Theme: Causality

  • Dumb things (Physics) < --> Smart things (Life) . . . . . . . . . . . . \ . . .

    Dumb things (Physics) < –> Smart things (Life)
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    . . . . . . . . . . . .. Evolution (Computation)


    Source date (UTC): 2024-03-31 19:57:04 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1774526343964729453

  • Thinking …. It’s only algorithmic during a bounded steady state (growth). And

    Thinking …. It’s only algorithmic during a bounded steady state (growth).
    And that steady state is largely an historical phenom.
    I’m not sure that’s going to continue going forward.
    It MIGHT. But the world’s capital structures are going through trauma not seen before and I am not certain about previous regularities.
    Anyway. Until about 2017 I could see the future pretty clearly and at present everything is taking longer than I thought OR adaptations are occurring faster than I thought so that momentum can’t build to produce the speed I expected.
    All of us that predicted a major shift around 2030 were right. I was on the early side as usual because I give too much credit to the people. Others were right in their anticipation of the slow movement of the overton window.

    Reply addressees: @sqpatrick77


    Source date (UTC): 2024-03-25 18:45:58 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1772334125287923712

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  • I work from first causes. He’s pointing it out

    I work from first causes. He’s pointing it out.


    Source date (UTC): 2024-03-20 22:36:48 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1770580277565296952

    Reply addressees: @Lincoln_Osis @whatifalthist @philthatremains

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  • “However apart from summarizing the entirety of French thought as the few leftis

    –“However apart from summarizing the entirety of French thought as the few leftist they have created, I still don’t think it’s fair.”–

    It’s not a few leftists it’s the causal origin of all of them. And most of my criticism consists of Rousseau to present. Though, why would even someone who I consider a personal hero such as Todd choose family structures? What were his recommendations for the past and future of europe?

    That said french strategy has been feminine and authoritarian since they attempted to bring the church to France. Even before then the ancestral religion of the french region is a virgin cult (feminine) which persists in the language.

    You most likely do not yet understand the context of my use of terms as constructions from first causes, where those causes are the sex differences in group strategy.

    So:
    RE: Empathizing and Systematizing cognitive styles in work by Emmanuel Todd.

    Empathizing(Feminine, Experience): This cognitive style focuses on understanding and responding to the emotional states and needs of others. It involves the ability to recognize, interpret, and respond appropriately to social cues and emotional expressions.

    Systematizing(Masculine, Causality): This cognitive style focuses on analyzing, understanding, and predicting the behavior of systems based on rules and patterns. It involves the ability to identify and manipulate variables within a system to achieve a desired outcome.

    The characteristics of Todd’s work that may reflect an empathizing cognitive style.
    a. Emphasis on family structures and their influence on social and political systems.
    b. Attention to the emotional and psychological dimensions of human behavior and decision-making.
    c. Focus on the role of culture, values, and beliefs in shaping social and political outcomes.
    d. Consideration of the subjective experiences and perspectives of individuals and groups.

    Specific examples from Todd’s work that demonstrate these characteristics.
    a. In his book “The Explanation of Ideology,” Todd argues that family structures shape political ideologies and social systems. This reflects an emphasis on understanding how emotional bonds and relationships within the family unit influence larger societal structures.
    b. Todd’s work often explores the psychological motivations behind political and social movements, such as the desire for recognition, autonomy, or security. This attention to the emotional drivers of human behavior is consistent with an empathizing cognitive style.
    c. In his analysis of the Arab world in “Allah n’y est pour rien” (Allah is Not to Blame), Todd emphasizes the role of cultural values, such as honor and shame, in shaping political and social dynamics. This focus on the subjective experiences and beliefs of individuals and communities reflects an empathizing approach.

    Contrasting these examples with a systematizing cognitive style:
    a. A systematizing approach to studying family structures and their influence on society might focus more on identifying universal patterns and rules governing these relationships, rather than emphasizing the emotional and psychological dimensions.
    b. A systematizing analysis of political and social movements might prioritize the identification of structural factors and causal mechanisms, rather than exploring the subjective motivations and experiences of participants.
    c. A systematizing perspective on cultural values and beliefs might seek to quantify and measure these variables, rather than emphasizing their subjective and contextualized nature.

    It is this feminine vs masculine I am referring to, and the vast consequences of the presumption that such a sex bias is correct despite that all feminine intuitions DO NOT SCALE.

    Cheers
    Curt.


    Source date (UTC): 2024-03-20 20:26:01 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1770547366350802944

  • Also are you dim enough to thik causality has a single source? Lower reproductio

    Also are you dim enough to thik causality has a single source?

    Lower reproduction is causing natural selection against selfishness and irresponsibility.


    Source date (UTC): 2024-03-18 23:55:44 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1769875364535300530

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  • Missed the last bit. Gravity: Newton improves on Aristotle, Einstein improves on

    Missed the last bit.
    Gravity: Newton improves on Aristotle, Einstein improves on Newton. Shortly someone will improve on Einstein – with MOND looking increasingly close, we just need to know why.
    My work improves on Hayek, Popper, and Hoppe in particular, and a bit more so on Chomsky in language, and Wolfram in reducibility.
    I don’t know of anyone who has done work on cognitive differences, particularly the sexes, and specifically on sex differences in lying, or group evolutionary differences in first causes.

    Reply addressees: @shade_forrest


    Source date (UTC): 2024-03-15 19:37:11 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1768723134310494208

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  • Furthermore, hayek’s criticism of scientism includes the near impossibility of r

    Furthermore, hayek’s criticism of scientism includes the near impossibility of running economic tests, rather than observing and explaining economic causality.
    You mentioned determinism, and while it is true that human behavior follows generally determinable rules like evolution and language it does not follow deterministic rules as do the physical sciences.

    Hydrogen and oxygen don’t get the choice of whether to make water. We have the choice to do what we wish.

    Reply addressees: @shade_forrest


    Source date (UTC): 2024-03-15 19:09:07 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1768716073837248512

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  • Neoteny, Temperature, and horse riding lead to gracility. Farming seems to reduc

    Neoteny, Temperature, and horse riding lead to gracility. Farming seems to reduce height. Meat heavy diets in the cold appear to produce size.


    Source date (UTC): 2024-03-13 20:26:58 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1768010890434036051

    Reply addressees: @MiroCyo @EthanOakwin @SydSteyerhart

    Replying to: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1767978171532734519

  • That’s right. Because pigs are difficult the faster your move. They are optimum

    That’s right. Because pigs are difficult the faster your move. They are optimum for woodlands and farms. For mobility, sheep are better than pigs, cows better than sheep, and horses better than cows.
    Once you have oxen then you can have carts and cover vast distances. Once you have horses you can cover distances for raiding and warfare to boot.
    I suppose we don’t think in those terms. But the mobility of the herd animals we domesticate determines our mobility.

    Reply addressees: @MiroCyo @SydSteyerhart


    Source date (UTC): 2024-03-13 20:14:10 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1768007667581083648

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  • That’s not entirely true. Neotenic evolution aggressively progressed before, dur

    That’s not entirely true. Neotenic evolution aggressively progressed before, during, and after the ice ages, and it certainly looks as though under agrarianism. Even in scandinavia, since the viking age, women have progressively evolved sexual dimorphism from men. (they were…


    Source date (UTC): 2024-03-13 18:40:53 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1767984191222731049

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