Month: March 2019

(FB 1547468306 Timestamp) RUSSIANS HAVE A WORD FOR REALITY Bytie (бÑ?Ñ?ие), Russian. This word comes from the Russian byt'(to exist). In Russian-English dictionaries this philosophical concept is translated as “being.” However, bytie (бÑ?Ñ?ие) is not just life or existence, itâ??s the existence of an objective reality that is independent of human consciousness (cosmos, nature, matter).

(FB 1547435286 Timestamp) Gross adjusted household disposable income per capita of OECD countries in 2017 (in U.S. dollars) WHY BRITS SEEM POOR (THEY ARE)

(FB 1547418990 Timestamp) Knowing the deflation, operationalism, and grammars is a bit like having a superpower. And I just realized that if we teach everyone Testimonialism I won’t be the only person with the superpower…. sigh… 😉

(FB 1547394609 Timestamp) —“So we pray you take heed. Do not dismiss our entreaty. Our demands are right, just, possible and in the interests of our peoples. And if demanding fails we shall compel. And if we compel, we will make the Horrors of the French Revolution turn so feeble, that men will remember our…

(FB 1547349746 Timestamp) —“What’s your view on semiotics, Curt?”— it is in the category of marks, pictograms, character symbols, iconography, artistic composition, suggestion, advertising, propaganda: suggestion by free association, and used like numerology and astrology: untestable, and incalculable.

(FB 1547339450 Timestamp) WHAT IS METAPHYSICS? —“Why study metaphysics? Metaphysics consist of the study of the (constitution) of reality. It is the (method or process) by which we come to a (paradigm) of (the laws of the universe, laws of cooperation, laws of perception-experience, and laws of reason), and from that (paradigm) make choices about…

(FB 1547322401 Timestamp) PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT https://www.smv4k.com/smv4k-home/why-men-need-mentors-and-coaches-with-curt-doolittle-video

(FB 1547316451 Timestamp) THE BIOLOGICAL ARGUMENT FOR RELIGIOSITY? NOPE. by Bill Joslin The biological argument for religiosity I find is flawed. Aaron Hill presented this to me a week or two ago. The mutual exclusion of reason and commitment which is often presented as the result of selection pressures due to religion. I’d offer an…

(FB 1547315158 Timestamp) DEFLATING TERMS BY THE MEANS OF CONSISTENCY IN THE DIMENSIONS THAT THEY MEASURE. (important) DIMENSIONS AND MEANS OF CONSISTENCY-TESTING 1. Axioms = Logic (words) : internal consistency : Declared. 2. Theories (‘laws’) = Science (actions) : external correspondence : Discovered 3. Algorithms (operations) = Testimony : Constructed. 4. Rational Choice (incentives) =…

(FB 1547302842 Timestamp) by Bill Joslin Compatiblism – degrees of bounded freedom. It’s about accounting for the causal chain and if the actor contributes to the causal chain (opposed to a causal chain being proof of no will). We can contribute to our causal chain because we can imagine alternate states of affairs. In that…

(FB 1547272330 Timestamp) —-“…Yet if cattle or horses or lions had hands and could draw, And could sculpt like men, then the horses would draw their gods, Like horses, and cattle like cattle; and each they would shape. Bodies of gods in the likeness, each kind, of their own.” — Xenophanes via @I_Vae_Victis_I

(FB 1547271916 Timestamp) Seattle. 1st and Yessler. Galleries, Shops. Allora’s red hair in the sun. Coffee is big. Smells Like Teen Spirit. Key Arena. Fountain. Kids. Alice in Chains Rooster. Visiting other artists. Wall was down. Tech was like printing money. Everything was cheap. Anything was possible. And we were making it possible. And if…

(FB 1547270420 Timestamp) Who is John Mark?

(FB 1547270397 Timestamp) “John Mark white pilled me” — Matt F. (No higher compliment is to be had. Lawgivers are silent without Preachers.)

(FB 1547270284 Timestamp) TERMINOLOGY: NO SHORTCUT TO UNDERSTANDING worth repeating One does not criticize either terminology or deviation from normative definitions, but instead, the precision of the definitions, such that we are free of opportunity for conflation, and subsequent error. Each field uses terminology particular to it, and propertarianism (law) uses universals (operational names in…

(FB 1547261606 Timestamp) SHRUNKEN OR PRESERVED HEADS? THE GAULS (GAELS) METHOD https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/nov/07/the-gauls-really-did-embalm-the-severed-heads-of-enemies-research-shows

(FB 1547250873 Timestamp) ZEIHAN ON AMERICA AT THE EDGE.

(FB 1547575509 Timestamp) I don’t think you understand. The existing common law consists of that which the judiciary will decide, and the state will enforce under the presumption we are equals. The existing continental law consists of the presumption of a feudal difference between the state and the citizenry, and that the citizens are permitted…

(FB 1547573671 Timestamp) Yes, conservatives(empiricists) have a higher level of disgust sensitivity. Conservatives are the population’s means of detecting and purging harm – the white blood cells of the social order and polity. Progressives (consumptivists) have low sensitivity to disgust, but high demand for consumption, novelty, experience, and fear of being ‘left behind’. That does…

(FB 1547573280 Timestamp) Yes, it is more work to speak truthfully. It is more work to produce that engage in theft, and more work to engage in theft than parasitism. With every increase in the incremental suppression of parasitism by ‘means I can get away with because the exchange is voluntary’ those people who create…

(FB 1547572164 Timestamp) IN DEFENSE OF THE DEMAND FOR DUE DILIGENCE IN PUBLIC SPEECH, AND THE PUNISHMENT OF FALSE SPEECH. by John Mark (must read) (central argument) 1 – It is too difficult to teach Bullsh-t detection to masses of people with heavy biases and an avg IQ of 85-105 (depending on the nation). Half…

(FB 1547571421 Timestamp) AGENCY AND INTENTIONALITY by Bill Joslin (important concept)(core) (comments by CurtD) Test of Agency does not require intention (i.e. it’s not a synonym for free-will). Agency, in the context of biological and chemistry does not imply or require intentionality. i.e. “The active agent in soap is lye” This might clarify why the…

(FB 1547570431 Timestamp) WE HAVE A HIGHER STANDARD OF TRUTH —“I think this is the fatal flaw of propertarianism. It’s an unnecessary step to go this far if you already have parasite proof governance.”–Daniel It is not a bug or a flaw but a feature and it is by design. No, we have a higher…

(FB 1547521982 Timestamp) ( Love you all. 😉 )

(FB 1547487138 Timestamp) Gods need no gods.