I'm making a religion based on Emergence.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Oh fuck it. THIS IS WHAT I MENTALLY FAP TO (IE BELIEVE/RELIGION) AND IF YOU GIVE ME SHIT I'LL YOU IN THE NADS. THE /NADS/! 

This.

Criticism is a good thing, in cases like this, because it can point out flaws that you might have missed.

Also, it's good training for your PhD defense, which will make this place look like a veritable paradise.

Gotta get through my master's defense before I can ever consider a PhD. 

Do you?  My father got his PhD in biochemistry without a masters.  My boss got his PhD in chemical engineering without a masters.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

I've been following this thread, Kai, and I see some real potential in the metaphors you are shaping this belief system out of.

I'd have more to say, but I got fired today for barely missing a sales quota for 2 weeks, so I'm not exactly thinking straight.   

That blows.  What kind of sales job was it, and is there any way we can make your ex boss miserable?

[Kai]

Oh fuck it. THIS IS WHAT I MENTALLY FAP TO (IE BELIEVE/RELIGION) AND IF YOU GIVE ME SHIT I'LL YOU IN THE NADS. THE /NADS/! 

This.

Criticism is a good thing, in cases like this, because it can point out flaws that you might have missed.

Also, it's good training for your PhD defense, which will make this place look like a veritable paradise.

Gotta get through my master's defense before I can ever consider a PhD. 

Do you?  My father got his PhD in biochemistry without a masters.  My boss got his PhD in chemical engineering without a masters.

Yes I do. Departmental requirement. and I sorta think it's necessary or otherwise I'd jump off the deep end.

If I haven't already. 

[Captain Utopia]

Yes I do. Departmental requirement. and I sorta think it's necessary or otherwise I'd jump off the deep end.

If I haven't already. 

What's with the low self-esteem Kai? You rock!


Literally.

[Kai]

Just the whole mess from yesterday, right now.

I really hope they don't bring it to student ethics committee.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Just the whole mess from yesterday, right now.

I really hope they don't bring it to student ethics committee.

Suerly, you can defend yourself there.

Also, if they do, revenge.  Win or lose, revenge.  Buddhism can't help you now.

[LMNO]

Unless you channel the BUDDHA OF VENGEFUL WRATH.

[Kai]

Just the whole mess from yesterday, right now.

I really hope they don't bring it to student ethics committee.

Suerly, you can defend yourself there.

Also, if they do, revenge.  Win or lose, revenge.  Buddhism can't help you now.

Oh, I will if they do. I have a list of emails and phone numbers that I'll eventually shred and delete, but were they to interfere in my life I'd find some way to interfere with theirs. It's not a threat or anything, since I'm not willing to become passive aggressive over this bullshit, just a nice present if they decided to be assholes.

[Mangrove]

Just the whole mess from yesterday, right now.

I really hope they don't bring it to student ethics committee.

Suerly, you can defend yourself there.

Also, if they do, revenge.  Win or lose, revenge.  Buddhism can't help you now.

Please to meet, the "Will Kill A Motherfucker Buddha"

[Bu🤠ns]

Just the whole mess from yesterday, right now.

I really hope they don't bring it to student ethics committee.

Suerly, you can defend yourself there.

Also, if they do, revenge.  Win or lose, revenge.  Buddhism can't help you now.

Please to meet, the "Will Kill A Motherfucker Buddha"

HAHAHAHAHA  And the couple at the bottom, the left one looks like he'a about to backslap a ho.

[Photoautotroph Herbert]

Is there any more material available to read about Emergence as it is quite interesting?

[Cain]

I have a couple of ebooks on the subject (surprise surprise), only I'm not sure where.  Kai might be able to tell you the name of the book I sent him on Emergence - its a broad overview from several authors, IIRC, and so is quite suited as a high-level introduction to the topic.

[Kai]

I have a couple of ebooks on the subject (surprise surprise), only I'm not sure where.  Kai might be able to tell you the name of the book I sent him on Emergence - its a broad overview from several authors, IIRC, and so is quite suited as a high-level introduction to the topic.

I don't know where it went now.  If I find it I'll post here.

Stuart Kauffman's book Reinventing the Sacred is the only other book I can recommend, as most of the books on emergence theory are mathematical texts.

Theres a long list of references at the end of the Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergence

[Photoautotroph Herbert]

I have a couple of ebooks on the subject (surprise surprise), only I'm not sure where.  Kai might be able to tell you the name of the book I sent him on Emergence - its a broad overview from several authors, IIRC, and so is quite suited as a high-level introduction to the topic.

I don't know where it went now.  If I find it I'll post here.

Stuart Kauffman's book Reinventing the Sacred is the only other book I can recommend, as most of the books on emergence theory are mathematical texts.

Theres a long list of references at the end of the Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergence

Do you have any other text pertaining to your religion, other than the blog post which I could read?

[Captain Utopia]

It's a bit old now, but I found "Artificial Life" by Steven Levy a good introduction if you're coming from a computer background.