but it’s honest, and I’m assuming you’d prefer that
Yes, thank you!
Basically, because you are psychotic
I definitely went through some psychosis states back in February and April, but I seem to be pretty stably back to my old self now. (For whatever that might be worth!) I have a lot of regrets about this period, but I don’t regret most of my public comments.
If you have not already internalized “just because I believe something is true does not make it socially acceptable for me to go around trying to convince everyone else that it’s true”, I don’t know that I will be able to briefly explain to you why that is the case.
Oh, I think I understand why; I’m not that socially retarded. Even so—if there’s going to be one goddamned place in the entire goddamned world where people put relatively more emphasis on “arguing for true propositions about human psychology because they’re true” and relatively less emphasis on social acceptability, shouldn’t it be _us_? I could believe that there are such things as information hazards—I wouldn’t publicize instructions on how to cheaply build a suitcase nuke—but this isn’t one of them.
if there’s going to be one goddamned place in the entire goddamned world where people put relatively more emphasis on “arguing for true propositions about human psychology because they’re true” and relatively less emphasis on social acceptability, shouldn’t it be us?
Sure. And we do put relatively more emphasis. But we have not completely and totally thrown away all social convention. Nor should we: much of it exists for good reason.
Yes, thank you!
I definitely went through some psychosis states back in February and April, but I seem to be pretty stably back to my old self now. (For whatever that might be worth!) I have a lot of regrets about this period, but I don’t regret most of my public comments.
Oh, I think I understand why; I’m not that socially retarded. Even so—if there’s going to be one goddamned place in the entire goddamned world where people put relatively more emphasis on “arguing for true propositions about human psychology because they’re true” and relatively less emphasis on social acceptability, shouldn’t it be _us_? I could believe that there are such things as information hazards—I wouldn’t publicize instructions on how to cheaply build a suitcase nuke—but this isn’t one of them.
Sure. And we do put relatively more emphasis. But we have not completely and totally thrown away all social convention. Nor should we: much of it exists for good reason.