>>12388576Ask yourself "why", and to every answer, ask why again.
Ask yourself "what", and to every answer, ask what again. Don't determine identity by only looking for differences, look for similarity. Look at a region or object from the perspective of multiple scales.
Ask yourself first what is possible, not what is probable. Trace out and weight every branch of possibility.
Become aware of the difference between the relative and the absolute. An object floating alone in a void easily separates relative attributes from essential nature. For example "progress" is discussed as if it's an object, when the question is really "progress wfrom what, to what"? Progress is relative. Intelligence is discussed as a matter of potential and capacity, however here too, intelligence relative to what metric? There must be a value system, a set of criteria, a goal, a measure of fitness.
Imagine yourself as an alien looking down upon this place, and ask yourself the above questions again. What is it. Why does it. Look at them and ask why with the same mind you would give to another species, or a colony of ants.
