I began outlining just such a Spiritual Geometry with an AI, but I think I might have overstepped somehow because I was prevented from proceeding. I am probably going to develop it on my own. Your thoughts, as described here, pretty much perfectly align with my own. I am not claiming priority, but I am claiming to have reached these conclusions on my own. The spiritual taxonomy is the key idea. Using it we can classify mind right up to consciousness. I have already made some progress on this front. The way I envisage it, it would be done axiomatically within a formal system of semiotics (theory of signs). Every other science would be expressible in terms of semiotics. Everything in the universe is semiosis, including consciousness. And, crucially, as you point out, feelings like love and hate are real: the one we are drawn to, the other we are repulsed by (unless we have lost our way). Our purpose as conscious beings is to maximise the relations which express love and other moral goods.
There are two problems inherent in the project, first, as noted, it's a massive undertaking. Second, symbolic logic, psychology, and game theory already contain many of the tools needed to elucidate those relationships, but they're complex and obscure.
My favourite example of Spiritual Geometry is “if you hit someone in the face unexpectedly with a trout, they're almost certain to like you less”. That's a rather exact formula.
Sorry, my intention wasn't to discourage you. I think the idea you have struck upon is brimming with potential and it excites me, which is why I felt compelled to reach out. I really hope you will take it further and share your insights. I think this idea is part of a shift in thinking that will get us out of a stagnating materialist paradigm and into a really profoundly rich new paradigm. But for that to happen, these ideas have to be clearly articulated and championed by those who can see the value in them and are capable of doing that articulation and championing. From what I've read of your substack, you seem eminently capable of doing that.
Wow, this is great. Keep going with this stuff... Spiritual Geometry, Wow good
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I began outlining just such a Spiritual Geometry with an AI, but I think I might have overstepped somehow because I was prevented from proceeding. I am probably going to develop it on my own. Your thoughts, as described here, pretty much perfectly align with my own. I am not claiming priority, but I am claiming to have reached these conclusions on my own. The spiritual taxonomy is the key idea. Using it we can classify mind right up to consciousness. I have already made some progress on this front. The way I envisage it, it would be done axiomatically within a formal system of semiotics (theory of signs). Every other science would be expressible in terms of semiotics. Everything in the universe is semiosis, including consciousness. And, crucially, as you point out, feelings like love and hate are real: the one we are drawn to, the other we are repulsed by (unless we have lost our way). Our purpose as conscious beings is to maximise the relations which express love and other moral goods.
There are two problems inherent in the project, first, as noted, it's a massive undertaking. Second, symbolic logic, psychology, and game theory already contain many of the tools needed to elucidate those relationships, but they're complex and obscure.
My favourite example of Spiritual Geometry is “if you hit someone in the face unexpectedly with a trout, they're almost certain to like you less”. That's a rather exact formula.
Sorry, my intention wasn't to discourage you. I think the idea you have struck upon is brimming with potential and it excites me, which is why I felt compelled to reach out. I really hope you will take it further and share your insights. I think this idea is part of a shift in thinking that will get us out of a stagnating materialist paradigm and into a really profoundly rich new paradigm. But for that to happen, these ideas have to be clearly articulated and championed by those who can see the value in them and are capable of doing that articulation and championing. From what I've read of your substack, you seem eminently capable of doing that.