Comment on How do I make myself smarter?

• kakes@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  At the end of the day, you’re right - we can only perceive the world from our own flawed perspective. There’s no guarantee to anything, hence Descartes’ “I think, therefore I am.” Descartes struggled with the same foundational thoughts about the world that you seem to be struggling with, and he wrote books to pass on his conclusions to us.

  There are, in fact, many people that have had these same struggles throughout history, and there are whole branches of philosophy and logic to address exactly what you’re talking about here.

  But the only way to learn what they’ve found is to read what they wrote (or I guess to consume some other media explaining it).

  It’s your refusal to seek out and accept this knowledge that makes me worry that you may have symptoms of schizophrenia. I know people dealing with this, and the way you talk about the world being “illusions” and your desire to be “smart” (using an alternative definition) sounds exactly like something they might say. I’m not trying to be an asshole, I just want you to be aware it might be worth looking into, just in case.

  That, or you’re 14. I guess that could also do it.

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  • cameron_vale@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Ouch. My ego.

    Surely there are methods for modifying your perspective in a less-than-biased way.

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