=money, longevity, beauty, fun, sex, fitness and health, blablabala all that “superficial” shit, is just plain GOOD the only catch is that it DOESN’T GUARANTEE happiness (and in EXTREME cases — absence of those things also doesn’t guarantee unhappiness) that’s the only catch, the only shocking secret besides that catch — those things are …
Author: Janus
Political Labels Lost Meaning
If we define conservatism as: “ideology that seeks to preserve the traditional”, then CENTRISM may end up “conservative”, in relation to the left, of course, but ALSO in relation to far right My intention is not to a new definition of conservatism, Nor is it to promote any particular political view, be it centrism …
Selfishness Compass
One could conceive of selfishness compass It would comprise of two axes Horizontal could measure the degree of self-absorption, self-interest Vertical could measure the degree of IGNORANCE At an extreme left there would be utter self-absorption, utter self-obsession, with utmost disregard for the interest of others, An utterly solipsistic perspective No inhibition in disregarding …
World Really Is Built For Men (And By Men)
Both sexes are identically crucial to the world because both are identically crucial to the continuation of HUMANITY (reproduction) (when we say “the world” — we mean WORLD as it pertains to sustaining humans otherwise, the world beyond humans will be quite fine, with us or without us, obviously) However men, (on average, obviously. …
Are we the most IGNORANT ever now?
It’s human condition to be overconfident Also, we know the most ever The total of knowledge is greatest ever Not to mention our access to this knowledge is orders upon orders of magnitude greater Also, average person knows most ever We can read, we can (know how to) use cars and internet, we …
We Intuitively Judge Others By Different Standards
We think we treats others equally We think we judge others by the same standards We don’t And on more than one level First there’s discrimination We don’t even acknowledge that we discriminate That’s because we don’t even know any more what it means Discriminate is to recognise a distinction The distinction just …
We’re Not Progressive Enough?
The conservative argument is that what already works — should be protected and cherished It’s a profoundly wise argument “There’s nothing new under the sun” “Only that which has proven itself historically, rather than theoretically — can be trusted” “Infinitely many theories sound good — but it’s those which work in real world which we …
What Is A NEW Perspective, Actually?
What is a NEW perspective? New perspective is one of the two things: Someone looking further, or deeper, or broader Or someone looking from a different angle, different perspective Looking deeper, further, broader, is a function of lens, is it not? And what are the characteristics of the lens? Maybe it can zoom …
How We Became So Radicalised: The Great Debasement of Ideas
There’s doing and there’s talking Those who can’t do — talk Obviously But There’s the necessary talking Necessary thinking The talking and thinking we do — to decide what to DO Therefore politicians exist Journalists exist Writers exist Sociologists exist Philosophers exist Professors exist etc That too can be done more seriously …
EPISTEMIC LUCK
It’s not merely that some are smarter than others And it’s not merely that some get more lucky than others There’s also the possibility to DO SMART THINGS by chance So some people are born more fit Let’s just say more smart, not merely in theory but in practice That in and of itself …