tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11168555.post4287641251230280759..comments2024-03-28T03:22:24.202-04:00Comments on The Multiverse According to Ben: Kafka in the morningBenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12743597120529571571noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11168555.post-4705653775193873142024-02-26T06:13:37.919-05:002024-02-26T06:13:37.919-05:00Painting a picture of the internal struggles we gr...Painting a picture of the internal struggles we grapple with as a species, our complex and thoughtful thoughts about humanity’s place in the greater cosmic realm and our post-Singularity future possible have been lively. We understand that we are imperfect but can self-destruct; however we appreciate how beautiful, wonderful and creative we are.<br /><br />On another philosophical note, trying to untangle the complexities of New York City is not unlike facing the knotty challenges inherent to human existence. Hence, like those self-defeating sentiments, there is need for such services as <a href="https://www.ritewaytowingnyc.com/roadside-assistance" rel="nofollow">towing in new york city</a> which would smooth out these knots of life in an urban setting.Frank Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02296185069804256664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11168555.post-29345369563163625112016-09-14T15:00:02.316-04:002016-09-14T15:00:02.316-04:00"The term autoscopy comes from the Greek word..."The term autoscopy comes from the Greek words "autos" (self) and "skopeo" (looking at). Autoscopic phenomena are psychic illusory visual experiences defined by the perception of the images of one's own body or one's face within space, either from an internal point of view, as in a mirror or from an external point of view. Autoscopic experiences were first described by the Greek philosopher Aristotele, but it was subsequently admirably described in its ambiguous presentation by Ovid in the third book of its Metamorphoses where the author narrates the myth of Narcissus, a beautiful boy who falls in love with his image reflected in a water source. In the first place he mistakes his own image with another person, but when he suddenly realizes that he is looking at the image of himself, desperate for the hopelessness of his love he is forced to commit suicide."We!Are!the!Sicknesshttp://sickness-still-abounds.blogspot.com/2011/11/kevin-drumm-sheer-hellish-miasma-re.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11168555.post-34820961271100511222016-09-13T15:52:14.164-04:002016-09-13T15:52:14.164-04:00Victor Frankenstein: "What do you want of me?...Victor Frankenstein: "What do you want of me? To suffer? You've done that... I'm sorry I left you. I'm sorry for the cruelty you've endured, that I inflicted upon you.<br />But... I cannot unmake the past."<br /><br />Caliban: "I'm not concerned with the past, only the future. Rise and walk with me, creator. I'll show you what I want."<br />http://youtu.be/fWQRvBqZPOMAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01991237506890261650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11168555.post-2683297280823481342016-09-13T13:48:19.970-04:002016-09-13T13:48:19.970-04:00There are better dreams than this one, and worse. ...There are better dreams than this one, and worse. Many, many are better. Only a few are worse.<br /><br />"This is all a dream we dreamed one afternoon long ago." ~ The Grateful Dead "Box of Rain"Michael LaTorrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08738300396747081657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11168555.post-86767155792441365652016-09-13T08:41:22.539-04:002016-09-13T08:41:22.539-04:00Dr. Ben,
When I read your story about Max Brod an...Dr. Ben,<br /><br />When I read your story about Max Brod and Franz Kafka, it tickles all sorts of associative linkages in my feeble human mind. If I were still the undergraduate I was so many years ago, your blog-post would not resonate in my brain. Back then I barely knew who Kafka was. My best friend John N. and I were riding around with his father, James Richard N. (who induced the Lakeside School Mothers' Club to allocate Rummage Sale money to Gates and Allen for computer time-share) arguing about the German title "Der Besuch der alten Dame" -- a book I think by Kafka. Over the years I learned that Kafka want all his works destroyed, but his friend (Max Brod?) rescued the works of Kafka from destruction. More recently, a few years ago, there was some kind of dispute in Israel over Kafka's legacy, but I forget the details. About ten years ago, I was reading what happened to Walter Benjamin in Paris France after World War Two broke out and the Germans invaded. As I recall, Benjamin wanted to escape across the border from France into Spain, but something interfered, so the great literary critic Walter Benjamin committed suicide. Upshot: your blog-post resonates widely within my curious, lifetime-of-discursive-reading human mind. Bye again, -ArthurMentifexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04530921525903314824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11168555.post-66260668295832280392016-09-13T03:36:51.505-04:002016-09-13T03:36:51.505-04:00I am curious if you´ve read anything from John Smy...I am curious if you´ve read anything from John Smythies? He is an neuropsychiatrist and neurophilosopher who works with Ramachandran in San Diego. I think you´d like some of his ideas on consciousness.<br /><br />Also, you should read the paper by the theoretical physicist Andrei Linde called "Universe, Life, Consciousness":<br />https://static1.squarespace.com/static/54d103efe4b0f90e6ca101cd/t/54f9cb08e4b0a50e0977f4d8/1425656584247/universe-life-consciousness.pdf<br /><br />Best,<br /><br />BenBenhttp://twitter.com/benjamin93swenoreply@blogger.com