Dinner-revelation

When you realize what you're going to have to dinner. This usally is a miracle for everyone who hates cooking.

I have not had any dinner-revelation yet.. i think we will have to starve today

by BouncyRob November 25, 2023

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Special revelation

Yeah, see? This is the kind of shit I'm talking about. I mean, wow! God, speaks directly to his mind-brain and he somehow isn't required to demonstrate that it comes from God or that it isn't a manifestation of his own mind. Ridiculous.

Hym "There it is! Did I not say they delude themselves into believing that they're God? Man I am profound! I had never even heard of special revelation! That's just an observation I had made! It was evident at a glance! Axiomatic (if you will). Andrew, when God is speaking to you, in your mind-brain... That is just your own thoughts. If THAT is what God is to you then your morality is based on your own opinion. A literal moral superiority delusion. Entirely imaginary! I was right! Correct again! God, is literally just people not understanding their own thoughts. Reinforced by those same thoughts aligning with what is found in the bible, but only after years of conditioning. Wow! I do not fucking miss, do I? It's like I walked into a bar, closed my eyes, and started flinging darts at a dartboard and what did I find when I opened them? I filled every hole of the double bullseye. Got me looking like a hentai protagonist up in this bitch... Without the bangs. Jesus, that- I am impressive. I can't even find the words right now. How do I know? How do I always know? It's like I'M the one God is talking to! I'm the true special revelation haver! Not Andrew."

by Hym Iam June 17, 2024

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Scientific Receptionalism

A framework emphasizing that scientific discovery depends as much on the receptivity of the scientific community as on the discovery itself. A finding only becomes knowledge when it's received—understood, accepted, integrated. Revolutionary ideas fail not because they're wrong but because the community isn't ready to receive them. Receptionalism studies the conditions under which science can hear new things: the paradigms, the power structures, the generational shifts, the conceptual tools available. It's science studying its own listening.

"Mendel's genetics were correct in 1865, but Scientific Receptionalism notes: the community couldn't receive them until 1900. The discovery wasn't the problem—the receptivity was. Your brilliant idea might be failing for the same reason. It's not you; it's the horizon."

by Abzugal February 23, 2026

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Epistemological Receptionalism

The theory that knowledge requires not just a knower but a receptive community—that claims become knowledge only when they are heard, understood, and accepted by others. A solitary insight, no matter how brilliant, isn't knowledge until it enters the intersubjective space where it can be received. Receptionalism studies the conditions of reception: what makes a community able to hear certain claims? What blocks reception? How do power, prejudice, and paradigm shape what can be known collectively?

"You've been saying this for years and no one listens. Epistemological Receptionalism asks: what would make them able to hear you? It's not about being right—it's about creating the conditions for reception. Knowledge isn't broadcast; it's received. Work on the reception, not just the signal."

by Abzugal February 23, 2026

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