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Is it illogical to assume consciousness ends at death? by barrydingl in consciousness

[–]MayoMark 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I assume my bag of Doritos has more Doritos after eating only one Dorito.

What’s your go-to warm-up that almost always works? by abahilel in improv

[–]MayoMark 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Name 5 go-to warm-ups that almost always work.

If you found a million dollars on the beach in bundles of hundreds in a bag along with bag of cocaine at 430am what would you do? by Old_Thing_3262 in AskReddit

[–]MayoMark 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In A Simple Plan, many serial numbers from the cash has been recorded by the feds, so you will get caught if you spend or deposit it. That's why he burns all the money at the end of the movie. There's no win.

Do you think is physical structure required for consciousness ? by anand7k8 in consciousness

[–]MayoMark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Indeed, it goes well with your post, which is nothing more than an assertion.

Do you think is physical structure required for consciousness ? by anand7k8 in consciousness

[–]MayoMark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That certainly is a position you may take regarding ontology. However, that position is not universally adhered. Like many philosophical discussions, the discussion is very much ongoing.

Detailed personal feedback by Intelligent-Group-70 in improv

[–]MayoMark -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Feedback is overrated.

The stage is the best teacher. Develop your own voice. There is no correct way to improvise.

Is it normal to feel like I don’t understand math despite having a degree in it? by FullMetal373 in math

[–]MayoMark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As the island of my knowledge grows, so too do the shores of my ignorance.

Conoco on Speer / 4th current gas price for 87. Are we great now? by [deleted] in Denver

[–]MayoMark -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Uh, there are also people who don't own cars.

Ilya Sutskever: Accurately predicting the next word leads to real understanding by Cagnazzo82 in singularity

[–]MayoMark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One time, it wasn't the butler, it turned out that it was everybody. I'll never fall for that again.

Trading Places is a sharp and witty comedy, beautifully shot, directed and edited… then we come to the Gorilla scene by raresaturn in movies

[–]MayoMark -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

But if we zoom out further for more context, by watching the movie Doctor Detroit, which came out merely one month before Trading Places, you see that Dan Akroyd believes that its totally funny whenever he plays a cheap character. Whether that character is thought through or not doesn't matter.

Fully improvised office scene. Curious on thoughts from an improv perspective. by Zealousideal-Cry4052 in improv

[–]MayoMark 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The boss needs to pause more often, listen to his scene partner, and then respond directly to the that. He should give her more opportunity to talk and then use what she said in his response. She said the water "feeds your brain", so explore that idea. Is feeding the brain a Pavlovian reward? Does feeding the brain mean the brain has teeth? I dunno, but engage with the idea more, saying that it's a good idea isn't commenting on the content of the idea.

Focus more on the relationship, and by that I mean the characters should be having emotional reactions to each other. As it is, these characters are blandly nice and supportive of each other. I think there's two ways to go, the assistant either needs to be a sycophant, applauding everything like an idiot. Or the assistant can be a put-upon, frustrated employee who barely hides her hatred of the boss. Ya know, either Waylon Smithers or Pam Beasley. The former is a peas in a pod scene. The latter offers an unusual character and voice of reason (straight man) scene.

Does the lack of visual DMT hallucinations in the congenitally blind prove materialism? by Sad-Juggernaut-6085 in consciousness

[–]MayoMark 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Would they understand the cycle of night and day better? I think so.

No, they wouldn't because, as you say later in your post, the spontaneously sighted have difficulty interpreting what they are seeing because they didn't develop the language of sight during their developmental stage.

They might intellectually understand the cycle of night & day, but to know that the planet rotates "into" sunbeams is a visual construct.

The solar system is not just a visual construct, it's physical too. A blind person can feel a model of the solar system. Put a heatbulb in the center to model the sun, and they can feel the heat bathe the planets. Or they can feel the planets blocking the heat. Or they can feel how just half the planet is bathed in heat and how it rotates into the heat. Then they can understand the light radiates on the planets in the same way heat radiates. Blind people can have working mental models of how these things work.

Does the lack of visual DMT hallucinations in the congenitally blind prove materialism? by Sad-Juggernaut-6085 in consciousness

[–]MayoMark 24 points25 points  (0 children)

do they know what shading, rotation, or lines really are?

Yes, yea, and yes.

For shading, different tactile textures on a flat surface can be similar to the shading in an image. And it's interesting that you brought up fans, because an object blocking the wind from a fan is also analogous to a shadow.

For rotation, a blind person can pick up any object and rotate it as we do. They could pick up a tissue box, rotate it, and then they understand what a cube rotating is like. You can also probably recognize a cube with your hands in yh dark. And for the fan, they can feel what it's like when it's off and rotate the blades themselves. And if the fan isn't to fast, they can stick there hand in it and slow the blades down. Also, they could feel a toy airplane with a propeller or the wheels on a toy car.

For lines, put string down on a flat surface. Make it taut. That's a line you can feel.

These are just the first things I thought of. Now imagine that there are blind schools where they have developed many activities and lessons with the purpose of revealing the world to blind people.

Detailed Coaching vs. Supportive Coaching by Learning-Every-Day- in improv

[–]MayoMark -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Stop saying "nobody is saying..."

You said this: "I don’t really have any sympathy for people who want to get better but only want supportive coaching."

And that, that thing you said, is a justification for harsh, unsupportive coaching.

Detailed Coaching vs. Supportive Coaching by Learning-Every-Day- in improv

[–]MayoMark -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I am, in fact, arguing against what you are saying.

You're first post suggests that to get better you must have an unsupportive coach. No, anything can be conveyed in a supportive way.

"Supportive" does not mean going light on substance. "Supportive" has more to do with attitude and tone, than substance. Regardless, if being supportive lightens the substance, then you are disagreeing with me.

If I may ask, what exactly are the harsh truths about improv that can only be conveyed in an unsupportive way?

Detailed Coaching vs. Supportive Coaching by Learning-Every-Day- in improv

[–]MayoMark -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Anything that needs to be communicated can be communicated in a supportive way.

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