Philosophy Spirituality

Useful Faith vs Blind, EVIL Faith

-There’s science =knowledge from observations, encapsulated by a testable theory, which has then been tested indeed -There’s reason, rationality = coherence of different concepts. Mathematics, logic, philosophy, etc. -And there’s FAITH = ASSUMPTION of something, WITHOUT either scientific proof, or even validation of logical clarity   Is there room for faith? Well we can’t always …

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Philosophy World

West Hating West Is Like Vegans Hating Plant Food

(By WEST — we mean Western values, enlightenment values, liberal democracy)   West hating West is like VEGANS hating plant food   Imagine a vegan only eating in restaurants, and only eating in vegan restaurants Except he HATES the vegan restaurants in this town He thinks the plants there are TOO sentient He thinks they …

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Philosophy World

How You’re Brainwashed Into False Scepticism

Want the easiest trick in the fucking book? Tell someone that ONLY YOU KNOW THE TRUTH, and EVERYONE ELSE IS WRONG, or LYING, Then tell them “THE TRUTH” ! ta-da   look I wrote about the psychology behind it: “The Opposite Of Wrong Is Not True “ “What Really Happens When You Reject The Authority” …

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Lifestyle Philosophy

About GREED

Why is greed so repugnant, disgusting?   Greed is delusion Greed is weakness   Greed is delusional faith, hope — for betterment through acquisition Greed is weakness — when this false betterment comes at the expense of true values   You and I of course are reward-driven You and I of course have goals But …

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Lifestyle

What They Think

What they think matters IF -they are likely to be CORRECT -and MORE correct than you   It’s that fucking simple   You can’t tell yourself that you don’t care — if you SHOULD CARE Then you’re just being delusional NOT caring about INSIGHTS which could benefit you is obviously SELF-defeating You’re not rebelling against …

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Philosophy

Where Does “PROGRESSIVE” Come From, Historically?

Where does “PROGRESSIVE” come from? Let’s first be clear what we’re talking about, Let’s say “progressive” in this context means “SOCIAL REFORM” So where does SOCIAL REFORM come from?   Here is where: TECHNOLOGY   If not for technology, you would still be spending day and night toiling at the fields Large % of that …

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Philosophy

I Don’t Think I’m Qualified

“I don’t think I’m qualified” are beautiful words   The observation of this text is not the rather obvious Dunning-Kruger effect Scio me nihil scire i.e. that the most ignorant are the most ignorant of their own ignorance the most incompetent don’t even know they are incompetent and that the most knowledgeable understand just how …

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Philosophy

What Really Happens When You Reject The Authority

When you reject AUTHORITY — you’re left WITHOUT authority (unless you can replace it with some other authority)   Now unless you yourself are THE authority — then again: you are left without authority   Therefore simple logical conclusion is that now you’re IN THE DARK   Being in the dark is not bad It’s …

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