Curt Doolittle

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  • Reverence

    I don’t revere anything because that would mean I lacked the reason to judge it without reliance on emotion for decidability. There is no difficulty (for me) between talking to a god (which I do daily) and understanding the composition of that god, for the simple reason that talking to a god works. Lots of us talking to gods works better. Just as fitness is a substitute for physical labor, talking to gods is a substitute for talking to our “headmen”, or “Grandparents”. I understand that very few of us lack that degree of agency. Which is why I’m trying to find a way to produce the same results without the semitic nonsense. Very few people can be entirely dependent upon reason. It’s possible that we can train the majority of the population to have a more rational kind of faith than the evil statist or evil supernatural kinds. The problem is finding a narrative that makes it tolerable without making a lot of people ‘disappear’ first.
    May 24, 2018 6:59am

  • Deism? Children Should Be Rarely Seen and Never Heard

    DON’T WASTE MY TIME WITH DEISM – IN COURT AS IN ALL ADULT CONVERSATION – CHILDREN SHOULD BE RARELY SEEN AND NEVER HEARD Don’t waste my time. I am not a friend of theists. I consider such people well intentioned children. Instead, we are a product of the Universe, and heroes, demigods, and gods are a product of man. We need a church (meeting place) and we need myths(strategy), an Oath(promise), Rituals (payment of costs), and Festivals (Rewards for rituals). We need these things like we need manners, ethics, morals and laws. But the words of the prophets are wisdom literature – parables – advice. It is true that this wisdom literature contains wisdom in some cases. But that is not the same as truth. And there is no reason that truth is not our wisdom literature : unless it is our strategy to lie, cheat, and steal. I specialize in truthful speech and in falsifying the fictionalisms (comforting lies). I do realize that given the limited abilities of the human mind, the members of the polity require The Magical(Supernatural), The theological, The ideal, The Pseudoscientific, because they lack the agency to tolerate the incompleteness(uncertainty) of The Operational(Scientific). It takes intellectual, emotional, and physical courage to say ‘i don’t know, YET’. And to simply accept that the universe is quite simple, and cognitively sterile. If you need these things you merely say you lack the agency to participate in judgement and rule. You are not yet fully human. It may in fact be impossible for you to be fully human. That is ok. Because we do not need everyone to be a judge and to rule. We simply need enough judges and rulers that we can create truth, sovereignty, reciprocity, markets in everything, and as a consequence sufficiently competitive society that we continue our evolution rather than become the victim once again of the natural devolution of the underclasses.
    May 24, 2018 7:50am

  • Deism? Children Should Be Rarely Seen and Never Heard

    DON’T WASTE MY TIME WITH DEISM – IN COURT AS IN ALL ADULT CONVERSATION – CHILDREN SHOULD BE RARELY SEEN AND NEVER HEARD Don’t waste my time. I am not a friend of theists. I consider such people well intentioned children. Instead, we are a product of the Universe, and heroes, demigods, and gods are a product of man. We need a church (meeting place) and we need myths(strategy), an Oath(promise), Rituals (payment of costs), and Festivals (Rewards for rituals). We need these things like we need manners, ethics, morals and laws. But the words of the prophets are wisdom literature – parables – advice. It is true that this wisdom literature contains wisdom in some cases. But that is not the same as truth. And there is no reason that truth is not our wisdom literature : unless it is our strategy to lie, cheat, and steal. I specialize in truthful speech and in falsifying the fictionalisms (comforting lies). I do realize that given the limited abilities of the human mind, the members of the polity require The Magical(Supernatural), The theological, The ideal, The Pseudoscientific, because they lack the agency to tolerate the incompleteness(uncertainty) of The Operational(Scientific). It takes intellectual, emotional, and physical courage to say ‘i don’t know, YET’. And to simply accept that the universe is quite simple, and cognitively sterile. If you need these things you merely say you lack the agency to participate in judgement and rule. You are not yet fully human. It may in fact be impossible for you to be fully human. That is ok. Because we do not need everyone to be a judge and to rule. We simply need enough judges and rulers that we can create truth, sovereignty, reciprocity, markets in everything, and as a consequence sufficiently competitive society that we continue our evolution rather than become the victim once again of the natural devolution of the underclasses.
    May 24, 2018 7:50am

  • Stereotypes Are True.

    They are purely empirical and survive constant testing in the market. When a people develops a reputation, it’s because they have earned that reputation. If people hate your group what will you do to make your group not hated?
    May 24, 2018 8:03am

  • Stereotypes Are True.

    They are purely empirical and survive constant testing in the market. When a people develops a reputation, it’s because they have earned that reputation. If people hate your group what will you do to make your group not hated?
    May 24, 2018 8:03am

  • Pilpul Everywhere

    by Bob Moran The intellectual dishonesty is amazing. 1. “Why did you ban me?” 2. Gives Compliments to open a dialogue 3. Tries to insert himself/herself as relevant or an equal with empty credentials 4. Acts surprised (avoid guilt; “What I did was normal”) 5. Shames (your followers can’t handle being *moderately* uncomfortable) 6. Mis-categorizes (lying or being wrong as “dissenting views and novel ideas”)
    May 24, 2018 8:20am

  • Pilpul Everywhere

    by Bob Moran The intellectual dishonesty is amazing. 1. “Why did you ban me?” 2. Gives Compliments to open a dialogue 3. Tries to insert himself/herself as relevant or an equal with empty credentials 4. Acts surprised (avoid guilt; “What I did was normal”) 5. Shames (your followers can’t handle being *moderately* uncomfortable) 6. Mis-categorizes (lying or being wrong as “dissenting views and novel ideas”)
    May 24, 2018 8:20am

  • Truth and Art Are Not Matters of Opinion but Of Knowledge

    —“Truth, like art, lies in the eye of the beholder.”–Ben Frayle Nope. Truth is decidable. And so is Art. They are not matters of opinion but matters of knowledge and ignorance. Bad taste and bad judgement are both matters of ignorance and ability.

  • Truth and Art Are Not Matters of Opinion but Of Knowledge

    —“Truth, like art, lies in the eye of the beholder.”–Ben Frayle Nope. Truth is decidable. And so is Art. They are not matters of opinion but matters of knowledge and ignorance. Bad taste and bad judgement are both matters of ignorance and ability.

  • K(male-Pack) Constrains Damage of R(female-Herd).

    PLEASE UNDERSTAND WHAT STEVE IS SAYING: K CONSTRAINS DAMAGE OF R. via Steve Pender Hmmm 99.9% of species have gone extinct. If you’ve seen that video about the impact of wolves on Yellowstone, it seems that predators are more important in keeping r selected species suppressed, than r selected species are at filling their little niches. Suppression of r selected species seems to have a cascading eugenic effect on nature, while unrestricted r-selected reproduction can lead to plagues, famines, etc. It could be that certain r-selected species may fill valuable niches that limit the expansion of more threatening r-selected species though. However, we do need bees (pollinators), and whatever insects decompose dead organic matter (recyclers).