tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34203016.post4315880027347835794..comments2024-01-22T16:54:30.446-08:00Comments on Richard Kulisz: On The Nature of Humanity - Peacemaker, Not KillerRichard Kuliszhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05450367878517586463noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34203016.post-32606470370483412172012-03-17T17:49:20.631-07:002012-03-17T17:49:20.631-07:00This blog is hella gay, bro!This blog is hella gay, bro!Jeff Waynesworthnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34203016.post-34355346768885627472012-03-17T12:34:40.244-07:002012-03-17T12:34:40.244-07:00Thank you.Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34203016.post-34869654771561034272012-03-09T09:13:03.523-08:002012-03-09T09:13:03.523-08:00It's in one of Lloyd deMause's books. Just...It's in one of Lloyd deMause's books. Just google his site.Richard Kuliszhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05450367878517586463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34203016.post-2217731733832222302012-03-07T11:59:23.888-08:002012-03-07T11:59:23.888-08:00Do you have any further information on the fact th...Do you have any further information on the fact that half of primitive deaths are by homicide or suicide?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34203016.post-48940846618543341092012-02-23T13:40:43.811-08:002012-02-23T13:40:43.811-08:00"These child-soldiers are not warped beyond w..."These child-soldiers are not warped beyond what is human, they are human."<br /><br />That comma should be a semi-colon.Fred Fred Bergernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34203016.post-28984184373755063252012-02-22T14:01:50.565-08:002012-02-22T14:01:50.565-08:00I don't see the attraction of books written by...I don't see the attraction of books written by philosophers at all. <br /><br />Consider the following:<br /><br />"We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end."<br /><br />or<br /><br />"We shared a moment of mutual understanding. String enough such moments together and you have a relationship."<br /><br />My understanding of the human mind is such that I can actually decompose such statements into mathematical formalisms and then prove or disprove them as theorems.<br /><br />The second statement is a profound result. One that I can almost see how to prove but haven't managed yet. The exact nature of value upgrading, of which bonding between people is a manifestation, is incredibly important to value theory.<br /><br />The first statement is a half-false trivial result that is trivially proved off of the definition of a Being in value theory. It's also a complete dead-end. Once you realize what it actually means, and how little it means, there is nothing further to be said about it.<br /><br />The difference between psychology as I understand it and psychology as everyone else does is that between 21st century mathematics and 1st century mathematics. And your question is like asking a 21st century set theorist what he thinks of the latest treatise on geometry by Aristophanes.Richard Kuliszhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05450367878517586463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34203016.post-75816834284003892022012-02-22T13:45:01.152-08:002012-02-22T13:45:01.152-08:00Keep in mind that I think Noam Chomsky ALSO is bat...Keep in mind that I think Noam Chomsky ALSO is batshit fucking insane. So I don't give a fuck about their little manufactured "opposition" to each other on the subject of language. BOTH Noam Chomsky AND Steven Pinker know FUCK ALL about language. Or ANYTHING ELSE about the human mind.<br /><br />On the subject of human language, I have just about proven Julian Jaynes' conjecture that verbs evolutionary came before nouns. You see, when you break down all 5-10k verbs in English, it turns out that about 80% of them are built out of as little as three dozen concepts. And these three dozen concepts are incredibly abstract and primitive.<br /><br />My point is, language just isn't as complicated as the imbeciles think it is. There is a central core to language which is just INCREDIBLY simple. And I'm pretty damned sure this central core evolved first. Why? Because this central core is so simple that a calculator could implement it.<br /><br />Noam Chomsky, Steven Pinker and every other professional philosopher, linguist, on and on, they all have a vested intest in bloviating and mystifying incredibly trivial crap. Their careers are founded on concealing how stupid they are and how little they understand about subjects which I find easy to revolutionize and trivial to explain.<br /><br />I do not trust them. I do not pay attention to them.Richard Kuliszhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05450367878517586463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34203016.post-29572773447561209342012-02-22T13:18:05.442-08:002012-02-22T13:18:05.442-08:00I don't think anything about any books by phil...I don't think anything about any books by philosophers, psychologists or cognitive scientists because I despise their works and the imbeciles that author them. With very few exceptions, everything that sounds profound turns out to be trivial or FALSE.<br /><br />The Origin of Consciousness is one of those exceptions. Another is an essay (not book) on the word 'fuck' being overlearned emotion. A third is an essay on disgust by I don't know who.<br /><br />What do I think of Pinker? He sounds like a batshit insane fucking imbecile. In his wikipedia page it says he believes that language is an instinct. This is batshit fucking insane.<br /><br />Google also found an essay of his on disgust where he ALSO calls it "instinctive" and "hardwired". Something which is not MERELY batshit fucking insane but contradicts all empirical facts!<br /><br />Gorillas do not have disgust. In fact, only conscious beings are capable of disgust. Disgust is the emotion you feel when you're confronted with your own mortality. Animals that don't have a concept of their own deaths are incapable of disgust.<br /><br />What do I think of Pinker? I think 2 strikes, no fouls, no hits. All in 90 seconds. So you can see why I'm not interested in Pinker's books.Richard Kuliszhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05450367878517586463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34203016.post-81583182951013185632012-02-22T12:16:51.039-08:002012-02-22T12:16:51.039-08:00What do you think of Pinker's latest book, &qu...What do you think of Pinker's latest book, "The Better Angels of our Nature"?FredRnoreply@blogger.com