Curt Doolittle

Theme: Deception

  • The Rational Veneer of Literary Philosophy

    The problem with those who favor literary thought is that they mistake the suspension of disbelief necessary to empathize, sympathize, and comprehend an author’s work, with the truth, goodness, and possibility of it. They rationally justify the quality and desirability of whatever arguments, no matter how sophomoric, but they are only making excuses for the fact that they as suggestible as children, and entirely dependent upon intuition: their reason is just a veneer. Science and Law are not seductive. Just the opposite. They are commercial transactions of commodities that allow you to act in the real world, with real costs, and real consequences. Fairy tales are for children. Even children of adult and later ages.

  • The Rational Veneer of Literary Philosophy

    The problem with those who favor literary thought is that they mistake the suspension of disbelief necessary to empathize, sympathize, and comprehend an author’s work, with the truth, goodness, and possibility of it. They rationally justify the quality and desirability of whatever arguments, no matter how sophomoric, but they are only making excuses for the fact that they as suggestible as children, and entirely dependent upon intuition: their reason is just a veneer. Science and Law are not seductive. Just the opposite. They are commercial transactions of commodities that allow you to act in the real world, with real costs, and real consequences. Fairy tales are for children. Even children of adult and later ages.

  • THE RATIONAL VENEER OF LITERARY PHILOSOPHY The problem with those who favor lite

    THE RATIONAL VENEER OF LITERARY PHILOSOPHY

    The problem with those who favor literary thought is that they mistake the suspension of disbelief necessary to empathize, sympathize, and comprehend an author’s work, with the truth, goodness, and possibility of it.

    They rationally justify the quality and desirability of whatever arguments, no matter how sophomoric, but they are only making excuses for the fact that they as suggestible as children, and entirely dependent upon intuition: their reason is just a veneer.

    Science and Law are not seductive. Just the opposite. They are commercial transactions of commodities that allow you to act in the real world, with real costs, and real consequences.

    Fairy tales are for children. Even children of adult and later ages.

    Source date (UTC): 2018-06-11 09:59:00 UTC

  • Language Regulation Corresponds to All Other Regulation: Fear of Corruption and Fraud Drives Regulation.

    James Santagata just shared an excellent paper, which illustrates the relationship between common law and continental law, language regulation, and economic regulation.
    Well, the conclusions should be pretty obvious (prior restraint vs post resolution) and that all countries pay a trade off between the utility of some regulation to prevent frauds of all sorts, lots of regulation to prevent malinvestment or tax evasion, and post-hoc litigation to encourage experimentation.
    https://poseidon01.ssrn.com/delivery.php?ID=675084119021000008105023125118069122024006056079005030120082087022112105009097072123124060121106033007109026005122102031064113107006090023002100029123106099097011040043080069105097094023119094121092126007117028010000096013066030095076126076013106021&EXT=pdf

  • Language Regulation Corresponds to All Other Regulation: Fear of Corruption and Fraud Drives Regulation.

    James Santagata just shared an excellent paper, which illustrates the relationship between common law and continental law, language regulation, and economic regulation.
    Well, the conclusions should be pretty obvious (prior restraint vs post resolution) and that all countries pay a trade off between the utility of some regulation to prevent frauds of all sorts, lots of regulation to prevent malinvestment or tax evasion, and post-hoc litigation to encourage experimentation.
    https://poseidon01.ssrn.com/delivery.php?ID=675084119021000008105023125118069122024006056079005030120082087022112105009097072123124060121106033007109026005122102031064113107006090023002100029123106099097011040043080069105097094023119094121092126007117028010000096013066030095076126076013106021&EXT=pdf

  • Postmodernism: Narcissism of Small Differences

    POSTMODERNISM: NARCISSISM OF SMALL DIFFERENCES ALL IN LOVE WITH TOTALITARIANISM. (humor)(Sorry, but gotta repeat this) Q: What’s the difference between Heidegger, Sartre and Foucault? A: It’s just narcissism of small differences. All of them extolled the value of freedom (in theory), but in practice they all fell in love with various forms of totalitarianism. Heidegger supported Hitler, Sartre supported Stalin, and Foucault supported Khomeini.
    Jun 10, 2018 10:06am

  • Postmodernism: Narcissism of Small Differences

    POSTMODERNISM: NARCISSISM OF SMALL DIFFERENCES ALL IN LOVE WITH TOTALITARIANISM. (humor)(Sorry, but gotta repeat this) Q: What’s the difference between Heidegger, Sartre and Foucault? A: It’s just narcissism of small differences. All of them extolled the value of freedom (in theory), but in practice they all fell in love with various forms of totalitarianism. Heidegger supported Hitler, Sartre supported Stalin, and Foucault supported Khomeini.
    Jun 10, 2018 10:06am

  • Progressivism Is a Religion, and Truth Blasphemy

    by Vivek Na Liberals use this kind of rhetoric – “no right thinking individual would say that”. Or “That doesn’t sound right” – meaning you’re committing blasphemy according to their constructed sense of right and wrong, ergo, you’re a heretic who should be metaphorically exiled or pilloried. –Curt:– You know, we ought to use that more often: “So you mean it’s blasphemous in your religion, right?”

  • Progressivism Is a Religion, and Truth Blasphemy

    by Vivek Na Liberals use this kind of rhetoric – “no right thinking individual would say that”. Or “That doesn’t sound right” – meaning you’re committing blasphemy according to their constructed sense of right and wrong, ergo, you’re a heretic who should be metaphorically exiled or pilloried. –Curt:– You know, we ought to use that more often: “So you mean it’s blasphemous in your religion, right?”

  • STUFF I DIDN’T KNOW Red pill = unpleasant truth. Blue pill = comforting lie. Bla

    STUFF I DIDN’T KNOW
    Red pill = unpleasant truth.
    Blue pill = comforting lie.
    Black pill = demoralizing defeatism.
    White pill = hopeful encouragement.

    Source date (UTC): 2018-06-10 15:06:56 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1005828667673645058