I am here with a plan. From the start I have been clear about my plan. I wrote about it in my subscription request to Jamal and I was told it was no problem as long as I followed the rules.

I am building a computer with super-human intelligence, a multi-year project. Independent of my success in this project, my plan, here on the forum, is to get a better understanding of the consequences of such a computer. Is it actually smart to build one?

That would be a perfect topic for this forum, except over the years I have developed a personal philosophy that contradicts modern philosophy at its core. That is, I don't see thinking as the ultimate way of finding truth. In fact, I see the limitations of human thinking as the source of most world problems.

People say I am in the wrong forum. I don't think I am. Philosophy hasn't always been rigidly grounded in theoretical thinking as it is today. It has been much more grounded in personal experience in different eras. There is also Eastern philosophy.

I do have some kind of model that describes my new approach. [edit] I've started to present its principles in my first posts. The same model that I want to use to discuss the consequences of this AI, also underpins the theoretical principles by which this super-human intelligent computer operates. In other words, the technology and the philosophy around it are both built on the same basic principles.

I have nothing against thinking, let that be said! I do a lot of thinking myself. But in order to see the limitations of thinking, it is needed to consciously take a distance from it, from time to time. I'd say 50% of the time. That is something we haven't learned in the West.

People who say my writing is not substantial, please read more closely. It might be unusual and not written as another theory-on-top-of-a-theory, but it is grounded in personal validation. Not that you must take my validation as the truth, I encourage you to validate it by yourself. That is why I tell you my personal experience, to show you how you can get there. Some topics you cannot understand by thinking alone, it is that simple. Everyday topics, I am not talking about transcendental stuff.

[edit]Posts of mine have been discussed as self-promotion and I still don't fully understand why. First it was about mentioning the name of the computer language, of which I also own a domain name. After I removed the website entirely and renamed the language here on the forum, the self-promotion argument kept returning. I believe that having a theory and trying to promote it over different posts is seen as self-promotion by the moderators. [/edit]To me, it is about the core principles of philosophy. But since moderators have the power to operate on their own accord, new ideas easily get banned this way.

So here is my question, given all this, how should I proceed here on the forum? Every time I try to present an idea, it is seen as arrogant and not open to discussion. The opposite is true, I am here for discussion. I am willing to change anything in what I do, and I actually did this several times already.

I am told to engange in other discussions. I find it difficult to do. I see a discussion "The (possible) dangers of of AI technology". What should I write: "I have a different view, let me explain"? You'll say, yes, that is what we all do here. But I feel often that there is no common ground to start the discussion, I'll just start annoying people.

I do expect at some point in the future there will be a number of people here on the forum who will see where I am going. I already offered to donate my domain name to the forum, in case there is need for a central reference.

Let me finish by saying that despite the opposition, I feel at home here. Nobody is willingly trying to hurt other people, I believe. Sometimes the tone is a bit harsh, but I can top that ;).