Form: Aphorism

  • Calculating the Value

    Apr 3, 2020, 9:25 AM

    There is a value in ancient things – that is why they persisted. The question is understanding the value that exists rather than the value claimed exists, and a full accounting of externalities good and bad.

    re: magic, occult, religion, myths.

  • “Stupid” reveals itself in the abstracts.

    Apr 10, 2020, 8:01 PM

    Fiction is entertainment. Literature is philosophy in slow motion. philosophy is theology in disguise of literature. science, economics, and law – well, that’s for grownups. Math is for grownups who like to make other grownups feel dumb. 😉   “Stupid” reveals itself in the abstracts.

  • “Stupid” reveals itself in the abstracts.

    Apr 10, 2020, 8:01 PM

    Fiction is entertainment. Literature is philosophy in slow motion. philosophy is theology in disguise of literature. science, economics, and law – well, that’s for grownups. Math is for grownups who like to make other grownups feel dumb. 😉   “Stupid” reveals itself in the abstracts.

  • When It Doesn’t Make Sense, Test First for Stupidity and Emergence – Not Intent.

    Apr 15, 2020, 12:26 PM

    —“I have to consciously remind myself to “never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity [ignorance]” – that’s “Hanlon’s Razor”. And the similar mantra to “Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by emergence”.”—Brad Chambers

    Remember, the female perceives all as in intent. The male perceives all as systems of incentives. Be all the man you can be.

  • When It Doesn’t Make Sense, Test First for Stupidity and Emergence – Not Intent.

    Apr 15, 2020, 12:26 PM

    —“I have to consciously remind myself to “never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity [ignorance]” – that’s “Hanlon’s Razor”. And the similar mantra to “Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by emergence”.”—Brad Chambers

    Remember, the female perceives all as in intent. The male perceives all as systems of incentives. Be all the man you can be.

  • Religion consists of a hierarchy of rituals that train the intuition given the n

    Religion consists of a hierarchy of rituals that train the intuition given the natural hierarchical development of the human brain.

    I’ve written extensively on the constitution of the religions, and how they solve the problem of mindfulness (suppression of neuroticism).


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  • THE DIFFERENCE

    Apr 18, 2020, 1:08 PM by Scott De Warren

    Right wing – ensure productivity outpaces reproductivity, ensuring prosperity (demand for capitalization). (Male)

    Left wing – ensure reproductivity outpaces productivity, ensuring poverty. (demand for redistribution). (Female)

  • THE DIFFERENCE

    Apr 18, 2020, 1:08 PM by Scott De Warren

    Right wing – ensure productivity outpaces reproductivity, ensuring prosperity (demand for capitalization). (Male)

    Left wing – ensure reproductivity outpaces productivity, ensuring poverty. (demand for redistribution). (Female)

  • The Incentive for Social Construction

    Apr 21, 2020, 9:02 AM

    —Social construction requires a false promise. The only viable false promises that scale for social construction are those that violate physical, natural, and evolutionary laws. Violating those laws baits the victims into hazard by violating those laws.—

    (worth repeating) (important)

  • The Incentive for Social Construction

    Apr 21, 2020, 9:02 AM

    —Social construction requires a false promise. The only viable false promises that scale for social construction are those that violate physical, natural, and evolutionary laws. Violating those laws baits the victims into hazard by violating those laws.—

    (worth repeating) (important)