Fallen angel, answering my own questions
Here and now, I must insist that you summon the full extent and force of your self-control. Because yes, I have much to say on the subject. This is a fair warning and call to action to all critical thinkers. Given that you have not thrown whatever device you read this on across your study, [...]
Acquiescence Bias is the human (social) propensity to portray a positive or agreeable overtone when questioned or queried (or vice versa - disagreement). Psychologists refer to it as "yah-saying" and define it as the tendency to agree with a statement when in doubt. If someone is unsure of the answer, they will often agree rather [...]
I wrote stupidity and evil in 2011. I have reworked it here for the benefit of this website. For the most part, humans accept the dichotomy between good and evil. Popular depictions of this duality place its parties in a sort of perpetual battle, a ground whence the reasons for important events comes. Good and [...]
Epistemology is one of those fancy ideas more people should understand. And I mean this, countless notions could change the world if only the world paid closer attention to them. The anti-luck intuition is one of those notions. And the phrase itself is elegant; it appears to mean something significant or to belong to a [...]
You might find a title such as "The Devil's War on Tiktok's Hypocrisy" a bit frivolous. And you'd be correct in doing so. And this title comes across as an attempt at levity because you know TikTok, and most of social media, for that matter, is more sinister than anything the Devil has ever done. [...]
As I continue my admittedly new exploration of the crypto world, I constantly run into arguments against NFTs, either as a terrible investment choice or a negative influence on society. The Devil's New York NFT I should clarify that the intention of this piece isn't to show all the valid arguments against the NFT community [...]
In an article published on upi.com titled Retired Pope Benedict XVI asks 'forgiveness' over handling of past sex abuse cases. The retired pontiff appears to show remorse for his handling of child sex abuse cases during the 1970s and '80s. Pope Benedict XVI And I say he appears to show remorse because there is no [...]
Saturday, January 29, 2022. 50 minutes past 7:00 pm "I din't want to appear needy," she said when I told her I was glad she'd call. And the games people play with themselves, the lies they tell each other to cover their insecurities are topics of conversation in this phone call. But the actual reasons [...]
The reason for Devil's journal is an exercise in intellectual humility. Moreover, it's an endeavour of honesty in which the author and other contributors tell real-life stories creatively. The project stipulates three essential preoccupations that cannot be betrayed. One, to make the anecdotes shared here colourful and exciting without deviating from the truth. Two, the [...]
Contemplating lies appears a human predilection, especially when those lies come from ideas they want to be true. I am not pointing to contemplation as meditation but in the sense of entertaining the evident falsehoods behind a statement. And when I say that I'm contemplating TikTok's lies, I mean a clear falsehood behind a public [...]