Curt Doolittle

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    (FB 1546091221 Timestamp) SACRED INVERSION There have been things in the world properly made sacred by inversion; we’re doing our damnedest to reverse the sanctity of these things by making them “normal” once again. Jonathan Pageau gives a wonderful presentation on the perversion of “modern” art. He speaks to the world “turning upside down.” I see this as the world turning from sacred back to merely ordinary. 🙁 [The reversal of a necessary and brilliant upending] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUcdDfmjoTQ. Humans have a nature and thus bring a “collective subjectivity” to the value judgement of artistic endeavors. In other words it’s not “simply” subjective. By: G.K. Chesterton: “The family may fairly be considered, one would think, an ultimate human institution. Every one would admit that it has been the main cell and central unit of almost all societies hitherto, except, indeed, such societies as that of Lacedaemon, which went in for “efficiency,” and has, therefore, perished, and left not a trace behind. Christianity, even enormous as was its revolution, did not alter this ancient and savage sanctity; it merely reversed it. It did not deny the trinity of father, mother, and child. It merely read it backwards, making it run child, mother, father. This it called, not the family, but the Holy Family, for many things are made holy by being turned upside down. But some sages of our own decadence have made a serious attack on the family. They have impugned it, as I think wrongly; and its defenders have defended it, and defended it wrongly. The common defence of the family is that, amid the stress and fickleness of life, it is peaceful, pleasant, and at one. But there is another defence of the family which is possible, and to me evident; this defence is that the family is not peaceful and not pleasant and not at one.” Scott Adams, whom I have a great respect for misses the mark in his most controversial (and that’s saying a lot figuring most of his positions support Trump in some manner or another) video yet; the problem of the nuclear family. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyVK_T9m5R0

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    (FB 1546093264 Timestamp) Wisdom is not law, not command, just wisdom: advice, and choice. Darwin disapproves if we hinder one’s self-selection out of the gene pool.

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    (FB 1546090783 Timestamp) TWISTED CHRISTMAS HUMOR

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    (FB 1546093032 Timestamp) Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig….. (Robert Heinlein) … But with unlimited government funding, and the incentive to provide ‘a desirable education’, it is an endless job opportunity. (Igor Rogov) Marxism Postmodernism Feminism vs Science, Economics, Law, History, and Sovereignty in a nutshell.

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    (FB 1546061288 Timestamp) JOHN MARK DOES THE USUAL EXCEPTIONAL JOB I had a sort of cringe reaction when someone forwarded this to me. But was pretty pleased overall. John is exactly the kind of front man we’ve been looking for.

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    (FB 1546091832 Timestamp) INSURE VS ENSURE INSURE (“institutional, guarantee of restitution upon loss, negative”) Insure means to safeguard against loss or damage, typically through the purchase of insurance to do so. If a contract stipulates that the individual must insure something the contract is stipulating that the individual must purchase insurance to safeguard that asset. ENSURE (“personal, warranty of due diligence, positive”) Ensure is very similar in that it means to make sure or guarantee something, though the specific emphasis on doing so via insurance is not there. If a contract stipulates that an individual must ensure something is taken care of there is no requirement to purchase insurance, rather the individual is to “do their best” to make sure something is taken care of.

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    (FB 1546050117 Timestamp) You cannot possibly take the courses in natural law out of order. You can however take any set of classes in order.

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    (FB 1546091221 Timestamp) SACRED INVERSION There have been things in the world properly made sacred by inversion; we’re doing our damnedest to reverse the sanctity of these things by making them “normal” once again. Jonathan Pageau gives a wonderful presentation on the perversion of “modern” art. He speaks to the world “turning upside down.” I see this as the world turning from sacred back to merely ordinary. 🙁 [The reversal of a necessary and brilliant upending] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUcdDfmjoTQ. Humans have a nature and thus bring a “collective subjectivity” to the value judgement of artistic endeavors. In other words it’s not “simply” subjective. By: G.K. Chesterton: “The family may fairly be considered, one would think, an ultimate human institution. Every one would admit that it has been the main cell and central unit of almost all societies hitherto, except, indeed, such societies as that of Lacedaemon, which went in for “efficiency,” and has, therefore, perished, and left not a trace behind. Christianity, even enormous as was its revolution, did not alter this ancient and savage sanctity; it merely reversed it. It did not deny the trinity of father, mother, and child. It merely read it backwards, making it run child, mother, father. This it called, not the family, but the Holy Family, for many things are made holy by being turned upside down. But some sages of our own decadence have made a serious attack on the family. They have impugned it, as I think wrongly; and its defenders have defended it, and defended it wrongly. The common defence of the family is that, amid the stress and fickleness of life, it is peaceful, pleasant, and at one. But there is another defence of the family which is possible, and to me evident; this defence is that the family is not peaceful and not pleasant and not at one.” Scott Adams, whom I have a great respect for misses the mark in his most controversial (and that’s saying a lot figuring most of his positions support Trump in some manner or another) video yet; the problem of the nuclear family. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyVK_T9m5R0

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    (FB 1546050047 Timestamp) COURSE PREREQUISITES? –“When you do get the coursework set up on the website, will there be prerequisites needed for the economics courses? I have a background in economics and mathematics but it’s been a few years since I’ve utilized things like Calculus regularly. Will there be a quantitative aspect to the program or will it be primarily philosophical / literature based?”— A friend via twitter The pre-requisite for Economics is just the application and intro to propertarianism. We are not trying to teach statistical analysis (correlation) only operationalism (causation) – not prediction but explanation. So math will be very limited and mostly what we will do is focus on the economics of human behavior. If you have read becker et al, and have read my posts on operationalism/mises, and the different economic schools it should be easy.

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    (FB 1546090783 Timestamp) TWISTED CHRISTMAS HUMOR