Is Finnish Educational Superiority Due to More Truth?
October 24th, 2018 8:54 PM IS FINNISH EDUCATIONAL SUPERIORITY DUE TO MORE TRUTH? —“The U.S. and Finland both lean heavily towards the truth and directness, but what constitutes truth and directness varies greatly across cultures. Whereas Americans are comfortable taking liberty with the truth when it comes to marketing, selling and getting the business, to…
So, Why Study Philosophy
October 25th, 2018 6:24 PM SO, WHY STUDY PHILOSOPHY OTHER THAN FRAUD OF SELF AND OTHERS? —“So are you saying that rigorously interpreting a text is by definition pilpul and therefore bad? How do you read philosophy then?”— postmodernist. (a) Is that what I am saying? And (b) Why would anyone read either theology or…
Remove the Silly Spirituality Nonsense and The Point Is Solid.
October 25th, 2018 6:09 PM REMOVE THE SILLY SPIRITUALITY NONSENSE AND THE POINT IS SOLID. [I]f you read the research on the success of the alt/hard right, it is very clear: “the key people put together text and video that explains the subject matter and this education is the reason for their success.” In this…
… That’s 500% More than Necessary
October 25th, 2018 1:51 PM USA: 6% HARD RIGHT, 8% HARD LEFT? Well, that means that 10% of the ethnically european population is hard right. That’s more than either the christianization of rome 9%, or the nazis in germany 7% or the Bolsheviks in Russia ~3%. I always thought that the “Democratic” ideal confused people.…
Man is what he has demonstrated.
October 25th, 2018 1:49 PM [M]an ‘is’, (exists as) that which he has demonstrated by his history. the stories (sedations) we tell ourselves at any point in history, merely serve to ameliorate our instincts (largely status) in relation to our resources (physical, emotional, mental) budges, and existential resources in all their forms – from physical…
“Face Among the Arabs”
October 25th, 2018 12:10 PM SO, ARAB (AND BY PROX MUSLIM) ‘DIGNITY’ (SELF) VS WESTERN ‘REPUTATION’ (OTHERS) For those of you who have read this: “FACE AMONG THE ARABS” https://www.facebook.com/curt.doolittle/posts/10156731036117264 [T]his means ‘dignity’ as ‘given’ rather than ‘respect’ as “earned’ is not unique to Arab (semitic in general) civilizations. But most common there. And it…
Life Lessons of A Ceo
October 25th, 2018 11:19 AM GOOD STUFF: LIFE LESSONS OF A CEO Some of My Favorite, Oft-Repeated Sayings as a CEO: “Understanding is Overrated” “Agreement is an unnecessary luxury” “A consulting company in particular, but a sales organization in general, are first and foremost intelligence agencies.” “An intelligence agency’s strategy is ‘insert and expand’” (that…
No. We’re Frustrated that We Can’t Solve the Problem with A One-Time Cost
October 23rd, 2018 2:48 PM NO, WE’RE FRUSTRATED THAT WE CAN’T SOLVE THE PROBLEM WITH A ONE-TIME COST —“You’re mad because you have to take basic security measures for your family and property?”— Joseph Michael (Proletarian) [A]ctually, we’re frustrated why we can’t just eliminate the reasons for having to take basic security measures – and…
The Work Is for The Political (ruling) Class
October 22nd, 2018 3:14 PM THE WORK IS FOR THE POLITICAL (RULING) CLASS (h/t: Igor Surkanov, Alba Rising ) [P]lease stop asking me (us) to create a religion. I’ve laid out a prescription for a religion that isn’t false. And a “Cult” of the law that perpetuates our existing “Sacredness” of the law, the judiciary,…
—“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…