bluealienblob [it/its]

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Cake day: June 6th, 2023

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  • Ah so you know already, fair enough! I can't say I understand quantum mechanics enough to know if or how it might prove our universe isn't deterministic, but I'm willing to bet it's one of those things that eventually the people studying it will loop back around to thinking it proves determinism again on a larger scale or something (such as infinite dimensions with infinite configurations of atoms/quarks/whatever).

    PS sorry to hear about your mental health issues. I've got an anxiety disorder myself so know some of what you're going through.

    I believe in you, if you want to go punch Rene Descartes I think you can achieve that goal if you want it enough.


  • You should just skip ahead and realise free will itself is an illusion. You can't not do what you have a high enough drive to do, for example if you're trying to lose weight, a long term goal you think you set for yourself (lol) but there's a tasty free pizza offered to you, just sitting there, if your drive to lose weight is high enough you'll resist the pizza, if not, you'll eat it because of your other drive, hunger/craving for tasty things/craving for nutrient you need from that item.

    You don't choose your needs, everyone knows that, but most people haven't figured out you don't choose your wants. They just exist.

    Next time you get an itchy ear, try not to scratch it, unless your drive to prove me wrong is high enough, you'll scratch it, so no matter what you do, you did it because you had to, scratch the itch or prove me wrong, which ever matters more to you, a thing you didn't decide.

    Enjoy your uncomfortable feeling for a few days before your brain makes you forget this as a coping mechanism :)



  • If you're genuinely sick of it, and own a laptop/computer, hook it up to the TV via an HDMI cable and under windows 11 turn on "loudness equalisation" Video here for more info .

    I haven't even thought about this problem in over a decade, I'm am surprised they haven't fixed it yet though, figured they would have with everyone streaming movies these days, having the audio designed for 5.1+ surround sound cinema usage is a bit silly when no one is watching it that way anymore.