Also I have bad memory, so I forget things and have to constantly reinvent them and revise them from 0. But I Am very logical-critical-rational! This is so interesting I saw some guy, which has it same and his almost exactly the way I Am except ASD and ADHD! So interesting!
I also didn’t know anything until my 21 and just played games, then I read like 1 million articles in a year about “Free Will”. I always try yo take everything from 0 and I have ADHD so I see it from all perspectives. I also revise my views, even if I Am wrong, I will learn so much from that! Being wrong is as important for learning as being right! So you see something doesn’t work and get information from that! Who tries to be only right, doesn’t really learn why and something is bad and why something is good!
We don’t know anything for sure except: “I think therefore I Am” Even that maybe, what if I Am dead and alive at the same time—QM (even isn’t this only analogy?, no idea if this can be extended to human death!) unless I saw all permutations of everything how could I know? And even most brilliant people who ever lived succumbed to logical fallacies, or said total nonsense… E.g. anecdote: what Musk said about Covid… Even most brilliant people have so much to learn. Unless you read every book that exist and know everything from every perspective, you still may know nothing… Even most brialliant people know 0.00000000...1% Stephen Hawking said: he can’t even keep up with new studies in his area…
I like this statement: “that those of us too dazed by the job of living to exert an extra mental effort”. As bias is defined as cognitive shortcuts, you can really never think too much… I experience most profound existential boredom and I live quiet life doing nothing whole day, but analyzing everything and reflecting about everything… Problem is you need to slow down and enjoy something, otherwise it is harmful to intelligence I found! And today time life is too quick, nevertheless I don’t have words for people, which get news only from facebook...
TBH even I (I probably one of most rational people in the world, it would take long to explain) noticed that sometimes I let maybe creep bias in tangential judgements (especially if I Am low on energy, wonder if I could affect me in future, if idea gets anchored). But I don’t base my reasoning on them. It is like an idea, which needs to be investigated and I have OCD about every permutation honestly… I have even OCD about being criticized by other people in hypotheticals, not even kidding...
Here my system how I judge knowledge:
logical conclusion based on axioms
axiom
logical conclusions based on empirical evidence
empirically verified observations/facts (mostly inductive!) 1. with large consensus in scientific community like: Evolution
theory (1. theory tested by an experiment, but isn’t fully accepted in scientific circles—depends, 2. number of citations and journal impact factor, 3. is not tested by an experiment yet)
hypothesis
assumption
intuition
idea
I don’t know shit so I don’t have an opinion yet (random thoughts) - I don’t understand why some people have strong opinions, if they don’t know anything about something… Simply don’t talk, if you don’t know, but ask, or study it...
assumption of materialism etc.
I usually start from 0 and I leave things open and revise my opinions all the time...
Smart people constantly question everything, because they realize how much they don’t know! So you should always question yourself, also heavy criticism is excellent. You learn so much from being criticized, as self-reflection/analysis is difficult—even for experts! Unfortunately that is one thing which is banned, criticize anything bam you are banned, can’t even open bank account, or have job...
I also recommend: https://fabiusmaximus.com/ an excellent site, where economists and rather known people write, certainly no no names. And cite many scientific studies for their claims!
We live absolutely under totalitarianism and corporatocracy already and when china will become superpower, it will be even more grim! Did you check last news? Their economy increased about 8%… Also corporations want to create their own municipal goverment, it was only postponed because covid, but in december 21, they will consider it in congress!
Do you know what is funny, I stated on (scientificforums.net) that science is largely social endeavor and what is true is determined mostly by what is accepted at the top in scientific circles. But I got instantly flamed from elitists there! Science is largely social endeavor, because scientists are people like any else!
De Ropp: describes as the pursuit of “knowledge,” and then outlines many of the ways that this game as well is often corrupted, muddied and tainted (by players whom De Ropp sounds intimately familiar with). Says De Ropp, “Much of it is mere jugglery, a tiresome ringing of changes on a few basic themes by investigators who are little more than technicians with higher degrees . . . Anything truly original tends to be excluded by that formidable array of committees that stands between the scientist and the money he needs for research. He must either tailor his research plans to fit the preconceived ideas of the committee or find himself without funds. Moreover, in the Science Game as in the Art Game there is much insincerity and a frenzied quest for status that sparks endless puerile arguments over priority of publication. The game is played not so much for knowledge as to bolster the scientist’s ego.”.
That is not to say, all science is about that and it is what science ought to be. But in reality it largely is! And without funding you can’t do anything and science is largely funded from private sector, because from taxes went like 1.41% couple years in past...
Sorry I prob. talk to much, because I see everything from everything ad infinitum… I used to get like 20 ideas from every other thing and from that another 20, before I was depressed and chronic pain...
Seems so: https://aeon.co/essays/why-humans-find-it-so-hard-to-let-go-of-false-beliefs
I Am probably so rational, because I have ASD, people with ASD don’t include emotions into their reasoning: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4532317/#:~:text=In%20typical%20individuals%2C%20alexithymia%20was,fear%2C%20disgust%2C%20and%20anger. And I Am great in logic!!! I have aphantasia—meaning no imagination. Even if I understand some logic perfectly—I couldn’t make you an exercise for it! And I can’t give any examples almost, as next to 0 imagination! That’s also maybe why I Am so rational: https://iai.tv/articles/why-humans-are-the-most-irrational-animals-auid-1239&utm_source=reddit&_auid=2020 But I Am somehow very creative—because ADHD? And I have overexcitabilities and I Am very emotional & sensitive person! Emotions are tied to creativity! I get excited easily, but also bored easily!
Also I have bad memory, so I forget things and have to constantly reinvent them and revise them from 0. But I Am very logical-critical-rational! This is so interesting I saw some guy, which has it same and his almost exactly the way I Am except ASD and ADHD! So interesting!
I also didn’t know anything until my 21 and just played games, then I read like 1 million articles in a year about “Free Will”. I always try yo take everything from 0 and I have ADHD so I see it from all perspectives. I also revise my views, even if I Am wrong, I will learn so much from that! Being wrong is as important for learning as being right! So you see something doesn’t work and get information from that! Who tries to be only right, doesn’t really learn why and something is bad and why something is good!
We don’t know anything for sure except: “I think therefore I Am” Even that maybe, what if I Am dead and alive at the same time—QM (even isn’t this only analogy?, no idea if this can be extended to human death!) unless I saw all permutations of everything how could I know? And even most brilliant people who ever lived succumbed to logical fallacies, or said total nonsense… E.g. anecdote: what Musk said about Covid… Even most brilliant people have so much to learn. Unless you read every book that exist and know everything from every perspective, you still may know nothing… Even most brialliant people know 0.00000000...1% Stephen Hawking said: he can’t even keep up with new studies in his area…
I like this statement: “that those of us too dazed by the job of living to exert an extra mental effort”. As bias is defined as cognitive shortcuts, you can really never think too much… I experience most profound existential boredom and I live quiet life doing nothing whole day, but analyzing everything and reflecting about everything… Problem is you need to slow down and enjoy something, otherwise it is harmful to intelligence I found! And today time life is too quick, nevertheless I don’t have words for people, which get news only from facebook...
TBH even I (I probably one of most rational people in the world, it would take long to explain) noticed that sometimes I let maybe creep bias in tangential judgements (especially if I Am low on energy, wonder if I could affect me in future, if idea gets anchored). But I don’t base my reasoning on them. It is like an idea, which needs to be investigated and I have OCD about every permutation honestly… I have even OCD about being criticized by other people in hypotheticals, not even kidding...
Here my system how I judge knowledge:
logical conclusion based on axioms
axiom
logical conclusions based on empirical evidence
empirically verified observations/facts (mostly inductive!) 1. with large consensus in scientific community like: Evolution
theory (1. theory tested by an experiment, but isn’t fully accepted in scientific circles—depends, 2. number of citations and journal impact factor, 3. is not tested by an experiment yet)
hypothesis
assumption
intuition
idea
I don’t know shit so I don’t have an opinion yet (random thoughts) - I don’t understand why some people have strong opinions, if they don’t know anything about something… Simply don’t talk, if you don’t know, but ask, or study it...
assumption of materialism etc.
I usually start from 0 and I leave things open and revise my opinions all the time...
So one has to be aware of structure on which he base his arguments and precision of which things can be known (which is very difficult admittedly). Even scientists can be uncritical naturally, because their work is based on assumptions and verified inductively most of the time! https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/is-the-inflationary-universe-a-scientific-theory-not-anymore-905615723b0f
Or scientists’ unabillity to understand Philosophy, although I suspect: they rather don’t know anything about it given opulent opinions. As people which are very intelligent (which know a lot) may think they know even about things outside of their area! https://qz.com/627989/why-are-so-many-smart-people-such-idiots-about-philosophy/
Smart people constantly question everything, because they realize how much they don’t know! So you should always question yourself, also heavy criticism is excellent. You learn so much from being criticized, as self-reflection/analysis is difficult—even for experts! Unfortunately that is one thing which is banned, criticize anything bam you are banned, can’t even open bank account, or have job...
Like in academia e.g. a student claims that there are differences between men and women and commission investigates that, what the hell? Even she wasn’t kicked, fact that they investigating academic freedom of speech… Or conservative professors has to have security detail to lecture and this is not even new: https://www.wizbangblog.com/2009/04/18/conservative-speakers-need-body-guards-when-speaking-on-college-campuses/
Lefties are arguably even more aggressive and likely to commit a crime… It is because rich want destroy difference between genders, because they invested a lot of money in transgender clinics, transformation cost even $150 000 for one person… https://readingjunkie.com/2021/07/09/big-pharma-deploys-brown-shirts-to-protect-the-trans-industrial-complex/
I also recommend: https://fabiusmaximus.com/ an excellent site, where economists and rather known people write, certainly no no names. And cite many scientific studies for their claims!
We live absolutely under totalitarianism and corporatocracy already and when china will become superpower, it will be even more grim! Did you check last news? Their economy increased about 8%… Also corporations want to create their own municipal goverment, it was only postponed because covid, but in december 21, they will consider it in congress!
Even governer said: it has to be studied first, so it is not realistic couple years yet—thank god! And corporations will want to push this through! Which would unadulterated post-apocalyptic world in its truest form… https://www.marketwatch.com/story/in-nevada-desert-blockchains-llc-aims-to-be-its-own-municipal-government-01613252864
Big corporations like coca cola speak into prepared legislations etc.
And there is also elitism in scientific circles, which doesn’t help. https://bigthink.com/culture-religion/inequality-mathematics
Do you know what is funny, I stated on (scientificforums.net) that science is largely social endeavor and what is true is determined mostly by what is accepted at the top in scientific circles. But I got instantly flamed from elitists there! Science is largely social endeavor, because scientists are people like any else!
De Ropp: describes as the pursuit of “knowledge,” and then outlines many of the ways that this game as well is often corrupted, muddied and tainted (by players whom De Ropp sounds intimately familiar with). Says De Ropp, “Much of it is mere jugglery, a tiresome ringing of changes on a few basic themes by investigators who are little more than technicians with higher degrees . . . Anything truly original tends to be excluded by that formidable array of committees that stands between the scientist and the money he needs for research. He must either tailor his research plans to fit the preconceived ideas of the committee or find himself without funds. Moreover, in the Science Game as in the Art Game there is much insincerity and a frenzied quest for status that sparks endless puerile arguments over priority of publication. The game is played not so much for knowledge as to bolster the scientist’s ego.”.
E.g. if you don’t have rep. you won’t get publicized in prominent journals, no matter what are your arguments, because again people decide at the end based on emotions… https://bigthink.com/experts-corner/decisions-are-emotional-not-logical-the-neuroscience-behind-decision-making
That is not to say, all science is about that and it is what science ought to be. But in reality it largely is! And without funding you can’t do anything and science is largely funded from private sector, because from taxes went like 1.41% couple years in past...
Sorry I prob. talk to much, because I see everything from everything ad infinitum… I used to get like 20 ideas from every other thing and from that another 20, before I was depressed and chronic pain...