Re:An interactive story that takes you on a journey of self-...
by tysam_and on Friday August 11, 2023 @08:25AM
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Is there any true mindfulness?
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Re:An interactive story that takes you on a journey of self-...
by Frummy on Friday August 11, 2023 @08:51AM
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Yes, but not under a commoditization format. Maybe a product or service can increase the willingness and earnestness of the seeker, but ultimately, just like there's no golden path to geometry, it's up to the seeker.
Re:An interactive story that takes you on a journey of self-...
by ccvannorman on Friday August 11, 2023 @09:57AM
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Can you expand on "no golden path to geometry"? I've not heard this and my mind immediately went to Phi - it seems to me that in geometry, there actually is a path, e.g. anyone would arrive to parallel line axioms and platonic solids ..
Re:An interactive story that takes you on a journey of self-...
by Frummy on Friday August 11, 2023 @10:03AM
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So to be exact, it's Euclid saying "there is no royal road to geometry". So Euclid means that a king for example couldn't spend a bunch of money to acquire an understanding of geometry, rather, just like a peasant he would have to go through the effort of thought to arrive at a proficiency with the ideas. It's not a saying that means there is no logically coherent path or something like that, it's a socially concerned comment that wealth or power won't necessarily give you a shortcut to true wisdom and knowledge.
Re:An interactive story that takes you on a journey of self-...
by tysam_and on Friday August 11, 2023 @11:19AM
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It's interesting to me that the conversation went in this particular direction off of the original question.
Re:An interactive story that takes you on a journey of self-...
by mistermann on Friday August 11, 2023 @10:23AM
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Sam Harris has a commodotized mindfulness app and I've encountered little other than praise.