Curt Doolittle

Category: Commentary, Critique, and Response

  • Maintain Our Expectations of One Another. the Big Ideas Are Difficult or They Would Have Been Solved.

    Mar 29, 2020, 11:30 AM

    —“Not sure why [censored] JFG, would bring up Manhattan distance something which he clearly doesn’t understand. You were correct in – and multiple times caught him cascading off to some absurdity, as he did against M.”—Hans Hermeme Hoppe @LLaddon

    I like JFG for many personal reasons, but he is an “opiner” (commentator), and entertainer, not a public intellectual (scholar, thought leader, idea generator), and that is one of the reasons his followers are attracted to him – that he speaks to them in their voice (I dont). You can try to nudge an opiner and the audience a bit but you can’t really educate them. And thinking about the big questions is hard enough, discussing them with those who don’t or can’t is far harder, and in my case also trying to get people to think in systems is impossible. I’m sure JF is a good researcher, but the purpose of learning philosophy is developing a skill in how not to err. After that you need to know enough fields not to err. Knowing math, physics, cog sci, economics, law, and history is hard. … So people rarely learn not to err. And we all defend our investments. Because our conceptual investments – especially if they are error loaded – form a map of the conceptual world we cannot travel through life without. So loss aversion kicks in and we defend our priors.

  • Maintain Our Expectations of One Another. the Big Ideas Are Difficult or They Would Have Been Solved.

    Mar 29, 2020, 11:30 AM

    —“Not sure why [censored] JFG, would bring up Manhattan distance something which he clearly doesn’t understand. You were correct in – and multiple times caught him cascading off to some absurdity, as he did against M.”—Hans Hermeme Hoppe @LLaddon

    I like JFG for many personal reasons, but he is an “opiner” (commentator), and entertainer, not a public intellectual (scholar, thought leader, idea generator), and that is one of the reasons his followers are attracted to him – that he speaks to them in their voice (I dont). You can try to nudge an opiner and the audience a bit but you can’t really educate them. And thinking about the big questions is hard enough, discussing them with those who don’t or can’t is far harder, and in my case also trying to get people to think in systems is impossible. I’m sure JF is a good researcher, but the purpose of learning philosophy is developing a skill in how not to err. After that you need to know enough fields not to err. Knowing math, physics, cog sci, economics, law, and history is hard. … So people rarely learn not to err. And we all defend our investments. Because our conceptual investments – especially if they are error loaded – form a map of the conceptual world we cannot travel through life without. So loss aversion kicks in and we defend our priors.

  • They’re Taking Care of Their Own, Not Us

    Mar 29, 2020, 11:38 AM

    —“DHS Adds Workers for Gunmakers, Gun Retailers, and Shooting Ranges to “Essential Critical Infrastructure” List”— —“Seems ‘they’ have a plan, otherwise I would expect the opposite of this from Washington.”—@Achtttung

    It’s just as important for first responders as it is for citizens. And this is a reaction to some cities forcing closure of gun shops. But yes, it’s looking like it might get out of hand. And yes it should be glorious if it does.

  • They’re Taking Care of Their Own, Not Us

    Mar 29, 2020, 11:38 AM

    —“DHS Adds Workers for Gunmakers, Gun Retailers, and Shooting Ranges to “Essential Critical Infrastructure” List”— —“Seems ‘they’ have a plan, otherwise I would expect the opposite of this from Washington.”—@Achtttung

    It’s just as important for first responders as it is for citizens. And this is a reaction to some cities forcing closure of gun shops. But yes, it’s looking like it might get out of hand. And yes it should be glorious if it does.

  • “So Basically, That’s Why We Live in A World of Cooperation, Trade, and War”

    Mar 29, 2020, 5:32 PM “SO BASICALLY, THAT’S WHY WE LIVE IN A WORLD OF COOPERATION, TRADE, AND WAR” by Scott Strong So basically all of these schools of thought and socioeconomic systems fail because they fail to take into account the sober reality of humankind’s innate animal selfishness and super-predatory nature, AND that individual and group differences in worldview, intelligence, culture create vastly different preferences. So there is no universal moral imperative that will satisfy all people. Which is why we live in a world of cooperation, trade, and war. Things would have probably been sorted out by now but certain parasites gain way too much wealth, power, and influence by promoting and profiteering off of lies and divisions, while they reap the benefits of the innovations produced and not the people. Edit

  • “So Basically, That’s Why We Live in A World of Cooperation, Trade, and War”

    Mar 29, 2020, 5:32 PM “SO BASICALLY, THAT’S WHY WE LIVE IN A WORLD OF COOPERATION, TRADE, AND WAR” by Scott Strong So basically all of these schools of thought and socioeconomic systems fail because they fail to take into account the sober reality of humankind’s innate animal selfishness and super-predatory nature, AND that individual and group differences in worldview, intelligence, culture create vastly different preferences. So there is no universal moral imperative that will satisfy all people. Which is why we live in a world of cooperation, trade, and war. Things would have probably been sorted out by now but certain parasites gain way too much wealth, power, and influence by promoting and profiteering off of lies and divisions, while they reap the benefits of the innovations produced and not the people. Edit

  • Every Man A …

    EVERY MAN A STUDENT A TEACHER, FATHER A SON, A SHERIFF A JUDGE, A SOLDIER A WARRIOR, A MAN TRANSCENDENT

    —“Damn you’re good lol. FYI I had a twitter spat with you a few years ago when I was more of a continental philosophy type. Needless to say upon reflection and reading more of your work I have certainly been humbled.”— A friend

    This is the ‘Rite of Men’. Be a Father of your People. Play king of the Hill. Ask only intellectual honesty. Let men learn at their rate. Defeat the enemy.  

    —“To be old and wise you must first be young and stupid, right? Hah thanks again Curt, you the man.”— A Friend

  • Every Man A …

    EVERY MAN A STUDENT A TEACHER, FATHER A SON, A SHERIFF A JUDGE, A SOLDIER A WARRIOR, A MAN TRANSCENDENT

    —“Damn you’re good lol. FYI I had a twitter spat with you a few years ago when I was more of a continental philosophy type. Needless to say upon reflection and reading more of your work I have certainly been humbled.”— A friend

    This is the ‘Rite of Men’. Be a Father of your People. Play king of the Hill. Ask only intellectual honesty. Let men learn at their rate. Defeat the enemy.  

    —“To be old and wise you must first be young and stupid, right? Hah thanks again Curt, you the man.”— A Friend

  • No. I’m a scientist and you’re an experiment and all you did is provide another

    No. I’m a scientist and you’re an experiment and all you did is provide another data point confirming the obvious.

    We must separate and go our separate ways. We cannot let you take the rest of us down with you into another dark age of false promise, pseudoscience, and denial.

    Source date (UTC): 2020-05-23 20:42:41 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1264295710868070402

    Reply addressees: @hugo909 @TheRealFMCH @Maroeladalx10DB @laurenboebert @austere1717

    Replying to: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1264295286421282816

  • 2020-05-23

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    Source date (UTC): 2020-05-23 14:36:43 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1264203613838155778

    Replying to: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1264160675410194433

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