You want to do better in order to get better outcomes for yourself, solve your problems better But indirectly in doing so — you become useful for others And then indirectly in doing so — you become placed higher in a hierarchy. Hierarchy of course has a purpose. It contains information about that which is …
What It Truly Means To Observe
what would it truly mean to observe? well there would be attention there would be curiosity there would be amusement, enjoyment what there wouldn’t be would be ME there wouldn’t be “me”, in the observing, the act of observing unless of course you were the subject of the observation but if you weren’t …
FORGIVING Is A Form Of NOT GIVING A FUCK
FORGIVING is a form of NOT GIVING A FUCK It means you refuse to give a FUCK about seeing your pique soothed, your pride indulged, your honour asserted Should you even give a fuck? See, that’s the decision to be made The problem with giving a fuck, or NOT giving a fuck — …
False Balance Between The Reformed Devil And Sinful Saint
When a saint sins, it’s a scandal when the devil does a good thing, overdelivers, reforms, what an uplifting story I suppose it’s some kind of relativism which causes this bias To measure anything — we must measure it against something Why not measure to the closest thing Thus measure the saint against the …
When You Know They’re Wrong But Can’t Prove It
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 …
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 …