

From strange to aggravating (but still illegal) acts, a discourse on "A Meditation on the Speed Limit". The "Meditation" containing the illegal act, not the discourse. A very strange thing, that whole sequence of events depicted in the video.

Learning something new every day, I have run across the philosophy of Ignosticism, which requires that a coherent definition of G-d or any metaphysical concept be posited before any arguments about tse's existence can be entertained. Which means a good part of what people are raging over gets ignored because they can't provide a coherent, consistent definition. It's an interesting position, one that I'm sure gets rid of much of the hassle involved.

Also, note to self. Rabbit holes are interesting things. Falling down one will take longer than you think to get to the bottom, but hopefully you'll have learned a thing or three hundred along the way. If you want to really understand everyone, you're going to need to fall down a lot of rabbit holes. This also means that you're going to have to get over nervousness about asking questions and figure out some way of knowing which people hold information for you and which people will be nonplussed if you ask them.

Shazbot - I've got a lot of work ahead of me, if I'm going to have to figure that out. Well, I hope that both humans and gods forgive curious idiots. Otherwise I'm screwed. If the preceding makes no sense, don't worry. It might later on, it might not. If it does make sense to you, then congratulations.

Comments

[sharpsight.livejournal.com]

N) *nods* That's roughly what I meant about designing it to flag basic indicators of intelligent life--even in the worst-cased scenario (in terms of boredom), you'll probably at least learn or observe something new.

*nods* And of course, we have no idea what hyperspace might be like--it might be exactly like realspace, or better.

[silveradept]

Quite possibly. That would require that the immortal human evolve a method of existing beyond the four-dimensional plane of our current existence, though. Then again, when immortal, all things become possible eventually.

Flagging basic indicators, though, might mean that you get to see the primitives beating on each other. If you've already seen that before and there's nothing new about it, then you might want to skip it when it shows up for the fourteenth time.

[sharpsight.livejournal.com]

N) When one primarily exists as a neural network--one would want to make one's grey matter redundant as soon as possible, in any case--redesigning oneself and/or partially (or wholly) transferring oneself to a different medium becomes far more conceivable. *nods* (All things become possible, apart from the impossible things... *smiles*)

Maybe, yes--and one would definitely have plenty of time to refine one's filtering programs. (Even with primitives beating on each other, though, there are still the individual and unique cultural phenomena...)

The emergence of similar minds to one's own would be particularly interesting to witness and deal with.

[silveradept]

I'm inclined to think that if one can gather that kind of data, then one knows also how to manipulate it. A similar consciousness would probably not develop without permission. (God, lonely? Why not? I wonder if there's some sort of story that talks about that)

[sharpsight.livejournal.com]

N) Quite--even if it never knew that permission had been given. It's exactly the same as the human situation, except with more room to stand back and watch. Either way, one's actions would likely depend on the individual situation.