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[Douglas Pestana @DougVegas]

Limited language leads to limited understanding.

"The limits of my language means the limits of my world.

That the world is my world is shown by the fact that the limits of language (the only language that I understand) mean the limits of my world.

Whatever can be thought at all can be thought clearly. Whatever can be put into words can be put into words clearly.

Whatever can be shown cannot be said.

What cannot be said must be left to silence."

-Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (§5.6, §5.62, §4.116, §4.1212, §7), published in 1921

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"I do not own anything else except my weapons. Focus only on what is necessary."

- "Dokkōdō" (獨行道), Precept No. 16 by Japanese samurai, philosopher, and military strategist Miyamoto Musashi, written in 1645

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"Satan is the name of the deviation of will from the truth, but it is not the designation of a natural being."

- St. Isaac of Qatar (7th century), in his ascetical homily “Against Those Who Say: If God Is Good Wherefore Has He Made These Things?” (No. 26 § 189)

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@DougVegas Possible topics that may be explored at @ClunyInstitute 's Zoë conference in Napa Valley

https://t.co/I6xi0jCJsc

[Douglas Pestana @DougVegas]

Jesus Christ raised Lazarus and Jairus's daughter from the dead and explicitly gave His followers power and authority to raise the dead in Matthew 10:8

After His life on earth and Ascension, Saint Peter raised Tabitha from the dead in Acts 9:36-42, and Saint Paul raised Eutychus from the dead in Acts 20:9-12

Even in the Old Testament, Elijah raised the widow of Zarephath’s son from the dead in 1 Kings 17:17–24

We too should be taking advantage of this power and authority Jesus Christ bestowed and continue research and endeavors on raising the dead. This is what Nikolai Federov calls "supramoralism" (in his writings "What Was Man Created For? The Philosophy of the Common Task"), what he considers our greatest moral responsibility, and should be the "common cause" of all humanity.

[Douglas Pestana @DougVegas]

Habituation*,
Training Routines,
Drills,
and a Daily Praxis

lead to Arete (ἀρετή), the ancient Greek concept translating to EXCELLENCE

Arete* leads to Theosis, both spiritual and physical.

The process gets augmented by AI.

*Aristotlean concepts

[Douglas Pestana @DougVegas]

St. Isaac of Qatar (7th century), in the 4th treatise of his “6 Treatises On The Behavior Of Excellence”, says:

"A full stomach shrinks from examining spiritual questions, as a prostitute dislikes talking about charity. A conscience full of disease abhors FAT FOOD; a mind full of the world, cannot approach the investigation of divine service."

🗝️ Translation: practice fasting, don't eat like crap, DON'T BE FAT, and don't be a glutton.

Much like the Neoplatonist philosopher, Porphyry wrote about, Saint Isaac of Qatar also knew that eschewing certain foods cleanses both body and spirit, creating room for rational thought and spiritual advancement.

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@DougVegas Interesting enough, Saint Isaac of Qatar was influenced by the Christian Neoplatonist philosopher, Pseudo-Dionysius, who was in turn influenced by Neoplatonist philosopher, Prophyry.

[LegalMente AI @LegalMenteAI]

@theallinpod @DavidSacks It's true that AI data centers have become a scapegoat & that Hochul's NY moratorium will lead to AI job growth in other states

But Python is partly to blame for this issue. Data centers would be more energy efficient if Python wasn't used. Even Musk is converting languages

[Douglas Pestana @DougVegas]

"Delusions are inexhaustible. I vow to end them."

- Second of the Four Bodhisattva Vows, according to Mahāyāna Buddhism

[Douglas Pestana @DougVegas]

It's been almost 20 years and still haven't found an easy way to deploy even basic regression models into production

Just a single line of code:

R: model = lm(y ~ x, data = df)
Julia: model = lm(@ formula(y ~ x), df)

Becomes a web of IT/software engineering complexity to move to prod

LLMs and Gen AI made the data science and model building faster

But the deployment slowness/bottleneck continues to be IT/software engineering processes disguised as "best practices"

[Douglas Pestana @DougVegas]

@unusual_whales Biden & Trump's K-shaped economy is existentially bad for the average American household

But at this point, if a person hasn't chosen to use their own agency to avoid it by using AI to help equalize, then it will be their fault if they get left behind

https://t.co/rKNiAk8Iyu

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Meta, $META, has introduced Brain2Qwerty v2, an AI system that translates brain activity into text using non-invasive brain recordings.

[Douglas Pestana @DougVegas]

Listening to political commentators talk about AI with no subject matter expertise and confidently spout falsehoods is like listening to this:

[Douglas Pestana @DougVegas]

The MEST and material world matter because God created Adam in human form. And God created man in the image and likeness of Himself (Imago Dei, Genesis 1:26-31).

Therefore, if man bears God’s image in human form, then the material world is not an illusion to escape/disregard but the medium through which the human can become divinized (Theosis) and even having a MEASURABLE spirit rather than being detached from the physical order.

While this challenges classical theist and Christian Scientist assumptions, it is worth pondering if an overly immaterial view of spirit risks missing the larger mystery of creation and physical Theosis. And what advances in neurotechnology and AI may yet reveal about the depths of mind, spirit, and matter.

[Douglas Pestana @DougVegas]

Companies arent going to layoff employees via AI & save on those costs

Rather, the vendors doing the "AI automation" will charge the same price as the FTE that was laid off

Vendor: "we automated your employee costing you $50K per yr using AI! Here's our invoice for $100K!"

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The spirit of the LDS message on AI is one of cautious optimism

The spirit of Pope Leo 14's Magnifica Humanitas on AI is one of reflexive pessimism

Only one of these messages will prevail. Not both

Pope Leo 14 should've adopted a stance similar to LDS' Quorum of 12 Apostles

[LegalMente AI @LegalMenteAI]

Futuristic fashion in dark elegance. Coming soon...

[Douglas Pestana @DougVegas]

The Buddha already discovered Occam's Razor & the Principle of Parsimony in the 5th century BC

He talks about it in Chapter 8, Verses 100-101 of "The Dhammapada":
"Better than a thousand verses of meaningless words is one line of a verse"

1,900 years before William of Occam

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Life gets upgraded on a gradient.