The FRACTALITY

[GraziLovesMary]

Ok so I figure this is as good a time as any to bring this up and see what a whole bunch of random and maybe not so random people think, as they try to wrap their brains around my newest one:

In my quest to understand myself, I finally began to understand the schizophrenic nature in myself and all human beings. Over the years, it developed and evolved. I noticed how I create and arrange a precise set of personality traits, communication style, and even thought processes for each and ever person, group of people and/or scenario I encounter.

When one trait doesnt work, I remove it from the current personality structure and attempt to find a more effective replacement from the matrix of ideas and thoughts I have developed in my conscious brain.. it is a constant process of trial-and-error.

At first subconsciously, and finally upon realization, consciously, I began to try and understand and categorize all these different concepts that make us who we are and make our personalities what they are. In my head, a format began to take shape, and like the rest of the universe it is very elegant.

I realized that I dont have a personality.. I dont have personalities.. I have a fractalized organization of everything that makes a person a person.

A Fractality.

I now have a composition notebook (completely black.. I find it fitting) and am beginning to map it out, and provide definitions and explanations. Eventually I will need to create a computer model, as there are many dimensions to this fractality; much more than the standard 3 or 4 dimensions that we are accustomed to. Hopefully the completed product will give us a greater understanding of ourselves and each other.

It may also help me in my construction of artificial intelligence.. hmmm... I dont like that artificial word.. Im looking for something deeper, because it sounds like it just gives the illusion of intelligence.. how about...

Artifactual Intelligence

I am sooo not going to get credit when these become popular coined terms :P Thats ok, though.. its for the greater good. If somebody else can gain something from this for free, then I have done part of my job. If EVERYBODY can gain something from this for free, then I have fulfilled my role.

[JohnnyZ]

I completely understand that, surprisingly. You could call it Chameleon. And you obviously need to have something called the Fractal Portal.

[GraziLovesMary]

I completely understand that, surprisingly. You could call it Chameleon. And you obviously need to have something called the Fractal Portal.

Fractal Portal huh? How about the 6 senses. A portal of perception that enables us to become a part of the universe and devise our own interpretation of reality.

[Coelho]

Man... these are some profound ideas... if you like this things, i think you would like to read this book (http://www.geocities.com/octanolboy/bpweb/BP_Index.htm)... in this book is discussed a model that is much alike yours, and much further reaching than you can even imagine... im sure you will enjoy the reading! :thumbsup:

[ghosty]

Makes perfect sense, In fact I tend to do the same thing although in slightly different ways, as I would suspect we all handle slightly differently. But yeah fractality... thats a good way of putting it, good luck mapping it out...

oh and hi guys.. good to see some old faces stlll hanging around here :D

[JohnnyZ]

Fractal Portal huh? How about the 6 senses. A portal of perception that enables us to become a part of the universe and devise our own interpretation of reality.

Ah, but then you must ask yourself what is reality? What if reality is the space that exists before you step through your vision portal to see life in that light? Maybe reality isn't real at all.

I've always wondered if life is fake. Like that movie where Jim Carrey finds out his life and all he perceived as reality is actually a TV show..

[zihowie]

Reality as we, the collective race, define is the physical visualizations allow us to see. Really reality is anybody's best guess, within confines of course. I think reality takes on a more spiritual, harmonious sense.

[415plus5]

this is exactly what my anthropology class made think like. i kinda like it.

[GraziLovesMary]

To me, reality is stimulation of perception that can be confirmed by one or more individual, or possibly another perception. If I see a wall, and am unable to continue moving forward when I try to pass through it(in other words, I feel it), that wall is there in my reality unless somebody else proves me wrong because one sense was able to cross-reference the validity of said reality object. The more senses that are stimulated by an alleged reality object, the more real it becomes to me, the more stimulus onto my perception of the world around me. If I see a wall and notice another person is unable to move through it, that person took the place of a second-sense confirmation. Although depending on your state of mind, you might want to have the experience yourself, as opposed to using one of your senses to account for a different sense as well as its own. Empirical data can be said to be the straightest road to a sound mind.

To give another example: If I am somewhere familiar and smell something that my memory tells me is out of place, I may ask another person if they smell something as well. If they confirm that they, too, smell something that isnt usually there, I will try to identify the smell and get validation of that from them as well.

Reality is relative, ladies and gentleman.. There is unfortunately no concrete in this field. Only goo of varying viscosity.

[Cornelius]

I think you might be interested in the concept of qualia. Wikipedia it. It concerns the sensory experience, how it is something different, unique, indescribeable. I can say that this website is Green. But what is Green? How can I know you experience Green in the same way that I do? We are both looking at the same thing, we both call it Green, but is the experience really the same for both of us? Maybe what you see as green, I see as red, but I just call it green.

damn i need to get stoned.

[SativaCyborg]

these are all thoughts i've had as a little kid, kinda cool to see it here.

[bhouncy]

I think you might be interested in the concept of qualia. Wikipedia it. It concerns the sensory experience, how it is something different, unique, indescribeable. I can say that this website is Green. But what is Green? How can I know you experience Green in the same way that I do? We are both looking at the same thing, we both call it Green, but is the experience really the same for both of us? Maybe what you see as green, I see as red, but I just call it green.

damn i need to get stoned.

I had those thoughts when I was at primary school.

"The map is not the territory"
Alfred Korzybski

Effective hypnotists share the belief that we respond to our map or reality and not reality itself. If you get a good idea of the structure of someones map and you have effective communication skills for getting what you want then you can change those maps.

[Coelho]

Effective hypnotists share the belief that we respond to our map or reality and not reality itself.

And im sure its so, because we never interact with the reality itself, but only with what our very limited senses, our perception and our conditionings filters from the reality.
In our usual waking/sober state we are only able to percieve the map, and so we act based upon it. (In fact, its very hard to percieve the reality itself... usually it requires a lot of experience in meditation, a mystical experience or the use of strong psychedelics.)


2,500th post! :rastasmoke:

[JohnnyZ]

You guys had these thoughts in primary school? God damn I was more concerned about cooties and gym class..