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–“Hey Curt could you possibly clarify for me your position on ‘racism’? I’m trying to cohesively understand a few different bits and pieces of yours that i’ve read;”— OK. Let’s try. —“”Racism’ is naive” – If you mean forming an individual judgement of a person not by their individual characteristics, but simply by their race,…

Hey Eric could you possibly clarify for me your position on ‘racism’? I’m trying to cohesively conceptualise a few different bits and pieces of yours that i’ve read; “Racism’ is naive” – If you mean forming an individual judgement of a person not by their individual characteristics, but simply by their race, then…

–“Extinction level events are WAY too rare.”–

Curt Doolittle’s answer: The British wanted to (rightly) recover the high cost of defending the colonies, and the colonies didn’t want to pay for it. This process escalated to the point of civil (revolutionary) war. This was extremely foolish for both parties, as creating a house of the colonies ….

This is not so much a philosophy as the results of science that I can no longer deny, and so I live according to the science – in large part because it is advantageous. 1. We are an expensive life form. Particularly our brains. 2. We must acquire, and we acquire at cost…

—“If you have an IQ lower than 130, can you trust your own thoughts?”– Emma Hmmm…. Interesting question. Can you trust your own thoughts? Does intelligence mean you can trust your own thoughts? I have an answer for you that you’ll find insightful. Intelligence generally translates to time required to learn –…

—“If it weren’t for (((Those))) Lawyers we wouldn’t have had the civil rights movement”— Yes and I am educating you about the meaning of rule of law by the test of reciprocity that prevents rule by discretion. Yet these very people destroyed rule of law by intentionally selecting cases to fund and prosecute in…

Pinker – Always Nice Haidt – As Nice as Possible Peterson – Only as nice as necessary Doolittle – Not Very Nice at all Taleb – Very Not Nice at every opportunity. (OMG Thats awesome William ….)

(my family gets upset when I say I miss Ukraine, but I miss Ukraine every day so much that it’s like a trauma.)

Because if we disagree, then one, the other, or both, are wrong. There is (both logically and empirically) only one moral law, and it is the basis for all law from the common law to international law : reciprocity. The only question is, given the demographics, economy, norms, and institutions, and traditions, whether…

Q: “Why do you own an AR-15?” A: “Because I can’t throw a rock 3100 feet per second.” lolz BTW: AR-15 = “Armalite Rifle Model 15” – by Armalite Arms, Hollywood California. (Really).

Much like Nietzsche said, if there is one man worth inventing time travel so that we can kill, it’s him. He invented the industrialization of lying. Zoroastiranism > Abrahamism > (rabbinical judaism, christianity islam) > four great civilizations destroyed > the abrahamic dark ages > a brief restoration by western civilization (yet again),…

The weak submit, justify and breed, the able compromise and prosper, the strong decide only whether it is better to kill, enslave, enserf, rule, or cooperate Only they decide their destiny. The question of why the strong choose poorly is the only interesting question to ask.

—“The main reason most people are libertarian is because it gives you a single, simple cheat code that automatically answers every imaginable political question – no hard thinking about cause and effect and the messy nature of implementation and real-world game theory required. It’s a sloppy shortcut towards “winning” debates and not having to deal…

(I have had the same experience, but the difference is, that as a male, we are often happy to compete rather than conform. So as she describes herself as a bleeding heart liberal – in other words has the intuitions of a female – I ended up the opposite specializing in competition and natural law…

MATHINESS, SCIENTISM, AND IDEALISM vs OPERATIONALISM Many people here scientism or mathiness and hear profundity. I hear a pseudoscientific priesthood talking just like you hear theologians or rationalists (or continental philosophers) speaking. Mathiness is actually the origin of the failing of western philosophy until the stoics. Pythagoras, Aristotle, Zeno’s genius was undermined by…

–“the left and right both argue for inclusion but along different lines.”– A Friend Dysgenic expansion on the left (female), vs eugenic expansion on the right (male) Female and male strategies compete. Or perhaps ‘adapt’ is a better way of looking at it. So ‘along different lines’ obscure that those lines are…

The free market was envisioned for the known purposes of (a) creating peaceful relations between then expanding empires, and (b) explaining why people treated each other well in ordinary commercial life vs inter-tribal life, (c) making use of comparative advantage between non-enemies. (d) reducing artificial shortages of food in particular that gave profits to large…

He is attempting (unconsciously) to restore Stoicism (Self authoring) while also restoring mythology because of the correlation between our intuitions (biology) and archetypes (narratives). In this sense he is reforming religion from supernatural to scientific. We all carry our class, culture, and religion with us. We don’t know how much of it is genetic,…

(very important read) via Steven Pinker ? —“I’m often compared to Peterson–Canadian psychologist, Harvard prof, Pinker, takes evolution seriously–but our styles and philosophies couldn’t be more different. We’ll explore them in a dialogue at some point soon.”— Steven Pinker If one’s style and philosophy matter then it is not truth we espouse, but…