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Re:All problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in ... by IgorPartola on Saturday December 19, 2020 @11:28PM (#25483848)
The thing that’s been on my mind lately is that the definition of our human sentience is that a thought about a thought is itself a thought. We to some extent have solved the halting problem. Or rather it doesn’t apply to the way our programming works, if you will.
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Re:All problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in ... by nprateem on Sunday December 20, 2020 @02:53AM (#25484696)
Don't think about the thoughts, just feel them. If you burn your hand, what comes first, the sensation of pain or thinking about it? Just be with the sensation, and don't drop into more thoughts about thoughts.
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