Category: Epistemology and Method

  • Why the economic and legal rather than moral and normative language? Because of

    Why the economic and legal rather than moral and normative language? Because of 1-personal moral bias, 2-gender moral bias, 3-class moral bias, 4-normative moral bias, 5-cultural ethical bias, 6-civilizational moral bias, – but theft of property-in-toto is just theft – period.


    Source date (UTC): 2019-12-20 18:20:27 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1208089796914098176

  • What is the difference between a marx, freud, boas, cantor, einstein, derrida ar

    What is the difference between a marx, freud, boas, cantor, einstein, derrida argument and brouwer, bridgman, poincare, hilbert, darwin, menger, smith, hume argument? And what about a sun tzu, confucius, lao tzu, mao? Why did Aesop write The Cart of Lies? Why do we vary in trust?


    Source date (UTC): 2019-12-20 14:32:16 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1208032373268471808

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    @scprsp @razibkhan Now, I can give the same explanation for each civilization in history – at least the ones we have enough legal records from. And in particular the semitic revolt against reason in the ancient world, and the french, german, jewish revolts against empiricism (truth) in the modern.

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    @scprsp @razibkhan Now, I can give the same explanation for each civilization in history – at least the ones we have enough legal records from. And in particular the semitic revolt against reason in the ancient world, and the french, german, jewish revolts against empiricism (truth) in the modern.

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  • DOES METAPHYSICS EXIST? DEPENDS ON THE DEFINITION. The question is only whether

    DOES METAPHYSICS EXIST? DEPENDS ON THE DEFINITION.

    The question is only whether metaphysics = paradigm. As far as I know it does (must). So to say there is no such thing as metaphysics, is only to say that there is no such thing as relativism. In other words, there is either a most parsimonious paradigm for the description of reality or their isn’t.

    As far as I know there is always and everywhere one most parsimonious and most complete paradigm, and that discipline we call science slowly converges upon it. And that this most parsimonious paradigm always and everywhere will provide decidability between less coherent (complete and consistent) paradigms.

    And the current limitation on progress in physical science is our present failure (or challenge of) creating a language (mathematics or logic of) of geometric rather than point (positional) relations.

    The more obvious demands of protein modeling appear to be working toward a solution to that problem more so than physicists.

    As far as I know social science (cooperation, law, politics) is solved because it’s at human scale. As far as I know economics remains unsolved and is a harder problem than the transition from positional (curves) to geometric (shapes), if for no other reason than we simply can’t create consistent categories so are stuck with bayesian categorization, prediction, falsification, and adaptation, with symmetries (which are showing up in certain economic patterns) providing the intermediary measures that the original data itself cannot.

    So, I don’t see the meaning of a discipline of metaphysics other than the rather obvious demarcation between deflationary (logical, operational, empirical, science) and fictional (allegorical) grammars (vocabularies). And it certainly appears to do nothing more than that.

    The underlying conflict being that the most parsimonious language launders information present in experience. And as we have seen the empathic vs analytic difference in demand for priority on one hand, and a desire for psychological sedation (suppression, mindfulness,) on the other.

    And from my tests over the past two years in particular that (masculine vs feminine cognition ) appears to be impossible to resolve. Which as far as I know is the source of the conflict of the present age, and what’s driving the incentive to separate (or dominate).


    Source date (UTC): 2019-12-19 19:03:00 UTC

  • You can’t stop people from inventing words but you can stop people from lying by

    You can’t stop people from inventing words but you can stop people from lying by inventing words. 😉


    Source date (UTC): 2019-12-18 20:54:15 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1207403727444959232

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  • OUR VERSION OF THE SOCRATIC METHOD: COMPETITION (I’m about finished with the pro

    OUR VERSION OF THE SOCRATIC METHOD: COMPETITION
    (I’m about finished with the propertarian project although there are always nuances to work with, but this is worth repeating.)

    KING OF THE… https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=532667590663469&id=100017606988153


    Source date (UTC): 2019-12-18 20:16:27 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1207394215375839233

  • OUR VERSION OF THE SOCRATIC METHOD: COMPETITION (I’m about finished with the pro

    OUR VERSION OF THE SOCRATIC METHOD: COMPETITION

    (I’m about finished with the propertarian project although there are always nuances to work with, but this is worth repeating.)

    KING OF THE HILL GAMES

    I teach by creating games that men will compete in. This is how men are best taught. Instead of asking questions I start arguments. Instead of preaching an angle, I attack a proposition and force others to defend it. Instead of assuming equality I play king of the hill and bait them into attacking me. Instead of writing essays of appeal I write arguments to criticize.

    BAIT MEN INTO DOMINANCE PLAY.

    Teaching men is really easy: Bait them into dominance play.

    Just as exhaustive forgiveness in tit-for-tat is the optimum cooperative strategy, exhaustive baiting for dominance play is the optimum MALE cooperative strategy.

    Set up King of the Hill games where ANY forward progress gets the men recognition. Do not criticize failure, only cowardice, attention seeking, or time wasting.

    If you are too predictable you will ruin the game. You must present a variety of challenges.

    We cannot feel ‘good’ about learning by conformity the way girls and women do. We must play at fighting or it’s not worth our time.

    AN EXPERIMENTAL CLASSROOM: KING OF THE HILL GAME: TEACHING MEN

    I have developed the “King of the Hill” strategy of discourse (teaching) because it is actually THE BEST method of teaching (masculine) men. Iâ��ve been doing this since we used 300 baud dial up modems and 80 character monochrome screens. And I learned it early.

    Men can attack me and my ideas, without acting vulnerable, or submissive, or begging for attention, but by exercising their dominance. And they can fail and no one cares. This is actually the optimum method of reaching men: we create a dominance game of low risk. We learn from playing this dominance game. The secret is to reward dominance expression if it�s backed by insight, argument, or wit. And to stop on effeminate, abrahamic, and non-argument.

    I make serious arguments to teach. I make half arguments to encourage debate. And I push controversial ideas to encourage them to refute them.

    My role in this game is to play king of the hill, and say “come get me“. I provide symbolic rewards (sharing quotes), and meaningful rewards (investing time in those with potential), and lifetime rewards (skill development).

    That is why this game works.

    Not everyone can play this game. But if they can play this game, and get good at it they will master a very special skill. And it’s that collection of talent I’m interested in creating.

    The internet does change. Men don�t change. The number of stupid men with access to digital discourse simply increases.

    The internet of such men requires street fighting, and I try to create a locker room for street fighters. In that locker room we play king of the hill. WE PUT DOMINANCE PLAY TO CONSTRUCTIVE USE. If you want beta-and-chick-friendly theatre watch TED videos. It’s a cult of pseudoscience.

    I teach argument.. I teach men. (And the occasional woman with character, intellectual honesty, and brains.)

    You might not realize I know this is a game, and that we are playing a game until you meet me in person or talk to me in an interview � because I�m not very much like my online persona.

    This is educational entertainment and theatre.

    I DON’T DO HATE

    I’m pro natural law; pro my people; pro humanity; and pro transcendence; Yes, I will dig on genetic differences, biological differences, genetic differences, cultural differences, class, gender, and racial differences. Yes I will make objective analysis of the those differences. I will work to destroy the cherished lies of every race, civilization, culture, nation, tribe, and class. And I will crush those lies with some sense of both desperation, conviction and joy.

    But I don’t do racism. I hate on parasitism predation, and fictionalism to justify it. But I don’t hate on people. I fault my people for not using their superiority to defend against the group evolutionary strategies of other groups. I fault my people for failing to rule and rule well. I fault my people for intellectual folly and dishonesty.

    I advocate nationalism, tribalism, sovereignty and natural law of reciprocity and markets in everything for all human beings. And as many nations as it takes to transcend all humans through the gradual improvement of all and the gradual reduction of the underclasses that prohibit our transcendence.

    I don’t like hating on people. It’s not Christian and therefore not European. And not even Aryan. The beauty of christianity is that it seeks to extirpate all hatred from the human heart. And once extirpated we are free to use reason, with clear minds and clear judgement.

    I have no problem with war, murder, violence and destruction. i have no problem with rule, punishment, and if necessary incarceration or enslavement.

    I have a problem with hatred. A problem with deception. And a problem with any order other than the laws of nature, the natural law of reciprocity, and the transcendence of man.


    Source date (UTC): 2019-12-18 15:16:00 UTC

  • Mistakes do not alter the consequence. Errors alter the consequence. 😉 We all m

    Mistakes do not alter the consequence.
    Errors alter the consequence.

    😉

    We all make mistakes.
    Few of us make few errors.

    Keep trying munchkin.
    Truth hurts.
    Man up and bear it.


    Source date (UTC): 2019-12-17 20:14:02 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1207031218660921345

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  • I never err. Because I don’t say anything I can’t warranty by due diligence in e

    I never err. Because I don’t say anything I can’t warranty by due diligence in every dimension testable by man. Its easy not to err. Just don’t say anything you haven’t exhausted due diligence upon. 😉

    And it takes a lot of knowledge to do that.


    Source date (UTC): 2019-12-17 20:11:18 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1207030529125691392

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  • I never err. Ever. Accusations require evidence Evidence requires argument. Argu

    I never err. Ever.
    Accusations require evidence
    Evidence requires argument.
    Argument must survive falsification.

    The secret to avoiding error, is due diligence.


    Source date (UTC): 2019-12-17 16:10:25 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1206969908371828736

    Reply addressees: @james__jenko

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    @curtdoolittle You do make a great sophist.

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  • EXPOSING BY THE SCIENCE OF LYING: There is no difference between the the limited

    EXPOSING BY THE SCIENCE OF LYING: There is no difference between the the limited

    EXPOSING BY THE SCIENCE OF LYING: There is no difference between the the limited number of patterns in the sequence of the maths, logics, sciences, and arguments. Each civ masters a form of argument, a means of decidability in argument, advancing group a strategy.
    @BobMurphyEcon https://t.co/4BXu4FGW2u


    Source date (UTC): 2019-12-17 15:39:13 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1206962058044071936