#cause-effect

Humans hallucinate because of biological predictive models trying to secure or make sense of survival. One can only imagine how the human mind hallucinates about the cosmos, reality, and other abstract cause-effect relationships.

Karma

Karma is a  self-judicial  self-punishing  self-rewarding app

The problem of ‘beginning’ ⇒ Kirno Sohochari

Axis 1: The problem of beginning is the problem of human thought that there must have a beginning.  Axis 2: Thought is not certain but the setback of a human mind is certain to the extent that which is apparent it must have a beginning.  Axis 3: Which is apparent thought can claim it ‘true’ due to its appearance; reversely, which is not ‘apparent’ thought cannot claim it ‘false’ because of its…

Salman Rushie Explains Trumpism

Natural disaster is here again, giving us a chance to look at the lunacy of cause-and-effect carried to the point of lunacy.  Jim Bakker, the former PTL tele-evangelist, now hawking the gospel and end-of-the-world survival food.  Meanwhile, Rush Limbaugh is blathering on his latest conspiracy theory, that Hurricane Harvey is implicated in a plot to increase sales of bottled water and batteries. …

Dunia tak sekecil perkiraan kita. Buka hati, buka mata, buka kesempatan yuk.

Seperti yang kita bahas kemarin dalam “Buka Mata, Buka Hati, Buka Kemungkinan, Jangan Mudah Prasangka,” kita semua seringkali malas berfikir, enggan melakukan klarifikasi dan cepat sekali buat kesimpulan dan asumsi. Seringkali kita terjerumus menghakimi orang hanya karena beberapa hal yang mendukung opini kita yang seringkali sudah ada sebelum hal itu terjadi. Dan salah-salah kita mempengaruhi…

All I did was stand up high. Was that measured? No. I didn’t decide to scorn the One below. But when I stand up high, I look down low. I didn’t decide to  walk The so-called mile to be At a places so high that I couldn’t reach where I was But a moment ago. I didn’t ask to be give A pedestal. I didn’t call a crowd To Croon at every word I spoke. Why do shrouds and Wreaths Dress my words when I…