Curt Doolittle

Form: Aphorism

  • Most Rothbardian indignation is a ruse for acts of reverse patriotism: hatred

    Most Rothbardian indignation is a ruse for acts of reverse patriotism: hatred.

    Source date (UTC): 2014-05-19 09:30:00 UTC

  • OCCAM’S RAZOR : ARISTOCRATIC EGALITARIAN PROPERTY RIGHTS Under constructionism,

    OCCAM’S RAZOR : ARISTOCRATIC EGALITARIAN PROPERTY RIGHTS

    Under constructionism, you cannot rely upon an argument that you cannot construct. If you cannot construct apriorism, you do not understand it. If one does not understand a truth claim, he cannot claim it is true. Since one cannot construct apriorism, or at least, the matter is in deep dispute, you cannot rely upon it.

    If you cannot construct natural rights, you do not understand them. SInce one cannot construct natural rights, you cannot honestly rely upon it.

    I can construct an agreement for insuring one another’s property rights with any man who is willing and able. This is the source of property rights.

    It is the only source.

    And that is occam’s razor.

    Source date (UTC): 2014-05-16 10:22:00 UTC

  • “It’s bad enough that we have dishonest socialism. We don’t need dishonest liber

    —“It’s bad enough that we have dishonest socialism. We don’t need dishonest libertarianism.”—

    (worth repeating)

    Source date (UTC): 2014-05-16 10:08:00 UTC

  • “Out of life’s school of war, that which does not kill us, only serves to make u

    —“Out of life’s school of war, that which does not kill us, only serves to make us stronger.”—

    You can love that statement or fear it. You can seek out those wars to make yourself stronger, or avoid them and remain weaker. Aristocracy like science only learns through testing and failure. Science runs tests – luxury goods, so that all of us may benefit. The wealthy run tests of consumption so that all of us may one day have luxuries as consumer goods. Aristocracy runs tests, so that other people do not have to, and can merely learn from imitation. The common law records our successes and prohibitions and society evolves without intent, every constantly to a ‘stronger’ state, than the one before it.

    Curt

    Source date (UTC): 2014-05-16 06:38:00 UTC

  • FIRE, BEER, MEAT, WEAPONS, EACH OTHER Friend of mine used to say that all men re

    FIRE, BEER, MEAT, WEAPONS, EACH OTHER

    Friend of mine used to say that all men really require to be happy is fire, beer, meat, weapons, and each other. Everything else is just an excuse to get the attention of women.

    Source date (UTC): 2014-05-15 15:26:00 UTC

  • Buyer Beware vs Seller Beware

    PROPERTARIAN ETHICS VS ROTHBARDIAN ETHICS (worth repeating) –“Under rothbardian ethics the buyer must beware, and under propertarian ethics the seller must beware. Propertarian ethics put warranty in the hands of the person with the greatest knowledge and therefore produces the least asymmetry of knowledge. ‘ — Propertarian ethics solve the problem of libertarian morality.

  • Buyer Beware vs Seller Beware

    PROPERTARIAN ETHICS VS ROTHBARDIAN ETHICS (worth repeating) –“Under rothbardian ethics the buyer must beware, and under propertarian ethics the seller must beware. Propertarian ethics put warranty in the hands of the person with the greatest knowledge and therefore produces the least asymmetry of knowledge. ‘ — Propertarian ethics solve the problem of libertarian morality.

  • The Virtue Of Critical Rationalism

    [T]he chief personal virtue that Critical Rationalism bestows upon you, is the understanding that you never know the ultimate truth, you merely know enough to take action given the knowledge at your disposal, and only by our failures do we learn more about the truth, than we knew before – confirmation may be efficient and rewarding but it does not increase our competitive ability against each other, or against the forces of universe itself.

  • The Virtue Of Critical Rationalism

    [T]he chief personal virtue that Critical Rationalism bestows upon you, is the understanding that you never know the ultimate truth, you merely know enough to take action given the knowledge at your disposal, and only by our failures do we learn more about the truth, than we knew before – confirmation may be efficient and rewarding but it does not increase our competitive ability against each other, or against the forces of universe itself.

  • LIBERTY IS LIKE TRUTH Liberty is like truth : there is infinitely more of it tha

    LIBERTY IS LIKE TRUTH

    Liberty is like truth : there is infinitely more of it than you have, no matter how much you have at present. Liberty is not a state. It’s a pursuit.

    (Critical Rationalism may not be perfect but it will cure a lot of intellectual ills.)

    Source date (UTC): 2014-05-15 07:54:00 UTC