When you reject AUTHORITY — you’re left WITHOUT authority (unless you can replace it with some other authority) Now unless you yourself are THE authority — then again: you are left without authority Therefore simple logical conclusion is that now you’re IN THE DARK Being in the dark is not bad It’s …
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How To Traumatise, How To Not Traumatise
TRUE TRAUMA is when you are completely convinced of being INNATELY, DEEPLY, IDENTITY-LEVEL … DAMAGED Conversely if you’re NOT convinced — then you don’t care The likelihood of you being CONVINCED is proportional to your EXPERIENCE (confidence) in the subject -e.g. if you otherwise know NOTHING BUT SUCCESS — some idiot won’t immediately convince …
About The CONSPIRATORIAL
There’s the known And there’s the unknown The known you know to know, typically Sometimes you know without even knowing that you know, you “just know it” The unknown you partly know to not know, and partly don’t even know that you don’t know Now, if you know something, truly know — there’s …
The DELUSION Formula: Desire + Opacity + Insincerity + Compelling-ness
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 …
True Wisdom Is Advantage Anywhere
True wisdom is an advantage anywhere In any endeavour No, being a scholar, an academic, an egghead, a nerd, a know-it-all — is NOT an advantage anywhere It’s rather a disadvantage An einstellung effect, You have some clue about some narrow nonsense made up fragment of reality — and you believe it gives you …
Foundational Bricks of Understanding
Knowledge is built of foundational bricks The bricks not always fit together neatly Sometimes the layout can be a little confused But the bricks exist And some bricks are more fundamental than others Some bricks are laid at the bottom, as uttermost foundations, supporting the rest of the edifice Some are laid right …
Answer Disagreement with More, More, More Depth
There exist views and opinions and perspectives which are extremely repugnant to your views and opinions and perspectives and beliefs The default response is more conflict, more repudiation, more stubbornness The false adaptation is argumentum ad temperantiam — argument to moderation. Like all fallacies is distorts the reality in some way, by imposing it’s …
Genius Is Indeed Madness
There’s the regular and there’s the exceptional. There’s the normal and there’s the abnormal. Abnormal, which can be positively abnormal (genius) — or negatively abnormal (madness). With the normal being normal, regular, predictable, common, mediocre, and quite functional. Thus already the common denominator of both genius and madness is that both are abnormal, both …
If Both Sides Of The Argument Hate You
If both sides of the argument hate you, what does it mean? In a typical polarisation of views around a subjects, we could consider: -A set of beliefs that both sides agree with -A set of beliefs that only side A agrees with -A set of beliefs that only side B agrees with -A …
Investment, Return, and Opportunity Perception
Whether you like it or not — you are an investor. You invest your attention. You invest your time. And of course you invest your money — anytime you’re buying something One invests to get something in return So the point is obviously to get that thing in return indeed, And then it’s better …