Category: Commentary, Critique, and Response

  • ASS CLOWNS: MORE ON THE NONSENSE OF GENERATIVE ANTHROPOLOGY Of course it’s nonse

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93e8BOk2oOEPOSTMODERN ASS CLOWNS: MORE ON THE NONSENSE OF GENERATIVE ANTHROPOLOGY

    Of course it’s nonsense. Postmodernism’s “Social Construction” + Chomsky’s Generative Grammar (From Turing) = “Generative anthropology”. A bit of wishful thinking masquerading as an “hypothesis” – a contrivance as means by which to advocate for Relativism, Undecidability, Arbitrary Truth, and Internal consistency without external correspondence.

    In other words yet another iteration of the attempt by the literary, continental, theological, essayists and moral fictionalists (desperately in search of a science ) to continue their revolt against anglo empiricism, science, economics finance, law, and darwinian evolution given the series of failures of europeans to produce a fictional or mythological, or spiritual, pseudo rational, or pseudoscientific method via Derrida, foucault, Adorno et al, marx, boas, freud, rousseau, kant et al.

    There is some (mentally unhealthy ) group of people that demand a continuous narrative dream world providing analogistic (literary) rather than descriptive (scientific, organic, mechanical), as a means of preserving the means of deception and coercion available when the narrative diverges from descriptive to analogical.

    This divergence creates opportunity for the cunning to manipulate or deceive or provoke submission under pretense of knowledge that parents employ over children and professors over students and priests and politicians over adults.

    All of postmodern thought seeks nothing more than to continue the priestly method of getting status, power, advantage and income from persuasion by these frauds. Alinsky is the most honest postmodernist. The rest are simply less honest.

    In the case of Thomas and Spencer and crew this is just secular empty verbalism as a replacement for theology for the reasons I stated – because they lack insight into knowledge, policy, or process and invent fictions for themselves and others by which to sedate themselves and obtain attention from the … unsophisticated … as a cover for powerlessness alienation, and failure to compete seually, socially, economically, and politically.

    Which means they are little different from the rest of the postmodern academy: publishing fairy stories as means of getting grants and selling nonsense courses to young women easily falling victim to non existent tragedies that can be rallied against verbally without surviving in the marke for a productive good. Pathetic really.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93e8BOk2oOE


    Source date (UTC): 2018-11-12 21:30:00 UTC

  • “Enemies make the best publicity agents.”— Noah J Revoy

    —“Enemies make the best publicity agents.”— Noah J Revoy


    Source date (UTC): 2018-11-12 20:33:21 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1062080933124325377

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    Source date (UTC): 2018-11-12 16:15:17 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1062015988902834179

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    photos_and_videos/TimelinePhotos_SxeO6JU-xg/46098173_10156773810132264_8606988936469807104_n_10156773810127264.jpg (From the out of left field department)Curt DoolittleI have no idea who this person is, or why I rec’d this message request but I answered it honestly… lolzNov 12, 2018, 3:55 PMJonathan WilburHim: “How do you like your water?”

    Curt: “VIOLENT”Nov 12, 2018, 3:58 PMDavin EastleyLaphroaig is fantastic. Same with Ardbeg.Nov 12, 2018, 4:02 PMMikey D MooreCrying laughing.Nov 12, 2018, 4:21 PMDan Donley7 year old sliding in to your DMsNov 12, 2018, 4:25 PMCraig CulpepperYes but JD is trash. Very disappointed in CD hahaNov 12, 2018, 4:32 PMDavin EastleyHence why I didn’t mention it ;)Nov 12, 2018, 4:39 PMRoy BlackheartDamn I’ve been waiting for the perfect time for this question. Curt, whiskey recommendations?Nov 12, 2018, 4:40 PMAndrew ClaytonLaphroaig 😍Nov 12, 2018, 4:58 PMKari Anne DorstadCurt Doolittle what is a Laphroig ? Some kind of foreign beer ?Nov 12, 2018, 5:27 PMCurt DoolittleFirst of all, it’s like selecting between slavic, german, scandinavian, and celtic women. It doesn’t matter. they’re all good. However, some of them are better for drinking and some for tasting, and some with meals. In this order: Jack Daniels (is my ‘regular drink’ because it’s lincoln county process so no allergic reaction, and I have to take benadryl to drink the others), then Lagavulin (food), Laphroaig (snacks), Ardbeg (cigars). Always with one cube of ice and a splash of water. Sometimes with a pinch of sugar, depending on what I’m having it with.

    I can drink Jack all night if I have water and coffee to drink with it as well.

    Otherwise, my constitution does not appreciate these things as much as my soul, so I usually puke my guts out after five or six glasses and two cigars. But I don’t care. Its part of the ritual. Some people need a fast. I need to tie one on and pray to the porcelain gods.

    https://www.facebook.com/curt.doolittle/media_set?set=a.10151392636077264Nov 12, 2018, 5:42 PMCraig CulpepperJack Daniels already fueled the first civil war and we all know how that turned out. Maybe switch to Bulleit?Nov 12, 2018, 5:49 PMCraig CulpepperOkay that’s a lie but I went with it anyway.Nov 12, 2018, 5:52 PMCurt DoolittleScotch WhiskeyNov 12, 2018, 5:56 PMChris CantrellJack Daniels barrel proof select is very good and one of the few whiskeys that is not over hyped and over priced right now.Nov 12, 2018, 5:56 PMKari Anne DorstadCurt Doolittle oh ok 👌Nov 12, 2018, 5:56 PMArthur RoddamCurt I figured you to be a single malt scotch kinda guy.Nov 12, 2018, 6:27 PMCurt Doolittleit’s a signal thing I assume.Nov 12, 2018, 6:28 PMJared NeavesLaphroig is the best!Nov 12, 2018, 6:55 PMAlex MacleodWhile we’re here -should I take Antidepressants?Nov 12, 2018, 7:10 PMArthur RoddamNot with alcohol.Nov 12, 2018, 7:11 PMRoy BlackheartI asked and you certainly didn’t disappoint, thanks.Nov 12, 2018, 8:54 PMRoy BlackheartGlad to know I’m not the only one who considers Jack Daniels one of the best night caps.Nov 12, 2018, 8:57 PMJon JonathanJack has a nice warminf effect when it hits the stomach in January but certainly isnt as pleasant in the mouth as a peaty single malt.Nov 12, 2018, 11:05 PMJonathan TilasKristian SheetsNov 13, 2018, 7:01 PMKristian SheetsJonathan Tilas I’m a tequila guyNov 13, 2018, 7:01 PMJonathan TilasI can fuck with tequila especially in a hot tubNov 13, 2018, 7:02 PMKristian SheetsJonathan Tilas I fuck with tequila ALL the timeNov 13, 2018, 7:03 PMJonathan TilasKristian Sheets lmao that is unfortunately how I started out with my ex though 😂Nov 13, 2018, 7:09 PM(From the out of left field department)


    Source date (UTC): 2018-11-12 15:54:00 UTC

  • “Enemies make the best publicity agents.”— Noah J Revoy

    —“Enemies make the best publicity agents.”— Noah J Revoy


    Source date (UTC): 2018-11-12 15:33:00 UTC

  • THE COSTLY SCHOOLING OF THE COCKROACHES OF CRITIQUE —“Curt covering for his ig

    THE COSTLY SCHOOLING OF THE COCKROACHES OF CRITIQUE

    —“Curt covering for his ignorance of actual knowledge”– Robert Townsend (ie: This ass-clown: https://www.facebook.com/robert.townsend.1088893)

    So wait, I made the argument that the knowledge was disbursed and that it was degree of available investment that made possible the experimentation that made the nuclear program eventually yield, and you are saying that one person’s ‘genius’ was more influential that time, place, state of available knowledge, number of people in the field, and funding available for experimentation?. This is the same fallacy of the imbeciles who fear artificial intelligence, when it is not a shortage of calculative power (bayesian account) that is the problem but the time and resources to conduct the experiments necessary to incrementally falsify errors in our theories. I mean, the calculus was developed simultaneously. So were just about every one of the technological and scientific advancements – even Einstein was merely first and heaped with undue praise just like every other. All he brought to the problemw as the frame. And yes it was an innovation but it is also a deterministic one. The same is true for great musicians and artists – a market develops over three generations that produces an outlier (mozart, durer, davinci).

    I mean, I understand you’re not well read but start with The Gifts of Athena and then for a broader view move back to charles murray, then narrow in on the evolution of copper, bronze, iron, and steel, and then move to writing and language. Genius is the archetype but it is economies and the competition between many people that percolates by market means individual excellences. And it is the ECONOMY THAT MAKES IT POSSIBLE.

    Why? textual interpretation is cheap, but experiments are costly. the reason we can’t make more progress in physics at the moment appears to be nothing more than we can’t get anyone to put up the 10B it would take to run the next scale of tests….

    So I mean, you can use CRITIQUE (sophism) to attempt to position that I have not put forth an argument, but as I have just illustrated, I have both done so and illustrated how childish your ‘hero worship’ is, and how you are YET AGAIN demonstrating the problem of the J-Question’s method of argument by employing Critique against me while ‘heaping undue praise’ on an individual when it is merely the individual who crosses the line first that gets the prize, but it is the CONSTRUCTION OF THE COMPETITIVE RACE IN THE FIRST PLACE that made his achievement possible.

    So again, please do not waste my time. It is not difficult for me to eviscerate ignorant, pre-rational, sophists like yourself, but it is still a waste of my time.

    There are many fools like you in the world and the cost of intellectually tarring and feathering you morons is not difficult so much as time consuming. Unfortunately you propagate like cockroaches and you sell your idiotic narratives to other cockroaches, at a rate that defeats our ability to correct you with intellectual insecticide.

    QUOD ERAT DEMONSTRANDUM

    Thus endeth the lesson.


    Source date (UTC): 2018-11-12 15:31:00 UTC

  • THE FACT THAT I (WE) HAVE BOTH ADVOCATES AND CRITICS IS EVIDENCE OF THE VERACITY

    THE FACT THAT I (WE) HAVE BOTH ADVOCATES AND CRITICS IS EVIDENCE OF THE VERACITY OF THE IDEAS

    —“Hello, I hear you’re a Bad Man with some extreme views. Someone posted screen caps of you. Your position seemed reasonable to me so thought I’d friend request you. We have mutual friends who are in both camps about you: pro and against.”— A New Friend

    Hi. Well, ‘bad man’ is probably due to my online persona which is a little over the top for marketing (and education) purposes.

    The fact that I have pro and against camps is merely evidence of the success of the system of thought generating debate. (one way or another at least men have something worthy of debate).

    The truth is I CANNOT FIND A CRITIC with any argument any longer. All I can find is people who have yet to understand what I argue, or who argue the sufficiency of the solution, or who argue the practicality of the solution. In general – and I am serious – it is extremely unlikely that for the next few generations at least (if ever), anyone will propose a counter argument any more than they will propose one counter to darwin…. 😉

    (Seriously, I have had no critic emerge other than the sufficiency of the argument, to provide a via-positiva solution to satisfy the market demand for a personal philosophy. And it will become very clear over the coming months that what I said would happen, has – that people who want to produce the via positiva around the aesthetic (elite), martial (physical) and the emotional (stoicism), have emerged to satisfy that market demand – meaning we will in fact produce physical, emotional, and intellectual programs with coherent and consistent themes. The fact that we have reached critical mass recently is probably becoming obvious – even if that critical mass has come more so from the personal philosophical side of the movement than the analytical that I produce.)


    Source date (UTC): 2018-11-12 15:12:00 UTC

  • “There are a lot of Rachels who don’t know that they’re Replicants.”—Alex Macl

    —“There are a lot of Rachels who don’t know that they’re Replicants.”—Alex Macleod

    (ouch…)


    Source date (UTC): 2018-11-12 15:08:39 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1061999221056987138

  • (humor, truism, irony) —“The oppression of libertarians is just the free marke

    (humor, truism, irony)

    —“The oppression of libertarians is just the free market in action. Violence is a service. Their tax dollars are a good.”—John Edward

    lolz


    Source date (UTC): 2018-11-12 14:21:00 UTC

  • “We Can Teach You The Education That Was Denied You.” —” Hi Curt … I was won

    “We Can Teach You The Education That Was Denied You.”

    —” Hi Curt … I was wondering where’s a good starting point? I watched your YouTube with Richard Nikoley. I loved it. Especially when you two spoke about the election and empires. I don’t have a super firm grasp on grammar,logic, and rhetoric (The Trivium). Should I dive into those subjects first before diving deep into propertarianism? Or where is a good place to start on your reading list? Any thoughts will help. Thanks” —Bryan Baker

    YOU LEARN IT BY UNPEELING THE ONION ONE LAYER AT A TIME. sort of like reading a fable, then a myth, then a short story, then a novel, then a historical novel, then a history, then the science. This is the only way to learn it – like we learn everything else. A layer of complexity at a time.

    1 – Read the Short Overview by Eli Harman Here:

    https://propertarianism.com/2018/03/29/propertarianism-core-concepts-by-eli-harman/

    2 – Read Thru The Overview Here (This is most of it … there is a lot of material)

    https://propertarianism.com/basic-concepts/

    3 – Watch the videos here:

    https://www.facebook.com/pg/thepropertarianinstitute/videos/

    4 – Take the classes when we start teaching them (before christmas).

    5 – To build your general knowledge of the world: our reading list:

    https://propertarianism.com/reading-list/

    While you can ALWAYS learn A LOT from what we do here, it is a very big program that covers all the disciplines.

    LEARNING PROPERTARIANISM THOROUGHLY IS NO DIFFERENT FROM TAKING A FOUR YEAR UNIVERSITY DEGREE, DOUBLE-MAJORING IN THE LAW AND POLITICAL ECONOMICS WITH A MINOR IN HISTORY BUT WITHOUT THE “ELECTIVES”. IT’S A HUGE PROGRAM.

    But this is why you do it:

    “We Can Teach You The Education That Was Denied You as A Man.”

    How Long It Will Take?

    How long would it take you to learn to program a computer in an object oriented language? To study Calculus? To Study Accounting? To Study Economics? To study the law? Any technical discipline with it’s own methods and terminology takes about a year to ‘learn’, two years to feel comfortable with, and three years to be effective with, four years to be creative with, and five or six years to master: the 10,000 hour rule. This is just a rule of thumb when discussing how long it takes for humans to learn anything at all. Some of us are faster and some of us slower, but in general, those who are faster can tolerate accumulating hours more so than those who are slower. But in the end, it’s hours.

    That said, if you read the Short Courses and watch the Videos, in one month you will see how it all fits together, and in three months you will find that it has affected your thinking.

    Our experience is that on average, if you read the articles, follow me, Eli, and a few others, that in six months you will ‘understand’ everything we say. It will take you about a year to ‘start thinking’ in Natural Law – and that’s when you’ll feel the explanatory power starts affecting your life. Then, sort of like a light switch, over a very short period of time, all human activity will ‘make sense’ in very simple terms. “Everything becomes obvious.”

    If you have come to Propertarianism through the usual route: Constitutionalist or Classical Liberal > Libertarian > Anarcho Capitalist > NRx > Propertarianism, then your progress will be much faster.

    If you have studied one of the hard sciences so that you are familiar with the scientific method and scientific epistemology, then your progress will be faster.

    If you have at least some understanding of accounting, finance, or economics, then it will be much faster.

    If you have a background in philosophy – it might actually slow you down: most of philosophy, like most of religion, is nonsense or outright falsehood: fantasy literature.

    (If you have abnormal behavior and you’re looking for justification of it, you won’t find it here – you will find that there is a differences between tolerance and advocacy and abnormal behavior is not something that will be sanctioned in any society for long. Go see the left libertarians. They love deviant, selfish, anti-social behavior.)

    But in general the more you know the easier it will be to learn.


    Source date (UTC): 2018-11-12 13:13:00 UTC