my mind begins to hum...

elf's sword · Post by **elf's sword** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 2:17 am

Autosuggestion is differentiated from brainwashing in that the suggestions given during the sessions originate with the individual, rather than originating with suggestions from others.

elf's sword · Post by **elf's sword** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 2:30 am

Most generally, current theories of operant learning can be divided into
three main types -- those that attempt to accurately describe behavior
(descriptive theories), those that are concerned with how the operant
learning is realized in the brain (biologically inspired theories), and those
that ask what is the optimal way to solve problems like that of assigning
credit to actions, and whether such optimal solutions are indeed similar to
what is seen in animal behavior (normative theories).

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 8:34 am

"if you live strange, than the truth is a lie"*

*this applies to any and all participants in a any ren. faire, anywhere, anytime.

the fire elf · Post by **the fire elf** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 3:12 pm

'Wealth' refers to some accumulation of resources, whether abundant or not.
'Richness' refers to an abundance of such resources.

the fire elf · Post by **the fire elf** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 3:12 pm

what's strange about that?

mayavin · Post by **mayavin** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 7:23 pm

mayavin · Post by **mayavin** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 7:33 pm

It assumes a real or imagined "choice" between alternatives and the
possibility of rank ordering of these alternatives, based on happiness,
satisfaction, gratification, enjoyment, utility they provide.

mayavin · Post by **mayavin** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 7:36 pm

mayavin · Post by **mayavin** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 7:48 pm

Specific definitions of discrepancy differ regarding the choice of B
(hyperspheres, hypercubes, etc.) and how the discrepancy for every B is
computed (usually normalized) and combined (usually by taking the worst
value).

mayavin · Post by **mayavin** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 2:24 am

mayavin · Post by **mayavin** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 2:26 am

mayavin · Post by **mayavin** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 2:29 am

mayavin · Post by **mayavin** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 2:32 am

mayavin · Post by **mayavin** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 2:35 am

mayavin · Post by **mayavin** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 2:38 am

In philosophical ethics, value pluralism (also known as ethical pluralism or
moral pluralism) is the idea that there are several values which may be
equally correct and fundamental, and yet in conflict with each other.

mayavin · Post by **mayavin** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 2:40 am

Ethical theory and applied ethics make up normative ethics. Meta-ethics
has received considerable attention from academic philosophers in the
last few decades.

the fire elf · Post by **the fire elf** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 2:48 am

Simon of the Playa wrote:"if you live strange, than the truth is a lie"*

show me

mayavin · Post by **mayavin** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 2:51 am

the fire elf · Post by **the fire elf** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 2:59 am

immediate presence of an object of knowledge to the mind, without any
distortions, inferences, or interpretations, and without involvement of any
intermediate agencies.

the direct content of the mind as distinguished from representation or
cognition.

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 6:36 am

Simon of the Playa wrote:
"if you live strange, than the truth is a lie"*

show me

i already have.

the fire elf · Post by **the fire elf** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 2:59 pm

the fire elf · Post by **the fire elf** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 3:05 pm

the fire elf · Post by **the fire elf** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 3:08 pm

mayavin · Post by **mayavin** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 6:32 pm

Angular velocity is defined as " the rate of change of angular displacement with respect to time".

Time is used to define other quantities â€“ such as velocity â€“ and defining
time in terms of such quantities would result in circularity of definition.

Among prominent philosophers, there are two distinct viewpoints on time.
One view is that time is part of the fundamental structure of the universe,
a dimension in which events occur in sequence. Time travel, in this view,
becomes a possibility as other "times" persist like frames of a film strip,
spread out across the time line. Sir Isaac Newton subscribed to this realist
view, and hence it is sometimes referred to as Newtonian time. The
opposing view is that time does not refer to any kind of "container" that
events and objects "move through", nor to any entity that "flows", but that
it is instead part of a fundamental intellectual structure (together with
space and number) within which humans sequence and compare events.
This second view, in the tradition of Gottfried Leibniz and Immanuel
Kant, holds that time is neither an event nor a thing, and thus is not itself
measurable nor can it be travelled.

Simon of the Playa wrote:i already have.

how best should i understand your comprehension of time?

mayavin · Post by **mayavin** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 7:41 pm

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 8:23 pm

http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic. ... 29&start=0

the fire elf · Post by **the fire elf** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 1:05 am

Instead of hands and
dials, it has a simple text display and chime. The display
updates every ten minutes or so (actually some random interval
between two and thirty minutes with ten being the mean)

what the f(ugh)ck?

minutes?>!!!

as in hours?>!!!

AS IN TWELVE FOR NIGHT AND !@# TWELVE FOR DAY!??!

HOW LARGE IS DAY?

AND HOW DARE THEY EQUATE IT WITH THE NIGHT

do they presume that wherever their shadow falls, they have somehow directly influenced the flow of time beneath them?

wtf?

"It's About Time" is a subjective time clock specifically
designed to make the accurate tracking of time impossible.

- two thirty or so
- no longer ten a m
- nearing three in the afternoon
- ten months until you forgive yourself for what you said
- the witching hour
- approaching noon
- tea time
- two hours later to the east

more like a constant re-affirmation of that scaffolding of economic society

useful, perhaps...

but still,...

there's more to it

it's greater, smaller, far more useful, and such

mayavin · Post by **mayavin** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 3:33 am

the fire elf · Post by **the fire elf** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 5:34 pm

Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors.
It is the democracy of the dead.
Tradition refuses to submit to that arrogant oligarchy who merely happen to be walking around.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Joseph Joubert wrote:Words, like glass, obscure when they do not aid vision.

skygod · Post by **skygod** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 6:22 pm

Delight at having understood a very abstract and obscure system leads most people to believe in the truth of what it demonstrates.
~Georg C. Lichtenberg

I say there is no consciousness without desire. The desire to know and it's delights.