*FIELD NOTES - THOUGHTS AND IDEAS*

[Healthy Merking]

what happens to the robot that realizes that the job it has been programmed to do is impossible?

[Healthy Merking]

from a certain perspective
it seems like the goal is to willingly engage in a battle you have no hope of winning

to set foot on the battle field
submit to that-which-cannot-be-defeated

and then see what happens

[jonnygemini]

maybe there is no winning or losing in the grand scheme

I think my goal is just to keep playing the game for as long a possible

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[jonnygemini]

"system error"??

or

is the beginning of "artificial intelligence" knowing your limitations??

or

is the only limitation on a perfect robot/computer the programmer??

[Healthy Merking]

jonnygemini said:

maybe there is no winning or losing in the grand scheme

I think my goal is just to keep playing the game for as long a possible

hahahaaaaaaaaa

the only way to stop playing is if EVERYBODY stops playing


its strange
that
in most "we all win" scenarios
many people in this society still feel as tho they have lost



sad

[Healthy Merking]

jonnygemini said:

"system error"??

or

is the beginning of "artificial intelligence" knowing your limitations??

or

is the only limitation on a perfect robot/computer the programmer??

interesting

[Healthy Merking]

a strange point of view is required for a strange planet

[Healthy Merking]

lighthouse said:

jonnygemini said:

maybe there is no winning or losing in the grand scheme

I think my goal is just to keep playing the game for as long a possible

hahahaaaaaaaaa

the only way to stop playing is if EVERYBODY stops playing


its strange
that
in most "we all win" scenarios
many people in this society still feel as tho they have lost



sad

it occurred to me over the past couple of days
that there may be a tremendous difference between
'winning'
and
'not losing'

in the perspective of 'playing the game for as long as possible' -
perhaps this is my beef with a lot of belief systems

the idea of detachment does not really seem to be possible in an environment where not everybody is 'detached'
or
in other terms -
detachment means the same thing as self-destruction or suicide
(which is fine depending on your perspective
i suppose)




i think you hit something J -
in the context of a population that is playing a game
(whether aware of it or not)
and understanding the relative pointlessness (or perhaps impossibility) of 'winning'
plus
the suggestion of self-destruction involved in 'losing'
the correct approach may simply be
to not 'lose'
for long enuf
until there is nobody playing anymore

or
in other words
survive
and
wait for the storm to blow over

[jonnygemini]

In the words of Lt. Dan from Forrest Gump,

"Is that all you got, God?!?"

[Healthy Merking]

there seems to be much less to life than the complexities which meet the eye

[Healthy Merking]

there is a difference between

thriving
surviving
and
enduring

[Healthy Merking]

for the purposes of communication

it is becoming clear that the art of rhetoric and debate has completely undermined the use of words in most scenarios



differences in subjective meanings and interpretations
as well as the ability to bend words in directions to make one thing appear like something else
has all but rendered words completely useless

[Healthy Merking]

when you alter the landscape of a moving body

you affect the orbit

[Dr. D-Resperatation]

I SAW THE FUTURE LAST NIGHT in my sleeep awake,

and i didnt know wheather to analize it or change it, so i just tried to breath, but the woice of the colective concieousnees told me not breath, but

violence,

didnt know where to go

peace to the kid who blead marbles, i got black beeds crawling from my chi

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