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May 27, 2022·edited May 27, 2022Liked by Egg Report

Great post! Thanks for all the reposts while you worked this one out, a super hard subject that I think only a few people in the world could articulate.

Based: Based on Self. It's own Basis. Turtles all the way down. God.

I see your 10,000 Days and raise you a Lateralus: https://www.youtube.com/embed/Y7JG63IuaWs

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Very based

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based on what

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That which we can't not know.

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May 27, 2022Liked by Egg Report

“The mind commands the body and the body obeys. The mind orders itself and meets resistance.” — St. Augustine

I model it as marriage: the mind is married to the body.

Great post, Randy. It’s your best philosophical work to date.

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May 28, 2022Liked by Egg Report

Really really good and coincidentally very close to my beliefs.

Will read this out loud to some people.

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May 28, 2022Liked by Egg Report

Thanks for a fine essay! I have only one criticism (pun intended). Reason is *not* an erratic irrational inflammation craving dominance and control. Its sole motive is curiosity, its sole passion the joy of understanding. It's egoless, unbiased, sociable and inexhaustible. It's *not* our 'based self', merely our tool. Yes, the negative attributes you mention are linked with it; but only because negative people who use (abuse) reason have those attributes. Don't conflate a tool with its users. But that's just my opinion! It's only a word, anyone can define it according to taste.

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May 30, 2022·edited May 30, 2022Liked by Egg Report

Reading and believing the eternal law of God should be done as soon and as frequently as possible, not after thorough training in Hebrew and Greek (Latin not being a biblical language). If one is to be based, one's mind must be based in the creator's truth first, else he is doomed to be running in vain. Thorough training in Hebrew and Greek should inevitably become desired by the one aspiring to train up other *rightly based minds.

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Jun 5, 2022Liked by Egg Report

Thank you for your writing and taking the time to inspect, build, and articulate these complex ideas

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Jun 8, 2022Liked by Egg Report

Real

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Jun 16, 2022Liked by Egg Report

Unglaubliche

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This is a great critique on critique

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If you couldn’t tell, I just discovered your blog and am commenting a lot. I wish you love in your own life.

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Thank you, I think God made sure I found this blog, because it's illuminating alot to me.

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Sep 22, 2023Liked by Egg Report

I love your use of music here. Phenomenal article.

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