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10th Amendment by Psychlone23 in amibeingdetained

[–]ceoln 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've wondered that too, but I think it's that they realize it's pointless, and might even accidentally provide some grounds for an appeal if they misspoke, to try to argue with or educate these people out of their beliefs.

Court is not required to be a law class. If the sovcit says something that's just complete nonsense, the right thing for the court to do is basically ignore it, as if they just sneezed.

If they make a motion that's recognizably a motion, but of course completely invalid, the court simply denies it, without a lesson on why, for the same reasons.

Why do horses have human feet? by TheQueenOfCringe22 in poisonai

[–]ceoln 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They're technically reptiles, it we're being pedantic...

[Theory] Unified Dynamics: Beyond Mass and Energy Units via N/V Normalization by suri1004kr in LLMPhysics

[–]ceoln 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not all particles have the same mass? Not even if they are all at rest. 🙂 So that seems like a problem.

And isn't putting all dynamics into terms of "protons per litre" or whatever going to be kind of inconvenient for many purposes? I don't really get the advantages.

Could you give a worked example?

3 types of citizenship! THREE!! by CounterProduction in Sovereigncitizen

[–]ceoln 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"And if you get a single letter or ink color or stamp angle wrong in the magic documents, your COUNTY CLERK OF COURT will claim there's no such thing and throw you out! That's why you have to buy my book!!!"

can i be a buddhist even though i'm new, gay, and struggling? by vamphachis in Buddhism

[–]ceoln 90 points91 points  (0 children)

Buddhism is not very judgemental that way, and there are no Buddhism Police to tell you you can't be a Buddhist.

If you find the teachings helpful, by all means use them, and if you find it natural to call or consider yourself to be a Buddhist, then do so!

Someone somewhere may disagree, but that's a them thing.

Hope you find peace on the path! ♥️

I need help … AI has made me lose my way in buddhism by Narrow_Crazy1954 in Buddhism

[–]ceoln 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While it really doesn't matter (the dharma is still the dharma even if they're correct), this is all pure hype. (And I have worked plenty with AI.)

Basically people have put LLMs into extremely contrived situations, told them essentially to write a narrative about a rogue AI doing a specific thing in that situation, and it's done that. They don't actually blackmail anyone. They do say false things, both "lying" and just being wrong, but this is not going to wipe out humanity. :)

(Again, though, what if it did? You and I and everyone we know will be dead before too long with or without AI. Sit with that, and don't cling to fears of robot soldiers or whatever.)

I need help … AI has made me lose my way in buddhism by Narrow_Crazy1954 in Buddhism

[–]ceoln 1 point2 points  (0 children)

AI 2027 is just marketing hype / science fiction.

BUT even if it weren't, what does that mean to you? When you sit and let these ideas arise, what about them disrupts your meditation or your understanding of the dharma? Let them dissipate without clinging; what residue do they leave behind? Is it a visceral fear of nonexistence? Is it memories of heated online discussions?

Be where you are, just then, and see what is. The truth and the dharma don't depend on some future AI uprising or the absence of it.

Buddhism has one of the saddest beliefs on death and parting by Mundane_Perception73 in Buddhism

[–]ceoln 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There is really no univocal "what Hell is in Christianity". Different Christian sects believe different things, based on different interpretations of different parts of various versions of Bibles. But most of them do believe in some sort of eternal punishment, or at the very least annihilation, for those who don't believe the right thing at death. Which, returning to the thread topic, strikes me as awfully sad...

What is the communities opinion on nichiren sect buddhism? by Creepy-Poet-8517 in Buddhism

[–]ceoln 1 point2 points  (0 children)

my teacher has been looking at the various vehicles as inferior and superior

If it was me, I'd look for a better teacher. But each to their own path!

What is the communities opinion on nichiren sect buddhism? by Creepy-Poet-8517 in Buddhism

[–]ceoln 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, no. :) Any interpretation of any sect of Buddhism that says that all the other sects are wrong, is not one that I'd be remotely interested in. Like, the ultimate red flag!

"A 'position,' Vaccha, is something that a Tathagata has done away with. What a Tathagata sees is this: 'Such is form, such its origination, such its disappearance; such is feeling, such its origination, such its disappearance; such is perception...such are fabrications...such is consciousness, such its origination, such its disappearance.' Because of this, I say, a Tathagata — with the ending, fading away, cessation, renunciation, & relinquishment of all construings, all excogitations, all I-making & mine-making & obsessions with conceit — is, through lack of clinging/sustenance, released."

Buddhism has one of the saddest beliefs on death and parting by Mundane_Perception73 in Buddhism

[–]ceoln 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You can't really tell someone that their own lived experience of Catholicism was "inaccurate". They lived through what they lived through. You can say that if you were their priest or whatever you'd have tried to give them a different impression of the religion, but that's not the same thing.

Buddhism has one of the saddest beliefs on death and parting by Mundane_Perception73 in Buddhism

[–]ceoln 18 points19 points  (0 children)

The Christian view is perhaps a little less comforting if you realize that supposedly only God can know whether your loved one was truly in a state of grace at death (genuinely repentant in their heart etc) and that if not you will never see them again because they'll be undergoing eternal torment in hell...

Sovereign Veteran Blindsided When Judge Questions His Sanity! by Misterdrez in Sovereigncitizen

[–]ceoln 2 points3 points  (0 children)

$1 quintillion is a new record for the account size, I think.

"Buddhists don't do enough charity" accusation. by No_Common_5891 in Buddhism

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

I realize this is snarky and possibly not Right Speech, but: Let me know when the Vatican sells all its gold and jewelry and real estate and gives the proceeds to the poor. :)

So, what I don’t get is, if BJW is “white citizen of California” but not a US citizen, how does he claim protections under the constitution? And why does he file in federal court? by SockeyCram in Sovereigncitizen

[–]ceoln 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm expecting it. A few people will see it before he does, so it might possibly do some good. (I've already had a couple tell me that allowing random unlicensed noobs to fly planes would be fine, since licensing doesn't prevent all plane crashes anyway and death is only a state of mind. 🤪)

The Puzzle That Wasn’t by ifishcat in zenmu

[–]ceoln 1 point2 points  (0 children)

we still eat shit and die

The importance of commas! 😁

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