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🙂 Curt.
Source date (UTC): 2019-01-28 11:22:00 UTC
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Thanks to all of you who keep the doors open.
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Source date (UTC): 2019-01-28 11:12:00 UTC
INTERESTING FEEDBACK FROM SOMEONE’S APPLICATION
(a) professionals are taking note, and understand.
(b) john mark is really killing it with his messaging.
—“5- Prior to John Marks videos, my first impression of Propertarianism was merely the extension of current law concerning property into other areas of tort law – where my head is now… property is not being “extended” it is being re-defined to anything we build or feel the need to defend.
It is an ethical system which has as a first priority honesty, as high truth environments are the most fertile for trade due to their decrease of friction.
Friction is avoided if trades meet the fair trade criteria, this is derived from Natural Law and is called Reciprocity. Assumption is if Reciprocity is met, conflict will be avoided. If any or all aspects of reciprocity are violated violence could ins-sue, and likely would with repeat offenses.
The system would allow state violence, to enforce the rules of trade, through the courts devised for the particular legal systems for that domain (seems to be that we would need specialists here – less politicians but a lot more lawyers/judges?).
Science is our best model for truth telling so we extend that discipline into all domains, and create definitions and a judiciary that can properly administer justice according to the rules of trade in that domain. This leads to a new paradigm of how any defined group can trade in any operational domain.
One key notion of the theory I see you have in place is correspondence: the definitions, rules, goals have to be able to be demonstrable, operationalized. This seems is key. I am still working it… just been a few days…”—
Source date (UTC): 2019-01-28 10:59:00 UTC
THE “ENTIRELY REASONABLE” UTILITY OF MATHEMATICS
—“…Russell and Frege …”–
Sorry but mathematics is so useful because it consists of precisely one constant relation: position, for which we have invented a naming scheme of positional names. Therefore every reference in any set of constant relations of any scale, at any scale, can be named (in as many as n-dimensions), and with that name all other relations ascertainable.
Mathematics consists of the assignment of, and operations upon, positional names names, and the various techniques for constructing or deducing constant relations with others names.
The unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics is nothing more than its dependence upon a single immutable constant relation: positional name.
This simplicity makes the error to which all other names (other logics) are subject effectively impossible, and limits error to errors of operation and deduction.
Source date (UTC): 2019-01-28 07:47:00 UTC
THAT THING WE CALL ‘LOGIC”
We can observe our use of logic, math, geometry, just fine, the way we can observe every other one of our senses. But, until the present era would could not inspect the mechanism by which logic, math, geometry function: the detection of differences in constant relations between recursive neural networks.
In other words, we lacked instrumentation for observation and measurement at such scales, and a paradigm (logic) for modeling them instrumental (computer science). it also is the most complex phenomenon we have examined which, because it’s heuristic (adaptive).
But the fundamentally ability of us to sense differences, particularly in something so informationally dense (concentrated) as speech, is produced by differences in degree and distribution of excitement of neural networks. In other words we sense both constant and inconstant relations, in what babbage correctly called ‘a difference engine’.
The logical facility consists in our ability to detect differences in constant relations between a nearly infinite hierarchy of forever-contingent associations. The discipline we call logic attempts to tests whether we ‘speak’ in constant relations. The discipline of formal logic attempts to produce a grammar of categories of constant relations in an effort to test for inconstant relations, claimed to be constant.
—“Long before the twentieth century the prevailing opinion was that Euclidean geometry, standard mathematics, and logic did not rest on experience in any obvious way. They were largely presupposed in our empirical work, and it was difficult to see what if anything might disconfirm them. Geometry was a special case and might be handled in different ways that we shall not discuss here. That leaves logic and mathematics.”—S.E.P.
– Curt
Source date (UTC): 2019-01-28 07:34:00 UTC
James Santagata is trolling Howard Schultz and it’s brutal.
The whole feed is worth reading.
Source date (UTC): 2019-01-27 20:08:00 UTC
John Mark, Bill Joslin,
JOHN IS LIKE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. DAMN.
This is a pretty fair example of my mailbox. John is reaching normies like crazy. Real men. But what I want to talk about is this sentence:
—“As I had not seen any evidence or opportunity to attack our challenges from this scope – the challenges we face as a civilization MUST be addressed at this level, I have been living more in the silent desperation as most of us likely do, as I do not have direct access to my tribe.”—
John, is there a way to play into that message? Into that demand? That … feeling?
—- CONTENTS OF EMAIL —-
—“Four days ago I was made aware of this project, and Curt Dolittle, due to John Mark’s “Mark My Words” YouTube Channel. Needless to day I went from skepticism, to guarded interest… to being a bit obsessed. I have spent the last three days in what spare time I have looking into Propertarianism, as defined by this project. As a trained philosopher who continues to educate himself while working in high tech (Spinoza had to grind lenses 😉 , I have read or am familiar with most of the books on the reading list. I have been contemplating for the last few years, a new political party with a platform based on Natural Law… I see you have gone down a similar path, and have provided what appears to be a full working theory of the type I could really dig into. I am still not completely there yet, as this is a very comprehensive system of thought. I might compare your project to Leibniz universal scientific language in scope. And am curious on an aside if you think of Leibniz as contributing to the mysticism of the 20th century or a potential way out. I must say I am very impressed, I have not yet been able to poke any major holes in what I have dug into. My initial questions are getting my head around how to operationalize specific implementations of the theory in the real world, which is an important part of this theory. If anything the more I delve in I look potentially at a tribe I have felt disconnected from as academics nor the work place have not been supportive of my political, civic and metaphysical inclinations, this is especially true in the San Francisco Bay Area. If anything my views are shunned in the current political environment to the point where our free speech is infringed upon often. Thus I have focused on living my philosophy in my small tribe, family, and bringing up my three sons with the best information and guidance possible. As I had not seen any evidence or opportunity to attack our challenges from this scope – the challenges we face as a civilization MUST be addressed at this level, I have been living more in the silent desperation as most of us likely do, as I do not have direct access to my tribe. So my second set of questions would be how do I get involved, and how can I contribute? My specialties of interest are Western Philosophy, Modern Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, CogSci and AI. As well as a deep understanding in comparative religion, evolutionary psychology and history. I also have studied and practiced martial arts for decades both history and application, including hand to hand, weapons and the art of war (Sun Tzu yes but meaning von Clausewitz, just war and total war theories). Thus you can understand why your project really resonates with me.
I do not have anything of note to share in recent writing as I have not done real philosophy for years in regards to output, but I do have the gifts of clear analysis, synthesis, writing and public speaking.Sincerely,”—
Source date (UTC): 2019-01-27 19:31:00 UTC
We need more Eli Harman. There is no one better at the economics of behavior than Eli. And no one less timid in it’s articulation.
Source date (UTC): 2019-01-27 18:46:00 UTC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TezqLfonHR8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TezqLfonHR8
Source date (UTC): 2019-01-27 16:34:00 UTC
—“Don’t get me wrong; God loves you, but he can do without you for the rest of eternity.”—Adam Voight
Source date (UTC): 2019-01-27 16:01:00 UTC