In the Milgram experiment, subjects were asked to administer increasing shocks to another unseen subject if they answered a series of questions incorrectly. 65% continued to do so because a man in a lab-coat asked them to do it, and the subjects accepted their imagined authority just based on the lab-coat. 20% did so out … Continue reading 45% Drones
Category: Reasoning
Conflict: A Life Nearly Wasted on Dualism – Introduction
Introduction. Conflict – A Life Nearly Wasted on Dualism, Available on Amazon as E-book and paperback. “One of the curses of modern man is that most people suffer from this divided personality. It is by no means a pathological symptom. It is a normal fact, that can be observed at any time and anywhere.” That … Continue reading Conflict: A Life Nearly Wasted on Dualism – Introduction
The Critical Faculty
The brain can be tricked by an information overload or something very odd or off-the-wall. Humor is a way to allow the first defense down. It starts a habit of acceptance of ridiculous knowledge. Bypassing the dominant hemisphere’s rational judgment (“critical factor”)Since the conscious mind is not even aware of the messages being sent, conscious … Continue reading The Critical Faculty
What is Fascism
The true meaning of Fascism comes from Roman times. The Fasci was a bundle of wooden canes around an axe. When 'nobles' were carried around Rome on their raised platforms, their bodyguards used to carry them. If the noble was shown no respect when they passed plebs on the streets and roads, their guards would … Continue reading What is Fascism
Monism: As Connecting Religion and Science – Ernst Haeckel
"The purpose of this candid confession of monistic faith is twofold. First, it is my desire to give expression to that rational view of the world which is being forced upon us * with such logical rigor by the modern advancements in our knowledge of nature as a unity, a view in reality held by … Continue reading Monism: As Connecting Religion and Science – Ernst Haeckel
What “I am”
What "I am" couldn't develop over time. It couldn't coalesce or become more or less over time. It couldn't learn or degenerate over time. It couldn't gain a name at a time, and then have an identity over time. What I am "is" rather than "was" or "will" be. What "I am" observes all of … Continue reading What “I am”
Conflict
You've got to mistrust a system that solves problems by conflict, entertains with conflict, and educates in conflict.
Stoic
"The reason why we have two ears and one mouth is that we may listen more and talk less" - Zeno, founder of Stoicism For the Stoics, the cosmos is a living, intelligent Being (God) whose essence is Reason. Reason guides everything in the cosmos, and the goal of human existence is to act in … Continue reading Stoic
Plotinus
Why is each of us obsessed with the outsides and objects of reality...
The Feigenbaum Constant – Thought Branches
The video will introduce you to a mathematical prime constant and also a reflection of true reasoning. The simplest layer is the two-fold branch. We as individuals have to wait for this prime dual branch of thought to pass, before our minds can make enough iterations to determine a more balanced foundation for reasoning. This … Continue reading The Feigenbaum Constant – Thought Branches
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