I read your "You Will Forget, You Have Forgotten" essay recently and thought it was really interesting
one thing I was wondering: you deconstructed a lot of beliefs & concepts, but you didn't mention the deconstruction of "knowing" (in the sense of certain belief)
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at one point you used the phrase "utterly beyond doubt" to describe your experience, which suggested that the concept of knowledge remained a constant throughout your journey
is that accurate? or did knowledge become a mere object for you as well?
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btw, the reason I ask is because knowledge feels like an object for me... it doesn't seem to refer to anything beyond the subjective feeling of confidence in an idea
but of course I don't *know* that true knowledge is impossible, and I'm curious if you experienced it on LSD
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for all I know, LSD might allow one to transcend the epistemic limitations of thought
in my present state, the only thing I really "know" is that now is happening... everything else is guesswork
so I'm v curious if the psychedelic state allowed you to move beyond doubt
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I absolutely cannot speak the truth. Everything I say is a lie. You are correct. The words I've used are inadequate and poetic.
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the only thing I don't understand is why you use the phrase "everything I say is a lie"
lying requires knowing the truth... otherwise how do you know you aren't telling the truth by accident?
abandoning truth doesn't necessarily mean lying, imho
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If you are trying to interpret my words literally and make sense of them then you are definitely doing that.
I'm not speaking truth here, I'm doing something closer to poetry.