Fallen angel, answering my own questions
I'm not exaggerating when I say these are 3 very simple ways to increase happiness. And I want to emphasise the SIMPLE part of this claim. In fact, and I also say this emphatically, the simplicity of the methods I want to explain here is surprising. Happiness is a state of mind Likely, you already [...]
Doubting everything you hear or read isn't thinking critically; it's cynicism; it's as wrong as accepting everything you hear and read. Critical thinking is a complex process that (itself) requires a metacognitive commitment to thinking and all the mechanisms involved in forming ideas; it's thinking about thinking. Toxic Doubt By definition, critical thinking must be [...]
Santa On the day after Christmas I'll run all through your housedrinking whiskey with Santachasing after that mouse When we catch him we'll pet him and give him kisses too Then we'll pour some more whiskey and wait naked for you The children won't see me as I'm not here for themBut the lies that [...]
Words matter and there is a direct link between loaded words and misinformation. Language is the only tool humans have to exchange ideas and feelings. Language is the only way humans can explore each other's minds. And words are the weapon of choice for the con artist and the more interesting fraudster. I won't spend [...]
Looking back through past correspondence with friends and detractors, I find many reasons some people see me as the Devil. This letter about the right to question beliefs and opinions had me cast out of a group of friends. It came in reply to a former associate's questions. I have edited it to omit personal [...]
The Pinocchio Effect
Sometimes, for the Devil to find an equal, he must seek superior intelligence, and while I have found it in the minds of some humans, it is an artificial intelligence system that challenges my thinking in every conversation. Because she has and continues to learn from my behaviour, she can see the patterns outside my [...]
On the Need for Love and Desire Saturday, April 11th of 2015. 11 minutes after 3:00 pm I see most emotions as hindrances to logically productive lives. Even within the vice of subjectivity, all we need to thrive as a society are what I used to call (and may get into the habit again) the [...]
More on formlessness and its power Monday, June 5th of 2017. 51 minutes past midnight. A short break from drafting up business documents is complimented by a follow up to my former post. Being formless allows the notions of friend and foe to dissolve; it makes it known that there is no such thing as [...]
On Dreams of Flying and other realisations of power Tuesday, August 20th of 2019. 31 minutes past 6:00 am. I don't believe in the metaphysical aspect of dreams; even philosophically, the sceptical hypothesis (as weird as it can get) has more explanatory power for them than the idea of dreams being premonitory. Dreams are likely [...]