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Why Are Women More Prone to “magical Beliefs”?
[E]xamining the roles of Intuition and Gender in Magical Beliefs Four studies explored gender differences in magical beliefs, specifically examining whether reliance on intuition accounts for women’s higher… https://t.co/XCcotuod8p?amp=1 —“Women were more prone to magical beliefs than men, making more suboptimal choices in a lottery task after imagining that a dream told them to do…
The Proper Place
(war, law, faith) The faith is one player in a triumvirate of military(war), law, and faith. There is no place for law in war or faith, only in disputes between them. There is no place for faith in law or war, only in consolidation after them. There is no place for war in law or…
The West: The Perfect Equilibrium
THE WEST: THE PERFECT EQUILIBRIUM In European Trifunctionalism, The Military(Aristocracy), Judicial(Burghers), and Faithful(Family) are Loyal to one another. Each is competitor in a triumvirate of military(war), law, and faith. There is no place for law in war or faith, only in resolving disputes between them. There is no place for faith in law or war,…
The Problem
Apr 9, 2020, 8:29 PM THE PROBLEM [T]he problem for Christianity is that it only has one thing to trade -psychological comfort – or what we call mindfulness – and only half or less of the population is buying it. It doesn’t have ENOUGH to trade for the rest of the population to buy it.…
Truth: “Testimony that Satisfies Demand for Infallibility”
TRUTH: “TESTIMONY THAT SATISFIES DEMAND FOR INFALLIBILITY” (complete definition of truth for newbs) WHERE TRUTH CONSISTS IN THE SERIES Tautological Truth: That testimony you give when promising the equality of two statements using different terms: A circular definition, a statement of equality or a statement of identity. Analytic Truth: The testimony you give promising the…
The Judgement of The Law – on The Left
Reciprocity is the only reason for both sides to refrain from predation, parasitism, or boycott – cooperation or the option to cooperate is more valuable than non-cooperation, and the prevention of future cooperation. We create reciprocity via negativa by not imposing costs on others demonstrated interests The name we use for Demonstrated interests is property.…
Yes I Answer Many Questions.
Apr 9, 2020, 11:36 PM YES I ANSWER MANY QUESTIONS. (at least intellectually honest ones) —“Hello. I started flying through writing on your website after stumbling upon an interview with John Mark. Would you be comfortable with me asking you questions about the ideology as I come across them.”– Of course. It’s my Job. But…
What Does Empirical Mean
(core) Empirical: Reciprocally Observable, and therefore agreeable, or disagreeable. Empirical means observable such that claims can be intersubjectively verifiable or falsifiable: meaning the observation can be “agreed or disagreed upon”; in addition it means a sufficient volume of observations that we falsify the fragility of episodic memories, our tendency to err, our tendency to find…
If you mean every man a…
Apr 10, 2020, 8:29 AM —“Maybe we need to get rid of priestesses and instill Roman patriarchy throughout society. Oh wait, pagans always moan that was a bad thing.”—Rik Storey [I] don’t know what that means but if you mean every man a student and teacher, son and father, laborer and craftsman, soldier and warrior,…
Nation vs State vs Country
NATION VS STATE VS COUNTRY Most common errors conflate nation (people), country (territory) and state (government) because the ‘natural’ order is that these are the same: a body of people, the territory they live in and the government they defend and operate it with. HUMAN GROUP individual > family > clan > tribe > nation…
The Lies
[T]he Lies: “I reject, I disapprove, I disagree, I’m wary, I don’t believe, or engaging in ridicule, shaming, moralizing or psychologizing.” None of these are a form of reciprocity: an argument – they’re counter-signaling in lieu of argument. And lacking argument because of one’s ignorance or incompetence. And cowardice in admission of one’s ignorance or…
Why South America?
WHY SOUTH AMERICA? 1. Population of natives and slaves. 2. christianity => increase trust to increase cooperation. 3. church => will to power by the weak. 4. church => high rates of reproduction, mysticism to govern them and anti-empiricism and anti-meritocracy to maintain control over them. 5. high rates of reproduction => underclass poverty 6.…
Prosecution Online
Apr 11, 2020, 1:13 PM [O]ne does not sell a liar – one prosecutes him. You cannot get them to agree. So deny the enemy the field. You can leave them defeated such that they come to their own conclusions. But no man is a hero to his debtors. For a decade now, I’ve taught…
More Advocacy of Orthodoxy as A State Religion
MORE ADVOCACY OF ORTHODOXY AS A STATE RELIGION (and correcting me) by James Dmitro Makienko [I] made a long detailed post on the christian denial of the laws evident in god’s hand. Here: https://www.facebook.com/curt.doolittle.personal/posts/253632416034919 James corrects me – as did others, that none of these criticisms apply to orthodoxy only to evangelicals and catholics. I…
Advice for Newbs?
—“Hello Curt, I have been trying to follow your work but the vocab is above my level, I was wondering if you could recommend me anything similar to your work but a bit easier to read for the less seasoned reader so I can work up to your stuff?”— [P]ersonally I think everything I recommend…
State Bankruptcy Is Necessary
[S]tate bankruptcy is a long standing topic in bankruptcy reform, just as the EU is experiencing the problems of the catholic periphery vs the protestant core. It’s not a constitutional issue, b/c it’s one of the most important reasons for the formation of the federal system: unifying bankruptcy laws so interstate commerce and consequent scale…
The P Program and Our Purposes
[B]ill Joslin has always been as interested in the application of P to personal philosophy, as I have been interested in religion (mindfulness), politics, and law. This division of labor has helped expand our collective reach – and bill’s role as “the Professor” led to the production of our best people. Likewise, Luke Weinhagen is…
Why So Many People Make Economics a Mystery
—“I’m not entirely sure why so many people make economics a mystery.”—Robert Danis Fixed Pie vs: 1) opportunity costs 2) equilibration and full accounting 3) lacking basic vocabulary and knowledge of the two cycles. 4) ISLM->ISMP vocabulary talking about aggregates vs operational vocabulary talking about behaviors)
Disambiguation of Government (Bankruptcy)
[D]isambiguation: Military > State > Government > Commons > institutions-organization Rule of Law > Law > Courts > Contracts > Biz-trade Strategy+Tradition > Religion+Education+Academy+Media > Families/Consumers > People-consumption State (corporation holding assets) 1. Federal State -> Federal Government 2. … Regional State -> Regional Government 3. … … Territorial: County Corporation -> County Government 4.…
How Do We Define Economics? It Took Time…
Adam Smith (1776) defined what was then called political economy as “an inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations”, in particular as: —“a branch of the science of a statesman or legislator [with the twofold objectives of providing] a plentiful revenue or subsistence for the people … [and] to supply the…