There can be one compelling HYPOTHESIS… or a BUNCH of compelling hypothesis -doesn’t mean that one is right -doesn’t mean ANY of those many are right We know something to be right because it’s not only COMPELLING and LOGICAL — but also it’s WELL TESTED –PREFERABLY IN REAL WORLD, EMPIRICALLY -but subjected to POWERFUL …
Tag: Delusion
About Victim-Bias
Of course we have a victim bias If nothing else, it would result from empathy To live after death, we must pass on part of ourselves Our genes Or our ideas Both would require protecting some entity weaker than us, until they are strong enough to indeed carry on this part of us So we …
Group Seeks Consensus, Individuals Seek Benefit (Truth)
Person holding one belief is more likely to hold another belief Furthermore person holding one belief is more likely to connect with another person holding the same belief — and then to agree with them on some other belief It’s quite astounding how similar two humans can become The memetic inheritance of beliefs of …
The Problem With “Facts And Logic”
There are facts There are opinions and simplifications and emotions and distortions And there is the unknown Stupidity is human condition Craziness is human condition too Stupidity is but a cognitive failure. It’s a problem of seeing. Intellectual myopia Craziness is but psychological failure. It’s a problem of DISTORTION in what one is seeing. …
SECRET Ruling Elite
POWER is. We seek to explain that which IS Especially if it’s as HOT an issue as POWER Of course only so many things can be explained: -things which are visible -and simple enough to grasp by our limited mental compute POWER is NOT so simple to grasp. It’s simple enough to see …
What Improvement Actually Means
Every single thing around you could be improved (Or, if it’s already perfect — it can still be changed, be made different) Every single thing around you can be improved It requires intent, Then realisation of that intent, There is a degree of exertion There is a movement of resources There is a change …
The 10% Bias
A common way of manipulating others and ourselves is “the 10% bias” I made up that name. I’m not familiar with similar bias, therefore I shall describe it here myself The 10% bias is when you let yourself be seduced by an extraordinary promise — under the excuse that “even if it’s only 10% …
BOTH Optimistic And Pessimistic
I spoke against optimism in place of realism. I spoke against scepticism in place of possibility, which is just pessimism and defeatism. I spoke for philosophically fundamentally positive attitude to existence I also spoke for seeing more “negative” as your perception improves I want to once again stress it, if it’s not yet clear: …
Understanding Understanding (Labels)
-Variety, diversity means that objects have different properties. E.g. a cat has fur, it purrs, and is cute. Whereas a tree has leaves, a trunk, branches, and grows big -Existence of variety doesn’t preclude existence of a degree of homogeneity. Two objects can have some different properties — and some similar properties -Thus between two …
Algorithmic Downward Spiral
Men have their IDEAL self and their lowest self. One strives for truth — other for comfort and conformity and consensus. One strives for creativity and greatness and wellness — other for pleasure. Consciously we rather PRETEND to be the BETTER selves. Publicly we rather PRETEND to be the BETTER selves. Or we USED …