Most men are rigid. Most men eventually consolidate in their beliefs. The psyche wraps around those beliefs protectively. The entire machinery of schemas and biases makes it immensely difficult to penetrate. Don’t hope for an average person to change. People don’t change. Most men are rigid. There’s little chance of them changing. There’s little …
Tag: Truth
The Falsely Humble, the Deluded Arrogant, and the Problem of Growth
-There’s what you say -There’s whether it’s true or not -There’s whether other’s find it true or not -The definition of arrogance is being very wrong when you say you’re very right -Therefore if others think you’re very wrong, and you are very confident that you’re right (and reveal it) — you are dubbed arrogant …
Asceticism Doesn’t Get To The Cause
There’s the problem of DESIRE — which is a problem of a false god, of delusion There’s the problem of OVERINDULGENCE — which is a problem of being distracted, ineffective — and all that in vain — as the pleasure is empty. By CEASING DESIRE-pursuits and PLEASURE-PURSUITS and becoming an ASCETIC — you do …
Shame, Shameful, Sincerity
There’s the shameful. And there is shame. Shameful leads to shame. Unless someone is shameless — then it doesn’t. Likewise shame itself can arise without the shameful. And of course — shameful is not objective. Shameful is not objective but it obviously doesn’t mean it’s void. Society agrees on what it considers shameful. …
Unknown is a great word…
Unknown is a great word It means it’s not known It frees you from the delusion of thinking that you know Solve real world problems, Improve your real life every day, in real ways That is KNOWN, and KNOWABLE The rest is more or less unknown Enjoy it with fascination and an open …
Thought Is NOT Consciousness
Thought is NOT consciousness. You don’t have to think it to be conscious of it. And thinking it doesn’t mean you’re even conscious of it. Thought is processing information: collecting it, and manipulating it NOT unlike computers, With the key similarity being that the data we operate on is never THE reality — it’s …
Same Thing to Say (Truth)
Whether you love someone or hate someone or work with someone or work against someone — you have the same thing to say You have the same thing to say and in the same way, really You have the same thing to say — the truth In the same way — LOVING way …
I Apologize For Sophism
I apologize for sophism I apologize for convincing words I apologize for verbosity I apologize for appearing right We all should apologize: -Apologize for seeking to be “right”, win an argument -Apologize for seeking to convince others and ourselves -Apologize for seeking to be wise, sound wise — rather than act wise, make wise …
Strawman Yourself
You can straw-man yourself Straw man fallacy is giving an impression of refuting an argument — rather than actually addressing it. Straw man fallacy is an excellent way of deceiving others or oneself It’s because we often confuse the thing with it’s appearance Furthermore few things in this world are clear and plain …
Quotes Entail Misquoting…
Words entail misunderstandings Quotes entail misquoting one could rant forever about the limitations of the words, philosophically limitations of the words to describe, examine reality with wiser man did that before I see a more prosaic problem, in our prosaic everyday life. In our prosaic everyday life, we take sentences, quotes, words away …