[grkvlt]

the criticism is that it is necessarily entirely coincidental, due to there being no possible mechanism for these signals. if you really are under the delusion that you are predicting volcanic eruptions based on dreams, perhaps speak to a mental health professional rather than posting on twitter and hn?

[_mczl]

That is an extremely rude misrepresentation and attempt to pretend I am less than I am. That is an unkind, cruel way to react simply because you do not believe it is possible. Rather than maintaining curiosity and being open that there is something new you could learn in the data, you aggressively perpetrate a confirmation bias, and try to pretend someone is less than they are, and try to hurt them, and think it is okay to do that. It is very wrong.

The only delusion here is yours: that reality must conform to your current belief of it. And arrogant that nothing outside your necessarily limited understanding must exist. And wrong to perpetrate your own chosen closed-mindedness on others with cruelty.

I remain a little skeptical and in the past have considered that it is all a delusion. And if so, good, I would give it up. I am unattached. But the data convinces me otherwise. It is not a delusion. I am sure. I too have no explanation for how it is possible.

It is you who is deluded to be so arrogant and you who is the only one under a delusion, which includes your believing that the cruelty in your comment is either appropriate or warranted. Perhaps speak to a mental health professional rather than making these choices and posting on hn?

[grkvlt]

sure, touché, i may well have my very own issues, this in no way stops me being correct though. also, in no way did i suggest you are a lesser or inferior person, you are just wrong. we all are, occasionally. in your case, the thing you are wrong about is the certainty that you are not delusional. the fact that you can describe these delusions and have 'no explanation for how it is possible' should maybe be the thing to introspect on...

[_mczl]

Oh, I should introspect because you're too narrow minded to think it's possible, so you got to pretend it's "wrong" and "deluded" but you're "correct" in seeing this thing that you have no knowledge of at all, but I deeply know my way around, and you're going to tell me how it is?

> also, in no way did i suggest you are a lesser or inferior person, you are just wrong....that you are not delusional... should maybe be the thing to introspect on...

But I'm not your lesser, and I'm not inferior to you, right, you just know so much more than me about my own thing? Oh, I see. I see, sure. Well you're the crazy one then, if you think you know so much about something you know nothing about, and you think you can talk down to someone about their thing, when you know nothing about it and you're just scared, you can't understand, and you hate not understanding stuff don't you. Because then everyone's gonna pretend you're little weak and crazy. Without your knowledge, you're nothing, right? So you just gotta keep study study study...but all that work--you're still so narrow-minded that you see something new and you just want to pretend you already know it's impossible.

Well I don't know how you're gonna get around that arrogance that's stopping you seeing the reality. I feel sorry for you, man. But when you pretend you're right and try to hurt people with that surety, it's going to come crashing back on you, like now.

Thanks for showing yourself so clearly. At least you don't hide behind anonymity like others who same the same. I got another prediction for you: in the future in a moment of rare introspection, you will deeply regret you made this comment, and feel shame for how it reflected upon you.

[_mczl]

How do you know I'm deluded though? You don't. But I know you're deluded because you are pretending that this reality doesn't exist.

You're saying because you, grkvlt, can't understand how it can be therefore it doesn't exist. That's the delusion. So you can't say I'm deluded because you're coming from a deluded point of view. I am not deluded. I look at the data and I go okay it works. you don't look at the data. or if you do you don't allow yourself to face that reality. Because you don't understand it or you're scared of it. So you pretend. That's the delusion.

And anyway who's more deluded and out of touch with reality: someone who can actually see the future and see what's coming up or someone who can't? the deluded one is you. You're clearly just scared and projecting here.