Dream Wilder
@dreamwilder.bsky.social
Love to geek out over philosophy, culture, and Buddhism.
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Dream Wilder
@dreamwilder.bsky.social
· Nov 19
I love this take.
I don’t deny the very real possibility that any kind of phenomena can be potentially encountered experientially; I am just really skeptical of the idea of “objective reality” in any absolute sense.
In other words, phenomena are only arbitrarily reified into “things” by our minds.
I don’t deny the very real possibility that any kind of phenomena can be potentially encountered experientially; I am just really skeptical of the idea of “objective reality” in any absolute sense.
In other words, phenomena are only arbitrarily reified into “things” by our minds.
Chimpanzees 'engineer' their tools [via Uni of Oxford] 🧪🐒🛠️💡
"[They] employ a degree of engineering when making their tools, deliberately choosing #plants that provide #materials that produce more flexible tools for #termite #fishing."
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-03...
#Chimpanzees #engineer #tools
"[They] employ a degree of engineering when making their tools, deliberately choosing #plants that provide #materials that produce more flexible tools for #termite #fishing."
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-03...
#Chimpanzees #engineer #tools
Research into chimpanzee ‘engineers’ has implications for
A multidisciplinary team of researchers led by Dr Alejandra Pascual-Garrido, Research Affiliate at the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, University of Oxford, have discovered that
www.ox.ac.uk
March 25, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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This is why every movie where the neurotic anxious and the idealized avoidant actually succeed in a relationship, without first gaining some clear insight that fixes their respective attachment styles, is dangerously toxic
February 2, 2025 at 12:27 PM
This is why every movie where the neurotic anxious and the idealized avoidant actually succeed in a relationship, without first gaining some clear insight that fixes their respective attachment styles, is dangerously toxic
#psychology #philosophy
(Mild spoilers for “YOU” on Netflix)
Something interesting happened while watching this show (overwhelmingly recommended btw).
I suddenly saw why the anxious/avoidant romance dynamic is idealized by both types, until they learn better!
(More in comments…)
(Mild spoilers for “YOU” on Netflix)
Something interesting happened while watching this show (overwhelmingly recommended btw).
I suddenly saw why the anxious/avoidant romance dynamic is idealized by both types, until they learn better!
(More in comments…)
February 2, 2025 at 11:39 AM
#psychology #philosophy
(Mild spoilers for “YOU” on Netflix)
Something interesting happened while watching this show (overwhelmingly recommended btw).
I suddenly saw why the anxious/avoidant romance dynamic is idealized by both types, until they learn better!
(More in comments…)
(Mild spoilers for “YOU” on Netflix)
Something interesting happened while watching this show (overwhelmingly recommended btw).
I suddenly saw why the anxious/avoidant romance dynamic is idealized by both types, until they learn better!
(More in comments…)
#2024 was a rough decade
December 31, 2024 at 4:50 PM
#2024 was a rough decade
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If you want people to have to stay in the country after education, you need to tie that specific term of work to the benefits up front. You can't say it's free and then go "Oh but we didn't mean you could do whatever you wanted after receiving it. Pay us back."
December 31, 2024 at 1:47 PM
If you want people to have to stay in the country after education, you need to tie that specific term of work to the benefits up front. You can't say it's free and then go "Oh but we didn't mean you could do whatever you wanted after receiving it. Pay us back."
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Just because a problem is valid does not mean you get to violate other people's rights, or make them "pay back" something they received as a public benefit available to all with no strings attached. If people knew accepting the education meant becoming a slave of the state, they would not choose it.
December 31, 2024 at 1:46 PM
Just because a problem is valid does not mean you get to violate other people's rights, or make them "pay back" something they received as a public benefit available to all with no strings attached. If people knew accepting the education meant becoming a slave of the state, they would not choose it.
Ever been involved in a community suffering from a purity spiral?
What happened?
What happened?
December 31, 2024 at 5:08 AM
Ever been involved in a community suffering from a purity spiral?
What happened?
What happened?
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Why not treat this as an economic problem with a diplomatic solution, similar to trade deficits?
Also, how, specifically, would you choose go about enforcing the regime of keeping doctors in the country, if you were in charge and couldn’t abdicate the duty of implementing this system?
Also, how, specifically, would you choose go about enforcing the regime of keeping doctors in the country, if you were in charge and couldn’t abdicate the duty of implementing this system?
December 31, 2024 at 3:39 AM
Why not treat this as an economic problem with a diplomatic solution, similar to trade deficits?
Also, how, specifically, would you choose go about enforcing the regime of keeping doctors in the country, if you were in charge and couldn’t abdicate the duty of implementing this system?
Also, how, specifically, would you choose go about enforcing the regime of keeping doctors in the country, if you were in charge and couldn’t abdicate the duty of implementing this system?
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That’s obsolete thinking in my opinion; I would leverage emerging improvements in technology to make an ultra-low-cost educational delivery and credentialing/certification system, undercutting the for-profit education model as well as the socialized one.
December 31, 2024 at 2:55 AM
That’s obsolete thinking in my opinion; I would leverage emerging improvements in technology to make an ultra-low-cost educational delivery and credentialing/certification system, undercutting the for-profit education model as well as the socialized one.
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Uh-oh, if I’m a philosopher, that means I’ll have to adjust to fame, fortune, universal adoration and a spectacularly enviable love life!
How do you handle the pressures of that rockstar lifestyle?
I’m scared 😭
How do you handle the pressures of that rockstar lifestyle?
I’m scared 😭
December 31, 2024 at 2:45 AM
Uh-oh, if I’m a philosopher, that means I’ll have to adjust to fame, fortune, universal adoration and a spectacularly enviable love life!
How do you handle the pressures of that rockstar lifestyle?
I’m scared 😭
How do you handle the pressures of that rockstar lifestyle?
I’m scared 😭
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That's as real as it gets!
December 31, 2024 at 2:37 AM
That's as real as it gets!
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Don’t worry; I’m not a “real” philosopher, I just like to think about stuff and talk about it ❤️
December 31, 2024 at 2:36 AM
Don’t worry; I’m not a “real” philosopher, I just like to think about stuff and talk about it ❤️
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I am reminded everyday why people tend to avoid philosophers 😂
December 31, 2024 at 2:31 AM
I am reminded everyday why people tend to avoid philosophers 😂
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And if the difference is epistemically inaccessible, why assume it has ontological basis?
December 31, 2024 at 2:30 AM
And if the difference is epistemically inaccessible, why assume it has ontological basis?
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If it defies explanation, how would you tell the difference?
December 31, 2024 at 2:27 AM
If it defies explanation, how would you tell the difference?
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In your opinion, would a miracle be more miraculous if a cosmic power caused it, or if it just happened to happen?
December 31, 2024 at 2:22 AM
In your opinion, would a miracle be more miraculous if a cosmic power caused it, or if it just happened to happen?
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It’s a good question. Perhaps: an event orchestrated by a cosmic power, that defies any known explanation? Would you think to add or subtract anything from that definition @dreamwilder.bsky.social
December 31, 2024 at 2:15 AM
It’s a good question. Perhaps: an event orchestrated by a cosmic power, that defies any known explanation? Would you think to add or subtract anything from that definition @dreamwilder.bsky.social
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Hmmm…. What criteria would you use to decide whether a given phenomenon as a miracle or not?
December 31, 2024 at 1:54 AM
Hmmm…. What criteria would you use to decide whether a given phenomenon as a miracle or not?
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Do you believe in miracles?
December 31, 2024 at 1:46 AM
Do you believe in miracles?
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I would say “pay your bills before leaving the country” counts as authoritarianism, on the grounds that it turns an entire country into a debtors’s prison.
Personally, I think debtors’ prisons are a terrible idea.
Personally, I think debtors’ prisons are a terrible idea.
December 31, 2024 at 2:00 AM
I would say “pay your bills before leaving the country” counts as authoritarianism, on the grounds that it turns an entire country into a debtors’s prison.
Personally, I think debtors’ prisons are a terrible idea.
Personally, I think debtors’ prisons are a terrible idea.
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It does seem like some kind of fundamental disconnect with other human beings, to be open about wanting to impose your will on them whether they like it or not, and then not understand why they don't like that. Like, who WOULDN'T want the Correct system imposed on them? It's Correct!
December 30, 2024 at 1:51 PM
It does seem like some kind of fundamental disconnect with other human beings, to be open about wanting to impose your will on them whether they like it or not, and then not understand why they don't like that. Like, who WOULDN'T want the Correct system imposed on them? It's Correct!
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Some people seem to get enraged at the idea of anyone being free.
Personally, I think authoritarianism should be classified as a personality disorder.
Personally, I think authoritarianism should be classified as a personality disorder.
December 30, 2024 at 1:38 PM
Some people seem to get enraged at the idea of anyone being free.
Personally, I think authoritarianism should be classified as a personality disorder.
Personally, I think authoritarianism should be classified as a personality disorder.
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This is how you get a faction absolutely refusing to believe the lived experiences of Soviet-era refugees. They just don't see authoritarianism as a problem, not if it's imposing THEIR will on people.
December 30, 2024 at 1:25 PM
This is how you get a faction absolutely refusing to believe the lived experiences of Soviet-era refugees. They just don't see authoritarianism as a problem, not if it's imposing THEIR will on people.
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Ninja dresses as Pirate, joins crew, drinks, plunders, sings sea shanties… say, this is way more fun than Ninja stuff!
Ninja ignores mission parameters and gets elected Pirate Captain.
And they all lived merrily ever after.
Source: Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag
Ninja ignores mission parameters and gets elected Pirate Captain.
And they all lived merrily ever after.
Source: Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag
December 30, 2024 at 4:09 AM
Ninja dresses as Pirate, joins crew, drinks, plunders, sings sea shanties… say, this is way more fun than Ninja stuff!
Ninja ignores mission parameters and gets elected Pirate Captain.
And they all lived merrily ever after.
Source: Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag
Ninja ignores mission parameters and gets elected Pirate Captain.
And they all lived merrily ever after.
Source: Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag