These are collection of thoughts
Paradox of rationality
- Nov 26 2022
What is origin of irrationality in human thoughts . A problem solving based society based on pure rationality possible? (for example colony of ants, they can be imagined as a functional machine, with tasks delegated to part of colony according to speciality). I then imagined a thought experiment to understand this ..
Imagine a society constructed of individuals with infinite intelligence and rational, imagine them as dots / nodes, they plan and coordinate to solve declared problems, they may avoid tragedy of commons, do long-term planning , automating tasks using machine, etc,etc ,
But then a problem arises, if we start thinking they are actually humans ,if they can do this, if yes, why current system is not like this, structural realism we living don’t seem align there, did natural selection weeded out such system in past, how might it have happened, let’s continue t he experiment further.
The system was very efficient, they keep solving problem, they always used system of some form of rationality to solve there problems, for example, maths and science, they also employed system of weeding out, they would kill/suicide any node that’s not up to the standard, everything was perfect, a rhythmic harmony . But eventually they stumble upon a new form of novel problem a very complex one, a problem that seemed so impossible to solve using there current system of thoughts and tools, after analyzing the problem further, they found unusual properties, a frightening characteristics, that is ,
Actually solving that problem would require sacrificing there notion of rationality and methods ! . They soon discovered system they constructed was incompatible to system they are living , universe they are living didn’t always rewarded rational beings ,so they developed new system of logic and methods to solve that problem , it resulted in new separate axiomatic system ,that is irrational from perspective of previous system ,but these caused segregation in society , cults were formed that believed in new system superiority. If we continue to think about this experiment a pattern emerge , as times goes on ,it can be found that a whole net society now consists of mixture of population groups , heterogeneous mixture of system of thoughts and logic , soon it resulted in conflicts . A selection process can also be seen (form of a natural selection ) favoring one system over other vice versa , from time to time .
Now lets do meta analysis of above thought experiment , top of my head a jarring , daunting conclusion seemed Irrationality emerged from rationality! , More like rationality casual to irrationality , I maybe wrong , or even it maybe straight up logical fallacy , But sometimes i still think , how the human society we see in our came to occur in way it did , Even at most priori form of knowledge like maths ,we hit rock bottom with problems like un decidability problems , and some np problem .
There is whole lot of connections which seems visible , From historical perspective to present human constructs , Finally I would like to leave with quest to ponder over : Is Rationality really the devil we dealth with , from all technology to scientific revolutions , is that human really opened Pandora box of his own doom ?!
Society of spectacles
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My internal pains
- Nov 26 2022
I thought of writing these in journal , but my journal has gone out of date , lot of stuffs would need to be written there , so I thought of writing my thoughts here .
Need to complete story.md ,will express all my pain here while i write there , I also think i may transfer this to journal section later . My goal is to write it in as enjoyable format as possible , a good story writing technique , I am having trouble digging up my past memories ,lot of pain . Mental state is currently not allowing me to write any of it , currently i need to escape from this toxic environment.
Changes
- Nov 27 2022
This is end of it , adaptation which i know is important for survival ,still i ignored it for long time , this seems end of journey ,end of my current personality ,character , consider this as metaphorical suicide .
I am going to reborn new , going to introduce big mutations , a social change , change of mental orientation toward social structure , i may throttle my scientist side , or it may die altogether , still i have no regret , i enjoyed a lot as much i can , Now i need to confront to social selection.
My fear
- Dec 6 2022
Sometimes your greatest enemy is you yourself , and part of your self manifest into fear , I am trying to confront my great fear. What if i am wrong , what i if won’t find any supporting environment , My self keep asking me such questions , I always try to comfort myself , by saying Even if no one believe me in this world , i should believe myself
Manure of thoughts
I have noticed direct correlation between Ability of creating complex thoughts and nutrition intake available , Metabolism do seems to effect amount of thinking one can do. Metaphorically it can be asserted Thought emerge from seeds bowed in land of material world , Tree formed from it depends on quality of soil and nutrition it get . This way of thinking negates decoupling of thoughts from material reality, It seems suggest thoughts might have material structure. ( We can kinda also refer to duelist principal of mind )
Impact of AI on mind body problem
Academic Philosophy lags behind on leaps of stances computer science has took since last last few years. A new heated discussion is demanded on avert of AI like stable diffusion and dalle2 , They incite new daring consequences and questions regarding mind body problem.
Procrastination
- Dec 7 2022
The one of big reason i procrastinate a tech topic like GitHub is because i want to understand complete picture ,without adhering to shortcuts
Word learning
Trick is to map thoughts to words , This was essentially increasing vocabulary means
Must learn
Goddammit git is so cool !, why didn’t i learned it before , its a must learn tool , could have saved lot of time in past.
Bicycle of the mind
- Dec 9 2022
I always consider computers to be most intimate form of external organ to human being , it’s true purpose is to act as bicycle and assist in human thoughts and expression
Dreams are devil
I always ask this question, and this question always haunts me ,what is difference between a dream and reality.
Dream getting as real as reality ,blurs the line between both world.
Imagine what if our whole life just a dream ,this is a cliche thought, a age old one ,but it’s challenged question to reality is as difficult as it was asked since inception.
When we dream times goes differently, a 1hour in dream world maybe just few minutes of sleep ,so what if our whole life is a dream.
There was a famous philosopher ,renes descartes, he thought our reality is just deception by devil ,it maybe just a dream ,a devil who creates illusion ,then he thought do anything real even exist ,can we confront our own existence ,do I even exist?.
Even if we use our rationality, science ,it way be still what god/demon running our dream want us to see . What we see
These questions threatened the existence of self ,descartes thought ,do my self even exist, if everything is a illusion ,then my sense of self consciousness is devil illusion too ?.
He then thought, even if my body don’t exist ,my mind do exist.
Becoz I am thinking ,this act of thinking itself confirm my existence as mind.
He thought and hold to it that ,mind can exist without body ,“I me myself is a mind ,that can exist without material parts”,
His famous quote was " I think therefore I am “, This way he regained some sense of comfort,
Beside him being a ,17th century philosopher, these difficult questions are valid as ever ,philosopher ,thinkers and scientists still feels the haunted my this questions.
Some old thoughts
- Dec 10 2022
Problem with Argumentation
Much of the problem with argumentation is , unfounded ground rules ,a same playing field need to be reached , while having contest ,or you wait till it reach equilibrium.
Death note
I just remembered a lateral thinking process which i discovered while watching death note
I discovered incredible logical power of L thinking when i found a thinking process that instead till now discovered in any anime forum, while i was thinking how l bring himself more closer to light (Kira ) ,how he did so quickly discarding all obvious tatics he used ,it was incredible ,and then i noticed if he thought in scientific process! it would have slowed him down ,he used a indirect logical technique which i will name it phantom being .He always had a image , characteristics , capabilities and power of a hypothetical being which can do it in least expensive and casual defying way possible ,he discarded all scientific realism ,and also assumed it must /can be supernatural ,(phantom being) that could perform such procedures (crimes) ! . This was lateral thinking of highest level this blew my mind and i started thinking on philosophy of science and it’s limitations of scientific realism. I can assure there are indeed things that haunts foundation of science ,later discovered three body problem novel furthermore confirming flaws in scientific realism , currently i am structural realist.
Refuting individual identity
“If individual is what is because it exists as effect present in environment ,then individual is rather then discrete , presents in continuous manner that what we can call proximity ,if degree of individualism is Directly proportional to amplitude of proximity (gradient spectrum) ,then there exists case with least proximity (maybe zero) ,and if we assume that character don’t get effected by proximity law ,and individual is actually set of character ,then this proposition contradicts each other hence , individual as we know don’t exists , it’s just it’s phantom effect in form of proximity that exists .”
Sanitizing inputs
Externalizing yourself into environment create state inside you depended on environment weather , can provoke mood swing for eg ,due to environment .
Success of stable system depends upon ,number sanitized inputs , in knowledge paradigm there are lot of misinformation out there due to golden age of information , it is cycle of bubble that have consequences , i think person should therefore scrutinize source he is referring ,while being aware of original primary source.
Pseudo Speciation
Different biases are creating pseudo speciation within human being ( refer aphantasia , non internal monologue , capital egoism , etc ) , these leads to conflicts and chaos , solving this would require careful scientific examination into origins of biases
Untypical Politics
Difference between philosophical and pragmatic thinking is , philosophical thinking is always ahead of the curve
for example , Often under looked source of political power is reaching realisation stage ,it will bring upheaval (eg dalle ,gpt in tech ) . These AI technology philosophically come under examination of relationship between power and knowledge ,they bring political realism ,under the cloak of postmodernism. (In simple words , There is always direct relationship between knowledge system like science and political power , this apparently made more visible due to post modern world we live in)
Declarative programming
recently i got gist of declarative programming ,basically beauty in declarative approach lies in concept of idempotent and desired state , without side effects , it like all basic iterative and execution mechanism is inbuilt into language ,you won’t be simulating any machine ,instead you will list a desired state and condition and program will reach to it ,
for example , we will take example of subji mandee , in imperative approach you will have list of items to buy , and will iterate the list with one merchant to another recursively step by step ,irrespective algo ( method of approaching merchant ) ,you always from formal to later in step by step manner , in other words you are simulating a machine steps , irl it mostly works like that , another thing while doing so you create mutable state , for example changing list according to proximity of merchant , this creates side effects .
Now let’s step back and think about declarative method ,it will be like magic ,jk /s , instead of you going to every merchant , you will create a recipe or list of desired states , for eg
{
tomato : small size ,1kg , fresh , not greater then 20rs/kg ;
potato : big , 1kg, not older then 10d , not greater then 10rs/kg ;
}
, and will pass it to mandee ( maybe place it in a notice board ) , and like magic /s , mandee will reach that desired state , (ofc in irl mandee won’t transform ) ,irl it will more like all merchants are coordinating to reach that goal posted in notice board , for shoppers perspective mandee is a black box , a pure function ,that is idempotent i.e it will always spit out same output respect to input , and is immutable , shoppers won’t take any new state ,nor they will inflict mutable changes to mandee .
Structural realism in humans
A certain pattern of abstraction is visible everywhere in human condition , particularly input/output paradigm ,human instinctively constructive abstract black box ,input output system everywhere by default . This certain phenomenon cause structural realism in human realm . (For eg ,child nowadays exposed to smartphones)
(In simple words this means , Ability of human to adapt to new environment quickly with help of abstraction , like using principle of abstraction to learn to use new modern technology , ultimately New realm of this technology behaves like new natural world , and human become instinctive towards this new system. So all these implies a existence of structure in human thought process called input output black box device. )
Continuing of new thoughts
Reading Philosophy book
“lazy sophism” is very funny term :D”
faltalism
Evil demon
- Dec 12 2022
There was lovely family ,they had a son ,there life was so happy and normal , in fact too normal and happy (creepily happy ) considering modern standards , but they had a bothersome neighbor , he was a detective and a philosopher , one day he sneaked into there barn and observed , that a demon came and took there child then murdered it , but replaced that child with exact replica of it !, exactly same , with same memories ,body ,personality etc. He observed , family life went normal as ever , ever happy and lovely life . That detective got struck with brilliant idea , he approached demon and made a deal.
First he asked “Hi demon ,why do you do this "
Demon : " Becoz it’s lot of fun!”
Detective : “How about i give you an idea ,that will enhance your fun even further ! "
Demon : " I am listening "
Detective: " How about instead of just replacing his son everyday , you destroy and replace every objects in there life , there material belonging to to there souls "
Demon : “Ha ha , You are more demon then me , i like it !”
From that day on , demon did those all .
There life was as happy as ever was, WAS IT? ,a lovely family
"
A beautiful Lady
- Dec 13 2022
Once upon a time there used to live a beautiful lady , Every one in her town used to greet her ,saying ,"you are angel my lady “, “you are charm of nature”, “having your presence makes air seem to taste sweet” Everywhere she go in this town ,she used to get these same appeal .
That town was always full of good felas ,and flocks and they treat everyone kindly.
Regardless of blossoming happy way she is greeted ,She always had a doubt deep inside her thoughts. She thought “oh god why you torture me so much , am i really beautiful , but how can know myself ,if i don’t have device to look myself” Becoz she lives in mirrorless world
She was so frustrated of not knowing how she looks , she went on quest to find worlds with mirrors , Was she really beautiful , will she find it
She thought “Oh this lovely town , you people flatter me , but i ought to find do i deserve the appeal , my lord show me way to world of mirrors "
She traveled far and wide , crossed ocean and seas , travelled different worlds , but yet to find ,world with mirrors.
Finally She found the world that had mirror!,
She went and saw herself in mirror , She went petrified ,horror was so great and terrifying , the monster front of her frightened her , She run fast away , toward town flocks , but she only saw monsters , everyone there was a horror ,she ran far away ,leaving that mirror world.
She cried “Oh lord , why you annexed my mind with this curse , now i live in doubt ,my doubt of self”
A beautiful lady she was , she went back to her home town ,and everyone greeted her as usual.
On the Argument of growth
- 15 Dec 2022
Lila enjoy what she learned recently ,this was a new exercise that everyone had started doing , everyone seemed mesmerized from this new experience , a feeling of ecstasy ,exhilaration and lively experience . They called this new process painting , in there world Little Lila never imagined there society would ever discover such wonder. All she thought ,her life would be same as everyone else , a historic cycle of grind , a routine of life.
this is how it begin.
Lila lives in ancient jungle , a society based on forging ,gathering and hunting, growth to an individual was to acquire , as much food from the forest , there culture , festive and imagination were all gathered around food ,and deity as jungle.
They used to believe ,there forest is process of life , they are part of this process , it was same cycle for every individual in that jungle . From elderly to young ,all aspired to be a greatest forger. A societal standards of growth was formed around this ritual of there life.
But one day a wise man appeared in there tribe , he seemed traveler , he called himself traveler of wisdom , he brought with him a thought
Wise is who don’t limit his experience to limited form of human essence, Human is a great being he posses more then just essence of sole living , True enlightenment is reached , once being master the art of examination of his all innate essence
Most tribesmen reacted him with cynical contempt ,ignored him as crazy madman. Then came very peculiar day , a squad went to new part of forest , that was never before explored ,they went very far away , exhausting there food supply.
There task was to explore kind of fruits , berries and sorts of food in that region , but it seemed god was not in mercy that day ,all they found was barren land ,with poisonous plants.
Days passed , they started starving , one of the squad member noticed in ground laid lots of pointed , oval shaped ,stiff objects , it was size of just a smallest rock.
They didn’t noticed ,how turning event that day was.They started examining that object , soon they discovered that thing is progenitor of fruits and berries they ,they called it seed , used that barren land for plantation. Never there after there society remained same, They experienced one of manifestation of human essence which we call curiosity
From that day on wards , they subject themselves to even greater jungle then nature himself , from arts to music , they forged new cycle of societal growth ,that is not bounded to nature.
Lila was painting these tales to cave-wall as if it was her footprint from climb to even greater ladder of human essence
Paradox of Immortal
- Dec 18 2022
There is interesting paradox which arises ,when we try to imagine scope of experiences a immortal being can experience. Being become immortal , he transcends the limits of mortal experiences , being eventually exhaust everything from experience set possible ( means no he can experience every experiences possible ), But still being is unable to experience event of death , but this rise to contradiction , hence the paradox . (Means even after experiencing every experience possible , he will still choose death to experience at the end ) , This may imply that death is still ultimate experience
This can be also analyzed as a experience machine means No experience machine can ever be build that can make you experience death
Act of believing in God
There is a pascal’s wager argument that i quite liked it , Logically there is no harm in believing in god , because it’s a win win situation , regardless of it’s existence , There is nothing to loose if god don’t exist ,but much to gain if it do. I like this argument quite a lot, Even if we assume god is agnostic towards humans affair ,or treat god as part of nature ,still it would come under non existence of god. Another argument can be painted from essence side of human beings ,
It’s apparently visible act belief in deity falls under part of human essence , a natural part of our human drive , that is , It’s seems as if same as reading a poetry or enjoying music is part of human expression and essence same way believing in god too , You can’t go right or wrong , It’s just as if it’s form of out characteristics
There another beautiful reasoning to belief in god
Act of believing in god signifies the symbolic acknowledgment of luck , in Personified form . Luck do play significant role in our life , so believing in god can be seem as acknowledging forces beyond our control But above argument seems too cheesy from rational eyes, So I started thinking deeply on how come some people deeply belief in god as if there all wishes came true , there seems to be lot of anecdotal evidence suggesting such occurrence. Much of these realism of god belief reduce down to existence positive feedback loop from survival bias. Let’s take the case study, imagine a person whose every wish came true, after he ask god for the wish,to fruit to realise, then a statement like this can be made, I believe in god and all my wishes comes true but we can reverse engineer the above statement and can be stated as All my wishes comes true, therefore i tend to believe in god both statements are equivalent but second statement is inverse of first one and emphasis on premise of probability. Therefore it’s seems apparent that believer is biased to begin with on believe on god.