You getting what you want is NOT completely mysterious, but it is confusing First It has to be POSSIBLE, and preferably plausible There are CRAZY goals that are likely impossible -having everything, sacrificing nothing -being remembered, immortal physically or historically -having THAT PARTICULAR thing, that particular way -etc Then there are AMBITIOUS …
Tag: Psychology
OUTRAGE Is How You Affirm Yourself (by Contrast)
For something to exist as a distinct entity, there must be some attribute which distinguishes it from something else If there’s none, or we can’t perceive it — then it blurs with that other thing — and is not recognised as distinct Conversely the greater the contrast the more something stands out And …
Meaningless Comparisons
For a comparison to make sense — it has to be meaningful Otherwise it’s meaningless, obviously When it’s meaningless — it’s rather useless, or at very least misleading What is better? Cats or washing machines? Green or furry? Rich vs sunny? Having tail or having little debt? Like is this meaningful? Obviously it’s …
Private Worth vs Seriousness
Seriousness should be earned, respect should be earned Your viewpoint is worthwhile merely because it is yours, when it is honest. I agree But that doesn’t mean it earned the attention of others (NOR does it mean that those viewpoints that have the attention of others — were earned) A viewpoint can be …
“Good Enough” Not Good Enough, “Not Good Enough” Good Enough
People mistake “good enough” for NOT good enough and people mistake NOT good enough for good enough A thing has attributes If you need something for its particular attribute — all things that have that attribute are good enough Optionality however, the extra potential utility — doesn’t make it better now — but …
The Software and Hardware of Mind
There’s a computational theory of mind Maybe it’s right maybe it’s wrong It’s cute, philosophically But isn’t it profound practically? Your results are downstream from your actions, which are downstream from your mind Isn’t your mind quite like a computer? We speculated about our nature since time immemorial But aren’t computers some of …
Why Do You Get Drunk and Dumb?
Why do you get drunk / high? And why, as a result, you become an even dumber cunt? So there’s the gain to be derived, One would be the good emotion that it brings Another could be the liberation from inhibition Inhibitions of course exist for a reason At the extreme: having “no …
Real vs Fake vs Drunk and Repugnant
Being NOT real (fake) is disgusting because: -then you’re IMPOSSIBLE to be trusted. you’re unknown (real you is unknown) -and unknown comprises both good and bad. -and the bad is not worth risking, if you can have the good instead, from someone else +It also reeks of incompetence and worthlessness. Otherwise you wouldn’t try to …
Sincere Care vs Sincere Learned-Care vs Insincere Care
You look at a thing / person / idea / phenomenon, and you CARE, or DON’T care You can choose to CARE in which case you will provide that thing with more attention, more effort in your actions, more thoughtfulness and respect in how you consider that thing, and it can result in some …
Fuck Your Neurosis
Your problems give rise to thoughts and emotional states Thought is how you abstract, strategise, plan Emotional states is how you execute The problem is then solved… or isn’t, who cares Thought should go away, emotions should calm But like most things in nature — there’s a certain momentum to given phenomena, a hysteresis, …