If your worldview is truly up for grabs, I suggest that you investigate the full range of worldviews on offer, including the “dark side” or “left-hand path” philosophies of the Sith, the Satanists, the Nietzscheans and other irrationalist paths of power. You can get a good historical overview of “dark side” belief systems by reading “Lords of the Left-Hand Path”, which should be quite a revelation to you as a life-long Christian. Whatever you do, do not limit yourself to the light side or right-hand paths of wretched moralism, collectivism, rationalism and legacy Judeo-Christianity, because I think you will find that in our dark universe, the Dark Side is stronger than the Light Side, irrationality is more powerful than rationality, the individual is more important than the collective, and “evil” always wins!
UPDATE: More downvotes please! I feed on negative points like Darth Nihilus feeds on the Force!
One of Nietzsche’s finest contributions was the demonstration that one can reject the moral presuppositions of Judeo-Christian society out of good taste, rather than merely acting like a cartoon villain. You, on the other hand, are playing a “evil” role poorly written by that society, and hamming it up at that.
To put it more succinctly: Nietzsche didn’t advocate playing Chaotic Evil instead of playing Lawful Good; he advocated rejecting the alignment system as ridiculous, and pursuing more genuine values. Don’t bring him into your LARPing.
In the sense that rationality is just a technology; the will or “utility function” which directs it is the seat of power, and it is non-rational. This is why rational debates of the kind favored here tend to be shallow and rather impotent. The ability to manipulate the non-rational mind is where the real power lies, as anyone who works in advertising or political propaganda will tell you.
Right, LW seeks to make rationality the absolute mental fuhrer by subjugating all other psychological imperatives to its dictates. I’m challenging this basic assumption, but since my challenge is non-rational, it seems we are at an impasse. I guess I’ll see you on the battlefield :)
If your worldview is truly up for grabs, I suggest that you investigate the full range of worldviews on offer, including the “dark side” or “left-hand path” philosophies of the Sith, the Satanists, the Nietzscheans and other irrationalist paths of power. You can get a good historical overview of “dark side” belief systems by reading “Lords of the Left-Hand Path”, which should be quite a revelation to you as a life-long Christian. Whatever you do, do not limit yourself to the light side or right-hand paths of wretched moralism, collectivism, rationalism and legacy Judeo-Christianity, because I think you will find that in our dark universe, the Dark Side is stronger than the Light Side, irrationality is more powerful than rationality, the individual is more important than the collective, and “evil” always wins!
UPDATE: More downvotes please! I feed on negative points like Darth Nihilus feeds on the Force!
One of Nietzsche’s finest contributions was the demonstration that one can reject the moral presuppositions of Judeo-Christian society out of good taste, rather than merely acting like a cartoon villain. You, on the other hand, are playing a “evil” role poorly written by that society, and hamming it up at that.
To put it more succinctly: Nietzsche didn’t advocate playing Chaotic Evil instead of playing Lawful Good; he advocated rejecting the alignment system as ridiculous, and pursuing more genuine values. Don’t bring him into your LARPing.
That doesn’t sound appealing at all. I’d rather eat dirt.
Eating dirt is more appealing to you than seeking personal power? Perhaps you need to rethink your worldview from the ground up...
“I have studied you, and found nothing but weakness.” --Darth Sion
Sounds like an example of fake selfishness. If “evil” always wins, why do you warn us against being naïve? Not much “evil” from you.
Update:
Is it an admission that you are a troll?
We might need to send a p-zombie to defeat this one! ;) Hey, I bet Jedi Exile was one.
(But yeah, downvoted.)
More powerful in what sense?
In the sense that rationality is just a technology; the will or “utility function” which directs it is the seat of power, and it is non-rational. This is why rational debates of the kind favored here tend to be shallow and rather impotent. The ability to manipulate the non-rational mind is where the real power lies, as anyone who works in advertising or political propaganda will tell you.
You’ll notice that a lot of LW is focused on working with and understanding the parts of your mind that are not clearly and obviously rational.
Right, LW seeks to make rationality the absolute mental fuhrer by subjugating all other psychological imperatives to its dictates. I’m challenging this basic assumption, but since my challenge is non-rational, it seems we are at an impasse. I guess I’ll see you on the battlefield :)