Theme: Truth

  • Nor Can Anyone Else…

    Nor Can Anyone Else… https://propertarianism.com/2019/10/03/nor-can-anyone-else/


    Source date (UTC): 2019-10-03 22:41:49 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1179889317063331840

  • Nor Can Anyone Else…

    I cannot testify to anything other than? 1. Realism, 2. Naturalism, 3. Operationalism

    Nor can anyone else.

  • Nor Can Anyone Else…

    I cannot testify to anything other than? 1. Realism, 2. Naturalism, 3. Operationalism

    Nor can anyone else.

  • Evolution vs Intelligent Design (Core)

    EVOLUTION VS INTELLIGENT DESIGN (core)

    —“Are you saying you support Darwanism over Christianity or intelligent design?”—Mark E. Haney

    1 – I cannot falsify evolution and every single evidence from the fundamental structure of the universe to the imagination of man is a product of a very small number of possibilities in very great permutation, just as limited numbers of sounds, characters, and numbers can be arranged in infinitely complex permutations. 2 – The five rules of christianity are, logically, rationally(incentives), scientifically(empirically) the optimum prisoner’s dilemma (trust building) strategy, and I cannot falsify either or their relation. There is a reason christians are wealthier than competing cults. 3 – Information can only be stored in some memory or other, information stored must be abstracted (generalized) in order to consume less calories and volume that the original matter and its changes in state over time. I cannot falsify that statement – it’s a physical and logical impossibility. As to what I ‘Support’: I support truthful speech. Truthful speech can only consist of what I can testify to. I can only testify to that which is: – categorically consistent – Logically consistent – empirically(observably) consistent – operationally consistent – rationally consistent – reciprocally consistent where – parsimonious – scope consistent – and fully accounted – within stated limits and where – due diligence has been demonstrated, and where – one’s statements are warrantied by restitution if one errs. I cannot testify to anything other than. 1. Realism, 2. Naturalism, 3. Operationalism Nor can anyone else.

  • Evolution vs Intelligent Design (Core)

    EVOLUTION VS INTELLIGENT DESIGN (core)

    —“Are you saying you support Darwanism over Christianity or intelligent design?”—Mark E. Haney

    1 – I cannot falsify evolution and every single evidence from the fundamental structure of the universe to the imagination of man is a product of a very small number of possibilities in very great permutation, just as limited numbers of sounds, characters, and numbers can be arranged in infinitely complex permutations. 2 – The five rules of christianity are, logically, rationally(incentives), scientifically(empirically) the optimum prisoner’s dilemma (trust building) strategy, and I cannot falsify either or their relation. There is a reason christians are wealthier than competing cults. 3 – Information can only be stored in some memory or other, information stored must be abstracted (generalized) in order to consume less calories and volume that the original matter and its changes in state over time. I cannot falsify that statement – it’s a physical and logical impossibility. As to what I ‘Support’: I support truthful speech. Truthful speech can only consist of what I can testify to. I can only testify to that which is: – categorically consistent – Logically consistent – empirically(observably) consistent – operationally consistent – rationally consistent – reciprocally consistent where – parsimonious – scope consistent – and fully accounted – within stated limits and where – due diligence has been demonstrated, and where – one’s statements are warrantied by restitution if one errs. I cannot testify to anything other than. 1. Realism, 2. Naturalism, 3. Operationalism Nor can anyone else.

  • Immateriality of Gods.

    IMMATERIALITY OF GODS. The Four Reasons Are 1. God’ssilence, 2. God’sinaction, 3. the lack of evidence, and 4. the universe looks exactly like a godless universe would, and not at all like a Christian universe would, even down to its very structure. Of course this is true if you think gods are material beings. If instead you think gods are software distributed in the minds of all of their worshippers, producing synchronicities because of the software, then that’s quite different. You see, I talk to my gods all the time, but I don’t have to imagine them as supernatural because I understand that they exist as information and information hosted in a vast distributed computing network called ‘worshippers’ who pay debts to these gods (thanks) in exchange for wisdom and the consequences of wisdom obtained from their counsel. Gods exist like numbers exist. They do not exist in supernatural form. THey’re just information. And that is enough.

  • Immateriality of Gods.

    IMMATERIALITY OF GODS. The Four Reasons Are 1. God’ssilence, 2. God’sinaction, 3. the lack of evidence, and 4. the universe looks exactly like a godless universe would, and not at all like a Christian universe would, even down to its very structure. Of course this is true if you think gods are material beings. If instead you think gods are software distributed in the minds of all of their worshippers, producing synchronicities because of the software, then that’s quite different. You see, I talk to my gods all the time, but I don’t have to imagine them as supernatural because I understand that they exist as information and information hosted in a vast distributed computing network called ‘worshippers’ who pay debts to these gods (thanks) in exchange for wisdom and the consequences of wisdom obtained from their counsel. Gods exist like numbers exist. They do not exist in supernatural form. THey’re just information. And that is enough.

  • The Industrialization of Agency.

    THE INDUSTRIALIZATION OF AGENCY. Agency. Truth and Oath Duty and Commons Excellence and Heroism Sovereignty and Reciprocity The Natural Law, Judge and Jury Markets in – association – cooperation – production – reproduction – commons – polities – war. The Eugenic Civilization.

  • The Industrialization of Agency.

    THE INDUSTRIALIZATION OF AGENCY. Agency. Truth and Oath Duty and Commons Excellence and Heroism Sovereignty and Reciprocity The Natural Law, Judge and Jury Markets in – association – cooperation – production – reproduction – commons – polities – war. The Eugenic Civilization.

  • Humans Swim in a Sea of Testimony

    TESTIMONYby Bill Joslin [H]umans swim in a sea of testimony. Any information we gather beyond local and immediate scale has been gained through the testimony of others. Because this is akin to the air we breathe we often overlook the drastic impact that testimony plays in nearly all of our decisions, choices, and actions. If given a truly sincere analysis in this vein, the very foundations of our personal realities may be shaken to a degree that I can only describe as akin to the fear of death. Coupling this realization with the fraud that our memories often play on us (memory just being self-testimony), the importance of operationalism (in thought and deed) and self-authoring based upon operationalism becomes paramount and weighed second only to our instinct to survive (because information remains a critical component to our ability to survive) …which is why testimonialism receives such resistance… it cuts through the denial of our ignorance which we like to cover with a venier of certainty. …oh how deeply we rely upon our trust in others and oh how we like to hide this fact from ourselves…