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FreeIgboho:
Well some people have multiple false awakenings and nothing has so far worked to let them know they haven't woken up for real - maybe you should go and teach them how you always know you are dreaming since ONLY you seem to have this ability

You'll be the first student so that you can learn to distinguish dream from waking life.

DCatt:
It's coming to hit you!

LMFAO

I have a feeling he already knew about the cancer and kept trying to do something about it.

FreeIgboho:
No, going by general consensus you'd seem the one with a problem. As you can see from the below, false awakenings are universal while frequent lucid dreams are indeed very rare and usually last few seconds or minute before you lose the lucidity and again think it's real life.

Just checked on the cause of false awakenings and turns out stress or anxiety or sleep disorders like insomnia could be the reason. Are you constantly experiencing any of these?

FreeIgboho:
According to studies, if you can tell you are dreaming, then you aren't totally dreaming - you are in-between

What studies?

FreeIgboho:
No, going by general consensus you'd seem the one with a problem. As you can see from the below, false awakenings are universal while frequent lucid dreams are indeed very rare and usually last few seconds or minute before you lose the lucidity and again think it's real life.

I said I know the difference between dream and waking, false awakenings are still dreams are they not? How can it be false if you can't tell the difference between it and real life? It is false because you should be able to tell the difference, if you can't then may be you have a problem.

FreeIgboho:
I don't know what my brain can distinguish, all I can tell are my own experiences. Sometimes I actually wake up, wash up, hurriedly get ready for work, then wake up again, not knowing it was all a dream. You ever experienced such?

Nope, I can tell the difference between dream and waking life. As intriguing as my dreams can be they do not have the vivacity of waking life. No matter how vivid your imagination real life will beat it hands down so I don't know why you can't distinguish between the imaginations your brain is throwing up in dreams and what you see when awake. Do you think you may have a problem with your brain function?

FreeIgboho:
The same way I act in my dreams. My brain tells me they are totally real and I act towards them accordingly; doesn't mean they are.

So your brain cannot distinguish between people in your dreams and people in your waking life?

FreeIgboho:
Very high. But there is also a possibility that you are a composite created by Seun to help the forum, or that you are a bot, or that u r a figment of my imagination, or that I'm dreaming, etc. Some scenarios are highly unlikely but cannot be ruled out.

Which probablity do you work with regards to the people you see everyday, do you act as though they are not real or do you act as though they were?

FreeIgboho:
In our reality everything is probabilistic so you can only talk of things that probably exist, like my thinking

What is the probability that I am real?

FreeIgboho:
Having objective reality or being independent of any interaction.

Example?

FreeIgboho:
When you are dreaming everyone you encounter is totally real to you but they don't exist. I have ABSOLUTELY NO WAY of proving I'm not dreaming.

You have told me what it doesn't mean, now tell me what it means.

FreeIgboho:
Can you lay out how I can establish that YOU exist?

Been nice debating with you. You are one the more erudite and knowledgeable monikers on Nairaland (I say moniker because I'm not sure u r actually a person )

What does exist mean?

basilico:
Saudi production cost of oil is very low, the oil minister is in a video talking about 5 dollars per barrel. They need oil prices at least 50 dollars per barrel within a stated output per day to sustain the govt and its overly generous state subsidies eg education, funding wahabbism worldwide reverse osmosis plants, electric power etc.

Fracking is expensive, dig wells, pour chemicals then pump the oil out of always. Unlike simply digging a perpetual well once and pumping it out.

Increasing world supply decreases oil prices, making fracking more difficult to invest in. But frackers were able to cut production costs to 29 dollars a barrel eg by horizontal drilling making them competitive in oil prices above 50$ per barrel. Cutting production costs means being more efficient and more production.

You have a gift of not answering questions while still writing a lot. The question is why did US oil imports from Saudi increase?

benalvino3:
Oga, Biden withdraw when there was no hostility only for him to go back in to do what they should have done months ago if they actually planned for it.

How did he go back in when all the American contingent has left?

basilico:
Saudi does not want shale oil. To make it uncompetitive Saudi plus some OPEC flooded the market with oil.

You can broaden your horizons here

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/01/how-frackers-beat-opec/508760/

I dunno how the article you cited relates to my question. My reading of your answer is Saudi used economic pressure via OPEC to force the US to increase it's imports?

basilico:
Looks like you are challenged economically.You don't order 200k litres of oil ,wait to sell it and order more. You hedge a price , do a contract say annual.
US was a net energy exporter.Was exporting more than importing.
In other words if all contracts (impex )were cancelled then it would not need any import of oil and gas.
Middle East needs to be stable because of oil.Shortage of ME oil sends oil prices up all over the world. The development of shale oil in US has helped oil consuming economies reduce their forex reserves by way of lowered oil prices.

Mr Economics Expert tell me why oil imports from Saudi grew in the period Trump was president.

zendi:
Why bring Obama and history of arms deals into it?
I'm re-posting the above to yank you back to point, which is your own Trump-specific question as to why Trump went to Saudi (if not for oil, as implied by the tone of the querry).
I gave you a mega weapons deal outcome of the visit to show that Trump had something weightier that oil in mind for that visit.
Again note that I agree that oil remains AMONG the interests, but that it was no longer the CHIEF, the MAJOR, the PRIME interest since America had become energy independent in Trump era.
I keep repeating Trump era because Biden will go after fossil fuel at home and America:s dependence on external sources of oil will return.
Now give me one oil related outcome of heavier weight than the weapons deal to prove that oil was the MAJOR reason Trump went to Saudi.

How was the US energy independent in Trump's era when oil imports from SA grew?

I am juxtaposing the history because you are not giving any cogent reason for me to think oil is no longer a major reason for US interests in the Middle East in general and Saudi Arabia in particular.

Hismasterpiece:
First of all, God is not to blame for the way the world is right now.

He created a perfect world. In the beginning there was no sickness or death. There was no evil in the world.

But according to what scriptures teach, our ancestors Adam and Eve are responsible for how the world is today. They determined the course of this world. God gave them a choice. Life or death. They chose death and today we're all paying for it. They introduced evil into the world.

Remember the phrase, 'The sins of the father are paid for by the son'?. That's the phrase that best describes today's reality. We are paying for our parents' error.

As regards why God isn't doing anything this is the answer I'll give. According to what the Bible teaches, God has committed His Work on this earth to Christians. We are His chosen vessels through whom He brings healing, love, salvation, deliverance, shelter and all the good things that today's world lacks. He has entrusted Christians with His Power and we are to represent Him fully here on earth.

Given the number of Christians that are in the world today, if we were of the same caliber as the early Christians, today's world would be different. So the fault lies with us Christians and not with God. Because He has done all that needs to be done. It is now up to Christians to let Him move through us.

First of all no god has been established to exist talk less of blaming him. Can you layout how I can establish that your god exists?

FreeIgboho:
You are going way ahead. Question is how do you know I exist?

LoL! The response to "YOU ARE WRONG" was "How do you know?" and now you are changing it to something else. LMAO! I think I am done with you.

FreeIgboho:
I never said a supernatural exists. Who am I to say that - a humble guy like me

What did you say?

FreeIgboho:
I acted nothing. I said I proded you into doing research for us

You didn't prod me to do any research, I knew you'd merely deflect to some other nonsense, just like you are doing now, if I asked you to look up the definition. The definition clearly encapsulates all you've been saying but instead of accepting, you want to act like you are in a world of your own, your solipsistic cage.

FreeIgboho:
Conceited my ass. Which kind of Conceited says "I may be wrong" in capital letters??

The kind that claims to know while claiming not to know. You are only wrong in the ones you choose, you can never be wrong if you don't choose to be, even if the facts are glaring.

FreeIgboho:
How do you know?

Good question! This is how conversations should work. Now I will demonstrate how I know, look straight ahead, take a book and position it to the 2o'clock position of your view. Now while still looking straight ahead try and read the book. You won't be able to but don't take my word for it (like I won't take yours that a supernatural exists), try it out for yourself.

FreeIgboho:
I acknowledged it. I proded you into doing some research - which other figments on the thread have refused to do

You acted like this is not new to you. You are a solipsist, it is clearly defined in what I posted but instead of you to read and understand it, you are acting like a child. You are childish and conceited.

FreeIgboho:
Everything I say is probabilistic. The foundation of all I say is : I MAY BE WRONG

YOU ARE WRONG.

FreeIgboho:
Good to know you've been proded into doing some research. Our other figments of imagination on this thread should do same. No, you can't call me a solipsist because solipsists are deep philosophers with big grammar. I am simply a guy who acknowledges: I MAY WRONG.
You should be same way too (if you exist). Don't go around calling yourself an atheist when you know absolutely nothing for certain!

LoL! See me see conceit. Instead of acknowledging you've learnt something you are acting stuck up. Bwahahahahaha. You are a joke. really.

FreeIgboho:
What my brain is doing is it's biz. The Seth guy said I am hallucinating and approximating. I can assure him I only present whatever my brain perceives. If it perceives there are 3, I see 3. I don't approximate it to 2 or 4. I actually don't think I can do that.

LoL! See the person saying there is nothing definitive yet is saying he knows. Guy you are confused. Bwahahahahahaha!

FreeIgboho:
You tell us. You are the one who say he said consciousness disproves supernatural.

You'd know if you paid attention. Read again:

LordReed:
This is the problem with people like you, you enjoy quote mining and taking things out of context because they stroke feeling of profundity the narrative you want to construct gives you.

This statement: human consciousness generally is a tiny region in a vast space of possible consciousnesses when read in context will let you understand that he was talking about how it is possible that other animals may indeed be experiencing consciousness in ways we don't. Read the full context here: https://blog.ted.com/how-does-consciousness-happen-anil-seth-speaks-at-ted2017/

At no point does Anil mention the possibility of the existence of a supernatural, in fact he says consciousness is firmly grounded in the body here:

"Just as biologists have explained the properties of living systems — like metabolism, homeostasis and reproduction — once we start explaining the properties of consciousness in terms of things happening inside brains and bodies, the apparent metaphysical mystery of what consciousness is should start to fade away."

So yes Mr Matrix, Anil Seth does not say consciousness is a supernatural phenomenon.

You should poke your head out of your solipsistic dungeon so you can understand even if you don't know.

1) I was just telling you what he said concerning AGREEMENT, which made sense. But I myself perceive things as my brain receive them - no approximations.

2) Then you would have not used the word "conclusive". See below again. That's as conclusive as things get in this our reality

1. Does your brain see all the wavelengths of the light hitting your retina? No it doesn't therefore it must be APPROXIMATING.

2. I would and I do, just that your conceit won't let you ask questions.

KnownUnknown:
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FreeIgboho:
Aahh, but you are wrong. I AM HUMBLE. And you should be too because if you are like me you should know you know nothing FOR SURE. That's reality.
I am not a solipsist because I'm not sure even my own mind exists. Also, unlike solipsists, I concede I may be wrong about even that!

The truly humble don't go about bragging about how humble they are. You are not humble if you have to brag to me about your humility, instead you reveal just how conceited you are.

Still a solipsist, pick your flavour:

Metaphysical
Metaphysical solipsism is a variety of solipsism. Based on a philosophy of subjective idealism, metaphysical solipsists maintain that the self is the only existing reality and that all other realities, including the external world and other persons, are representations of that self, and have no independent existence. There are several versions of metaphysical solipsism, such as Caspar Hare's egocentric presentism (or perspectival realism), in which other people are conscious, but their experiences are simply not present.

Epistemological
Epistemological solipsism is the variety of idealism according to which only the directly accessible mental contents of the solipsistic philosopher can be known. The existence of an external world is regarded as an unresolvable question rather than actually false. Further, one cannot also be certain as to what extent the external world exists independently of one's mind. For instance, it may be that a God-like being controls the sensations received by one's brain, making it appear as if there is an external world when most of it (excluding the God-like being and oneself) is false. However, the point remains that epistemological solipsists consider this an "unresolvable" question.

Methodological
Methodological solipsism is an agnostic variant of solipsism. It exists in opposition to the strict epistemological requirements for "knowledge" (e.g. the requirement that knowledge must be certain). It still entertains the points that any induction is fallible. Methodological solipsism sometimes goes even further to say that even what we perceive as the brain is actually part of the external world, for it is only through our senses that we can see or feel the mind. Only the existence of thoughts is known for certain.

Methodological solipsists do not intend to conclude that the stronger forms of solipsism are actually true. They simply emphasize that justifications of an external world must be founded on indisputable facts about their own consciousness. The methodological solipsist believes that subjective impressions (empiricism) or innate knowledge (rationalism) are the sole possible or proper starting point for philosophical construction. Often methodological solipsism is not held as a belief system, but rather used as a thought experiment to assist skepticism (e.g. Descartes' Cartesian skepticism).

FreeIgboho:
As long as you got an education who cares wether you call it sarcasm or marcasite. I am not really a solipsist. They speak big grammar, etc. Mine is boiled down to four words: I MAY BE WRONG. Keeps me humble and honest and keeps me reminded my thinking could be flawed and that there could be things I don't know that I don't know.

You are far from humble. You are so conceited I wonder how your head fits through your front door every time you go out. I specifically said in one of my responses in this thread that it may be possible that gods exist somewhere in the universe but because you are too conceited and lost in your solipsistic dungeon you didn't see or understand what I wrote. Yes you are a solipsist, go look up the meaning if you don't know what it means or scratch that you'll claim someone other bizarre thing lemme do it for you. Solipsism from Latin solus 'alone', and ipse 'self') is the philosophical idea that only one's mind is sure to exist. As an epistemological position, solipsism holds that knowledge of anything outside one's own mind is unsure; the external world and other minds cannot be known and might not exist outside the mind.