So why are beliefs so important for ao many people then?
I mean sure, maybe it’s just indoctrination.
Or maybe it’s utility. Believing a nice scientific model or car repair manual can deliver definite advantages.
Or maybe it’s habit. I’m stuck in my head so arranging my mental furniture becomes important.
Or something else
Your thesis so far consists entirely of trite accusations. You got something with more substance?
So defensive. I believe that I have struck paydirt.
Why does it get that special role of “cornerstone”.
You have a thousand things in your perspective. Sights, sounds, vibes, random thoughts… Why does belief get this special treatment?
Lots of things lead to actions. Feelings, habits, inertia, inspiration… Beliefs are not special in this.
Asked me what?
Please, go on. You seem to be having a perfectly nice conversation with yourself here.
It ain’t the tax it’s the brokeness. If I wasn’t so broke you could tax my dick and I’d be perfectly ok with that.
I am not following your reasoning.
A translator and a creator are 2 completely different animals.
Ah, so you have done us a service.
To willingly live within a dream is certainly poor behavior.
But ya, an old idea. Supported by testimony of seers. Old as humanity.
it’s Nietzsche. Use your google powers.
That reply is barely 2d. It’s like 1.5d.
I think they refer to addiction to a specific kind of action or mode of existence.
I can’t think if a name for it but it’s what nazis, atrocity-doers, vampires and mass murderers are doing.
A total indulgence in domination. A total taking from the world. A total divorce from humanity. To lean totally into that and be transformed.
Apparently it’s empowering, ecstatic and awful.
Yeah I don’t get the philosophical details either. But it’s a solid vibe.
Sunshine has a metaphorical role in it too, I think. There’s a scene, towards the end, in the hospital. The vampire is exposed to bright daylight. And there’s a crucifix on the wall iirc. Something there.
Persecuting infidels has always been a universally popular occupation. The Christianity etc is only a justification.
I was thinking about that exact same thing today.
The material world’s purpose is to get you out of your head. To force you to stop dreaming all the time and face something better.
Wealth and technology are ways around that of course. With wealth and technology we create an air-conditioned dream womb.
It would have to be an artificial limit. Which would mean that vampires are artificial. A biotech thing with a death timer build into the cellular whatever.
In Farmer’s “Riverworld” they used a dark matter artificial soul. That would be a way in.
In “The Addiction” there’s this old vampire named “Pana”. He’s pretty weird. Talks about the nature of suffering.
Says he can actually diet. Takes longer for a vampire to lose weight tho.
Well that’s a terrible truth.