Curt Doolittle

Form: Mini Essay

  • Truth Is Enough. No More Pseudoscience.

    Mar 18, 2020, 1:42 PM

    —“Humans have no subspecies.”—

    We are animals, and no different from every other creature on this earth. We adapted by class distribution, degree and rate of maturity, dimorphism in development, and by personality and temperament, in relation to environmental conditions in different temperate (latitudinal) bands across the planet with division into species, subspecies, and sub-subspecies, and continuous recursive admixture. “Species” refers only to local morphological and behavioral adaptation to conditions. It does not refer to reproductive capacity. If it did then most of the species would disappear from our lists. Our political correctness (Pseudoscience, of denial of genetic differences and their expression) is part of the marxist-postmodernist-feminist counter revolution against modernity. The fact that some species tend to inbreed, and humans and other predators like us will sometimes cross breed is due to greater identification of reproductive opportunity in more evolved organisms – and the reality of greater desirability of female neoteny as a signal of fertility regardless of species. This list has not changed much in over a century. I keep track of the tribes (they would make this list too long). But the beauty of diversity is in local homogeneity and worldwide diversity that continues genetic computation at scale producing anti-fragility and continuing human evolution. What is interesting is that these genetic differences evoke a disgust (purity) response in conservatives (threat) and a novelty response (opportunity) in progressives. This merely illustrates ur genetic strategies of the female consumer (progressive) and the male producer (conservative). In other words we are just following our instincts. Subfamily Homininae … Tribe Gorillini Genus Gorilla … … Western gorilla, Gorilla gorilla … … … Western lowland gorilla, Gorilla gorilla gorilla … … … Cross River gorilla, Gorilla gorilla diehli … … Eastern gorilla, Gorilla beringei … … … Mountain gorilla, Gorilla beringei beringei … … … Eastern lowland gorilla, Gorilla beringei graueri … Tribe Hominini … … Subtribe Panina … … … Genus Pan … … … … Chimpanzee (common chimpanzee), Pan troglodytes … … … … … Central chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes troglodytes … … … … … Western chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes verus … … … … … Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes ellioti … … … … … Eastern chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii … … … … Bonobo (pygmy chimpanzee), Pan paniscus … … Subtribe Hominina … … … Genus Homo … … … … Human, Homo sapiens (Anatomically modern human) … … … … … 1- African (Species Homo Negroid / Homo African) … … … … … 2- Australoid (Species Homo Negrito / Homo Australoid) … … … … … 3- Dravidian (Dravidian) -> Indo Iranic Dravidian … … … … … 4- Mongoloid … … … … … … … NE Asian … … … … … … … Mongolian … … … … … … … Tibetan … … … … … … … Paleo Siberia … … … … … … … FInno Ugric Mongolian … … … … … … … Amerindian … … … … … … … SE Asian … … … … … … … Oceanan … … … … … 5- Caucasoid … … … … … … … European … … … … … … … Iranic … … … … … … … … Iranian … … … … … … … … Tajik … … … … … … … … Semitic … … … … … … … … North African … … … … … … … Indo-Iranic -> Indo Iranic Dravidian

  • Truth Is Enough. No More Pseudoscience.

    Mar 18, 2020, 1:42 PM

    —“Humans have no subspecies.”—

    We are animals, and no different from every other creature on this earth. We adapted by class distribution, degree and rate of maturity, dimorphism in development, and by personality and temperament, in relation to environmental conditions in different temperate (latitudinal) bands across the planet with division into species, subspecies, and sub-subspecies, and continuous recursive admixture. “Species” refers only to local morphological and behavioral adaptation to conditions. It does not refer to reproductive capacity. If it did then most of the species would disappear from our lists. Our political correctness (Pseudoscience, of denial of genetic differences and their expression) is part of the marxist-postmodernist-feminist counter revolution against modernity. The fact that some species tend to inbreed, and humans and other predators like us will sometimes cross breed is due to greater identification of reproductive opportunity in more evolved organisms – and the reality of greater desirability of female neoteny as a signal of fertility regardless of species. This list has not changed much in over a century. I keep track of the tribes (they would make this list too long). But the beauty of diversity is in local homogeneity and worldwide diversity that continues genetic computation at scale producing anti-fragility and continuing human evolution. What is interesting is that these genetic differences evoke a disgust (purity) response in conservatives (threat) and a novelty response (opportunity) in progressives. This merely illustrates ur genetic strategies of the female consumer (progressive) and the male producer (conservative). In other words we are just following our instincts. Subfamily Homininae … Tribe Gorillini Genus Gorilla … … Western gorilla, Gorilla gorilla … … … Western lowland gorilla, Gorilla gorilla gorilla … … … Cross River gorilla, Gorilla gorilla diehli … … Eastern gorilla, Gorilla beringei … … … Mountain gorilla, Gorilla beringei beringei … … … Eastern lowland gorilla, Gorilla beringei graueri … Tribe Hominini … … Subtribe Panina … … … Genus Pan … … … … Chimpanzee (common chimpanzee), Pan troglodytes … … … … … Central chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes troglodytes … … … … … Western chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes verus … … … … … Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes ellioti … … … … … Eastern chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii … … … … Bonobo (pygmy chimpanzee), Pan paniscus … … Subtribe Hominina … … … Genus Homo … … … … Human, Homo sapiens (Anatomically modern human) … … … … … 1- African (Species Homo Negroid / Homo African) … … … … … 2- Australoid (Species Homo Negrito / Homo Australoid) … … … … … 3- Dravidian (Dravidian) -> Indo Iranic Dravidian … … … … … 4- Mongoloid … … … … … … … NE Asian … … … … … … … Mongolian … … … … … … … Tibetan … … … … … … … Paleo Siberia … … … … … … … FInno Ugric Mongolian … … … … … … … Amerindian … … … … … … … SE Asian … … … … … … … Oceanan … … … … … 5- Caucasoid … … … … … … … European … … … … … … … Iranic … … … … … … … … Iranian … … … … … … … … Tajik … … … … … … … … Semitic … … … … … … … … North African … … … … … … … Indo-Iranic -> Indo Iranic Dravidian

  • Why Do People Hate You so Curt?

    Mar 21, 2020, 7:59 AM

    —“Why do people hate you so curt? I don’t get it”—A Friend

    I Slay sacred cows.P is a via negativa.High investment. Elitist. Intolerant. Exclusionary.Unapologetic. People want power, ideology, philosophy, theology. I say words don’t matter only actions. They want words because they feel powerless to act. I deprive them of the power of words. Leaving only collective action. Where they must compromise on collective results. And pay the costs of achieving them. Rather than shaming or pleading others into doing it for them. Rule of law under P: the power to deny power – including power by words for people powerless and desiring power by words. The only solution is collective action, the law, and then to create new narratives within the law. (mostly)

    —“Reciprocity is active. Haters have crafted arguments they thought were large enough to hide their passivity behind. … The active reciprocity that P demands does not undermine these passive shelters, it does not counter these arguments, it makes them obsolete.”—Luke Weinhagen

  • Tyler Cowen Says the Progressive Left Is Over

    The Coronavirus Killed the Progressive Left – Marginal REVOLUTION marginalrevolution.com https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2020/03/the-coronavirus-killed-the-progressive-left.html — The EGALITARIANISM of the progressive left also will seem like a faint memory. Elites are most likely to support wealth redistribution when they feel comfortable themselves, and indeed well-off coastal elites in California and the Northeast are a backbone of the progressive movement. But when these people feel threatened in their lives or occupations, or when the futures of their children suddenly seem less secure, redistribution will not be such a compelling ideal… — The case for MASS TRANSIT also will seem weaker, because subways and buses will be associated with the fear of Covid-19 transmission. In a similar fashion, the forces of NIMBY WILL BECOME STRONGER, relative to those of YIMBY, because people secure in their isolated suburban homes will feel less stressed than those in densely packed urban apartment buildings. — There is likely to be much MORE GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION in some parts of the health-care sector, but it will focus on scarce hospital beds and ventilators, and enforce nasty triage, rather than being a benevolent move toward universal coverage. If anything, it will drive home the message that SUPPLY CONSTRAINTS ARE BINDING AND AMERICA CAN’T HAVE EVERYTHING — hardly the traditional progressive message. — — The CLIMATE CHANGE MOVEMENT is likely to be another victim. How much have you heard about Greta Thunberg lately? Concern over the climate will seem like another luxury from safer and more normal times. In addition, the course of anti-Covid-19 efforts may not prove propitious for the climate change movement. If the fight against Covid-19 suddenly improves (perhaps a vaccine working very quickly?), Americans may come to expect the same in the fight against climate change.

  • Tyler Cowen Says the Progressive Left Is Over

    The Coronavirus Killed the Progressive Left – Marginal REVOLUTION marginalrevolution.com https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2020/03/the-coronavirus-killed-the-progressive-left.html — The EGALITARIANISM of the progressive left also will seem like a faint memory. Elites are most likely to support wealth redistribution when they feel comfortable themselves, and indeed well-off coastal elites in California and the Northeast are a backbone of the progressive movement. But when these people feel threatened in their lives or occupations, or when the futures of their children suddenly seem less secure, redistribution will not be such a compelling ideal… — The case for MASS TRANSIT also will seem weaker, because subways and buses will be associated with the fear of Covid-19 transmission. In a similar fashion, the forces of NIMBY WILL BECOME STRONGER, relative to those of YIMBY, because people secure in their isolated suburban homes will feel less stressed than those in densely packed urban apartment buildings. — There is likely to be much MORE GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION in some parts of the health-care sector, but it will focus on scarce hospital beds and ventilators, and enforce nasty triage, rather than being a benevolent move toward universal coverage. If anything, it will drive home the message that SUPPLY CONSTRAINTS ARE BINDING AND AMERICA CAN’T HAVE EVERYTHING — hardly the traditional progressive message. — — The CLIMATE CHANGE MOVEMENT is likely to be another victim. How much have you heard about Greta Thunberg lately? Concern over the climate will seem like another luxury from safer and more normal times. In addition, the course of anti-Covid-19 efforts may not prove propitious for the climate change movement. If the fight against Covid-19 suddenly improves (perhaps a vaccine working very quickly?), Americans may come to expect the same in the fight against climate change.

  • A Full Answer of Demonstrated Interests

    Mar 22, 2020, 11:03 AM It is hard to start with first principles. We always want to narrow the domain set of our question rather than start from first principles. The first principle is time. We are in a continuous competition with time, and our inventory of resources, because of the cost of persisting our existence. Cooperation saves time. we have the same input as we did 50k ypb. The ability to cooperate creates possibility of obtaining returns on time. Cooperation provides caloric returns on time. But all opportunities for cooperation are in competition with others’ wants and opportunities, including the opportunity to prey and parasite upon one another. When people come together in proximity they (a) create opportunities for a division of labor (b) increase choice of goods services and information by division of labor (c) decrease opportunity costs of exchange within that division (d) increase opportunity and incentive for parasitism and predation, (e) create institutions to decrease transaction costs – including risk.

    |INTERESTS| Unknown (potential) utility > Known (potential) Utility, Opportunity (potential interest), Demonstrated Interest, Possession, Property, Right, and Title (Proxy).

    1. Unknown (potential) utility…()

    2. Known (potential) Utility …()

    3. Opportunity: any interest that Man my wish to acquire through his investment that has not yet been invested in by others.

    4. Demonstrated Interest: (homesteading)

    5. Possession: Possession is a Fact. Possessions are Personally insured. Consisting of that which one has acted to prevent others from consumption or use.

    6. Property: Property is a Norm. Property is collectively insured. Consisting of that which evolves as general rules of non-imposition between people with similar kinship, interests, or interdependence. Property is that which is insured against non-imposition by a third party organization.

    7. Property Rights: Property Rights are dependent upon the existence of an institution that acts as the insurer of last resort, and enforces rights and obligations in matters of disputes.

    8. Title …..(title proxy for possession)

    THE FOUNDATIONS https://propertarianinstitute.com/2019/03/28/curt-doolittle-updated-his-status-314/ MARKETS https://propertarianinstitute.com/2017/05/25/why-and-how-do-free-markets-work/ THE LAW (Halfway down the page, Part 999 – The Law, Property https://propertarianinstitute.com/government-and-law/

  • A Full Answer of Demonstrated Interests

    Mar 22, 2020, 11:03 AM It is hard to start with first principles. We always want to narrow the domain set of our question rather than start from first principles. The first principle is time. We are in a continuous competition with time, and our inventory of resources, because of the cost of persisting our existence. Cooperation saves time. we have the same input as we did 50k ypb. The ability to cooperate creates possibility of obtaining returns on time. Cooperation provides caloric returns on time. But all opportunities for cooperation are in competition with others’ wants and opportunities, including the opportunity to prey and parasite upon one another. When people come together in proximity they (a) create opportunities for a division of labor (b) increase choice of goods services and information by division of labor (c) decrease opportunity costs of exchange within that division (d) increase opportunity and incentive for parasitism and predation, (e) create institutions to decrease transaction costs – including risk.

    |INTERESTS| Unknown (potential) utility > Known (potential) Utility, Opportunity (potential interest), Demonstrated Interest, Possession, Property, Right, and Title (Proxy).

    1. Unknown (potential) utility…()

    2. Known (potential) Utility …()

    3. Opportunity: any interest that Man my wish to acquire through his investment that has not yet been invested in by others.

    4. Demonstrated Interest: (homesteading)

    5. Possession: Possession is a Fact. Possessions are Personally insured. Consisting of that which one has acted to prevent others from consumption or use.

    6. Property: Property is a Norm. Property is collectively insured. Consisting of that which evolves as general rules of non-imposition between people with similar kinship, interests, or interdependence. Property is that which is insured against non-imposition by a third party organization.

    7. Property Rights: Property Rights are dependent upon the existence of an institution that acts as the insurer of last resort, and enforces rights and obligations in matters of disputes.

    8. Title …..(title proxy for possession)

    THE FOUNDATIONS https://propertarianinstitute.com/2019/03/28/curt-doolittle-updated-his-status-314/ MARKETS https://propertarianinstitute.com/2017/05/25/why-and-how-do-free-markets-work/ THE LAW (Halfway down the page, Part 999 – The Law, Property https://propertarianinstitute.com/government-and-law/

  • Markets And The Necessity Of Full Accounting

    Mar 22, 2020, 11:24 AM Questions: Are we running barrel-making as a private corporation? Or are we running the city as a private corporation? Or are we running the state as a private corporation? Or are we running the empire as a private corporation? Or are we running the civilization as a private corporation? Or are we running the world as a private corporation? Let’s say we have 200 men working in barrel making. if some group wants to come into town and set up shop, or sell barrels within the town, what are the trade offs?

    (a) Dilute the market they take away from the others in the town.

    (b) Cause a reduction in prices if the prices are extractive

    (c) Put everyone out of business by doing so and raise the cost of barrels produced elsewhere, and force the reconstitution of the industry internally. Now, increase transportability. Rivers, ships, railroads, trucks, and the opportunity to compete across markets increases, and the opportunity to shift production increases because of it. … until you’re burning capital. So my point being that unless you’re measuring capital rather than price you don’t know if your general rule is true. Right now we’re seeing the fallacy of the utility of globalism: fragility.Well, we’re also seeing the fallacy of the utility of urbanism. Fragility and risk. Thinking this process through will generally cause us to break our bad habits by failing full accounting.

  • Markets And The Necessity Of Full Accounting

    Mar 22, 2020, 11:24 AM Questions: Are we running barrel-making as a private corporation? Or are we running the city as a private corporation? Or are we running the state as a private corporation? Or are we running the empire as a private corporation? Or are we running the civilization as a private corporation? Or are we running the world as a private corporation? Let’s say we have 200 men working in barrel making. if some group wants to come into town and set up shop, or sell barrels within the town, what are the trade offs?

    (a) Dilute the market they take away from the others in the town.

    (b) Cause a reduction in prices if the prices are extractive

    (c) Put everyone out of business by doing so and raise the cost of barrels produced elsewhere, and force the reconstitution of the industry internally. Now, increase transportability. Rivers, ships, railroads, trucks, and the opportunity to compete across markets increases, and the opportunity to shift production increases because of it. … until you’re burning capital. So my point being that unless you’re measuring capital rather than price you don’t know if your general rule is true. Right now we’re seeing the fallacy of the utility of globalism: fragility.Well, we’re also seeing the fallacy of the utility of urbanism. Fragility and risk. Thinking this process through will generally cause us to break our bad habits by failing full accounting.

  • Reciprocity functions as the explanation of the preservation of demonstrated interest

    Mar 22, 2020, 1:04 PM Reciprocity functions as the explanation of the preservation of demonstrated interest, against which people will not retaliate. Starting with reciprocity instead of the first principle of time, the utility of cooperation, the self defense of limiting yourself to reciprocity, and the offensive defense of your interests by demanding reciprocity starts with presumption (dependency, contingency). Instead: Time > value of cooperation > incentive to cooperate > incentive to cheat > incentive to punish, restitute, prevent > incentive to preserve cooperation (reciprocity) > incentive to produce restitution, punishment, and prevention. So, if we said reciprocity was the first principle we would be stuck with a contingency. But once we start with the necessity of time, proximity, cooperation, incentives, cheating, suppression of it, and work up from there, reciprocity is simply the logical and empirical means of obtaining the greatest rewards and the lowest costs outside of war etc. It provides universal decidability in matters of conflict. But It cannot function as a via positiva. It’ is not a ‘good’. It is the means by which we prevent the bad. Good is anything else that is not bad. This means people adopt a normal distribution of behaviors and we seek to use the test of reciprocity to suppress the violators thereby preserving all the value of cooperation across the scale from the individual to the polity. The problem arises when an unsupportable number of people in any market cannot survive by reciprocal means because they have noting to trade – not even labor – and therefore we have passed the limit of proportionality (reciprocity within the limits of proportionality.) It is no longer possible for these people to obtain ANY proportion of the returns on cooperation. Traditionally that means ‘leave this market for another’ or ‘retreat from the market into subsistence farming’ or ‘retreat from the market into crime’. From which we cull criminals by prosecution and those on subsistence by starvation and disease. Government intervention no longer provides this selection pressure. The current human training is to seek the via positiva moral claim as a demonstration of (in dominance order) fealty < loyalty < conformity < submission to the group. Positives are easy because we only have to imitate them. Negatives are harder, because we are required to think (problem solve). This is why we need multiple means of communicating across a population from high empathy low precision to limited empathy limited precision, to low or no empathy high precision. And it is the preservation of all THREE means that has made possible the western avoidance of monopoly by regression to the mean of the ability of the population.