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ekpyrotic on Dec 9, 2008 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: What's your philosophy?

I live for the moments when I forget I exist. Can happen when doing math, physics, philosophy, or listening to music; being able to transcend my existence.

meqif on Dec 9, 2008 | [–]

That's called flow. I've been reading a book by Mihaly Csikszentmihaly on that ( http://www.amazon.com/Flow-Psychology-Experience-Mihaly-Csik... ).

That's what drives me, too.

Eliezer on Dec 9, 2008 | [–]

It's really a rather odd philosophy when you think about it. Is consciousness a mistake?

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