[extropy-chat] Re:Just trying to figure it out

[Anna Tylor]

Dear Mr. Tymes

Again thank you for your time, as you've repeated, you don't have very much 
of it.

Ok so here's the truth:
I am not and never will be a writer or a scientist, I am very well aware of 
this fact.  My problem
is a little bizarre and I need to talk to someone about it or i'm going to 
lose my mind.

I'm not a kook, I already know you think this but really i'm a very talented 
and busy artist.
I do consider myself educated, creative and intelligent but I have no where 
near the depth of knowledge that the people on Extropy chat have.

So here's the problem: Since August 05, I have not been able to stop 
researching specific fields.
(In passing, the last time I researched anything that wasn't in my field was 
over 8 years ago).
The Pyramids, the stars, AI and Time Travel.  Nothing else.  It almost seems 
like an addiction, every
spare moment I have I jump on the net to research.  This might seem quite 
naturel to you, but
for me it's extremely bizarre.  I have over 50 pages of notes and have spent 
hours and hours
trying to figure out what all of it means.  I'm a little overwhelmed.
In August, the first thing I researched was AI, the singularity institute  
and Edward Yudkowsky.
That's why I contacted him, I thought maybe he could help me out to figure 
this stuff out. I
really don't mean to be a nuissance and if you could even direct me to 
someone or a specific
site that I can talk to openly about all this stuff I would be extremely 
grateful.

My question:  In June I did something I have never done before, a drug.  It 
was a very
overwhelming fantastic experience for I thought of things never in my 
wildest dreams could
I have imagined.
Could this drug have caused this effect?  Am I experiencing this addiction 
based upon the
memory from that day?
I know this all sounds bizarre and if you don't mind I already know you 
think i'm a kook and
would prefer nobody else has the same opinion. I don't make it a habit of 
contacting people
that I don't know, but I certainly can't talk to my friends, family or other 
artists about this.  So
again, if you could take a moment of your time and help me out one last time 
I would
be very grateful.

Thanking you again
Anna


>From: Adrian Tymes <wingcat at pacbell.net>
>Reply-To: ExI chat list <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
>To: ExI chat list <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
>Subject: Re: [extropy-chat] Re:Just trying to figure it out
>Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 13:20:28 -0800 (PST)
>
>--- Anna Tylor <femmechakra at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Ok, again sorry to be bothering you
> > I have a few questions when you have some available time
> > I really don't want to be bothersome but what can I do,  I really
> > want feed
> > back
>
>You need to look up the answers on your own.  (That I needed a week to
>even tell you this much, should tell you how little time I have to
>spare.)  You're on your own for now.
>
>BTW:
>
> > Quoting Andrian Tymes:
>
>It is considered quite rude in some circles to mispell peoples' names
>like this, when you have the proper spelling in front of you (like,
>say, in the email you were quoting).  Moreover, typos like this tell
>people that you're putting very little effort into answering your own
>questions - you don't even take the time to check your posts for typos
>(yes, this can take many many minutes, or even an hour just to compose
>one single email if it's a long one - that's just the way it is), to
>make it easier for people to read and understand your questions.  (The
>harder it is for people to read your questions, the less likely people
>will bother to do so.)
>
>Again - I've given you pointers, but you are on your own at this point.
>The documents you have been given the URLs of contain many of the
>answers you seek, and many of the answers you will need to know in
>order to find out how to ask for the rest of what you seek.
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