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What's the real difference between things that are real and things that only look real but aren't? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] fluffy_cloud@piefed.world 1 points 8 hours ago

I suspect that such a thing never was.

What's the real difference between things that are real and things that only look real but aren't? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] fluffy_cloud@piefed.world 1 points 8 hours ago

Which of my words drew the most blood? Just curious.

Built a slab for my garden hose reel in c/dull_mens_club@lemmy.world
[–] fluffy_cloud@piefed.world 5 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

I have never found joy in a hose reel. Hanger on the wall I've had luck with. Presently laying the coil on the ground.

Why use a slab? Why not just gravel?

Replaced some rotten deck boards today in c/dull_mens_club@lemmy.world
[–] fluffy_cloud@piefed.world 6 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

you are me

I killed something today. in c/dull_mens_club@lemmy.world
[–] fluffy_cloud@piefed.world 4 points 10 hours ago

I feel you. Been there. Sympathize.

What's the real difference between things that are real and things that only look real but aren't? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] fluffy_cloud@piefed.world 1 points 10 hours ago

"The best"? Are the limitations of modelling so inescapable? Of thought and word? Of culture?

Here's another : Sit quietly and observe this thing that's going on. This river of sensations, with all the sights, sounds, thoughts, etc. Watch closely and you will catch yourself tampering with it. In fact you might see yourself tampering with it a lot, out of habit. If you can halt that tampering then you will see something more. That's another way.

What's the real difference between things that are real and things that only look real but aren't? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] fluffy_cloud@piefed.world 1 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

He places too much stock in fantasy. A story about justice is not justice. Mercy, duty ditto. And I doubt that faking it would bring a man closer to making it either. In fact I think that it might occlude and distract.

What's the real difference between things that are real and things that only look real but aren't? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] fluffy_cloud@piefed.world 1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Hear a meow, see a cat-shape, feel the fur. Associate that aggregation of phenomena with a model in your mind labelled "cat".

These 4 things have no necessary connection. But I do connect them.That's how I make reality.

New ‘atlas’ of respiratory infections suggests Covid is no longer just a winter virus in c/science@lemmy.world
[–] fluffy_cloud@piefed.world -2 points 13 hours ago

everybody panic!

1 in 8 cancer cases are caused by infections, underscoring the importance of vaccines, experts say in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] fluffy_cloud@piefed.world 2 points 13 hours ago

experts are the best.

What's the real difference between things that are real and things that only look real but aren't? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] fluffy_cloud@piefed.world 1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

I prefer to start with what I perceive. I think that you prefer to start with what are popularly considered to be the smart ideas of the hour.

What's the real difference between things that are real and things that only look real but aren't? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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What's the real difference between things that are real and things that only look real but aren't? (piefed.world)
submitted 22 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) by fluffy_cloud@piefed.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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Like movies. We react and get emotional and startled and stuff, but that's totally fake and we know it.

And AI. I know it's just a statistical illusion but I'll still have a conversation with it. Sometimes I'll even feel gratitude. So that's nuts.

And then you have stories handed down by important authorities. Science and religion. The guy said it so I treat it as real. Is that good or bad?

Fact is, we as humans do this thing where we treat fantasy as reality. And sometimes that's a good and useful and sometimes it's bad. And sometimes it's good for a while but then there's a AHA moment and then you realize you've been fooled and it was all fake. And sometimes that matters and sometimes it doesn't. I don't know. I'm getting confused here. You tell me.

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What is something that everybody does right now that is common and normal but is actually probably very unhealthy? (piefed.world)
submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by fluffy_cloud@piefed.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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Like the Romans used to drink from lead cups. Something like that.

(it appears that the moderator is removing any replies with which he disagrees. It might be a piefed issue. But all the removed replies are top level and upopular. Stranger coincidences have happened I suppose.)

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I've been doing Zen meditation for 20 years. AMA (piefed.world)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by fluffy_cloud@piefed.world to c/askmeanything@lemmy.ca
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Meditation is a thing that you do with your attention. When you pay attention or concentrate or get distracted, that's you doing a thing with your attention. And that's obviously important stuff in your life and the world. Meditation takes it further.

We basically have 2 kinds of meditation.

  1. Concentration meditation, which is plain ol concentration taken to a higher level.

  2. Zen meditation (aka shikantaza), which is another thing to do with your attention, kindof a left turn from concentration and is a bit esoteric.

So there you go.

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