Curt Doolittle

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  • Natural rights evolved as a moral constraint on gov’t. As human rights evolved a

    Natural rights evolved as a moral constraint on gov’t. As human rights evolved as a moral constraint on gov’t.

    Source date (UTC): 2015-07-02 16:40:49 UTC

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  • people merely need ‘laundered’ concepts to work with. We can’t expect everyone t

    people merely need ‘laundered’ concepts to work with. We can’t expect everyone to be a scientist, but they can use the results

    Source date (UTC): 2015-07-02 14:32:45 UTC

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  • it can be internalized, and it can be externalized the same way we externalized

    it can be internalized, and it can be externalized the same way we externalized scientific language over religous.

    Source date (UTC): 2015-07-02 14:31:55 UTC

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  • Well, I in retrospect I understand why no one else solved the problem of the Wil

    Well, I in retrospect I understand why no one else solved the problem of the Wilsonian synthesis: the merger of science and philosophy. Why no one else came up with testimonialism, propertarianism, and operational criticism.

    Also in retrospect, I am fairly certain that had Babbage’s machine been built and worked, that the synthesis would have happened in Hayek’s generation, instead of mine.

    But I am still suspicious that anything could have stopped the travesty of marxism, socialism, postmodernism, and feminism, as a war against truth. Women did an amazing amount of damage with their enfranchisement.

    Source date (UTC): 2015-07-02 11:16:00 UTC

  • ( I just had one of those ideas that is so awesome that I have no idea where it

    ( I just had one of those ideas that is so awesome that I have no idea where it came from. And it’s so amazing that I don’t even know if it’s … but yes. It’s possible. Damn. And no. I”m not tellin’. I’m just marking the date, so when I accomplish it I can point to this post and say ‘ I told you I would do it.’ 🙂 ) he he he…

    one time cipher: fsugckhvkecholbcirrvjbpwlzgvatgcitekaifbvxbkdhha

    Source date (UTC): 2015-07-02 10:22:00 UTC

  • Josh Jeppson Thanks for the chat today. You inspired me. 🙂

    Josh Jeppson Thanks for the chat today. You inspired me. 🙂

    Source date (UTC): 2015-07-02 08:01:00 UTC

  • CRITICISM IS GOOD (Please don’t be afraid to criticize my work. I really don’t l

    CRITICISM IS GOOD

    (Please don’t be afraid to criticize my work. I really don’t like ad hominems and ridicule and I see it as my moral duty to maintain the informational commons by defeating ridicule – it’s gossip after all. It’s feminine deceit. It’s ‘Critique’ (CoC). It’s the favorite tool of the Marxist after obscurantism and justificationism. It’s cosmopolitan Libertarian. It’s not aristocratic. So when you criticize me I owe you a favor for your care, and I must protect your contribution to the commons. But when you attack me or engage in ridicule you have broken the agreement of parley in which I agree to abandon violence and deceit in order to construct a mutually beneficial statement of truth. And I am therefore no longer engaging in cooperation with you. In fact, I have the moral obligation to defeat and punish you for your immorality. )

    🙂

    Source date (UTC): 2015-07-01 05:36:00 UTC

  • Fear of Outsiders: Against Psychologism

    1) Fear of outsiders is not ‘a thing’ but a universal human reaction. Or at least it is outside of northern europeans. It is not an irrational fear. It is a rational fear. That is why humans bear the intuition. It is an instance of the disgust response. 2) The Fear of Catholics and Jews was warranted. Any student of intellectual and legal history will have trouble arguing otherwise. Prohibition was an example of the reaction to catholic immigration. Jews have had an equally negative effect in a number of areas. YOu can say in both cases that we have endured those negatives. But it is very hard to say that between the catholics and jews that rule of law persists. (you may not like it, but it is what it is.)

    3) High trust society resists lower trust cultures. And we pay the price for integrating lower trust cultures with traditional families into high trust culture with absolute nuclear families. It is what it is. Trust decreases, civic participation decreases, economic velocity decreases. (and yes that’s the case, although it’s very contentious, I am pretty sure I can hold that argument against any economist living). So it is a rational instinct (we evolved it for a reason) and a rational fear (empirically the consequences have been catastrophic since 1963). And we require both empirical and operational means of testing such statements to the contrary. (Human perception being one of frog-boiling intertemporal incompetence.)

  • Fear of Outsiders: Against Psychologism

    1) Fear of outsiders is not ‘a thing’ but a universal human reaction. Or at least it is outside of northern europeans. It is not an irrational fear. It is a rational fear. That is why humans bear the intuition. It is an instance of the disgust response. 2) The Fear of Catholics and Jews was warranted. Any student of intellectual and legal history will have trouble arguing otherwise. Prohibition was an example of the reaction to catholic immigration. Jews have had an equally negative effect in a number of areas. YOu can say in both cases that we have endured those negatives. But it is very hard to say that between the catholics and jews that rule of law persists. (you may not like it, but it is what it is.)

    3) High trust society resists lower trust cultures. And we pay the price for integrating lower trust cultures with traditional families into high trust culture with absolute nuclear families. It is what it is. Trust decreases, civic participation decreases, economic velocity decreases. (and yes that’s the case, although it’s very contentious, I am pretty sure I can hold that argument against any economist living). So it is a rational instinct (we evolved it for a reason) and a rational fear (empirically the consequences have been catastrophic since 1963). And we require both empirical and operational means of testing such statements to the contrary. (Human perception being one of frog-boiling intertemporal incompetence.)

  • @tcot @tlot Really, really happy with Red Ice Radio’s interview. Henrik was perf

    @tcot @tlot Really, really happy with Red Ice Radio’s interview. Henrik was perfect.

    Source date (UTC): 2015-06-30 14:36:33 UTC

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