We are told to focus, To get really good at “one thing” When we are introduced — we are introduced by what we’re known for, and what we do When we waste couple years of our life — we do so studying and preparing to do something specific in our lives When we have a …
Tag: Reality
The Consilience of MAINSTREAM (Mainstream is Underrated)
“consilience (also convergence of evidence or concordance of evidence) is the principle that evidence from independent, unrelated sources can “converge” on strong conclusions” This also matches my observation about society, collective, the hive-mind, and leads me to the following formula: CONTRARIANS on average < MAINSTREAM on average < nuanced takes of intelligent informed …
Bliss Through Chaos
You don’t pursue happiness, You don’t pursue WELLNESS You don’t pursue calmness, serenity You don’t pursue bliss There are only two components to any spiritual state: -inner -outer No, it’s not just “inner”. It’s not just you “choosing” your state And obviously it’s not just outer — that’s why so many people with …
The Fallacy Of Intangible
There’s the well-defined, and there’s the intangible relationships fairness attitude intention effort will intuition confidence worth goodness authenticity attraction But what does INTANGIBLE mean? Does it mean those things don’t exist? Does it mean those things are effectively intractable, UNCONTROLLABLE? And therefore IRRELEVANT practically? See that’s the fallacy of intangible, if you …
How’d You RATE Your Expertise?
“How’d you RATE your EXPERTISE?” I think this is an EXCELLENT question to ask oneself, or to ask someone, when you’re trying to determine the REALITY, make DECISIONS, decide what is TRUE and what is not, decide what is PLAUSIBLE and HOW PLAUSIBLE How’d you rate your EXPERTISE, 1 to 10? Now …
UNLEARNING
Which hand do you brush your teeth with? Try switching to the other hand It’s not so comfortable, is it Now, imagine that the other hand is actually your stronger hand, It ought to perform this task better, But you’re not going to believe it, are you? You trained your other hand to brush your …
Degrees of Probability (Knowledge), Degrees of Stupidity
That which is wrong has to be proven wrong in but a single way And that which is right — has to NOT be proven wrong…. and hopefully after being subjected to a lot of testing So is there more WRONGS or RIGHTS, in this world? Ultimately, there’s just extremely lot of very improbable, and …
Naked Before Unknown
Existence is infinite and mysterious You are small and finite You are merely that which you know What you call you — is merely the common denominator in all the stories you collected over your lifetime And those stories are countable, And so are you While the rest is infinite Immeasurable Comparing …
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 …
True Definition of “SERIOUS ONE”
What Does “SERIOUS” Actually Mean? Serious is not “serious face” Serious is not “serious words” Serious is not even serious effort Serious is NOT even skin in the game, not merely Plenty people who take themselves very seriously They wave their hands, they raise their voice, they speak big words And it’s all …