Lifestyle Spirituality

Rigid vs Completely Ossified Minds

Most men are rigid. Most men eventually consolidate in their beliefs. The psyche wraps around those beliefs protectively. The entire machinery of schemas and biases makes it immensely difficult to penetrate. Don’t hope for an average person to change. People don’t change.   Most men are rigid. There’s little chance of them changing. There’s little …

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OVERTHINKING and OVERACTING

There’s overthinking and overacting. There’s a balance to find.   The QUICKER you can test and tinker and iterate — the less you have to think. Why bother thinking — if problem naturally solves itself anyway.   If the problem is NOT solving itself however — is when you obviously should stop and STRATEGISE. Repeating …

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Cycle Of Delusion, Pessimism, Enlightenment

It’s a cycle: -delusion, ignorance, denial -acceptance, pessimism, desperation -growth, enlightenment   Examples? –Dunning-Kruger effect –Gartner’s hype cycle –Four stages of competence -and most people you know   Let’s explain the cycle:   DELUSION, IGNORANCE, DENIAL -Anything you’re not knowledgeable about, don’t have significant experience at — you’re basically ignorant about -Since you’re ignorant — …

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Philosophy World

I Apologize For Sophism

I apologize for sophism I apologize for convincing words I apologize for verbosity I apologize for appearing right   We all should apologize: -Apologize for seeking to be “right”, win an argument -Apologize for seeking to convince others and ourselves -Apologize for seeking to be wise, sound wise — rather than act wise, make wise …

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Strawman Yourself

You can straw-man yourself   Straw man fallacy is giving an impression of refuting an argument — rather than actually addressing it.   Straw man fallacy is an excellent way of deceiving others or oneself It’s because we often confuse the thing with it’s appearance Furthermore few things in this world are clear and plain …

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The Level of Detail

At any given subject you have a certain understanding This understanding could be shallow and general, or it could be deep and detailed   There are two reasons why you don’t necessarily always want a high level of detail: -observing, understanding details, then creating a detailed model — are resources-consuming. You may want to devote …

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SPIRITUAL EXPANSION AND CONSOLIDATION

There are two modes: expansion and consolidation One is expansive and open and adventurous and MOVING Other is enclosing and retaining and protective and settling   We obviously rely on both: acquiring resources — then retaining them. If you’re only acquiring and never retaining — than your work is futile. Water seeps through your hands. …

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Philosophy

Simple But Not Easy

There’s what’s difficult and there’s what’s simple. But then there’s “simple but not easy”.   How can something be “simple but not easy”? In truth, it can’t! It doesn’t make any sense, it’s paradoxical. The true meaning of “simple but not easy” is that it is UNKNOWN The difficulty is ultimately UNKNOWN, in how: -it …

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Too Good To Be True

“It’s too good to be true” No, not necessarily   There’s what you know is possible There’s what you know is not possible And there’s what you don’t know is possible   That which you don’t know if it’s possible — that will elude your imagination You’ll say it’s “too good to be true”, or …

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