Curt Doolittle updated his status.
STEREOTYPES ARE ALWAYS TRUE – AND ONE”S RESPONSIBILITY TO SIGNAL COUNTER, NOT OTHERS TO MALINVEST.
–“the problem is over-application”–
The problem is the economics of that judgement do not warrant the investment in the discovery. Ergo it is of necessity the responsibility of the member of the stereotype to decide whether he signals reinforcement or counter to that stereotype. His choice reinforces or counters.
Source date (UTC): 2018-07-05 20:11:38 UTC
LIES ARE INFORMATION PRODUCTS LIKE ANY OTHER
The utility of a lie is determined by the desirability of its repetition. Lies are information products like any other market product. Monotheistic religions are the biggest most successful lies of all for the simple reason that people desire them. Not because they are true, or useful, or good. The demand for sedating foods, alcohol, drugs, and self induced sedation through ritual and lying is demonstrably higher than the demand for truth.
Source date (UTC): 2018-07-05 17:12:00 UTC
Curt Doolittle updated his status.
The utility of a lie is determined by the desirability of its repetition. Lies are information products like any other market product. Monotheistic religions are the biggest most successful lies of all for the simple reason that people desire them. Not because they are true, or useful, or good. The demand for sedating foods, alcohol, drugs, and self induced sedation through ritual and lying is demonstrably higher than the demand for truth.
Source date (UTC): 2018-07-05 14:46:03 UTC
The utility of a lie is determined by the desirability of its repetition. Lies are information products like any other market product. Monotheistic religions are the biggest most successful lies of all for the simple reason that people desire them. Not because they are true, or useful, or good. The demand for sedating foods, alcohol, drugs, and self induced sedation through ritual and lying is demonstrably higher than the demand for truth.
Source date (UTC): 2018-07-05 10:46:00 UTC
Curt Doolittle shared a link.
MORAL JUSTIFICATIONS ARE ALWAYS COVER FOR PERSONAL, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND MILITARY OPPORTUNITY
Source date (UTC): 2018-07-05 01:02:49 UTC
—“There is no point in arguing with someone with a closed mind”— Anon The problem is knowing when you are asking for an open mind : meaning “time to consider the argument”, and asking someone to agree, believe, or express faith in that which is not an argument but a fraud. The only non-fraudulent version of that statement is: –“there is no point in arguing with someone who is intellectually dishonest”– Appeals for an ‘open mind’ are always frauds. ALWAYS. Either you have an argument or you don’t. Either the you AND the other person(s) are intellectually honest or you are not.
—“There is no point in arguing with someone with a closed mind”— Anon The problem is knowing when you are asking for an open mind : meaning “time to consider the argument”, and asking someone to agree, believe, or express faith in that which is not an argument but a fraud. The only non-fraudulent version of that statement is: –“there is no point in arguing with someone who is intellectually dishonest”– Appeals for an ‘open mind’ are always frauds. ALWAYS. Either you have an argument or you don’t. Either the you AND the other person(s) are intellectually honest or you are not.
(edited for clarity) In the matter of gods we have only the testimony of men, and the means, motive, and opportunity to lie in their testimony. Given means motive and opportunity to lie, and no evidence of all that they speak the truth, then all gods are merely fictional characters. Those characters serve as anthropomorphic analogies. Those analogies serve as to provide decidability when we have no other means of deciding. It is not that gods – like all units of measurement – are not useful. They are. Particularly for the intergenerational transfer of such units of measurement. But there is no difference between Gandalf and Jehova and Allah other than that we make no false testimony to the existence of Gandalf, and we give false testimony to the existence of Jehova and Allah. We must give false testimony because we cannot give testimony of any other kind. It is not possible. None of us have observed the existence of any god that cannot be explained by more simple means. We can however, give thanks to our ancestors. That is because we have ancestors worthy of our thanks. The reason for the fabrication of Jehova and Allah is that the people who invented those fictional characters had no ancestors worthy of their thanks. Means, Motive, and Opportunity. Guilty as Charged.
(edited for clarity) In the matter of gods we have only the testimony of men, and the means, motive, and opportunity to lie in their testimony. Given means motive and opportunity to lie, and no evidence of all that they speak the truth, then all gods are merely fictional characters. Those characters serve as anthropomorphic analogies. Those analogies serve as to provide decidability when we have no other means of deciding. It is not that gods – like all units of measurement – are not useful. They are. Particularly for the intergenerational transfer of such units of measurement. But there is no difference between Gandalf and Jehova and Allah other than that we make no false testimony to the existence of Gandalf, and we give false testimony to the existence of Jehova and Allah. We must give false testimony because we cannot give testimony of any other kind. It is not possible. None of us have observed the existence of any god that cannot be explained by more simple means. We can however, give thanks to our ancestors. That is because we have ancestors worthy of our thanks. The reason for the fabrication of Jehova and Allah is that the people who invented those fictional characters had no ancestors worthy of their thanks. Means, Motive, and Opportunity. Guilty as Charged.
https://t.co/KSWSJlgErKhttps://t.co/KSWSJlgErKMORAL JUSTIFICATIONS ARE ALWAYS COVER FOR PERSONAL, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND MILITARY OPPORTUNITY
Source date (UTC): 2018-07-04 21:02:00 UTC