Knowing that something IS, and knowing HOW it is, are two different things, obviously. Knowing that something WORKS, vs knowing HOW IT WORKS, are two different things, obviously. This “obvious” truth is already great wisdom Even greater wisdom is understanding the full consequences of it A major epistemic consequence are the various common …
Author: Janus
The Insightful Create Insights For The Regular To Benefit From And Repeat
Only insightful people create new insights But regular people can nevertheless UNDERSTAND those insights, or at least TAKE ADVANTAGE of them BUT this doesn’t make the two on par CREATING is not the same as appreciating BUILDING is not the same as using the thing, obviously Of course there are also people who …
Measure Every Failure Everything You Missed Out Against Your Imminent Death
Measure every failure, everything you missed out — against your imminent death If you think you lost something you haven’t lost shit yet You’re not only not meant to have it all You’re meant to die I’m repeating myself I’m repeating myself when I’m saying yet again that only this moment is real and …
True Definition of “SERIOUS ONE”
What Does “SERIOUS” Actually Mean? Serious is not “serious face” Serious is not “serious words” Serious is not even serious effort Serious is NOT even skin in the game, not merely Plenty people who take themselves very seriously They wave their hands, they raise their voice, they speak big words And it’s all …
“Beyond Science”
There’s science Then there’s a guess, a conjecture, a possibility, an attempt And then there’s “beyond science” Or so am I told Do you know what’s “beyond science”? That which is UTTERLY unknown for now anyway, but much of it forever, surely The rest is SCIENCE, or SCIENCE-TO-BE If it’s measured, …
How We Became So RELIGIOUS, Again
There’s nothing easy in championing reason It was progress enough when we managed to at least resist deluding ourselves, beguiling ourselves with lies and fantasies, Perhaps big part of it was just laughable unattractiveness of religion, as compared to actual progress of human ingenuity. Even if you yourself were useless — it was still in …
If You Want It Gone, You Must FORGET It Utterly
When you want something gone, You can’t simply think: “I WANT IT GONE” Obviously If you want it gone entirely — it must also be gone from your thoughts Well, when you think how much you “want it gone” — you’re thinking OF IT Therefore it’s NOT gone from your thoughts quite a paradox …
Why New Toys Are Exciting (And Your Life Is Not)
Toys are new = novelty. First they are new by the very fact that you don’t have them Second they are new because toys are continuously updated, to keep you enthralled Toys benefit from memetic value Which itself benefits from scarcity We want that which others want. The more we don’t know what we …
Stubborn When It’s Cheap, Weak When It Counts
Isn’t it fascinating? We’re so stubborn and recalcitrant and combative — even when we KNOW we’re wrong And yet, When we actually believe something, and for once for good reason, and for once it’s the RIGHT THING — we’re still too WEAK and PATHETIC to STAND for the truth, to stand for ourselves This …
Mediocrity More Scary Than Failure
What do you fear more? failure? or mediocrity? Both are a social construct Alone in the woods — it’s annoying when you are building a small shed, and the structure collapses somehow It’s annoying, but You’re not a “failure” You’re not a “mediocrity” Those terms exist only in the society Now what do …