Sunday, January 26, 2020

Abstracts vs Actualities: Introduction

""The Floating Intellect - a mechanical behemoth disconnected from the ground of objectivity."" -Montalk.net

Introduction


Readers of this particular blog know I don't mess around. There's no time for easily-misconstrued bullshit. The world is already rife with that. There are an infinite number of shallow resources that leave more questions asked than they answer. Not only do I submit that a return to rationality is required, but an extreme one at that. Centuries of bullshit have poisoned the minds of everyone. Contradiction is heralded as explanation, with no second thought. Hell, there's not even a first thought, and that's the problem. Even in grade school, I always argued that critical thinking is just thinking. People just have low standards for thinking in the first place, so anything outside of their comfort zone is labeled "critical".

That should show you how poor of a starting point we often give ourselves. An immediately self-imposed limit. "Stepping on your own dick", as the brash Dan Pena would say. No matter; we need to get rational (use non-contradictory definitions and explanations) regarding some basic stuff, so that we can make use of it. So it can have efficacy for us. We need to smash the philosophical pinta wide open and examine things in uncomfortable - and hyper rational - detail.

Thus, this series, or folder, or subsection of articles will be dedicated to the blunt, rational attack on supposed commonly-accepted-as-fact assertions. Abstracts vs Actualities will dive uncomfortably deep into the ways we humans sleepwalk through our own definitions, often in contradictory fashion, and how this has a subtle, but massive impact on our behavior, and thus results in life. I've yet to come across a particular resource that unites philosophy, psychology, and physics in this manner. It's my goal to show you that in "reality", there's a thin, thin line between what we think we're doing, and what we're actually doing. Returning to rational thinking will make all of this crystal clear, because your thinking will be clear. There will be no room for doubt or anxiety because you'll "see" how contradiction was holding you back, usually in areas you were previously "unconscious" (unaware) of.

Thus, a return to rationality is a return to conscious awareness of "what in the fuck is actually going on".

Part 2 is being edited now and will be up in the coming days.

Until then,

Stay rational, stay sane.

-Loaded Shaman

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