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I have been ‘corresponding’ with three AI ‘bots: Grok, ChatGPT and Deepseek. I do not prefer one over any other, and find gems in each that I value. I ask complicated and serious questions. The following conversation was with Grok… … ... mehr auf pavellas.wordpress.com

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(Posted November 6, 2018 in my ‘Being Old’ weblog, now shut down) At age seven or eight I had an experience which I ever-more perceive as a satori. “Satori (Chinese kāi wù) may be defined as an intuitive looking into the … Continue reading →... mehr auf pavellas.wordpress.com

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“Knowledge itself is unknowable.” —from Plato’s dialogue The Theaetetus “All men naturally reach out for knowledge.” —Aristotle “Knowledge itself is power.” —Roger Bacon I Today I will tell you a story about how we traveled through time, discovering and collecting … C... mehr auf pavellas.wordpress.com

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DISCLAIMER: All of this information has come from Wikipedia and an interview with Lady Gaga that I found on YouTube. My knowledge on this article is narrow. But it is one I wanted to share, because I think it speaks volumes. Her name is Marina Abramović. She’s 66 years old. She’s from Serbia and based […]... mehr auf humansareweird.wordpress.com

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… yet, in vain, we continue to issue words. [I have let my weblog “Being Old” lapse. No longer will anyone be able to access the articles I have placed there. I will repost some of them here to preserve … Continue reading ... mehr auf pavellas.wordpress.com

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Early morning, Saturday July 25, 2020 After brewing and pouring coffee, I sit at the computer station in my home office. I answer a message in my mailbox and review and respond to a few posts and comments from friends … Continue reading →... mehr auf pavellas.wordpress.com

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Psychologist Julian Jaynes (1920 – 1997) asserted that humans were not fully conscious until around 4,000 or 3,000 years ago, the time when the two hemispheres of the cerebrum of our brain (left and right, physically connected by the Corpus Callosum) were unified … ... mehr auf pavellas.wordpress.com

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“Knowledge itself is unknowable.” —from Plato’s dialogue The Theaetetus “All men naturally reach out for knowledge.” —Aristotle “Knowledge itself is power.” —Roger Bacon An Oration I Today I will tell you a story about how we traveled through time, discovering … Continue reading ... mehr auf pavellas.wordpress.com

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If you find the phrase in the caption provocative, I have achieved my purpose. This is how I developed this assertion— The primary actor in this story is my now dead friend Fredric B. Pape, Fred. I was living alone … Continue reading →... mehr auf pavellas.wordpress.com

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This is the answer the renown and revered psychologist Carl Gustav Jung gave to the final question posed to him by the British interviewer, John Freeman, in 1959. I offer here my transcript of the final nine minutes of the … Continue reading ... mehr auf pavellas.wordpress.com