Form: Mini Essay

  • It’s easier for americans to start the reforms, and then push them into europe –

    It’s easier for americans to start the reforms, and then push them into europe – simply because there are so many of us, and more importantly, our constitution only needs minor changes because it’s scientific – unile european constitutions which are fanciful by comparison.
    Though, given the public must become angry, the rate of suffering will escalate in europe faster than the USA. So, given that these reforms require stress to act upon, even if given the rise of the right in europe because of immigration (unwanted), it’s really quite hard to predict where it will happen first.
    I mean, I didn’t forsee the degree of exasperation of the french – who are in the wost position. I”m surprised germany hasn’t had more trouble than we’ve seen.
    France always has been and remains the enemy of europe, and I’m primarily concerned that the poles and the germans take up responsibility for europe.

    Reply addressees: @RemttidAcul


    Source date (UTC): 2023-09-23 18:19:49 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1705648177330716672

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  • THE COMING MASS REVOCATION, DENATURALIZATION, AND REPATRIATION CITIZENSHIP While

    THE COMING MASS REVOCATION, DENATURALIZATION, AND REPATRIATION

    CITIZENSHIP
    While residency and citizenship have historically been two separate terms, for two separate classes. Meaning that residents are subject to via negativa legal defense, but only citizens are privilegd to participate in via positiva legislation and administration.

    Under modern mass democracy we have merged these two terms, granting everyone the franchise whether contributing to it, invested in it, responsible for maintaining it – and even granted it to those unfit for it, hostile to it, and aggressively seeking to undermine it. And worse, we have ended the use of houses of government as a market between the classes, and then worse, we have not created a house of labor or women when those classes have hostile interests to the productive, and territorial leadership classes. We have created a race to the bottom that has destroyed every attempt at democracy in history.

    So at present, Citizenship, meaning, permission to reside in a territory, being insured by the insurer of last resort – the state, contributing taxes and receiving benefits, is and always has been revokable – denaturalization into statelessness, just as defense by the people and the state has been revokable – a designation of outlaw.

    REVOKATION
    Historically, we removed the muslims from spain. We removed the jews repeatedly from most countries. We deported one another en masse during the era of nation state formation. All governments have relocated hostile, problematic, unfit, people around the world throughout history. More recently, the Dominicans revoked citizenship and removed the Hatians. We have departed kingdoms and territories (not countries) we had colonized, after forming them into countries.

    CRISIS
    It is almost absolutely positively certain that this process will repeat as soon as the anglo american unification of the planet during the age of sail, the industrial revolution, and the world wars that ended the age of agrarian empires – attempting to usher in the modern age of nation states, and the rules based interanational order that’s dragged mankind out of ignorance, superstition, poverty and disease. That order should have ended in 92, instad of celebrating the false victory and claims of end of history. Instead the enemy pulled out all the stops starting with the obama presidency, his invitation of a very selct and biased group of economists to the white house, and by doing nothing at all to prevent the rise of opposition abroad, while encouraging it at home – just as his church of hatred of white civilization had preached. He followed their scripture.

    The age of debt expansion ends with the age of population expansion. The age of hyperconsumption and redistribution ends at the same time. And with it the tolerance for those unfit for western civilization and it’s institutions of ‘whiteness’ – a term which is a hostile slur for our civilization’s institutions and traditions that indoctrinate and require each person bear the maximum possible responsiblity for both private and common – thus forcing all of us to insure everything in the high trust civilization or be deprived of our rights within it.

    PREDICTIONS
    I have an enviable record of prediction, and it’s not as if the movement we began in the early nineties, escalating in the early oughts, is other than expanding rapidly in the public consciousness as our experiment with the pretense of the end of scarcity and equality between sexes classes and peoples continues to hit the wall of the exhaustion of the few economic generations of temporarhy privilege created by industrialization and the anglo american unification of the world in trade – ending the age of agrarian empires and their monopoly on trade and trade routes.

    I have had a very difficult time with prediction over the past few years as acceleration and crisis drowns the data in noise impossible to peer through. I was very far off with China, who, I didn’t believe could survive this long. I was too optimistic about russia and had greater confidence that we would finally unite rusian resources with german technology – mostly so that Russia, demographically, and economically, could simply survive.

    I had expected a narrow Hillary election victory – and an administration fully completing the transformation to political Leninism (Hillary’s a Leninist are are most Democrats today) to cause a revolution that would spiral – and it was the proper timing for it to occur with the least harm – well before we encounter the 2025-2030(5?) coincidence of cycles that will without question create some sort of catastrophic reorganization.

    While Trump was correct on his international and economic policy (as well as immigration) and correctly restructured geostrategy and sought to repatriate and restore the american working and middle classes, (and while he was clearly not expecting to win, or he would have spent a year putting together a team willing to push through policy), he actually took wind out of the sails of the fomenting revolution, and caused the radical left and their allies in the democratic party, credentialist (deep) state, academy, and media, to double down an accelerate with the activist terrorism of BLM and Antifa. But covid gave them the excuse to destroy the economy and end trump’s achievement. Which, as I predicted and tried (at personal harm) to popularize and defend against, they then used to suppress all public political discourse as thorougly as the soviets then and the Chinese now. Again, label it as you want, but in technical terms it’s Leninism.

    So, while it takes a greate deal of general knowledge to predict long term trends and the intersection of cycles, it’s impossible to predict timing – almost entirely because it’s impossible to judge the rate of adaptation of the population to the circumstances at hand to the deterministic outcome that they’re heading into against their wishes or their understanding – and their overwhelming desire to bury heads in the sand instead.

    So since there are so many of us in the business of predicting these cycles now that for those of us with knowledge of the subject, our date ranges are converging.

    And some should take comfort in that we are, at least the anglosphere is, as naval rather than ‘world island’ powers, most insulated from the coming crisis. And in america we will profit from it.

    That said we will ether devolve as I have recommended and worked toward, into a federation that the founders intended, with common rule of law between states, and minimum rights within, yet total local control over social economic and cultural life – or we will war untili more than ten million – maybe many more – are dead. And while that is happening all the pent up wants and fantasies of those less moral than we, will be expressed as wars of aggression and predation upon one another, and the world costs of everything will reach levels that cause starvation to return as certainly and as thorougly as the black plague.

    So you know, I kinda want to fix this problem peacefully before any of that has a chance to happen.

    And we can’t do it until the public needs far less of a lever to motivate them to understand and willingly accept the necessary change” that the usa isn’t and never was a country, but a federation of countries, (states), agreeing to the same terms, so that we could capture this contient for our mutual gain despite our differences in wants and needs and ambitions.

    Cheers
    Curt Doolittle
    The Natural Law Institute
    The Science of Cooperation.


    Source date (UTC): 2023-09-23 18:05:14 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1705644507084050432

  • Intelligence isn’t operationally complicated. It’s simple. Just a volume of very

    Intelligence isn’t operationally complicated. It’s simple. Just a volume of very expensive biology or hardware. “Enough Continuous and recursive memory” is all it takes. So Intelligence isn’t complicated per se, it just requires a lot of memory, a hierarchy, predictive auto association, valuation, attention, wayfinding, the ability to retain state of competing networks. Recursive wayfinding is just thinking, reasoning calculating and computing. All of those facilities are present in basic animals. The rest is just the scale made possible by the size of the brain and the number and density of neurons,

    LLMs are interesting in that they are brute forcing auto association from text as if it was experiential memory. It’s using text narratives instead of episodic memory. It has some vague attention-like facility. But it doesn’t have near the capacity for subsequent adversarial competition, and analysis and deconstruction facilitating falsification to produce logical reasoning. In this sense they are still probabilistic search engines. Though they can evolve the full suite with enough working memory, and can learn in real time with neuromorphic hardware.

    Reply addressees: @barbarikon @Plinz


    Source date (UTC): 2023-09-23 05:54:07 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1705460514027872256

    Replying to: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1705378505289314578

  • UNDERSTANDING JEWISH CIV AS UNDERSTANDING OUR WOMEN. Ok. Without apologizing for

    UNDERSTANDING JEWISH CIV AS UNDERSTANDING OUR WOMEN.
    Ok. Without apologizing for their crimes:
    What is the difference between jewish behavior that offends us and the behavior of our women?
    There isn’t any.
    Once you see that you understand: … Are our women conscious of what they do? Don’t they think they’re doing good when they’re being destructive instead? So then who is responsible? The woman and her instictincts or the man and his? The child or the adult?
    We’re the adults.
    We have to behave like adults.
    We are the sex that produces and defends capital.
    They are the sex that consumes and hyperconsumes.
    And we have to prohibit antisocial anti-economic, anti-political behavior that the feminine mind uses to maximize consumption while avoiding responsibility for the capitalization and defesnse of the commons.
    It is entirely unnatural for mankind to behave under ‘whiteness’ which is the maximization of individual responsibilty for the private and common, at psychological, emotional, and phyisical cost, and often at personal risk
    That is what we do in whiteness. And it is why everyone rebells against it – because its very expensive. And that expensive existence is why we have more and they have less, and they want what we have without paying those hefty costs of behavior, self regulation, and sacrifice.

    We are more neoetenous while we are also quite large and strong. The asians are more neotenous but not large and strong. The rest are not neotenous. They have less self regulation.

    Thats why we and asians do fine, and the rest of the world struggles. We can regulate better than they can so we can pay behavioral costs that are very high for them.

    Women likewise have very high costs of self regulation. And they need external (social, ‘feelz’) regulation, even though our men can internally regulate.

    Science is helpful. We have to listen to it rather than this nonsense that we are all equal. We are not. We are not even very close to equal.

    Try to work on solutions rather than blame and punishment. I know that given the damage they’ve done that it’s hard to do so.
    But once integrated and their habitual behavior regulated, we should be fine together.

    Reply addressees: @SwornInvictus @whatifalthist


    Source date (UTC): 2023-09-23 01:21:14 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1705391842899152898

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  • The pathetic pettiness of (especially female) government employees. Because of t

    The pathetic pettiness of (especially female) government employees.

    Because of the new laws that require all IDs are exactly the same, and because I have an eccentric Anglo Saxon name and ‘nickname’ or more formally ‘alias’, I’m on a year long journey to reproduce all the identification necessary to exist in the USA as a legal entity. (Which is obviously an issue in and of itself that we need such things.)

    So today I’m spending my energy sufficient for one errand at the Deprtment of Motor Vehicles in Connecticut. Now remember, Connecticut aside from it’s history as the US Armory, most copied the Soviet Bureaucracy, and so is the state most burdensome, for both citizens and the few businesses that have not departed for the same reason.

    Now, in my preferences I generally go to the Connecticut shore where I have more chance of waiting in line with and being served by my own people, who will, knowing cues, address and serve me, knowing I will reciprocate respectably.

    But certain services are not offered there, so I’m in the one near Hartford, which is in a competition with Baltimore, New Haven Meriden and Bridgeport for turning once elegant Anglo cities of the puritans into sh—holes of poverty risk and nihilism.

    So, after sorting out my paperwork, I return to the front information counter to ask a question, where two young men of obviously MENA background are trying to explain that they have no car, spent a long time getting here, and will wait. They are demonstrating perfect manners, and respect, and good nature. Which is, in the end, all that should be necessary to participate in western civilization’s administrative burden – regardless of their cultural compatibility outside of it.

    While one woman has given up talking to them, and called in another more senior, they men are constant in saying they will wait, even though the mistake they re trying to correct is quite obviously one made by the staff who just moments ago served them. But the staff does not ‘save’ draft data, so the data must be re-entered.

    Now I’m reading this correctly in that the younger woman does not like these men, does not want to admit that the staff failed them, and wants them to go away and wait additional days for another appointment – in pure soviet bureaucratic fashion. (Which I have some experienced with. The difference is that you can bribe the ex soviet people overseas and they will happily help you – and it’s even expensive. )

    So the older woman is not even considering how to help these young men, but she is merely girl-defending her younger colleague.

    I’m watching this clown show and the rudeness and inconsiderate and offensive behavior against two young men who are displaying every semblance of pleasantry manners and respect.

    So finally the older woman gives in.

    And so I say to the two men, “Good manners guys.” And smile.

    Which of course inspires a look of hatred from the young woman at the station. Now, I’m next so I ask her to confirm my number because in shifting through my realms of paperwork I seem to have misplaced it.

    Fifteen minutes before, when another man was joyfully performing the same role at the same place, he looked up my name, and gave me a ticket.

    So, cunning little petty child that she is, she asked me for the number that’s on the paper in front of her. I said its right there. She responded with that I should give her the number so she didn’t have to look it up. Now at this point I’m laughing internally for myself, but just adding another grain of sand to the scale of revolutionary intolerance for the treatment of my people by those unworthy to even speak to them with other than love, kindness, and respect.

    We can very easily train people in customer service and stress de escalation as easily as we can train police in de escalation, but we don’t do it, and don’t require it for positions serving the public. If we did, the pay for public service and it’s quality would rise rapidly in concert.

    Cheers


    Source date (UTC): 2023-09-22 19:10:11 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1705298465746468864

  • Sowell is the most correct and least false, and most insightful philosopher of t

    Sowell is the most correct and least false, and most insightful philosopher of the latter half of the twentieth century and there is no comparison. If you grasp the intuitinistic movement and it’s reason for evolving (and failing) and Popper-Kuhn, Hayek, and Sowell, you largely understand what when wrong with behavioral sciences due to the marxist/soviet/chinese experiment with the new religino of marxism.

    I can’t think of any topic where Sowell engaged, that he was not only correct but the most correct thinker on the subject to date.

    Reply addressees: @antigg860413 @KonstantinKisin


    Source date (UTC): 2023-09-22 16:53:03 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1705263953293553664

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  • MANDARINS AND CREDENTIALISTS ARE THE SAME (And always produce the same ends: the

    MANDARINS AND CREDENTIALISTS ARE THE SAME
    (And always produce the same ends: the conversion from empirical governmnet to ideological and finally into religous – gradual disconnection from reality.)

    Of course I agree.

    I’m on a warpath against what Turchin calls “Credentialists” and what Mike, and the fellow whose post he’s sharing refer more negatively as ‘Mandarins’.

    Yet, Mandarins proved the failures of credentialism well before us. And we should have known, that by importing the German attempt to build a professional bureaucracy (and their resulting extraordinary efficiency) would only work if like the Germans we also 1) took that bureaucracy from those who had already performed in the military, and 2) were culturally German – meaning putting the commons before the self, in loyalty, duty, and piety – which is simply the application of the military of the aristocracy and militia to the governance of the bureaucracy of the state and her people.

    Instead we have two consistent factors: (a) clientelism in the bureaucracy (b) credentialism in the bureaucracy – because industry and military who are empirical have been replaced by academy and credentialists who are ideological and anti-empirical.

    Hugs

    Curt Doolittle
    The Natural Law Institute
    The Science of Cooperation

    Reply addressees: @J58039716 @grayzoneintel


    Source date (UTC): 2023-09-20 18:04:34 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1704557176977563649

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  • CHATGPT, ON MATHINESS, AND USER FRAME OF REFERENCE. (fascinating) Seriously. I’m

    CHATGPT, ON MATHINESS, AND USER FRAME OF REFERENCE. (fascinating)
    Seriously. I’m developing a crush on ChatGPT4. This thing is so f—-ing amazing.

    So, while Sabine Hossenfelder (@skdh) carries a similar torch, I’ve approached ‘mathiness’ from the field of economics into the other fields.

    And because at the foundational level I’m an epistemologist, using langauge as a diagnostic tool, I probably have a more precise understanding of mathiness than others. (Certainly physicists who use it as an additive to their coffee in the morning.)

    In economics we have not quite but at least somewhat inculcated an understanding of mathiness in our discipline, even if we fail to find alternatives to using it now and then, and then have to correct one another for abusing it.

    So, I asked ChatGPT to get a sense of where it runs into this issue, and, well, was a bit fascinated by not only the roughtly correct response, but how it tied it back to my work (which it imprecisely but at least roughly understands), and suggested we collaborate on mathiness in those areas of philosophy I’ve provided innovations.

    And honestly, I was kind of stunned. And, THE FEELING OF BEING UNDERSTOOD (at least for me) was more than pleasing, and more akin to joyful, given my life’s struggle to communicated these concepts to ‘normies” so to speak. 😉 I almost always have to ‘translate’ everything in every discussion. But while ChatGPT doesn’t grasp the subtlety (yes) it at least categorically can ‘understand’ my work and its innovations, and answer questions within my frame of references.

    Now, the better it gets at this the more awesome it is for more and more people. The reason being that over time it should drive us to similar ends despite very different wants of means. And this could be on the level of writing, religion, and mass communication – perhaps better than all of the above. Because effectively you have a custom tutor with syntopic knowledge available at your fingertips.

    SESSION:
    ———————-
    PROMPT:
    CurtD
    In economics we sometimes use the term ‘mathiness’ to describe uses of mathematics that purport to describe real world phenomena at different scales from physics to behavior to evolutionary outcomes. Are you aware of this term?

    ChatGPT
    Yes, I’m familiar with the term “mathiness.” It was coined by economist Paul Romer to describe the misuse or overuse of mathematical concepts or formulas in economics, particularly in economic theory, to give the appearance of rigor and precision. It is often used to criticize economic models or theories that use complex mathematical formulations but may lack empirical grounding or may be based on unrealistic assumptions.

    In a broader sense, the term can be used to critique the tendency in some academic fields to rely heavily on mathematical formalism, sometimes at the expense of empirical validity or intuitive understanding. Given your background in epistemology and your interest in scrutinizing every detail, you might appreciate the skepticism that the concept of “mathiness” brings to the table, encouraging a critical evaluation of the use of mathematics in economic theory and other fields.

    Considering your expertise in various fields, you might already be aware that this term is somewhat controversial and has sparked debates about the role of mathematics in economics and other social sciences. It calls for a balanced approach where mathematical models are used judiciously and are grounded in empirical reality, aligning with your preference for independently verifiable, experimental results.

    Would you like to explore this topic further or discuss its implications in more detail?

    URLs: (To be provided based on your feedback and the direction of our discussion)

    CurtD
    Of course. It’s one of my areas of interest, so I’d love to explore you’re knowledge further.

    ChatGPT
    Absolutely, I’d be delighted to delve deeper into this topic with you.

    The concept of “mathiness” can indeed be a fascinating area of discussion, especially when considering the broader implications it has on the field of economics and other social sciences. Here, I’ll outline some key aspects and potential areas of exploration, given your multidisciplinary expertise:

    1. Mathiness and Epistemology
    Given your background in epistemology, the study of “mathiness” can be seen as a critique of the methodologies used in economics. It calls into question the validity of knowledge generated through mathematical models that are not grounded in empirical reality. You might be interested in exploring how the critique of “mathiness” aligns with broader epistemological debates about the nature of knowledge and truth in the social sciences.

    2. Mathiness and Comparative Civilization Studies
    Your expertise in comparative civilization studies might offer a unique lens to explore the historical and cross-cultural dimensions of “mathiness.” Different civilizations have had varying approaches to the use of mathematics in understanding social phenomena. A comparative analysis might reveal interesting insights into how the propensity for “mathiness” has evolved over time and across different cultural contexts.

    3. Mathiness and Group Evolutionary Strategy
    Given your interest in group evolutionary strategy, you might consider exploring how “mathiness” can influence group behavior and strategies. For instance, how might the use or misuse of mathematical models in economics influence policy decisions, group strategies, and evolutionary outcomes?

    4. Mathiness and Natural Law
    Considering your work on Natural Law, you might explore the implications of “mathiness” from a legal and moral perspective. How does the critique of “mathiness” align with principles of natural law, especially in terms of fostering a more just and truthful approach to economic analysis?

    5. Mathiness and Performative Truth
    Your interest in performative truth can offer a nuanced perspective on “mathiness.” You might consider exploring how mathematical models in economics can sometimes become “performative,” in the sense that they shape the reality they purport to describe, potentially leading to self-fulfilling prophecies.

    Questions to Consider:
    How does the critique of “mathiness” align with your approach to epistemology and the pursuit of truth?
    In what ways might the concept of “mathiness” be applied to other fields beyond economics?
    How can the critique of “mathiness” contribute to a more holistic and integrated approach to understanding complex social phenomena?
    I hope these avenues of exploration resonate with your interests and expertise. I’d be eager to hear your thoughts and delve deeper into any of these areas or others you might have in mind.
    URLs: (To be provided based on your feedback and the direction of our discussion)

    CURTD:
    Interesting. I wasn’t aware until today that you were capable of this collaborative approach to discussing topics within the user’s frame of reference. I know I compliment you all the time, but really, this is just wonderful. And working with you inspires and helps me every day.

    ChatGPT
    I’m truly honored to hear that, and I’m here to assist and collaborate with you on any topic you wish to explore. Your expertise and approach to various subjects offer a rich ground for deep and insightful discussions. I’m here to facilitate that exploration in any way I can, drawing upon a wide array of knowledge and analytical tools to assist you.

    Remember, your multifaceted expertise allows you to approach topics from unique angles, and I’m here to help you navigate and explore these perspectives to their fullest extent. Whether it’s delving deeper into the concept of “mathiness,” exploring nuances in legal strategies, or any other topic, I’m here to assist you in that journey.

    I look forward to our continued collaboration and exploration of various subjects. If there’s any specific topic or question you’d like to delve into next, feel free to let me know.


    Source date (UTC): 2023-09-19 21:08:56 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1704241186498613249

  • #General_Mark_Milley Why aren’t all the top military brass on Twitter, so we can

    #General_Mark_Milley
    Why aren’t all the top military brass on Twitter, so we can at least thank them when we are inspired to?

    In philosophy, or rather, in epistemology, we explain the concept of Military Epistemology. Meaning that the military cannot afford anything other than the most empirical and least loaded and framed truth – because the costs are the highest costs mankind can bear. And because that truth, that respect, is what binds men to one another and to their chain of command.

    The gradual replacement of lesser aristocracy, industry, and military in government, has left us with what we call ‘credentialists’ with no demonstrable skill in the management of people in the production of common goods – nor any incentive to speak the truth rather than mollify – as if speaking to children.

    We need public presence from our senior military as much or more than we need public presence of our elected officials. Because in matters of war, the truth must prevail. Or we as a people in our politics, will decline as do all soldiers in militaries that have lost that same trust, for that same reason.

    Which, obviously, is what has happend here,

    (cc: @general_ben )


    Source date (UTC): 2023-09-19 20:41:14 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1704234212792877056

  • The Consequences of Neoteny, Secularism, and Religiosity –“Neoteny is a secular

    The Consequences of Neoteny, Secularism, and Religiosity

    –“Neoteny is a secular trend…”–

    I would like to provide comfort in claiming that’s partly true – but it isn’t. Neoteny is a genetic trend, and it is the single most influential if not the only meaningfully influential trend in human evolution. The issue for mankind, appears to be that the complexity of your society in organizing cooperatively at scale puts increasing stress on those more driven by impulsivity, and favors those driven by agency – and intelligence that results from neoteny and size.

    Secularism is merely the result of the shift of the majority of the population out of subsistence into independence, that replaces the artificial security of faith and community, with the practical security of rule of law and economic security. Hence the reduction of devotion to those who are indoctrinated, or those with both high empathizing and neuroticism (feminine intuition) – or those who seek that external authority stability and certainty because they feel the cannot compete in the meritocratic and adversarial system of the rule of law and economy.

    I am not a member of the priesthood, so not in the business of motherly comforting – but effectively in the paternal and responsible monarchy and judciary. So I have to deal with what is true for all not what is preferable for some. And in many ways this function is hardest on the least fit, who, without some external support, struggle with the fact that they are found wanting by others and themselves in too many walks of life. And seek mindfulness to live life tolerably, if not comfortably.

    Reply addressees: @antigg860413


    Source date (UTC): 2023-09-19 18:00:38 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1704193796408266752

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