—“How Can I Understand Stoicism?”—
October 24th, 2018 2:29 PM —“CURT: HOW CAN I UNDERSTAND STOICISM?”— Well there are a number of implied questions in there. 1) Do you mean so that you understand why I say it is superior to religion for the purpose of building mindfulness? 2) Do you want to learn how and why it functions scientifically?…
It’s Not Just Density but Cost of Defense of Commons
October 24th, 2018 7:36 AM IT’S NOT JUST DENSITY BUT COST OF DEFENSE OF COMMONS Does residential sorting explain geographic polarization? Gregory J. Martin (a1) and Steven W. Webster (a2) https://doi.org/10.1017/psrm.2018.44 Abstract Political preferences in the United States are highly correlated with population density, at national, state, and metropolitan-area scales. Using new data from voter…
THE CHALLENGE OF ACTING AS PROSECUTOR
October 23rd, 2018 3:56 PM THE CHALLENGE OF ACTING AS PROSECUTOR —I may seem like kind of an asshole but my REAL problem is generally not going hard enough. I give people too much benefit of the doubt. I give them too many chances. As a result. They hurt others.”— Ely Harman —“People confuse you…
Lying despite telling the truth
October 24th, 2018 9:00 PM https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010027716300178 LYING DESPITE TELLING THE TRUTH Highlights •We defend a subjective view on lying that does not require objective falsity. •Four experiments suggest that the subjective view fits with most people’s intuitions. •Conversational pragmatics can explain findings favoring an objective view. •Implications for research about people’s concepts are discussed. Abstract…
‘Face’ Among the Arabs
October 24th, 2018 8:42 PM ‘Face’ Among the Arabs APPROVED FOR RELEASE 1994 CIA HISTORICAL REVIEW PROGRAM 18 SEPT 95 CONFIDENTIAL The preservation of personal dignity as a wellspring of Muslim behavior. “FACE” AMONG THE ARABS Peter A. Naffsinger George Washington, American children are told, having cut down his father’s favorite cherry tree, showed his…
Origins of Militia Obligation
October 23rd, 2018 3:27 PM ORIGINS OF MILITIA OBLIGATION The origins of military obligation in England and can be traced to the ‘common burdens’ of the Anglo-Saxon period, among which was service in the fyrd, or army. [T]here is evidence that such an obligation existed in the Kingdom of Kent by the end of the…
It All Begins with The Militia: The Distributed Dictatorship of Sovereign Men
October 23rd, 2018 3:15 PM IT ALL BEGINS WITH THE MILITIA: THE DISTRIBUTED DICTATORSHIP OF SOVEREIGN MEN [I]t all begins with the militia. We restore the militia, we have western civilization. We end the militia we end western civilization. The militia constitutes the shareholders (owners) of the territory, capital, and institutions. Every man a sovereign,…
The History of Extrajudicial Punishment
October 23rd, 2018 2:57 PM THE HISTORY OF EXTRAJUDICIAL PUNISHMENT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching#History The French Revolution Popularized The Practice (Really) —“Every society has had forms of extrajudicial punishments, including murder. The legal and cultural antecedents of American lynching were carried across the Atlantic by migrants from the British Isles to colonial North America. Collective violence was a…
A Hard Concept to Internalize: Via-Negativa Lying
October 23rd, 2018 10:08 AM A HARD CONCEPT TO INTERNALIZE: VIA-NEGATIVA LYING [S]cience and Law are via-negativa disciplines. We know truth by eliminating what is false. We know legal, ethical, moral, and good, by eliminating what is irreciprocal, unethical, immoral, criminal, and bad. Science is the means by which we perform due diligence against ignorance,…
My Very Simple Scientific Technique and What I Have Learned from Religion
October 23rd, 2018 6:54 AM MY VERY SIMPLE SCIENTIFIC TECHNIQUE AND WHAT I HAVE LEARNED FROM RELIGION [R]eligion is, surprisingly, the ‘hard problem’ of social science. Every other problem I have set out to solve (understand) has been trivial by comparison. Truth took me a year. The grammars took me less than six months. And…
800 Years of History in One List:
October 23rd, 2018 6:54 PM 800 YEARS OF HISTORY IN ONE LIST: Fourth Crusade(1200) > Aristotelian Restoration(1200-1500) > Literacy (1440)> Reformation (1517-1648) > Scientific Revolution 1543-1687) > French/German/Russian Enlightenment(Counter-Revolution)(1700-1800) > Industrial Revolution (1760-1840) > Darwinian Revolution (1850-1920) > Neo-Classicism, Romanticism, Pre-Raphelites thru Nietzsche (Pagan Restoration) (1750-1900) With WW1/2 and the Jewish Counter-Enlightenment (Marx /Freud /Boas…
Here Is how They Destroyed Our Civilization…
October 23rd, 2018 4:48 PM IT’S NOT JUST THE 19TH – HERE IS HOW THEY DESTROYED OUR CIVILIZATION BY DESTROYING OUR UNIQUENESS: MERITOCRATIC, HIGH TRUST NORMS, LAWS, AND INSTITUTIONS. THIS IS HOW IT WAS DONE: They: 1) increased the voting pool, then 2) used immigration, to sink the pool, then 3) used the sunk voting…
An Anglo, Female, Evolution of Nietzsche: Paglia
October 22nd, 2018 1:46 PM AN ANGLO, FEMALE, EVOLUTION OF NIETZSCHE: PAGLIA 1) READ IT. I assume most people on the right from libertarian to fascist know of Paglia’s advocacy for western civilization and her feminist’s anti-feminism (her case against over-reach really). But this is a VERY SERIOUS book for the RIGHT. So READ IT.…
Q: How Can I Learn About Propertarianism or Natural Law?
October 22nd, 2018 11:44 AM Q: HOW CAN I LEARN ABOUT PROPERTARIANISM OR NATURAL LAW? —“I’m interested in learning about your stance on propertarianism. So, how do you define the natural law? It’s something I’ve been searching and curious about for some time. And how does Propertarianism relate to this? In fact, I’m curious about…
Definitions: Empathy > Sympathy > Understanding
October 22nd, 2018 10:40 AM DEFINITIONS: EMPATHY > SYMPATHY > UNDERSTANDING I use understanding for reason, sympathy for motives and intentions, and empathy for feelings. |COMMUNICATION| Empathy(Feel/Value/reaction) > Sympathy (Intuition/Incentives/cause) > Understand (Reason/Words/Argument-Negotiation)
Wotan Gives Us a Hard Heart
October 22nd, 2018 10:34 AM WOTAN GIVES US A HARD HEART “Wotan placed a hard heart in my breast,” is what an old Scandinavian saga says: the poet who said this caught correctly what springs straight from the soul of a proud Viking. Such a type of man is proud of the very fact that…
“Does Man exist, or is he just an abstraction that exists as a universal category concocted in the heads of enlightenment philosophers?”
October 21st, 2018 2:26 PM —“I am questioning the existence of Man (with a great M), and whether or not this history you speak of is in actuality histories (plural) of (particular – not universal) men (with a lower M). Does Man exist, or is he just an abstraction that exists as a universal category…
The Rationality of Man
October 21st, 2018 12:52 PM THE RATIONALITY OF MAN (important concept) –“If man was logical, and could be moved to action by empirical evidence, then libertarianism would have caught on much more than it did.”— Jesse Schultz [W]ell. You know, man is terribly logical given his perpetual dependence on fragmentary information in a kaleidic universe,…
It’s a Bit Like Studying for A STEM+L Degree
October 21st, 2018 12:35 PM UNDERSTANDING PROPERTARIANISM IS A BIT LIKE STUDYING FOR A STEM+L DEGREE. THAT’S WHY IT TAKES TIME. IT’S NON-TRIVIAL. —“I’m having a hard time understanding propertarianism tbh. I’m reading your articles on the website but still….what should I do?:— Ayham Nedal [O]ur Reading List helps with general knowledge so that you…
The Opportunity Cost of Defending Our Commons
October 21st, 2018 11:19 AM THE OPPORTUNITY COST OF DEFENDING OUR COMMONS by Bill Joslin (perfect example of economics and law of the commons) “When deciding upon defense of the social commons, We must continuously calculate “should I bear an opportunity cost (to crush the other) to maintain peace, trust, and cooperation, and therefore to…
“THE SYNDICATE” by Olavo de Carvalho
October 21st, 2018 1:32 AM “THE SYNDICATE” by Olavo de Carvalho (h/t: Giego Caleiro) The best bit of history. Force > Religion > Law > Credit. § 3. The Syndicate The globalist elite is not only a vague social class of capitalists and bankers. It is an organized entity, with continuous existence for over a…
Olavo De Carvalho
October 21st, 2018 12:00 AM (ht: @[100002214207885:2048:Giego Caleiro] for pointer) RE: https://debateolavodugin.blogspot.com/2011/03/olavo-de-carvalho-introduction.html [O]lavo is wonderful. Really. And that particular essay, in eloquent rose, positions the conflict of civilizations (at least as of the late 00’s) correctly. I came to the same analysis except I state that there are only three weapons of coercion (force/law/government, trade/gain/reciprocity,…
Hoppe’s Getting Libertarianism Right
October 21st, 2018 2:38 PM HOPPE’S GETTING LIBERTARIANISM RIGHT (Free Download from Mises) Please read the section starting page 75 on the Alt-Right as continuation of the Paleo-Conservative movement. mises.org/system/tdf/Getting%20Libertarianism%20Right%20August%2027.pdf
Man: Known as In Self Deceptions or Known as In Demonstrated Actions (truth)?
October 21st, 2018 1:36 PM MAN: KNOWN AS IN SELF DECEPTIONS OR KNOWN AS IN DEMONSTRATED ACTIONS (TRUTH)? —“If Propertarianism is grounded solely on science and not religion, then on what basis is Man (with a great M) known?”—Josef Kalinin Joseph : I can’t decompose that question. Man ‘is’, (exists as) that which he has…
Answering Criticisms
Curt’s Rules of Discourse “The Teaching Law on Social Media Is Like Teaching in A Locker Room” Rules of Discourse Are You Acting In Good Faith? The Intellectually Honest Skeptic Asks… (… and the Intellectually Dishonest Overconfident Demands.) Dear Overconfident Young Men Blocking Policy The New Standard on Social Media Criticisms of Curt Well, you…