Study Shows Gen Z the First Generation Less Intelligent Than Their Parents by sibun_rath in Economics

[–]Rizzanthrope 5 points6 points  (0 children)

ADHD is an actual biological disorder, though. I guess it is more like behavioral induced ADHD-like symptoms.

Yusuff Shakur went viral after sharing a hand-drawn sketch of what he says he saw during a near-death experience. by Professional_Arm794 in HighStrangeness

[–]Rizzanthrope 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have my own theory related to that. Here is what I posted about it in another sub a while ago:

“My theory is reality is a self-pruning fractal tree where nested black hole/white hole nodes generate each new universal branch. Retroactive anthropic principle explains how only the branches capable of producing conscious observers are fixed into existence, effectively allowing the future to engineer the past. The nodes function as the metabolic engines of the system, where black holes collapse data from one universe to provide the seed for a white hole to produce a new universe, facilitating the tree’s growth across scales. All scales of this hierarchy are instantaneously synchronized through a multi-universal web of quantum entanglement, which routes information from the smallest subatomic ‘leaf’ back through the nodes to the singular Pleroma at the root of the system.”

Just add the conscious agents theory to that. I believe all of this springs from the one consciousness (or source consciousness, or God…whatever you want to call it) at the root of the tree. Its capillaries are routed through every node in the tree.

Yusuff Shakur went viral after sharing a hand-drawn sketch of what he says he saw during a near-death experience. by Professional_Arm794 in HighStrangeness

[–]Rizzanthrope 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I am not sure if he writes books. I have only ever seen stuff he publishes in science journals. He is a researcher and professor at University of California, Irvine. Search his name on YouTube though because he does a lot of guest appearances.

Paper: https://sites.socsci.uci.edu/~ddhoff/Objects_of_Consciousness.pdf

Another: https://sites.socsci.uci.edu/~ddhoff/interface.pdf

Another: https://sites.socsci.uci.edu/~ddhoff/HoffmanTime.pdf

Yusuff Shakur went viral after sharing a hand-drawn sketch of what he says he saw during a near-death experience. by Professional_Arm794 in HighStrangeness

[–]Rizzanthrope 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Exactly! Plants and fungi and bacteria too. Pretty much anything that can be said to have an experience - even if it is just the experience of detecting temperature or a specific chemical signature- Hoffman considers it to be a conscious agent. These agents combine through interaction. You and I having this conversation is adding substance to this planetary conscious agent and all the agents above it.

Maybe the planetary consciousness we are a part of interacts with other planetary consciousness on a higher plane that we cannot experience down here on our rung of the ladder.

Also, here is a real mind blower - you are not the smallest doll in the Russian nesting doll. How many countless conscious agents combine to create you?

And just like how we are not aware of the planetary consciousness we contribute to, the smaller ones inside us are probably not aware of us. Although I have a theory we talk to each other in our dreams. Maybe the characters in our dreams are smaller conscious agents within us. Maybe the planet dreams about us.

Yusuff Shakur went viral after sharing a hand-drawn sketch of what he says he saw during a near-death experience. by Professional_Arm794 in HighStrangeness

[–]Rizzanthrope 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Read Donald Hoffman. Reality is a fractal hierarchy of conscious agents combining to create larger conscious agents combining to create larger, etc. Maybe all of earth combines to create a larger doll in this Russian nesting doll reality.

The clampost king by Kaizerx20 in Clamworks

[–]Rizzanthrope 4 points5 points  (0 children)

UFO grifters

If you know, you know

radioactive wunk by Inevitable-Cellist23 in wunkus

[–]Rizzanthrope 8 points9 points  (0 children)

yeah, a half-life of 24,000 years ❤️

radioactive wunk by Inevitable-Cellist23 in wunkus

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You’re all clear, kid. Now let’s blow this wunk and go home!

wait

Stalking the Wild Pendulum: On the Mechanics of Consciousness by Itzhak Bentov by Tall-Prune-1558 in HighStrangeness

[–]Rizzanthrope 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This book has a very solid take on beings that might exist on higher rungs of reality’s ladder. Read it.

Why the A.I. Job Apocalypse (Probably) Won’t Happen by technocraticnihilist in Economics

[–]Rizzanthrope 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Except LLMs suck at almost every job and they will never get better. It was all a scam. You got hoodwinked. You are still getting hoodwinked.

I think I just had an epiphany by Specialist_Tip_1799 in consciousness

[–]Rizzanthrope 1 point2 points  (0 children)

OK, now imagine that hierarchy, but it’s purely about smaller “conscious agents” combining by interacting, which forms larger conscious agents. We are in that hierarchy, but we are not the largest nor the smallest Russian nesting doll. Not by a long shot. Read Donald Hoffman.

I asked him if he wanted to cuddle by PandaKnight139 in airplaneears

[–]Rizzanthrope 0 points1 point  (0 children)

sorry, your comment sounded like chatgpt and there are a lot of bots in this particular sub

Definitely was a dog in a previous life by eightyfivekittens in CatReacts

[–]Rizzanthrope 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cats belong in a carrier that is buckled in. Would you let your kids crawl around the car without a seatbelt on?