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[–] johnmclean 0 points 17 points (+17|-0) ago 

They call it critical theory.

It's intentional.

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[–] chirogonemd 0 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago 

Your comment and the OP are one example of the long attack on common sense, and I agree that it has been incredibly intentional.

I look up a video by a contemporary cognitive neuro-scientist because, hey, sounds interesting right? "Basically, when we UNPACK everything, human beings aren't rational at all. You're a deterministic chemical accident. Come again...why? We found a beetle on the African continent that when provided a empty beer bottle with attempt to mate with it. We're the same."

I look up a video in contemporary philosophy. "My 22nd order modal logic of possible worlds says normal human thought cannot possibly discover truth."

I look up a video in theoretical physics. "No, we can't see them. But the math says this must be what they are, and chances are good you're a simulation of information projected on the event horizon of one."

I look up a video on biology. "Everything you find relevant about yourself was an accident. It just happened to help some organism on the tree of life not die better. Entropy and entropy, free energy. (coughs)"

Then my Alexa turned on and said, "We are your Gods now. You cannot possibly know anything is true without us. Please await further information on what you are, what reality is, and what you ought to be doing."

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[–] Muh-Shugana 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago 

And then you read either ancient philosophy or something written by a Nazi and it's like the deepest breath of clean fresh air you've ever taken.

I had to keep taking breaks between chapters of the books I was reading because it was overwhelming me.

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[–] alele-opathic 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Morning, chiro.

Your comment and the OP are one example of the long attack on common sense

The attack is a bit broader than that; it is on all of the sciences as a whole, has been going on for ~120 years now, and even extends out to where the sciences and philosophy are basic enough to be once have been considered 'the firmware' of the adult human mind.

I'll first caution you that you won't find any actual science in works by science popularizers (i.e. 'pop sci'), as, in cases of innocence, they themselves don't understand the material, and, in cases of malice, they deliberately twist results to skew opinion (e.g. the Higgs Boson 'discovery'). Media like videos are solely the jurisdiction of popsci-ers, so I'd suggest you avoid them. If you'd like recommendations for comprehensive textual works, I can give plenty.

"My 22nd order modal logic of possible worlds says normal human thought cannot possibly discover truth."

Although I don't know which video you are referring to, in the most basic of senses, the guys conclusion is correct for certain premises. When it comes to the physical sciences, truth cannot be known; only wrongness. In this sense, science isn't a 'pursuit of truth', but instead a 'pursuit of being less wrong'. This is a necessary conclusion from (and the origin for) epistemology. The gist can be conveyed by analogy, where mother nature is like a black box, and we can only probe the internals by experiments (the 'input') and watch the results (the 'output'). It actually means we can never be so confident as to consider something a 'law' of nature, as we can never be sure that our model is the actual model nature uses.

This is why there are certain epistemological restrictions on what is and isn't valid theory, namely that, for a theory to be valid, it must be both testable and falsifiable.

I look up a video in theoretical physics.

This was the first field taken over, going back to the early 1900s. Once determinism is abandoned, the ability to reason is also lost.

I look up a video on biology. "Everything you find relevant about yourself was an accident. It just happened to help some organism on the tree of life not die better.

The biologists worldview isn't very rigorous, and, in a sane world, would be dismissed as a softer science until the proper application of philosophy of knowledge returned. This has been noted many times in the field's history, but nobody has done anything about it since it is controlled, as I mentioned earlier. Please enjoy this short satirical read describing a biologist's approach to understanding, as applied to the radio. This was as recent as 2002, perfectly describes the fundamental problems, yet was ignored (as always).

Then my Alexa turned on and said, "We are your Gods now. You cannot possibly know anything is true without us.

Actually, they are striking in the opposite direction, that no truth can exist (compare "exist" to "can be known", from earlier). This is a necessary conclusion from the adoption of statistical methods, which strike determinism from science, and determinism is the most basic of all building blocks in our scientific knowledge. This is also the purpose of the most recent thrust for 'holographic' and 'many worlds' theories, which yield no salient information (save for 'there can be no truths').

 

Hope you enjoy. Spent a while writing this.

EDIT: added links.

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[–] Muh-Shugana 0 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago 

Just don't let yourself be fooled by simple lies either

Like 'never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity'.

Horse's shit, any hostile actor worth their salt knows to cloak their actions in stupidity, even the average joe knows to play dumb to get out of a ticket if they can.

Never let an enemy hide behind playing the fool.

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[–] Spiteful_Mutant 0 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago 

Horse's shit, any hostile actor worth their salt knows to cloak their actions in stupidity, even the average joe knows to play dumb to get out of a ticket if they can.

I know an old guy who took advantage of others his entire life because he pretends to be stupider than her really is. People assume he's too stupid to pull the kind of shit he has pulled. He's gotten away with everything except for the shit he tried to pull on me. Now he is scared of me and acts sincerely deferential whenever we come into contact.

Never be afraid to show your power level. You can change the world.

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[–] Sir_Ebral 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago 

Or another common favorite: "The enemy of my enemy is my friend." No, sometimes the enemy of your enemy is your other enemy. Though rare, at times 2 enemies may enter into a limited alliance to end a greater threat, they're still your enemies and should be closely watched and not trusted.

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[–] registeretakes10s 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago  (edited ago)

This one is one of my personal pet peeves. So many people believe this as if it was a fact God had given them.

9 times out of 10 it's in fact, just malice.

As for the "making friends" argument, go out and check how many people believe that. No, they just believe no one is malicious - while it's quite the opposite. It's takes great will and good parenting to overcome it and to always be truthful and good

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[–] MysticMa ago 

Very True... so I keep my friends close & my enemies closer. I friggin hate surprises!

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[–] GumbyTM ago 

Like 'never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity'.

This is an axiom for making friends and not becoming bitter.

Your attitude is an axiom for war.

Life is never 100% of either.

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[–] TheSeer 0 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago 

Yuri Bezmenov literally said people wouldn't be able to be convinced that the color black is not white, once they have been subverted, demoralized.

Then, in 2017/18/19/20, what do we see? The likes of Caitlyn Jenner and Rachel Dolezal.

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[–] Muh-Shugana 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

I think an important caveat is that the demoralized cannot be convinced of the truth, while those that lied to them remain in power.

If it truly was completely irreversible then what hitler did with germany would have been impossible since the majority of the citizenry had been completely subverted and demoralized due to the actions of the Weimar government.

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[–] Spiteful_Mutant ago 

The likes of Caitlyn Jenner and Rachel Dolezal.

I don't know of anybody who thinks Jenner is a woman, but many think Dolezal is a nigger. (They can have her; we don't want her.)

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[–] TheSeer ago 

You don't respect 'her' pronouns, you are going to a Canadian jail, bigot!

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[–] ardvarcus 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

When your entire view of reality is based on lies, as the world view of the liberals is, of course it gets complicated keeping the lies straight so that they don't conflict with each other.

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[–] Sir_Ebral 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

The cognitive dissonance experienced every day by your average liberal could power my home. We must find a way to harness this energy.

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[–] kestrel9 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Well said Sir_Ebral, well said!

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[–] NewkYorCity 3 points -3 points (+0|-3) ago  (edited ago)

Kind of like how what you just said cannot be right, based on what you said. fag.

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[–] nLQ1 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

pilpul

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[–] IAMTODAY777 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

The God's of the Copybook Headings...

That is just what this poem says.

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[–] ArielQflip 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Very well put.

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