Curt Doolittle

Form: Aphorism

  • Dueling – The Seen and Unseen

    [L]ike many things I try to explain, the most important consequence of any action is the UNSEEN, not the seen. Duelling was pretty common, yes. But it’s not the duels that make the difference.

    Its the exceptionally rigorous public manners that make the difference. Dueling is a cost of creating civil society. So the question is not the cost of dueling. But **what is the cost of not dueling***

  • Dueling – The Seen and Unseen

    [L]ike many things I try to explain, the most important consequence of any action is the UNSEEN, not the seen. Duelling was pretty common, yes. But it’s not the duels that make the difference.

    Its the exceptionally rigorous public manners that make the difference. Dueling is a cost of creating civil society. So the question is not the cost of dueling. But **what is the cost of not dueling***

  • The Cost of the Seen vs the Unseen

    (what is the cost of lying) [W]hat is the cost of requiring due diligence of truthfulness in speech in the commons? That is a silly question. What is the cost of not requiring due diligence of truthfulness in speech in the commons?

    What is the cost of libel, slander, rallying, shaming, loading, overloading, suggestion? What is the cost of islam, judaism, christianity, marxism, feminism, postmodernism? What is the cost of lies? The cost is the difference between the world where people speak the truth and the world where people lie and vector lies.

  • The Cost of the Seen vs the Unseen

    (what is the cost of lying) [W]hat is the cost of requiring due diligence of truthfulness in speech in the commons? That is a silly question. What is the cost of not requiring due diligence of truthfulness in speech in the commons?

    What is the cost of libel, slander, rallying, shaming, loading, overloading, suggestion? What is the cost of islam, judaism, christianity, marxism, feminism, postmodernism? What is the cost of lies? The cost is the difference between the world where people speak the truth and the world where people lie and vector lies.

  • The Most Religious People in the West? (Germans)

    [T]he Germans are the most devout, most pious, most religious people in western civilization. They just don’t call it religion. They call it ‘being right’. They made christian morality a post-christian religion. Fascinating.

    American conservatives treat the constitution with the same sacredness as religious scripture. It is this germanic american religiosity, and continental german religiosity that preserves the west. The differences are simple: the white americans preserve landed aristocracy and the white germans preserve the church. Both must do their functions for either to survive.

  • The Most Religious People in the West? (Germans)

    [T]he Germans are the most devout, most pious, most religious people in western civilization. They just don’t call it religion. They call it ‘being right’. They made christian morality a post-christian religion. Fascinating.

    American conservatives treat the constitution with the same sacredness as religious scripture. It is this germanic american religiosity, and continental german religiosity that preserves the west. The differences are simple: the white americans preserve landed aristocracy and the white germans preserve the church. Both must do their functions for either to survive.

  • Man is Rational. He Follows Incentives.

    **[M]an is not good or bad, he is rational in his choice of cooperation, parasitism, or predation. We must provide him the incentive to choose cooperation. We must not pretend he does not need the incentive.**

  • Man is Rational. He Follows Incentives.

    **[M]an is not good or bad, he is rational in his choice of cooperation, parasitism, or predation. We must provide him the incentive to choose cooperation. We must not pretend he does not need the incentive.**

  • Sorry. Interest in sex usually declines with intelligence. Interest in raising a

    Sorry. Interest in sex usually declines with intelligence. Interest in raising a family does as well. The middle class does all the good.

    Source date (UTC): 2016-04-06 07:11:36 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/717610694477217792

  • Old Ideas need a reference. New ideas an extension by analogy. Novel ideas a cha

    Old Ideas need a reference. New ideas an extension by analogy. Novel ideas a chain of reasoning. Revolutionary ideas a framework. #NewRight

    Source date (UTC): 2016-04-06 06:48:07 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/717604784300273664