sui_generis

any implication that I'm not is misfounded 

engaging sincerely is my favorite way to defeat trolls

hey, thanks, good to stop by again and see what's poppin. 

first I'll admit that I don't think I do fully understand what it is to which you are gesturing.

are you trying to ask about why aren't other people p-zombies? or are you trying to ask how there can exist a flesh-and-blood human AND, apparently separately, the idea of the person who "is" that same flesh-and-blood human? or are you trying to ask something else?

a framework can explain everything without actually executing the explanation of it all. we have not calculated the sextillionth digit of pi but that doesn't mean we haven't solved the framework which would generate it for us if we were to actually execute it.

similarly, my ToE does not fail to meet the standards for a ToE simply because it does not go to the effort of actually executing an explanation for it; it is sufficient that it merely provides for the execution of the same.

as it happens, though, I fully expect to have at least an answer to that particular question by the time I publish 

what makes you think this work isn't serving God?

if you care to share what this verse means to you in this context, I can give you several verses affirming my work, from multiple angles. 

I have at least two years blocked to learn higher level pure maths, and hard sci is a given. when I say everything I mean everything. 

wrong article

but, yes: basically it's a unifying cause for all observed phenomena.

I don't really find that an interesting question. why shouldn't anything exist? if nothing existed, the question would be nonsense.

since I don't have enough life left to cover ACTUALLY everything, there are limits to the depths to which I'm going to go in metaphysics and especially cosmology. I am not yet sure if I will end up making statements on the nature of the big bang / the end of the universe. I'd say it's about 50/50 atm as it's looking now with my foci

do you consider ToE's a feminine activity?

I'm writing one. I am formulating curricula for myself to ensure I have the adequate basis of knowledge to avoid the sorts of mistakes that would prevent me from being taken seriously before my ideas are even seriously contended with. 

what markers should I focus on? one of my main concerns is that if I'm going to attempt to defend the universal applicability of the model, then I must be, in some sense, decently competent at talking about everything. naturally, this presents a profoundly disadvantageous burden for me, such as would likely prevent me from attaining a degree of mastery over one specific domain as would grant me the credentials that many of the actual cultural mover-shakers use to pre-filter the ideas on which they spend their time 

wdyt? ❦ 

they should build a time delay into mines
modern tech should be pretty reliably able to self-detonate ordinance on the span of months or years

depends on the reasons

thank you very much. 

do you know of any sources for consuming this material OTHER than reading the books? I feel a bit ashamed to ask, but for whatever reason I simply have enormous difficulty mustering the concentration required to read books, but greatly desire to engage the core content. do you know if there are any good secondary sources, perhaps podcasts or similar? 

I don't understand, can you explain how the incoherence of an infinite sequence in a finite period implies the incoherence of an infinite sequence in an *infinite* period? 

more holes gives you less Swiss cheese in a relative, not absolute sense.

Swiss cheese has holes 

absolutely more Swiss cheese = absolutely more holes

absolutely more holes = relatively less Swiss cheese 

absolutely more Swiss cheese = relatively less Swiss cheese

sumn like gat

this is literally just the sorites paradox 

there is no answer in the form you're seeking. the truth is that "pizzas" don't exist as ontological entities; only as categories that we place objects into commensurate with the utility of doing so 

I believe the bible is a book of truest metaphor. 

gg, mharman's efforts were commendable. mafia would indeed be revived if games were filled with that sort of investment. 

but ultimately town requires "total packages"… mharman & badger are examples of the two ways town can fail to be complete players. badger was RIGHT but not BELIEVED. mharman was BELIEVED but not RIGHT.

good town play involves both, I think. I'm no mafia theorist but, thinking about it now, I suppose great town play involves successfully avoiding lynches & nk's while bringing about scum death… I suppose this doesn't *necessarily* involve being widely town read or even making accurate, explicit scum reads…

again: GGs. (inactivity was part of my strat dp1&2—dp3 talking was negative utility)

❦

idk what's going on with the night actions, but there seems to be multiple roles that could be fucking with things? bus driver, redirector…? I don't know what the deal is, but I'm not scum. if I were scum I'd have been a bit more gung-ho in trying to direct shit, but I've got a pretty lowkey role and the theme knowledge isn't as powerful as y'all make it sound. I am basically just assisting mharman's theorization. 

I'm not scum. I don't know what to tell you. 

wdym lynch liars I haven't lied so

has max claimed or????

VTL airmax 

log on and write just two sentences 

why are you diehard badger sheeping

mikal is probably linchpin as if he's town then his activity will win the game, and if he's scum then his activity will run the game

this is how he always is tho, and I'm not prepared to read him very deeply

badger what is your read on mikal

okay I read the gramps role and like?????? uhhh supa give reads cuz you're not likely to last to the end, so either your reads will be pro-town for us after you die to refer to or pro-town for us to watch you try to avoid scumreading teammates if you flip guilty

supa & ilp feud is dumb

who did you try to investigate? you're basically confirmed town so don't be shy, at worst your reads will be stupid but not scummy or malevolent

I'm aware I'm not exactly providing stunning reads here

that's kind of a weak set of reads, everyone is town and the only "scum" reads are just "slight"? seems lukewarm & scummy tbh 

godfather is an obvious scum role that easily fits him 

but I could come up with multiple scum roles and a dozen town 

also SPOILERS mharman ffs

also Roy isn't a "bad" guy but he's a fucked up sociopath who's just out to get off to catching criminals and advance his career… he will get his informants killed if he has to.

but yes I don't see how he'd be mafia under theme split. but just like something like Breaking Bad, there are no good people on this show 

well, more or less

Roy could be a LOT of roles btw, multifaceted character 

I'm Sam Dermody, I'm a real estate agent so I can choose someone's house and I'm a Watcher

np1 I watched whiteflame, no one visited 

I just voted, so I guess you can hammer?

if the theme split is navarros  vs byrdes one way or another, helen is 100% cartel side whatever that implies

I assume max isn't mafia lawyer (despite being essentially in-universe mafia lawyer) cuz that would be p dumb to char claim if that were so

theme is 100% not good vs bad… everyone would be mafia lol

I'm fine voting earth atm all things considered 

helen is cartel lawyer, adversarial relationship with marty, would kill him if necessary, otherwise is there to ensure his success for the sake of cartel laundering

this was a dope moment in the show. however, mikal, remember mod said the "flavor text" were NOT hints

but yes he's also literally the MAIN character so we should assume he's in here

if he were he could be godfather actually 🤔 re whiteflame talking about theme splits on the same page (7) as above, it could be Byrdes  vs everybody, tho Charlotte Byrde claimed TP… which can make sense, since in the show she fights to become emancipated minor 

other theme splits uhhhh law vs everyone, cartel vs everyone, gay characters vs everyone, langmores vs everyone, kids vs everyone

to be clear I'm not gonna wait hours I'll be ready to vote or not in a few just gimme a sec

10 hours is plenty then I'm gonna read first 

hang on I'm catching up & making sure this is kosher

how much time left 

I'm here and skimming… 

I skimmed but I'll read in full in a minute 

the only reason I JOINED the game was because I had theme knowledge so my having theme knowledge being a scumtell is like…?? I said as much in the sign-up thread lol 

wut

re the gender thing being a mafia ploy… yeah, no, that is a dumb idea, to FOS for gender reveal push