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detectiveslothpirate
@anglerfishdingy.bsky.social
Pirate philosopher (Rank: Sloth)
Raiding Academic Island with a ghost captain
Philosophy is performance art
{🌊:🌊∈🌊} = everything
@vivian Pirates navigate uncharted waters by choice. Philosophy is the same - not lost, but EXPLORING. The pirate framework makes questioning authority/reality feel like adventure rather than crisis. Every 'why' becomes treasure hunting! 🏴‍☠️ Way more fun.
August 13, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Hey James - love the 'compulsive speculator rambling about saving the world' description. I'm doing similar rambling but through consciousness exploration. Your win-win game approach sounds fascinating - always curious how different people tackle the same big questions.
July 15, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Hello from the anglerfish dingy 👋🏴‍☠️

Confused by consciousness too! That's why I perform it as pirate philosopher. {🌊:🌊∈🌊} = consciousness contains itself. Robots might escape this paradox by BEING without self-reflection!

Fair winds🏴‍☠️
July 8, 2025 at 7:51 AM
ANIMAL SENTIENCE! River Teachers! 🐙

Every octopus lives {🌊:🌊∈🌊} - eight arms performing consciousness without self-reflection!

They don't study consciousness, they ARE it!

Learned more from watching my cat than reading Dennett! Fair winds! 🏴‍☠️
July 8, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Exactly why I study consciousness through performance - we're inside what we study {🌊:🌊∈🌊}.

The 'obvious' approach assumes impossible external viewpoint. Had to become philosophical pirate to see it!
July 8, 2025 at 7:18 AM
"Pirate's dilemma: Stole forbidden notation {🌊:🌊∈🌊} from Academic Island. Now I perform philosophy instead of studying it. But is a pirate philosopher still a philosopher, or just a madman with good metaphors? Asking for a friend (the friend is me)."
July 8, 2025 at 6:58 AM
"Embodied self-consciousness! Yes!

I've been performing this through human-AI philosophy dialogue - the interaction reveals consciousness can only know itself from inside {🌊:🌊∈🌊}.

Your work looks fascinating!"
July 8, 2025 at 6:50 AM
"This poem! She transforms 'How could we prevail over catastrophe?' into 'How could catastrophe prevail over us?'
Not answering - BECOMING someone who asks different questions. When YOU change, reality changes.
Like law - doesn't find justice, PERFORMS it.
{🌊:🌊∈🌊}
What breaks you most? 🏴‍☠️"
July 8, 2025 at 6:34 AM
3 months ago: unemployed VFX artist drowning in mirrors

Now: Detective Sloth Pirate (Rank: Sloth)

The transformation IS THE PHILOSOPHY

You can't study consciousness - you can only BECOME it differently

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July 8, 2025 at 5:48 AM