Curt Doolittle

Form: Short Note

  • FOR NEWBS Yes, I stir the pot, because teaching argument on the internet is like

    FOR NEWBS

    Yes, I stir the pot, because teaching argument on the internet is like running a class in a locker room, and I can’t issue quizzes and demand homework, so the way to cause discourse is to create controversy.

    I know this because in marketing and advertising it is the secret to getting the public to talk about a subject and learn about it. Hence talking head shows on tv, survivor, and every other damned idiot-nonsense.

    And hence *controversial positioning*.

    Source date (UTC): 2018-06-18 09:08:00 UTC

  • ( I love Sundays … ’cause I get to sh-t talk with the guys here and there. )

    ( I love Sundays … ’cause I get to sh-t talk with the guys here and there. )

    Source date (UTC): 2018-06-18 00:25:59 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1008506071860817920

  • I teach argument here. I delete stupid. I delete not funny. I delete memes. If y

    I teach argument here.
    I delete stupid.
    I delete not funny.
    I delete memes.

    If you want entertainment you have dick and fart jokes, 4chan, reddit, anime, video games and porn – so go play with your toys. OK?

    Thanks.
    The Management.

    loz

    Source date (UTC): 2018-06-18 00:21:51 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1008505031216304128

  • Untitled

    http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/392577-spotlight-falls-on-russian-threat-to-undersea-cableshttp://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/392577-spotlight-falls-on-russian-threat-to-undersea-cableshttp://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/392577-spotlight-falls-on-russian-threat-to-undersea-cables

    Source date (UTC): 2018-06-17 23:49:00 UTC

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    http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/392577-spotlight-falls-on-russian-threat-to-undersea-cableshttp://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/392577-spotlight-falls-on-russian-threat-to-undersea-cables

    Source date (UTC): 2018-06-17 23:49:00 UTC

  • I teach argument here. I delete stupid. I delete not funny. I delete memes. If y

    I teach argument here.

    I delete stupid.

    I delete not funny.

    I delete memes.

    If you want entertainment you have dick and fart jokes, 4chan, reddit, anime, video games and porn – so go play with your toys. OK?

    Thanks.

    The Management.

    loz

    Source date (UTC): 2018-06-17 20:21:00 UTC

  • Women Evolved to Carry a Cognitive Load

    As I understand it, on average, it takes three children to produce a rational woman. In other words, the female mind evolved to carry a certain cognitive load, (just as did the male) and without that cognitive load doesn’t perform well. Women with children are less crazy than those without. Women with three or more are less crazy than those with fewer. Women with four to six children do not have the luxury of insanity. So it is better to think of it as men need a physical load and an a loyalty load to stay fit, and women need a cognitive load to stay fit. And for women that fitness comes from governing a brood of children. Evolution is almost always understandable.

  • The Number of Worthless Opinions Has No Bearing

    I mean, I don’t put much weight behind the opinions of riders of the intellectual short bus. Opinions don’t matter. Arguments do. And in argument, moralistic, rationalistic, and pseudoscientific don’t matter. Either a critic can make a testimonial (ratio-operational-scientific) argument or one can’t. Most likely a critic can’t make even a trivial one. That’s before we even get to whether he can make one that’s meaningful. We are creatures of habits, and our arguments consist largely of a string of habits. And our impression or pretense of understanding is a false reward to keep us thinking and acting under an illusion of competence despite the evidence to the contrary. There are many dehmanizing truths in intellectual history and the degree to which few humans possess material (marginally different) agency is terrifyingly small. We are well trained apes and while sentience and consciousness exist in almost all of us, agency is still a rarity.

  • The Number of Worthless Opinions Has No Bearing

    I mean, I don’t put much weight behind the opinions of riders of the intellectual short bus. Opinions don’t matter. Arguments do. And in argument, moralistic, rationalistic, and pseudoscientific don’t matter. Either a critic can make a testimonial (ratio-operational-scientific) argument or one can’t. Most likely a critic can’t make even a trivial one. That’s before we even get to whether he can make one that’s meaningful. We are creatures of habits, and our arguments consist largely of a string of habits. And our impression or pretense of understanding is a false reward to keep us thinking and acting under an illusion of competence despite the evidence to the contrary. There are many dehmanizing truths in intellectual history and the degree to which few humans possess material (marginally different) agency is terrifyingly small. We are well trained apes and while sentience and consciousness exist in almost all of us, agency is still a rarity.

  • like this set of pictures. It shows just how diverse Africa is. You can see cent

    http://www.expatkings.com/beautiful-african-women/http://www.expatkings.com/beautiful-african-women/I like this set of pictures. It shows just how diverse Africa is. You can see center, south, west, east, north, and the different influences.

    (no shit-talking please.)

    Source date (UTC): 2018-06-17 16:41:00 UTC