INTUITION, BIAS, PREJUDICE —“Is intuition synonymous with prejudice?”—Skye Stewart We have genetics that cause us to possess intuitions and biases — – both of which are pre-cognitive. A prejudice consists of a pre-judgement, and therefore a judgement we have made by some degree of free association, reason or contemplation. One may develop a prejudice because we also possess a bias, and we may possess a bias because of an intuition, and we may possess an intuition out of genetic necessity or accident, but they are different things, and … … oh… shall I say it? Yes? Therefore they are not to be CONFLATED. lol Sigh. That felt good.
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Rational Self Interest
Apr 09, 2017 6:01am RATIONAL SELF INTEREST by John Dow Assuming self-interest is rational, by punishing all non-reciprocating choices via law, acting in group interest becomes rational. I don’t care if you reciprocate by rational self-interest or as a result of high prosociality, as long as you reciprocate. Assuming the maximization of group fitness has higher potential yields to individual fitness than any other factor, and assuming the maximization of individual fitness is desired, this is rational self-interest.
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Rational Self Interest
Apr 09, 2017 6:01am RATIONAL SELF INTEREST by John Dow Assuming self-interest is rational, by punishing all non-reciprocating choices via law, acting in group interest becomes rational. I don’t care if you reciprocate by rational self-interest or as a result of high prosociality, as long as you reciprocate. Assuming the maximization of group fitness has higher potential yields to individual fitness than any other factor, and assuming the maximization of individual fitness is desired, this is rational self-interest.
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Definitions: Operational, In Series, and in Equilibrium.
DEFINITIONS, OPERATIONAL, IN SERIES, AND IN EQUILIBRIUM Definitions are very powerful, operational definitions much more so, and operational definitions in series are even more so, and the comparison of series in equilibrium even more so. With definitions in series alone, comprehension increases dramatically. It is equivalent to the difference between the descriptive power of arithmetic and the descriptive power of geometry.
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Definitions: Operational, In Series, and in Equilibrium.
DEFINITIONS, OPERATIONAL, IN SERIES, AND IN EQUILIBRIUM Definitions are very powerful, operational definitions much more so, and operational definitions in series are even more so, and the comparison of series in equilibrium even more so. With definitions in series alone, comprehension increases dramatically. It is equivalent to the difference between the descriptive power of arithmetic and the descriptive power of geometry.
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Thought At Post Human Scale
THE BASICS OF THOUGHT AT POST-HUMAN SCALE Ideal types, and idealism (which I criticize almost as frequently as fictionalism), are products of the problems at human scale: antiquity and pre-modernity. We can see the enlightenment as an attempt to successfully transition from measurements at human scale, within the realm of human perception, to the measurements beyond human scale, and therefore beyond our perception. It is not surprising that our conventional (normative) thinking and language lag our instruments of measurement both physical (mechanical) and mental (conceptual). Darwin is quite old technology by now but much of the world does not understand that evolution is directionless except in favor of complexity for both the exploitation of niches and the retention of prior techniques (genes) so that they can re-emerge if needed. So this is why I insist on operational definitions on a spectrum so that people cannot fall into the trap of comparing concepts that rely on different production cycles (durations) involving different numbers of people (complexity and scale). Unfortunately Hayekian Triangles are a bit much for ordinary man to cope with, and IS/LM(Keynesian) and classical supply and demand curves only a bit less so. But we can start with the simple illustration that no concept in isolation informs us to its limits. Ergo, the golden rule is useless without the silver rule. This principle of ,via-positiva vs via-negative (western progressive version of the eastern static idea of ying vs yang) provides us with convergence: that which survives both meaning (possibility) and criticism (limits). Without limits, we cannot test our meaning. Curt Doolittle The Propertarian Institute Kiev, Ukraine
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Thought At Post Human Scale
THE BASICS OF THOUGHT AT POST-HUMAN SCALE Ideal types, and idealism (which I criticize almost as frequently as fictionalism), are products of the problems at human scale: antiquity and pre-modernity. We can see the enlightenment as an attempt to successfully transition from measurements at human scale, within the realm of human perception, to the measurements beyond human scale, and therefore beyond our perception. It is not surprising that our conventional (normative) thinking and language lag our instruments of measurement both physical (mechanical) and mental (conceptual). Darwin is quite old technology by now but much of the world does not understand that evolution is directionless except in favor of complexity for both the exploitation of niches and the retention of prior techniques (genes) so that they can re-emerge if needed. So this is why I insist on operational definitions on a spectrum so that people cannot fall into the trap of comparing concepts that rely on different production cycles (durations) involving different numbers of people (complexity and scale). Unfortunately Hayekian Triangles are a bit much for ordinary man to cope with, and IS/LM(Keynesian) and classical supply and demand curves only a bit less so. But we can start with the simple illustration that no concept in isolation informs us to its limits. Ergo, the golden rule is useless without the silver rule. This principle of ,via-positiva vs via-negative (western progressive version of the eastern static idea of ying vs yang) provides us with convergence: that which survives both meaning (possibility) and criticism (limits). Without limits, we cannot test our meaning. Curt Doolittle The Propertarian Institute Kiev, Ukraine
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Sources of Ignorance
SOURCES OF IGNORANCE I talk of Agency of late in no small part because like Popper, I grasp that there are not only sources of knowledge, but sources of IGNORANCE. Sources of Ignorance = Barriers to Agency. The most obvious of which we face today are: (a) The failure of the 20th century thinkers to solve the problem of scale via operationalism, and the continued dependence upon idealism and fictionalism. This includes both anglo empirical and german rational schools. (b) the Jewish Pseudosciences and the French Pseudo-rationalisms, of the Second Great Lie (Marx/Boaz/Freud) and; (c) the Muslim fictionalism, Muslim heaping of undue praise upon Muhammed, Muslim doctrine of finality of Muhammed’s statements, and Muslim grant of respect prior to its being earned – meaning, the preservation of ignorance in the commons. Curt Doolittle The Propertarian Institute Kiev, Ukraine
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Sources of Ignorance
SOURCES OF IGNORANCE I talk of Agency of late in no small part because like Popper, I grasp that there are not only sources of knowledge, but sources of IGNORANCE. Sources of Ignorance = Barriers to Agency. The most obvious of which we face today are: (a) The failure of the 20th century thinkers to solve the problem of scale via operationalism, and the continued dependence upon idealism and fictionalism. This includes both anglo empirical and german rational schools. (b) the Jewish Pseudosciences and the French Pseudo-rationalisms, of the Second Great Lie (Marx/Boaz/Freud) and; (c) the Muslim fictionalism, Muslim heaping of undue praise upon Muhammed, Muslim doctrine of finality of Muhammed’s statements, and Muslim grant of respect prior to its being earned – meaning, the preservation of ignorance in the commons. Curt Doolittle The Propertarian Institute Kiev, Ukraine
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Some Quotes
Explaining the Church of TED to a college student: “It’s Oprah for the over-educated classes”. —“Women are hypergamous… Government is the biggest resource and thus the handsomest.”—Anne Tripp —“Any pretense of humanity having diverged from its most reliable and durable political system (monarchy) is just another load of bullshit virtue signaling. Our kings elect our presidents. We’re just the upscale peasants that think we had a say in the matter.”— Emil Prelic —“Universalism – Proof that “some ideas are so stupid that only an intellectual could believe them”–Julian le Roux —“There is no greater decadence than virtue signalling against those less fortunate than you.”—Julian le Roux —“As I understand it Curt focuses on building a grammar from the ground up, as it were. Operational grammar staves off assumptions about the ends and emphasises inquiry into the means.”— Nicholas Arthur Catton (I’m glad smart people follow me ’cause I can’t say some of this stuff as smartly as they do.
