Author: the philosopher king

we had five chicks growing up on a ledge outside our front door. it happens every year. they’re so cute and the parents were so attentive. they decided to try to leave the nest today. they flew around for a while but didn’t want to leave. mom kept bringing them bugs. i think one of them was unprepared. it hit the ground and — i think — broke its face. i wrapped it in a towel and let it rest in peace. the other 4 seem to back in the nest for the night. i hope they all make it tomorrow. 

if a bailout is required by the taxpayers, a tax should be imposed on the investors and on the bank. this tax should be applied back to the investors who did not lose everything but they should lose something. in other words, bankers and investors should not get rich on bailouts. they should lose in bailouts equally. the share, the burden, should be distributed equally among the taxpayers and the investors/bankers, in a graduated, progressive fashion. those who have the most to lose should lose the most. those who have the least to lose, should lose the least. 

i get distracted somewhat easily but i’m not sure it’s because of the traditional ADHD excuse that many people use. i think i have trouble editing myself. i have too many ideas, too many projects, and lists that stretch on forever that i can’t seem to edit effectively. it sucks. i need to work on this in particular. i need to evaluate "good ideas" and toss away the "bad ideas." but more importantly, i need to quantify and qualify my life goals — and stick to them. in other words, goals about goals. 

the two most important concepts in critical thinking are context and validation. you must know where you are and what situation you are in. without that knowledge, you cannot make assumptions or generalizations that your ideas are correct. secondly, you must validate all assumptions because assumptions are almost always wrong. 

as i understand the thesis of money, the book, the only way to make lots of money is to exploit flaws in the system. so like all billionaires and lance armstrong, cheat cheat cheat cheat cheat, lie lie lie lie lie, steal steal steal steal steal!!!

correction to my previous thought. that was the mechanism for the endogenous image of god. now on to the flow brain. kahnemann says there are two brains, the fast brain and the slow brain. what if there are more? more minds, i mean? what about the brain that handles flows of creative thought? i propose at least a third brain. the flow brain. 

i’ve always known so. but what is the mechanism underlying the belief in a supernatural being in most humans? indoctrination, clearly. but why do they continue to believe after nothing proves out? the human brains. plural. he consciousness we experience is simply one brain. but there are many. the physical brain is divided into multiple distinct processing units which barely communicate. the gut. the microbiome. only some of these can "we" communicate with directly, and even fewer of these can "we" control. it’s simple evolution. since we were not designed, we evolved to survive. this evolution gave us many mechanisms for survival, and one of them turned out to be the disconnection of our many intelligences. we survive because we cannot turn off our hearts at will. 

you know a system is easy to manipulate it when it becomes a game. pattern #276: get the highest credit limit you can on a credit card. keep the balance at 0. buy a pack of gum on it once a month. set up an automatic payment (or remember!) and pay it back down to zero every month. 

saw dan today at a meet and greet. fuck you dan. you’re still a bully. hope you enjoy the syphilis your wife gave you. 

sorry, happy people. some days are bad. also, you’re fucking liars.