“How is someone supposed to be skeptical about their ideas, yet have the full confidence to commit to them?”
Category: Essay
The Voice Inside Your Head
There’s a voice inside your head. It’s always talking. You hear it.
It lies.
Autonomy
Autonomy?…Are you the main character?…Predictable Life…Want Autonomy…Orders…Hierarchies…Voluntary everything…
There Somewhere
We’re always going somewhere…
Abstractions
A simple version of abstractions:
Atoms -> Molecules -> Cells -> Trees -> Forests
You want to be able to think(process) in multiple levels of abstractions.
Yet It May Still Be False
…yet it may still be false.
More Rational
People sometimes act rationally;
People rarely think rational;
People don’t meta-reason, at all.
Clear Thinking
We don’t think clearly…Clear thinkers are functionally more intelligent…What clear thinking looks like.
On Justice
What’s fair?…Justice is the middle ground…Injustice leads to conflict…Justice is moral sentiment across society.
Complete Free Will
True free will is ownership.