10JULY0353sen moment—and something chose it. Therefore, the Primary is volitio

10JULY0352me is flat). We are not at the tail end of infinity. We exist in a cho

10JULY0349ding in a big crunch, until our current aeon, where it will all end in

10JULY0348infinite number of big bangs, an infinite number of universes, each en

10JULY0344 material universe itself? If the Primary were material, the universe

10JULY0343xists, there must be a metaphysical Primary. Could that Primary be the

10JULY0341 by the judgment of your own mind. This is not just a suggestion—it

10JULY0340sake. You must think. You must observe. You must reason. You must live

10JULY0337able or dictated by the group. And if you let them, they'll utterly de

10JULY0334ism. Postmodernism. Standpoint Theory. Presuppositional apologetics an

10JULY0331ng of the modern disaster. Kant became the trunk that carried Hume's p

10JULY0323lone can't lead to moral conclusions. But look at your life. You face

10JULY0319tradiction. You can't surrender your mind to the collective—that's n

10JULY0318o live well, you must think—honestly, independently, and without con

10JULY0315st in reality. Logic isn't optional; it's how you apply identity to th

10JULY0312rchical structure of knowledge. Ayn Rand defined logic as the method o

10JULY0309 --> This vector encodes the concept "Operating Systems" * Pizza : It

10JULY0308s the concept "Occupations" * Windows : Microsoft :: Android : Google

10JULY0306e :: Oslo : Norway --> This vector encodes the concept "Capital cities

10JULY0304ically in a hyperspace. For example, in Table 8 of the paper, their m

10JULY0302imation of Word Representations in Vector Space" (arXiv:1301.3781v3),

10JULY0300ikolov et al. showed that word relationships can be learned and repres

10JULY0298f; if your thoughts do, they are not aligned with the world. This str

10JULY0295o compress vast knowledge into precise words, which link ideas togethe

10JULY0294ng concepts is essential to rational thought. It gives you the power t

10JULY0292nother planet, you'd refine your definition—perhaps "rational animal

10JULY0290, but the concepts they describe stay the same. You might define "man"

10JULY0289gs apart from another. As your knowledge grows, definitions may evolve

10JULY0288aries between concepts, highlighting traits that set one group of thin

10JULY0286 don't need to recall every dog you've seen to know what "dog" is—yo

10JULY0283mind's capacity to think and understand reality. You're a rational be

10JULY0282e isn't a valuer. To choose your values wisely, you must harness your

10JULY0281iction. Once you're dead, nothing matters; there are no values if ther

10JULY0280text is unique. And giving up your life to obtain a value is a contrad

10JULY0274l, once a nuisance, became valuable when its uses were discovered. Tob

10JULY0273. You know that things gain or lose value based on your knowledge. Oi

10JULY0272the third, you're bored. Your priorities shift with your circumstances

10JULY0271 you're late for work. Or you enjoy another episode of a show, but by

10JULY0267ed—your needs did. You want a countless number of things, but your

10JULY0266u'd value water over diamonds. Neither the water nor the diamond chang

10JULY0265 You know this from your own experience. If you're dying of thirst, yo

10JULY0264. Something is good if it supports your life, and bad if it harms you.

10JULY0263rd for judging what is good or bad. Nothing is inherently good or bad

10JULY0262 choice—to live—is the root of all your values. Life is the standa

10JULY0261. Everything you do to sustain yourself is part of choosing life. That

10JULY0259ng you act to gain or keep. Why do you pursue anything at all? Because

10JULY0256t be able to weigh ideas or change your mind. Your ability to understa

10JULY0253y denying that you have a choice—in order to do so you need to make

10JULY0251y to direct your attention is called volition. You know you have it. Y

10JULY0249e in your perception of the world. You can focus your thoughts, or you