October 22nd, 2018 3:14 PM THE WORK IS FOR THE POLITICAL (RULING) CLASS (h/t: Igor Surkanov, Alba Rising ) [P]lease stop asking me (us) to create a religion. I’ve laid out a prescription for a religion that isn’t false. And a “Cult” of the law that perpetuates our existing “Sacredness” of the law, the judiciary, courtroom, and the jury. Propertarianism solves the “missing” science: Social Science. With that solution we provide a Scientific basis for Law. And within that scientific basis, a logic, grammar, and vocabulary for law, and a test (criteria) for testimony (truth). This is my job. If I live long enough (Which is not very likely), and can invest a little money in content editors, I will produce a ‘bible’ of western civilization (literature). That culls Semiticism from our history completely. But I leave ‘religion’ – meaning education of intuition – up to those others who are narrators and educators. I am a scientist and at this point a jurist. And meaning(education) and truth (decidability) are different things.
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No. We’re Frustrated that We Can’t Solve the Problem with A One-Time Cost
October 23rd, 2018 2:48 PM NO, WE’RE FRUSTRATED THAT WE CAN’T SOLVE THE PROBLEM WITH A ONE-TIME COST
—“You’re mad because you have to take basic security measures for your family and property?”— Joseph Michael (Proletarian)
[A]ctually, we’re frustrated why we can’t just eliminate the reasons for having to take basic security measures – and remain distinct from second and third world countries. We never had to do that before. Most of us never had to lock our homes or cars, or worry if we dropped our wallets they’d be ‘found and taken’. Why should we pay those costs of self defense constantly, instead of paying the cost of deportation? Security is an ongoing cost, and deportation (or capital punishment for that matter) is a one-time-cost, and those one-time costs were extremely beneficial for our ancestors. I mean, there no reason not to return to taking advantage of the local oak tree. Economics in everything: – Every Property Owner a Sheriff. – Using Extra-Judicial Punishment. – Stand Your Ground Doctrine. – Castle Doctrine. – Zero Tolerance š
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The Work Is for The Political (ruling) Class
October 22nd, 2018 3:14 PM THE WORK IS FOR THE POLITICAL (RULING) CLASS (h/t: Igor Surkanov, Alba Rising ) [P]lease stop asking me (us) to create a religion. I’ve laid out a prescription for a religion that isn’t false. And a “Cult” of the law that perpetuates our existing “Sacredness” of the law, the judiciary, courtroom, and the jury. Propertarianism solves the “missing” science: Social Science. With that solution we provide a Scientific basis for Law. And within that scientific basis, a logic, grammar, and vocabulary for law, and a test (criteria) for testimony (truth). This is my job. If I live long enough (Which is not very likely), and can invest a little money in content editors, I will produce a ‘bible’ of western civilization (literature). That culls Semiticism from our history completely. But I leave ‘religion’ – meaning education of intuition – up to those others who are narrators and educators. I am a scientist and at this point a jurist. And meaning(education) and truth (decidability) are different things.
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—“How Can I Understand Stoicism?”—
October 24th, 2018 2:29 PM —“CURT: HOW CAN I UNDERSTAND STOICISM?”— Well there are a number of implied questions in there. 1) Do you mean so that you understand why I say it is superior to religion for the purpose of building mindfulness? 2) Do you want to learn how and why it functions scientifically? 3) Do you want to improve your own view of life (very hard to imagine anyone who follows me has that kind of issue, but maybe) 4) Do you want to solve a problem in your life or others? So, here is a series that takes you through the ‘Adult Version” from scientific through literary, to statistical. BOOK LISTSCIENTIFIC VIEW “Stoic Philosophy as Rational and Cognitive Psychotherapy ” This is the closest book to the science of stoicism that I know of: https://www.amazon.com/Philosophy-Cognitive-Behavioural-Therapy-Psychotherapy/dp/1855757567 CURATIVE (NEGATIVE) VIEW “Build Your Resistance” This takes the idea and puts it into practice: https://www.amazon.com/Build-Your-Resilience-Survive-Situation/dp/1444168711/ AMPLYFYING (POSITIVE) VIEW “A Guide to the Good Life” https://www.amazon.com/Guide-Good-Life-Ancient-Stoic/dp/0195374614 BIOGRAPHICAL (EXAMPLE) VIEW: Everyone recommends reading The Meditations of Aurelius as EVIDENCE that a great and powerful man used the practice every day in his diary. The alternative to (or supplement to) reading his book is THINK LIKE A ROMAN EMPEROR: https://www.amazon.com/How-Think-Like-Roman-Emperor/dp/1250196620 which walks you thru the great man’s life and puts context to his writings. For me it was actually The Letters of Michel de Montaigne (a christianized jew) that gave me an intellectual role model. So I recommend that as well. POLITICAL VIEW: Same for Machiavelli’s “The Prince” which i consider the first book on political science precisely because it is a work of stoic mindfulness. STATISTICAL VIEW: While it isn’t positioned this way, both BLACK SWAN (Unpredictable Outliers are Far More Important Than Daily Noise) and ANTI-FRAGILE (“That which doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, and stronger, and stronger”) are effectively works on Stoicism for smart people. ==== COMMENTARY === So, if you’re a high-iq aspie you’re a stoic by nature. Why? Um. We don’t have all those social fears because we frankly can’t feel any of them. lol. And we kind of think they’re silly. However, we are often ‘ostracized’ when young and have to find out how to fit in. So we have the opposite problem. My family – at least on my mother’s side (french) is just naturally stoic. So my interest in stoicism is political, and because of that scientific. So, I can recommend books to normies, but for geeks who need the scientific approach (who are naturally predisposed to resist suggestion) it’s actually pretty hard find a book to recommend – because most stoic reading is framed as self help. Stoicism isn’t framed as “Hey, between stoicism and nature, hero, deity worship (‘thanks’), and public ritual and festival (safety in the pack or herd), this set of practices was the collective constitution of our ancient religion”. It’s just that we didn’t IMPOSE that religion as did the monotheists, and didn’t write it down as a LAW. Same for our entire philosophy of western civilization (which is what I have tried to do.) We didn’t say: “Military service, particularly in formations, requires you develop stoicism in order to survive and thrive under the stresses of it all”. So between the necessity of military mindfulness, and the utility of applying that mindfulness to the even more chaotic social order our aristocratic ancestors converted the techniques into a standard method of education. They didn’t call it religion but philosophy. So there are people who want self-help so that they can self author (Develop Mindfulness). And there are people who want to understand WHY self help (self authoring) serves the function of rational self training vs the rituals and myths of the supernatural in GROUP form. Stoicism consists of cognitive behavioral therapy in the negative sense, and simply education and training in the positive sense. I consider it ‘self authoring’. but that is because it is taught as an individual discipline rather than a ‘we’ as is religion. I find stoicism to be reducible to ‘don/t’ take it personally, Do your best, Tell the Truth. Keep your word’. The problem is that there are bigger human questions that we need mental defense against. Some people need a guide. Some people are self guided. Some people need to follow the herd as their guide. one way or the other CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy) to discipline the mind (Train) works.
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It’s Not Just Density but Cost of Defense of Commons
October 24th, 2018 7:36 AM IT’S NOT JUST DENSITY BUT COST OF DEFENSE OF COMMONS
Does residential sorting explain geographic polarization? Gregory J. Martin (a1) and Steven W. Webster (a2) https://doi.org/10.1017/psrm.2018.44 Abstract Political preferences in the United States are highly correlated with population density, at national, state, and metropolitan-area scales. Using new data from voter registration records, we assess the extent to which this pattern can be explained by geographic mobility. We find that the revealed preferences of voters who move from one residence to another correlate with partisan affiliation, though voters appear to be sorting on non-political neighborhood attributes that covary with partisan preferences rather than explicitly seeking politically congruent neighbors. But, critically, we demonstrate through a simulation study that the estimated partisan bias in moving choices is on the order of five times too small to sustain the current geographic polarization of preferences. We conclude that location must have some influence on political preference, rather than the other way around, and provide evidence in support of this theory.
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THE CHALLENGE OF ACTING AS PROSECUTOR
October 23rd, 2018 3:56 PM THE CHALLENGE OF ACTING AS PROSECUTOR
—I may seem like kind of an asshole but my REAL problem is generally not going hard enough. I give people too much benefit of the doubt. I give them too many chances. As a result. They hurt others.”— Ely Harman
—“People confuse you being right with you being an asshole.”— Alba Rising
[W]e don’t need prosecutors to be nice. We need them to produce justice: Restitution, Correction, and Prevention.
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—“How Can I Understand Stoicism?”—
October 24th, 2018 2:29 PM —“CURT: HOW CAN I UNDERSTAND STOICISM?”— Well there are a number of implied questions in there. 1) Do you mean so that you understand why I say it is superior to religion for the purpose of building mindfulness? 2) Do you want to learn how and why it functions scientifically? 3) Do you want to improve your own view of life (very hard to imagine anyone who follows me has that kind of issue, but maybe) 4) Do you want to solve a problem in your life or others? So, here is a series that takes you through the ‘Adult Version” from scientific through literary, to statistical. BOOK LISTSCIENTIFIC VIEW “Stoic Philosophy as Rational and Cognitive Psychotherapy ” This is the closest book to the science of stoicism that I know of: https://www.amazon.com/Philosophy-Cognitive-Behavioural-Therapy-Psychotherapy/dp/1855757567 CURATIVE (NEGATIVE) VIEW “Build Your Resistance” This takes the idea and puts it into practice: https://www.amazon.com/Build-Your-Resilience-Survive-Situation/dp/1444168711/ AMPLYFYING (POSITIVE) VIEW “A Guide to the Good Life” https://www.amazon.com/Guide-Good-Life-Ancient-Stoic/dp/0195374614 BIOGRAPHICAL (EXAMPLE) VIEW: Everyone recommends reading The Meditations of Aurelius as EVIDENCE that a great and powerful man used the practice every day in his diary. The alternative to (or supplement to) reading his book is THINK LIKE A ROMAN EMPEROR: https://www.amazon.com/How-Think-Like-Roman-Emperor/dp/1250196620 which walks you thru the great man’s life and puts context to his writings. For me it was actually The Letters of Michel de Montaigne (a christianized jew) that gave me an intellectual role model. So I recommend that as well. POLITICAL VIEW: Same for Machiavelli’s “The Prince” which i consider the first book on political science precisely because it is a work of stoic mindfulness. STATISTICAL VIEW: While it isn’t positioned this way, both BLACK SWAN (Unpredictable Outliers are Far More Important Than Daily Noise) and ANTI-FRAGILE (“That which doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, and stronger, and stronger”) are effectively works on Stoicism for smart people. ==== COMMENTARY === So, if you’re a high-iq aspie you’re a stoic by nature. Why? Um. We don’t have all those social fears because we frankly can’t feel any of them. lol. And we kind of think they’re silly. However, we are often ‘ostracized’ when young and have to find out how to fit in. So we have the opposite problem. My family – at least on my mother’s side (french) is just naturally stoic. So my interest in stoicism is political, and because of that scientific. So, I can recommend books to normies, but for geeks who need the scientific approach (who are naturally predisposed to resist suggestion) it’s actually pretty hard find a book to recommend – because most stoic reading is framed as self help. Stoicism isn’t framed as “Hey, between stoicism and nature, hero, deity worship (‘thanks’), and public ritual and festival (safety in the pack or herd), this set of practices was the collective constitution of our ancient religion”. It’s just that we didn’t IMPOSE that religion as did the monotheists, and didn’t write it down as a LAW. Same for our entire philosophy of western civilization (which is what I have tried to do.) We didn’t say: “Military service, particularly in formations, requires you develop stoicism in order to survive and thrive under the stresses of it all”. So between the necessity of military mindfulness, and the utility of applying that mindfulness to the even more chaotic social order our aristocratic ancestors converted the techniques into a standard method of education. They didn’t call it religion but philosophy. So there are people who want self-help so that they can self author (Develop Mindfulness). And there are people who want to understand WHY self help (self authoring) serves the function of rational self training vs the rituals and myths of the supernatural in GROUP form. Stoicism consists of cognitive behavioral therapy in the negative sense, and simply education and training in the positive sense. I consider it ‘self authoring’. but that is because it is taught as an individual discipline rather than a ‘we’ as is religion. I find stoicism to be reducible to ‘don/t’ take it personally, Do your best, Tell the Truth. Keep your word’. The problem is that there are bigger human questions that we need mental defense against. Some people need a guide. Some people are self guided. Some people need to follow the herd as their guide. one way or the other CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy) to discipline the mind (Train) works.
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It’s Not Just Density but Cost of Defense of Commons
October 24th, 2018 7:36 AM IT’S NOT JUST DENSITY BUT COST OF DEFENSE OF COMMONS
Does residential sorting explain geographic polarization? Gregory J. Martin (a1) and Steven W. Webster (a2) https://doi.org/10.1017/psrm.2018.44 Abstract Political preferences in the United States are highly correlated with population density, at national, state, and metropolitan-area scales. Using new data from voter registration records, we assess the extent to which this pattern can be explained by geographic mobility. We find that the revealed preferences of voters who move from one residence to another correlate with partisan affiliation, though voters appear to be sorting on non-political neighborhood attributes that covary with partisan preferences rather than explicitly seeking politically congruent neighbors. But, critically, we demonstrate through a simulation study that the estimated partisan bias in moving choices is on the order of five times too small to sustain the current geographic polarization of preferences. We conclude that location must have some influence on political preference, rather than the other way around, and provide evidence in support of this theory.
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THE CHALLENGE OF ACTING AS PROSECUTOR
October 23rd, 2018 3:56 PM THE CHALLENGE OF ACTING AS PROSECUTOR
—I may seem like kind of an asshole but my REAL problem is generally not going hard enough. I give people too much benefit of the doubt. I give them too many chances. As a result. They hurt others.”— Ely Harman
—“People confuse you being right with you being an asshole.”— Alba Rising
[W]e don’t need prosecutors to be nice. We need them to produce justice: Restitution, Correction, and Prevention.
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Lying despite telling the truth
October 24th, 2018 9:00 PM https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010027716300178
LYING DESPITE TELLING THE TRUTH Highlights ā¢We defend a subjective view on lying that does not require objective falsity. ā¢Four experiments suggest that the subjective view fits with most peopleās intuitions. ā¢Conversational pragmatics can explain findings favoring an objective view. ā¢Implications for research about peopleās concepts are discussed. Abstract According to the standard definition of lying an utterance counts as a lie if the agent believes the statement to be false. Thus, according to this view it is possible that a lie states something that happens to be true. This subjective view on lying has recently been challenged by Turri and Turri (2015) who presented empirical evidence suggesting that people only consider statements as lies that are objectively false (objective view). We argue that the presented evidence is in fact consistent with the standard subjective view if conversational pragmatics is taken into account. Three experiments are presented that directly test and support the subjective view. An additional experiment backs up our pragmatic hypothesis by using the uncontroversial case of making a promise.