@sarahdoingthing you're making me want to reread blindsight
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@drethelin read the william james lecture instead it's deep1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing this is pretty dense reading, I'll probably get to the end tomorrowpic.twitter.com/UzHfB4SCQe
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@drethelin the next lecture has an early ownage of the "I fucking love science" tendency http://csp.org/experience/james-varieties/james-varieties4.html#4-8 …1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@drethelin in me opinion the best things in that lecture are the descriptions of people's hallucinations/experiences2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@sarahdoingthing I like the "reverse" explanation for why religion never appealed to me, in that I've always lacked such experiences2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@drethelin re: walt whitman and naturally "healthy-minded" people - explains why AN is impossible to grasp for many people1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@drethelin of course "the secret"/"law of attraction" is descended from Mind Cure - which can see no evil. intersectionality can see no good1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@sarahdoingthing@drethelin the secret is legit in my experience which is annoying since it's so grotesquely prole. Like astrology but worse1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
@willdoingthings @drethelin james' criticism of its predecessor Mind Cure is that denial of evil is both why it works & its inherent flaw
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@sarahdoingthing@willdoingthings a constant rationalist worry: is lying to yourself worth it for better outcomes?0 replies 0 retweets 1 likeThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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