It’s not left vs right (any more) It’s order vs populism Reason vs tinfoil, conspiratorial thinking Obviously the average idiot has no clue about politics They don’t even know the basics Politics is difficult, complicated. You have law, sociology, economy, warfare, psychology, media, even philosophy — all coming together in strange ways And never …
Tag: Ignorance
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 …
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 …
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 …
“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, …
From Same Obvious Principles to Divergent Outcomes; You Don’t Even Know How Wrong You Are
Consider following situation You are playing chess Both of you apply a set of principles, to find the best move Both of you essentially apply the same set of principles, e.g. you read the same books, practiced the same concepts, etc. There’s NO DISAGREEMENT there, But One of you decides that Bxf7+ is the best …
It’s Not an OPINION, It’s a GUESS
“What is your opinion on…” The dumbest fucking question You’re not supposed to have an opinion You’re not qualified You’re not qualified You’ve no skin in the game You having opinion DOESN’T FUCKING MATTER I mean literally It doesn’t impact you in ANY WAY, if you have an “OPINION” on this subject …
Freedom to Be Stupid
There’s a lot of knowledge, history, out there, that COULD be useful, BEFORE you think you KNOW what is what. Furthermore there’s a lot of ways you can “qualify” yourself to someone qualified, qualified to be considered LEARNED and KNOWING . In the same time even all the knowledge in the world — does not …
Only Stupid Problems Are “Problems”
It’s STUPID problems which are annoying, not “problems” “Problems” are opportunities Stupid problems are fucking problems Fundamentally “STUPID PROBLEMS” are FALSE problems = their ROOT CAUSE is UNDERNEATH, hinting to a DIFFERENT PROBLEM =ADDRESSING the UNDERLYING is the REAL aim And NOT treating symptoms Thus when solving STUPID problems, there’s a sense of …
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” …