the poorest 20 percent of Americans
HAS TO BE STATED OVER AND OVER AGAIN BECAUSE IT DOESN”T STICK —“The World Bank’s “preferred” indicator of material well-being is “consumption” of goods and services [because] “of reliability and consumption is thought to better capture long-run welfare levels than current income. …. The poorest 20 percent of U.S. households have higher average consumption per…
IQ is a personality trait…
IQ is a personality trait, and personality traits the result of brain structure, and brain structure the result of genetics: Ergo Big 5 + IQ = Big 6 + Sex (Amplitude of Sex Differences in Cognition) = Big 7. With Sex < Conscientiousness < IQ dominant in framing ‘higher’ (more valuable) behaviors. CAUSALITY (BRAIN)Female <->…
Interesting note on psychopathy:
Interesting note on psychopathy: the scope and definition of the term has narrowed over time. The term used generally in the past today would be anti-social behavior, with psychopathy as an extreme. But again, AFAIK these behaviors are all caused by: 1) group differences in neoteny (Pedomorphism) and 2) group differences in sex (body) gender(mind)…
The Solution to The Great Problem of Philosophy. Yes, Really.
THE SOLUTION TO THE GREAT PROBLEM OF PHILOSOPHY. YES, REALLY. —“I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about this post. It is an unedited hodgepodge of ideas, with typos, on Facebook, with 10 likes.And yet, it claims to have solved a great problem spanning as far back as Aristotle. I would really like to…
—“Curt: What Does State of Nature Mean?”—
WHAT DOES STATE OF NATURE MEAN? —“Curt, is “the state of nature” purely allegorical?”–Ryan Michael McDonald @ryanmcdonaldusa It’s a reference to a presumption human instinctual incentives, and long-standing debate over human nature as moral, amoral, or immoral. The debate is over. Man is amoral (practical). Cooperation is just far more useful (and less stressful)- until…
Yes, physics like war disciplines the mind. So…
—“I’ve never noticed physicists to be humbled, but I believe that the physical world has disciplined them to recognize that if they don’t wish to look foolish it’s best to learn to partition their questions so that they only ask the questions which are robust to the errors within any given theory.”–Eric Weinstein Agreed. So…
—“Curt: Is there a connection between capitalism and religiosity?”—
“Q: Is there a connection between capitalism and religiosity?” Great question. There is a relationship between the military, empiricism, rule of law, and markets that tend to favor capitalism since once you have those influence capitalism is all that one can do. That’s why Europeans invented empiricism, rule of law, markets testimony in all walks…
There Is No Cavalry Coming
THERE IS NO CAVALRY COMING Yet another stalker who threatened to come “teach me a lesson” (visit violence upon me), was a no-show today. My understanding is that Facebook policy prohibits identifying these lunatics, or I’d share the photos and information. So far, one individual came from new jersey without saying would in advance, and…
The Barriers to Right Activism
—“Identify the barriers and lift them. The problem is obvious but why is it like this? We need data on what these barriers are for the right. Is it the fact that they have to much to lose? Comfort? Security? Or cowardness?”—Bjorn Hocke The barriers to right activism are: 1 – Boyhood: No intention to…
Path Dependence
—“I’ve just realized “path dependence” is a term also applicable to the kind of civilization that evolves based on the order of development of law, state and religion.”—Martin Stépan
How We Ended up Here: Mindfulness as Algorithmic Computation
COMPARATIVE CIVILIZATIONS AND HOW WE ENDED UP HERE: MINDFULNESS AS ALGORITHMIC COMPUTATION(context: human groups and computation) You don’t learn about religion – particularly your own – by studying it. You learn by studying all religions past and present, and the consequences of their practice.Likewise, you don’t learn about economic, law, or state without comparative study.…
The Dissident Alt Right is Obstacle To Victory
P-Law criminalizes behavior that every immigrant class (and our own) practice. P-constitutional amendments articulate our natural rights and our european strategy in purely scientific terms. Are you saying that you have a solution to this problem other than murdering people who don’t agree with you on whatever you’re complaining about? Are you saying that…
We Don’t Have Infinite Time
BOTTLENECKS, SPEED, AND MULTIPLE FOUNDERS: REMINDER THAT WE DON”T HAVE INFINITE TIME TO COMPLETE THE ARYAN REVOLUTION OF MAN. by Sean Kane Although recreational running can feel like a chore, our species is built for insane endurance. Plenty of land animals are faster in short distances, but nothing can move at a slow, easy run…
Differences
Live in Submission (Semitism) Slaves Live in Harmony (Confucianism, Buddhism): Lower Live in Concert – Recognition, Use of- Greco-Roman Middle. Live in Conquest and Adaptation (Aryanism) Upper The Primacy of submission (Abrahamism: for god) The Primacy of all Inner Harmony (Buddhism: for life) The Primacy of Political Harmony: (Hinduism:responsibity for role) The Primacy of…
Translating a Criticism of Paul Krugman
TRANSLATING A CRITICISM OF PAUL KRUGMAN —“I often tell people that America is every bit as class-driven as the UK, if not more so, despite our facade of informality.”— @paulkrugmanIt hasn’t stopped you from continuing your tradition of undermining the martial aristocratic classes at every turn, so that they can’t continue the demand for testimony…
The Legal Debate of The 20th Century (soon to Be Ashes)
PILPUL(SOPHISTRY) VS TESTIMONY (SCIENCE): THE LEGAL DEBATE OF THE 20th CENTURY (SOON TO BE ASHES)LAW MUST BE … 1 – Existent, not ad-hoc (not made up at the moment)2 – Prospective (non-retroactive)3 – Applicable to all, identically to all. (CD)4 – Clearly Stated and Comprehensible (in and of itself and in the broader context –…
Some Notes on Tech
UPDATE ON TECH Spending a week on tech. Why? The market has caught up to Oversing and Runcible. So instead of being a hard sell in advance of the market, it’s an easy sell into a market of present demand. The gig economy has gone global and the economic benefits of decentralization of the…
The Left Does Not Cognitively Grasp Argumentation
THE EVOLUTION OF COOPERATION IS JUST PHYSICS WITH MEMORY OF DEBTS – AND CONSEQUENCES FOR PRESENT AND FUTURE CRISES The left does not cognitively grasp argumentation because they cannot cognitively distinguish between desirability vs undesirability and truth vs alsehood, where truth (Decidability) refers to independence from opinion, desirability, preference (Choice). This inversion of truth and…
A Concatenation of Micro Posts
1 – My take on history is slightly different, which you’ll see as I publish the next few sets of pieces. That take is correct: European civilization consisted of the holy roman empire of greater Germania, and the innovations that occurred on the fringes of it in Italy, France, England, Scandinavia, and poland.…
The Comforting False Promise: —”Curt: Why do many people still believe in communism even though it has been proven throughout history that it does not work?”—
THE CORRECT ANSWER – AND A COMPLETE ONE —”Why do many people still believe in communism even though it has been proven throughout history that it does not work?”— Short answer? Why do people believe in judaism, christianity, islam, hinduism, buddhism, new age occultism, rather than practice philosophy, stoicism, and epicureanism all of which are…
the words ‘fair’ and ‘fairness’ appear only in the languages of northwest Europe
—“despite their roots in Proto-Indo-European, the words ‘fair’ and ‘fairness’ appear only in the languages of northwest Europe where they originally referred only to behavior within the tribe. This is clearly a marker for the importance of moral reputation within the group, and it suggests selection for these traits in the northwest of Europe but…
Performative (Existential) Truth
Performative Truth rather than the pretense of it, requires consistency of properties (identity) of reference, internal consistency (logical consistency), consistency of operational possibility (sequences in time), consistency of observed consequences (empiricism), rational choice by rational incentives, reciprocity (bi-directional rational choice), coherence (consistency with realism, naturalism, and operationalism), completeness by stated limits, and full accounting within…
Defining “White and Whiteness”
WHITE“White” refers to: (a) descendants of the Indo European conquest of Europe, (b) who speak the indo-european language family, (c) who practice the indo european metaphysical and legal traditions, and (d) who during the dark ages, converted from indo european derived religion to its antithesis: the Semitic derived Christian religion. The outlier property is the…
—-“Curt: Were The Hittites White?”—-
—-“CURT: Were The Hittites White?”—- Despite a century of controversy, there exist only three major surviving races (subspecies), with the proposed fourth: the Pacific islands consisting of a mixture of all three races, and Austronesians a mix of African and Caucasian.The term Caucasian was not a misnomer, but geneticists today refer to West Eurasians as…
—“Curt: Why is Donald Trump criticized so mercilessly? Is he really that bad?”—
—“CURT: Why is Donald Trump criticized so mercilessly? Is he really that bad?”— THE FULL ANSWER Because he sees the academy, media, state, and deep state alliance (“The Cathedral Complex”) as a vast conspiracy of common interest, working against the interests of the middle, working, and laboring classes. Because he runs a…