...It felt like my brain would turn to mush by being forced to...
...Cognitive biases and poor introspection and “mystical” experiences, due to certain circuits being triggered in the human brain by singing/meditation/prayer, are actually a simpler explanation. …
...but a part of my brain always screams that …
… my brains turns irritation on very fast when I’m hearing or reading something that contradicts my beliefs …
The curious matter about that is, that materialists -the predominant lot here- externalize their ‘brain’, thinking about their ‘thinking’.
So who/what exactly does the ‘thinking’ think here?
To Infinity or Nothingness?
Is this some recursive process?
And where does it lead to, exactly?
Angloamerican ‘rationality’ nowadays is located in a set of islands:
California, Washington area, NY, and Greater London.
Just look at the location of Your ’meetups.
Do you really believe that there is the peak of human thinking?
Thank’s folks, for the proof.
You -as a tribe- must be deluded in a most ‘rational’ manner.
And please restrain to enter the (European) continent, South America or the rest of the world.
You’re probably welcome in Australia and New Zealand.
I am quite astonished, that here is a nearly unanonimous rejection of cultural relativism.
Which is problematic, to be sure.
Besides some moaning of the good swimmer.
But on the other hand: It is symptomatic of any cult, to reject alternative views.
Does not matter if it calls himself ‘rational’.
In case You have not noticed: There is a war going on.
My take-home-message is, that the American mind is in DEEP trouble, because, even in its more insightful expression, it feels endangered, and flees to some elusive belief, where it hopes to rescue itself.
Angloamerican ‘rationality’ nowadays is located in a set of islands: California, Washington area, NY, and Greater London. Just look at the location of Your ’meetups. Do you really believe that there is the peak of human thinking?
Yes. Great thinking, in every field scientific and artistic, has always been associated with cities and metropolitan areas. This should be obvious for economic reasons alone, but if it isn’t check out the relevant chapter in Murray’s Human Accomplishment correlating biographies of thousands of important figures against birth and workplaces.
I set a threshold of say +15 points, to reduce my reading.
It took me some time, until I found out that this is a self-reinforcing system of evaluation of a belief-set.
Right?
The ‘tribe’ reinforces its own beliefs.
The more contentious the issue is, the more effective the filter is.
300 comments—filter out the 30 most highly rated, read them, then here You are.
This is very LessWrong, and is basically is a reflection of a herd-mentality.
On the downside, where I solidly rest, are the bad guys of Dante’s Divina comedia.
They get a minus, and the more they gather, the deeper in rational hell they are.
So give me more minuses, to expose your fundamental hypocrisy.
Sorry. There are a couple of interesting snippets buried in your comments...however, your one-line-at-a-time style and jarring subject changes kind of make my brain hurt. (Is that the point?)
Externalization of the ‘brain’.
Be careful with that.
some snippets from this thread:
...It felt like my brain would turn to mush by being forced to...
...Cognitive biases and poor introspection and “mystical” experiences, due to certain circuits being triggered in the human brain by singing/meditation/prayer, are actually a simpler explanation. …
...but a part of my brain always screams that …
… my brains turns irritation on very fast when I’m hearing or reading something that contradicts my beliefs …
The curious matter about that is, that materialists -the predominant lot here- externalize their ‘brain’, thinking about their ‘thinking’.
So who/what exactly does the ‘thinking’ think here? To Infinity or Nothingness?
Is this some recursive process? And where does it lead to, exactly?
Or is it something genuinely dualistic?
Horror, horror.
Someone smelling a problem here?
Make up your minds, dear LW’ers.
This is exactly what I expected.
The tribe closes the circle.
Angloamerican ‘rationality’ nowadays is located in a set of islands: California, Washington area, NY, and Greater London. Just look at the location of Your ’meetups. Do you really believe that there is the peak of human thinking?
Thank’s folks, for the proof. You -as a tribe- must be deluded in a most ‘rational’ manner.
And please restrain to enter the (European) continent, South America or the rest of the world.
You’re probably welcome in Australia and New Zealand.
I am quite astonished, that here is a nearly unanonimous rejection of cultural relativism. Which is problematic, to be sure. Besides some moaning of the good swimmer.
But on the other hand: It is symptomatic of any cult, to reject alternative views. Does not matter if it calls himself ‘rational’.
In case You have not noticed: There is a war going on.
My take-home-message is, that the American mind is in DEEP trouble, because, even in its more insightful expression, it feels endangered, and flees to some elusive belief, where it hopes to rescue itself.
Yes. Great thinking, in every field scientific and artistic, has always been associated with cities and metropolitan areas. This should be obvious for economic reasons alone, but if it isn’t check out the relevant chapter in Murray’s Human Accomplishment correlating biographies of thousands of important figures against birth and workplaces.
“the commenter got +30 points.”
I set a threshold of say +15 points, to reduce my reading.
It took me some time, until I found out that this is a self-reinforcing system of evaluation of a belief-set. Right?
The ‘tribe’ reinforces its own beliefs.
The more contentious the issue is, the more effective the filter is. 300 comments—filter out the 30 most highly rated, read them, then here You are.
This is very LessWrong, and is basically is a reflection of a herd-mentality.
On the downside, where I solidly rest, are the bad guys of Dante’s Divina comedia. They get a minus, and the more they gather, the deeper in rational hell they are.
So give me more minuses, to expose your fundamental hypocrisy.
This just in! Some people on the internet agree about some stuff! Film at 11!
Sorry. There are a couple of interesting snippets buried in your comments...however, your one-line-at-a-time style and jarring subject changes kind of make my brain hurt. (Is that the point?)