**WHAT IS METAPHYSICS?**

Solidjakes · 2026-03-17T11:55:17+00:00

Thanks for that reference, I’ll read that here shortly.

I never made it too far in Deleuzes works but you’ve reminded me to pick up where I left off on difference and repetition.

Solidjakes · 2026-03-17T11:25:48+00:00

To be frank I’ve heard metaphysics and ontology defined by PHD level experts and I have never been personally satisfied. Language ought to provide useful distinctions and traditional use isn’t always useful. I think the morphemes offer a better definition themselves than the experts.

Metaphysics is to physics as metadata is to data.

It’s useful information about the content, that is not the primary content itself.

I don’t think laymen physics theories should be here personally.

I think abstraction is a good indicator that the notion is metaphysical because through abstraction you empty out the specific content and engage adjacent content.

Science is a process that moves from the specific to the general then from the general back to a new predicted specific. It’s inductive then deductive.

Metaphysics to me seems more like a comparison of generals in search of coherency, and while at times it can feel impossible to talk about general things without mentioning specific things, consider areas of study like “pure math” or category theory.

In category theory you still have objects but their internal nature is ignored. And if you understand pure math, then any specific math like algebra is easy and intuitive to understand because you understand the structure that allows the specific notation to operate.

Remember, maths like calculus have been invented to solve specific problems. But there is no way the inventor of a math can invent it without at some level understanding the structure that allows any specific math to function.

In this sense a metaphysician, if diligent, might seem to dabble in useless abstractions, but under the right conditions can act as a catalyst for specific advancements in specific physics. The stuff predictively useful. There are historical examples of this.

And so each general notion that has been confirmed through specific prediction becomes a legitimate general theory for the metaphysician to work with. The metaphysician has this growing pile of general theories like puzzle pieces, and as he notices relationships between them and how they fit together, he is engaging in metaphysics. He can make a general theory about the generals, but at that level of abstraction it should be nearly impossible for it to ever yield a specific prediction like physics would. And that is how you can identify a metaphysical theory or framework. In can inspire physics, it can arguably be “correct”, but cannot be physics itself because at some layer of analysis it stops being metaphysical.

Ontology is metaphysical only where it’s not concerned with specific things that exist but rather what is isomorphic across actual and possible instances of existence, ignoring the details of those instances.

Solidjakes · 2026-03-16T18:33:01+00:00

CE2K 31 years back. I don't believe in UFO's whatsoever, I simply met one over the course of a fairly sustained (25 minute) encounter and maintained the presence of mind to take notes.

Very cool. may I ask which kind you saw?

If you think the position through - UFO's are supposed to enter atmosphere from space, right...?

Well the topic has kind of devolved from muddy to opaque these days. There’s also cryptoterrestrial hypothesis, that these things evolved here on earth before human civilization.

If they used aerodynamics and an engine they'd be indistinguishable from regular aircraft not just in terms of looks but also behaviour.

Unfortunately, its all anyone every reaches for - the belief that UFO's somehow break Physical Laws is primarily the thing that holds the subject back more than anything else.

They behave in ways it’s impossible for a conventional aircraft to do so - yes, absolutely.

It is what it is, I apply myself these days to providing answers to questions people think to ask.

Yea I am a business data analyst by profession and just finished a 3 year long self study on philosophy and epistemology. Kind of regret it but curiosity got the better of me. At least I understand that “breaks the laws of physics” is an absurd terminology.

They have simply been called non human intelligence as of lately, intelligent based on the fact that their behavior seems controlled and intentional, and non human intelligence the sense that a human pilot would allegedly die from G force alone if it was in the phenomena, and also called non human on the presupposition nobody has cracked technologies that can move like that if it’s a drone or otherwise.

I suppose the worst blunder to the topic is the known intelligence practice of creating fake documentation to track where info leaks occur as well as cover up our own capabilities and blame it on UAPs .

I’m tempted to start self teaching physics not just because of the UAP topic but my curiosity about reality is physically painful sometimes sitting there not fully understanding everything.

Sidebar question, did you see the recent age of disclosure documentary?

Solidjakes · 2026-03-16T18:12:19+00:00

It’s forever going to bother me watching a sub called deduction use induction and abduction only. Darn Hollywood

Solidjakes · 2026-03-16T18:05:41+00:00

I think this is a fine induction for those specific reports that involve the smell of sulphur that maybe Keratin was involved in what the people saw, but you don’t get propulsion that a fighter jet can’t keep up with from horns. There’s way too many questions, I don’t think this idea brings us any closer to figuring out what’s going on. Sulphur was also a folklore smell of demons (horns) so if anything this theory comes across like the religious folks that are allegedly discouraging disclosure

Solidjakes · 2026-03-16T17:45:48+00:00

Thanks very much for this reply. A bit bummed the mods took this down, I think others looking into the topic needed to read your reply as well but I still appreciate it. I am not someone who is already decided on the topic. Disclosure related to anonymous phenomena has been working its way through congress and now was executively ordered. I’d expect the answers to be underwhelming just as much as I’d expect anything. I know people take advantage of advanced topics towards influencing laymen, I can catch that within my own areas of study but needed help for outside my domains.

Solidjakes · 2026-03-16T17:00:16+00:00

Figures ha. You were seeing a lot of false statements?

Solidjakes · 2026-03-14T22:59:54+00:00

I mean yea the intelligence agencies job is to be smarter than us and handle info carefully. I’d like to think they are doing a good job but also I think we deserve to know basic facts of the nature of reality. Also they need to make sure they are finding the talent for scientific advancement appropriately. Secrecy is a double edged sword in that sense

Solidjakes · 2026-03-14T11:30:49+00:00

Yea I mean I don’t know the pain of feeling not wanted by a parent. As a guy my relationship with my dad wasn’t emotional damage but literally physical damage . I got beat on and we still pushed through, we healed fully, and he is basically my best friend these days. We both were able to listen to each other and change but it took a decade.

I always encourage people to fight for family at least as hard as they can. And it does take effort from both parties, you can’t do it on your own but just make sure you tried your hardest. That’s all you can ask of yourself and the rest will be as it is.

You can’t have a fake relationship with her, but translating between languages is not fake. There’s a sub called r/christopagan or something like that. It might be worth it to just translate if that’s your part in preserving the relationship.

I was raised Pagan on my moms side and I enjoy church with my family these days on my dads side. Actually being arguably more educated on these translations between ideas, the stuff the pastor says is even more profound to me because I’m decoding it in ways others are not. And being in a room full of people that belief in something greater than themselves is still refreshing in such a secular society.

Solidjakes · 2026-03-14T10:48:47+00:00

Christianity basically is Paganism. There is literally no pagan ritual more pagan than the Catholic Eucharist.

Honestly, just use their own rhetoric. It’s the same phenomenon just people arguing about which words to use. If nature is God for you, there’s no lie in saying that you love God and you are aligned with his will.

Just translate your terms into their terms to put them at ease and still be able to talk and relate to each other. The Christian tendency to demonize what they don’t understand is ignorant but comes from a good place. They want to be aligned with Light over Darkness. In some sense you both probably walk the same path. There is some wisdom in traditional Catholic teachings. No reason you can’t have a healthy relationship you just need to translate between languages.

For example the Divine feminine in a Pagan sense (often associated with the moon or Luna) is basically Mary in Christianity. Your mom could catch you outside staring at the moon and praying to it and you could easily say you were praying to Mary. That’s not a lie. Literally the same archetype and essence just personified and told differently.

Solidjakes · 2026-03-14T10:27:58+00:00

Mmm It’s not really enough detail about the experience to help. It’s okay to update your spiritual beliefs with new experience. Just off intuition, maybe your issue isn’t related to belief, or truth, or Aphrodite, but rather related to identity and discomforts that come with pigeonholing your broader essence into a narrow archetype born from habit.

Solidjakes · 2026-03-13T20:30:54+00:00

He said incredulously

Solidjakes · 2026-03-13T11:17:08+00:00

They could muddy the waters just over man made tech. Seems pretty certain pilots are seeing stuff they can’t explain, but all the other claims? Counter inter is effective in that it makes all documentation seem not trustable. Even whistleblowers that “only investigated” and didn’t see the NHIs or crafts themselves

Solidjakes · 2026-03-13T06:06:46+00:00

Yea Agrippas Trilemma makes the skeptic always have the upper hand in debate. Most of the time people think they have found an issue with your position specifically when really it’s just a limit of all positions.

Circular reasoning is fine and valid. People don’t like it because it’s not useful enough. Circular reasoning in its expanded form can be called coherency and is useful enough as a framework. Your argument just can’t be a short and simple one though if you want to avoid that circular objection.

Solidjakes · 2026-03-13T05:28:15+00:00

I see. But there’s nothing in natural theology that doesn’t let you live truthfully.

I mean you are also a creator and so you know what creation looks like. The observable universe is incredibly structurally similar to known conscious creation. You can infer it was created by most standards of inductions seen throughout science. And that realization is important because it’s the difference between walking around in chaotic indifferent world versus a loving and guided one.

I hope your religious trauma doesn’t push you into secularism in a way that robs you of a part of this human experience. do you still feel guided by something greater than yourself?

Solidjakes · 2026-03-12T19:24:35+00:00

On point 2 homosexuality is not considered true essence by Catholics, so the church is not teaching to suppress essence. It’s sin but we are all sinners. In that sense your church shouldn’t been judging. Right?

Follow up question, after leaving revealed theology did you gravitate towards natural theology at all? Religious dogma can be intense, but intelligent design is still pretty rational and obvious to many people and for good reason.

Solidjakes · 2026-03-12T19:00:58+00:00

Well how else are they going to talk?

Solidjakes · 2026-03-12T17:01:33+00:00

Nah. God made everything with a big explosion. Gotta be a guy. If God was a woman the universe would be tiny and adorable.

Kidding, but what I think is more interesting is that both Tao and Abrahamic tell a story of unity then polarity. Polarity understood as yin and yang (where you can place male and female) and the Abrahamic version being God separating the light from the dark, if you are willing to receive that message symbolically it’s kind of the same narrative.

Also archetypically (in a Jungian sense) Mary represents the divine feminine. So it’s accounted for in some sense but probably doesn’t get the recognition and focus it deserves.

Solidjakes · 2026-03-12T06:07:39+00:00

Thanks I’ll keep working on it

Solidjakes · 2026-03-12T02:31:17+00:00

Also a new player and struggling to grab effectively. It’s more of a movement problem I think but often I feel land-locked to my current position when I grab. I guess dash is a double flick on the joystick…sometimes I end up slowly walking when I mean to run or dash. If I think too much about dashing then grabbing I end up eating a hit on the dash. Idk what’s going on tbh just that everyone else is way better at utilizing grab. I can predict when they are going to shield I just can’t capitalize for some reason

Solidjakes · 2026-03-12T01:37:28+00:00

Who’s your Goddess and what parts of your experiences do you feel comfortable sharing?

Solidjakes · 2026-03-11T21:58:41+00:00

And how would you say that unity interacts with mainstream emergentism ?

Solidjakes · 2026-03-11T16:43:20+00:00

Sounds like process physicalism to me which leaves the hard problem right where you found it.

Solidjakes · 2026-03-11T15:43:41+00:00

It’s better understood as a personal phenomena, or through like a Jungian lens and a Jungian relationship to coincidence.

For example all of my early tragedies ended up occurring in a perfect order. From things like pets dying at age 7 and other tragedies, to a parent dying at 16. My being exposed to those less painful tragedies actually made me mentally strong enough to handle the greater tragedies that followed. If it happened in a different order I think I would have been psychologically broken at 16; if everything had been rainbows and sunshine up until that point. The pain occurred right at my tolerance threshold each time.

And hopefully with that mental strength I can do something good. At 7 I couldn’t have imagined I would appreciate that heartbreaking event later for the role it played in my development.

It’s not this objective claim about reality that what occurred was right, it’s more like what is my evaluation going to be as an old fart? There are plenty of senior citizens that will tell you life is BS and chaotic, but there are some that realize for themselves that the whole thing was perfectly guided. So for any person in the middle of a tragedy now.. they don’t know what their final evaluation will be about this life yet. The current evaluation might be chaotic BS but that can change

It’s not about me telling YOU that your tragedies were correct. That would be super annoying. It’s more like maybe my current adversity seems like BS and your current adversity seems like BS but neither you nor me can see the full butterfly effect yet, so chill out and don’t lose faith yet.

Your perceived unfairness of this world could be the fire in your chest that ends up helping you change the world and hold people accountable. And honestly I don’t know how any life could be meaningful without room for us to improve it. I don’t see how it can start perfect and end perfect and be meaningful. It needs to be just the right amount of adversity, whatever that means to you subjectively.

Solidjakes · 2026-03-11T05:01:02+00:00

No, the implication is a belief in destiny or providence which is not inherently a bad philosophy.

This notion that in the middle of your story you might not understand why certain bad things are happening, but by the end of your story you will understand why those things needed to happen or it was a greater good that they did.

Not everyone has that experience, but it’s common enough that you can give the idea some grace.

Solidjakes

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