The Human:
A machine programmed to satisfy biological drives. There is a spiritual self buried in that mess somewhere, but few have the character to even self-examine.
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- Tue Nov 16, 2010 1:18 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Sentencing the Human Race
- Replies: 108
- Views: 34053
- Sun Nov 14, 2010 10:00 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: The Evil of Charm
- Replies: 83
- Views: 33547
Re: The Evil of Charm
Saint, "Charm" is a neutral attribute. Charm is neutral in the abstract, but human nature is far from neutral. A large percentage of humanity's use of charm is unconscious, and unconscious behavior tends to be misused and abused by nature. There seems to be only a very small percentage of ...
- Mon Nov 08, 2010 2:27 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: The Evil of Charm
- Replies: 83
- Views: 33547
Re: The Evil of Charm
Facade, People can only behave rationally in accordance with some subjective standard. Yes, I agree. Our subjective values guide behaviour to some extent. Fact is, we've all got limbic systems with genetically-programmed sensitivities, as well as cerebral cortices which play the role of satisfying o...
- Sun Nov 07, 2010 5:19 am
- Forum: Help Desk
- Topic: Update on Beck, Palin, and the people who love them
- Replies: 15
- Views: 13483
Re: Update on Beck, Palin, and the people who love them
Sarah Palin's latest victory video talks about how shes a "renegade gone rogue"......Its just embarrassing how there is no screening for politicians at all, You should at least have to pass a basic intelligence test to run for politics. If Palin runs in 2010, and wins, it will be a new low...
- Tue Nov 02, 2010 7:52 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: The Evil of Charm
- Replies: 83
- Views: 33547
Re: The Evil of Charm
CB, Again, Loki's approach is superior. It takes more effort, but it seems in most cases, it would be effort well spent, certainly more often than not. Loki's approach is only superior if one is trying to stay amicable with inferior people. The truth is never charming, it is often times perceived as...
- Tue Nov 02, 2010 1:08 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: The Evil of Charm
- Replies: 83
- Views: 33547
Re: The Evil of Charm
Façade, So what you're saying is, if I find a woman attractive, I should walk up to her and say I want to fuck her instead of trying to court her? No, the fact is that people simply cannot be blunt about their intentions in realistic social interactions because that is counterproductive. And while i...
- Sun Oct 31, 2010 8:45 am
- Forum: Help Desk
- Topic: Underrated Scientists/Philosophers.
- Replies: 126
- Views: 75464
Re: Underrated Scientists/Philosophers.
CB, Well, aren't you the compassionate one, constantly pushing for humanity to become their highest self.... Btw, I believe one can perform a task or function within society without constantly needing escapism. Part of the problem is the long hours employers require, and the other problem is people ...
- Sat Oct 30, 2010 6:22 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: The Evil of Charm
- Replies: 83
- Views: 33547
Re: The Evil of Charm
Leyla, You do realise that the ego (neuroses/psychoses) is born from the internal conflict between Id ("drive") and Superego ("morality"), no? You and I have had this debate before about Freud, and I disagree with his divisions here. You do not need three divisions. I would only ...
- Sat Oct 30, 2010 6:07 pm
- Forum: Help Desk
- Topic: Underrated Scientists/Philosophers.
- Replies: 126
- Views: 75464
Re: Underrated Scientists/Philosophers.
CB, You seem to think a large amount of people's energy goes into constructing some elaborate afterlife scenario. Do you do that? I don't. No, but many do. However, I wouldn't call it elaborate. Human fantasy is actually quite over simplistic and cartoon like. And afterlife beliefs are similar, not ...
- Sat Oct 30, 2010 10:33 am
- Forum: Help Desk
- Topic: Underrated Scientists/Philosophers.
- Replies: 126
- Views: 75464
Re: Underrated Scientists/Philosophers.
CB, Unlike the Jews. They all talk about god but get pretty tight-lipped on the subject of an afterlife. That's because their lives center around achieving the higher financial status here and now in this world. Is that what you are saying? There can be many reasons why someone will cling to delusio...
- Sat Oct 30, 2010 7:40 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: The Evil of Charm
- Replies: 83
- Views: 33547
Re: The Evil of Charm
MM,
But why do you have to boost anyone's ego at all? What is in it for you and what is in it for them? And is the reward for activity good or evil. Think about that.The Charm I use is intended to boost ego's not degrade them,
- Fri Oct 29, 2010 11:39 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: The Evil of Charm
- Replies: 83
- Views: 33547
Re: The Evil of Charm
Carmel, It can arise spontaneously, such as is seen in the playful, innocent charm of children. Often times the charm of children is not so innocent and spontaneous. Children are rewarded for being charming by getting the object of their desires. Children are often encouraged to perform for adults a...
- Fri Oct 29, 2010 9:03 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: The Evil of Charm
- Replies: 83
- Views: 33547
Re: The Evil of Charm
Facade, Being charming is desirable because it is an efficient way to modify one's environment in positive ways. What it comes down to is that everyone is a manipulator, however aware they are of the fact. It's part of being a social animal. Practically all interpersonal interactions either are in t...
- Fri Oct 29, 2010 9:31 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: The Evil of Charm
- Replies: 83
- Views: 33547
Re: The Evil of Charm
the subject of charm hits a nerve with most people, and for good reason. Prince actually makes quite a bit of sense with his short comments. Charm is a survival adaptation, it is an abuse of the intellect that the individual uses to maximize their chances of survival. It is one of the leading driver...
- Tue Oct 26, 2010 1:20 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: The Evil of Charm
- Replies: 83
- Views: 33547
The Evil of Charm
Google defines charm as an attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates another. That is a good way of begin to think about it. Both genders who have the mental ability will often use charm in their daily lives to control other people for their own self interest. This can be especially obs...
- Tue Oct 26, 2010 12:47 am
- Forum: Help Desk
- Topic: Underrated Scientists/Philosophers.
- Replies: 126
- Views: 75464
Re: Underrated Scientists/Philosophers.
Loki, I wouldn't consider myself very wise. You seem to be confusing what wisdom means at its core. It means that you discover state of mind that is not dramatically effected by causal conditions. Meaning, if a war breaks out in your country, or the government destroys its own currency, or even wors...
- Fri Oct 22, 2010 10:26 am
- Forum: Help Desk
- Topic: Underrated Scientists/Philosophers.
- Replies: 126
- Views: 75464
Re: Underrated Scientists/Philosophers.
Carmel, He obviously understood these ideas, but he went far beyond this, philosophically speaking. The foundation philosophy presented by GF exposes humanity to some of the deepest ideas imaginable, philosophically speaking. Einstein was more a physicist than a philosopher. He did most of his work ...
- Fri Oct 22, 2010 7:43 am
- Forum: Help Desk
- Topic: Underrated Scientists/Philosophers.
- Replies: 126
- Views: 75464
Re: Underrated Scientists/Philosophers.
I tend to agree with David on this one. If Einstein was supremely wise, he wouldn't have been haunted by his role in the creation of the atomic bomb, he merely would have accepted it as a inevitable effect of the coming together of causal forces. Basically, his response wouldn't have been so emotion...
- Thu Oct 21, 2010 11:34 pm
- Forum: Help Desk
- Topic: Underrated Scientists/Philosophers.
- Replies: 126
- Views: 75464
Re: Underrated Scientists/Philosophers.
Edmund Husserl might be worth mentioning, even if only based on how his work inspired many other European philosophers, independently of what is correct or not. Here are some interesting quotes from Wikipedia: Husserl made some key conceptual elaborations which led him to assert that in order to stu...
- Wed Oct 20, 2010 11:29 pm
- Forum: Help Desk
- Topic: Underrated Scientists/Philosophers.
- Replies: 126
- Views: 75464
Re: Underrated Scientists/Philosophers.
Nick, Well it certainly wouldn't hurt to add those things to the school's curriculum would it? okay, I will agree with you that adding wisdom based curriculum to public schools would probably produce a higher percentage of intellectuals, but only those ones who were borderline, as far as mental capa...
- Wed Oct 20, 2010 12:54 am
- Forum: Help Desk
- Topic: Underrated Scientists/Philosophers.
- Replies: 126
- Views: 75464
Re: Underrated Scientists/Philosophers.
Kelly, Or a beginner-philosopher, perhaps. From what I read, he was one of the first scientists to run studies on populations to find out whether intelligence is hereditary from family gene pools, and whether certain communities/races are less likely to be intellectuals. He was basically a biologist...
- Sun Oct 17, 2010 6:31 am
- Forum: Help Desk
- Topic: Underrated Scientists/Philosophers.
- Replies: 126
- Views: 75464
Re: Underrated Scientists/Philosophers.
Kelly, Wisdom isn't the measure of sanity for you? yes, wisdom or sanity of mind should be the primary foundation, but what I was implying is that one can have secondary priorities that overlap on top of wisdom such as invention or scientific achievement. You are probably correct in your assessment ...
- Sat Oct 16, 2010 4:58 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Newbie Questions
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2283
Re: Newbie Questions
Patrick, Interesting post. Just to comment, this forum is dedicated to perfecting ones reasoning skills, while ridding the mind of emotionally and egotistical rooted delusions and other psychological habits that distort thinking, and cause suffering. And you will see that there are certain logical t...
- Sat Oct 16, 2010 4:39 am
- Forum: Help Desk
- Topic: I am a highly intelligent RECLUSE!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7764
Re: I am a highly intelligent RECLUSE!
Mensa, I think kelly was merely pointing out errors in your thinking, which is the whole point of genius forums. I believe you could be taking things personally, and reacting emotionally. I noticed that you have a tendency to write things without clearly defining what you mean, and without providing...
- Thu Oct 14, 2010 10:26 pm
- Forum: Help Desk
- Topic: Underrated Scientists/Philosophers.
- Replies: 126
- Views: 75464
Re: Underrated Scientists/Philosophers.
cousinbasil, The Chinese were seafaring before anyone else. They didn't show much inclination to colonize Africa when there wasn't any power to "allow" them to or not. The failure of "that" race? You mean the blacks. I am not sure the blacks are a race any more than the whites ar...