tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post5544634533943482084..comments2024-03-28T09:59:13.754-07:00Comments on bionic mosquito: Why Smart People are Stupid, Part II bionic mosquitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-17272882706307722572021-12-17T03:21:16.169-08:002021-12-17T03:21:16.169-08:00Very good. I think this explains why it will the ...Very good. I think this explains why it will the most brilliant who lead those of us who wouldn't accept the nonsensical narrative to the death chambers.<br /><br />When faced with their own stupidity, the will want to kill all witnesses to the contrary.bionic mosquitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-9850854096762046012021-12-16T15:07:16.081-08:002021-12-16T15:07:16.081-08:00"The most difficult subjects can be explained..."The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow- witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of doubt, what is laid before him."<br />- Leo Tolstoymy cubic centimeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04976607626487176499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-31936326136212924692021-12-15T12:13:32.603-08:002021-12-15T12:13:32.603-08:00Antonio Gramsci understood that for communism to s...Antonio Gramsci understood that for communism to succeed in the West, it was Christianity and Christian culture that needed to be destroyed. History has proven him correct.<br /><br />I suggest he understands this issue far better than you do.bionic mosquitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-33618837079051401162021-12-15T12:11:19.867-08:002021-12-15T12:11:19.867-08:00RMB, your point is valid, and it raises something ...RMB, your point is valid, and it raises something that I think is a criticism also of Peterson. Meaning toward what end? If the end is destructive or nihilistic, such people still find a big hole in life. They keep searching, just moving from one destructive end (Trump and the Russians) to another (covid, 24/7).<br /><br />Only if the end is one proper for human beings (beatitudo, etc.), then it is possible to avoid the lack of appropriate meaning in life.bionic mosquitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-77476083229306425772021-12-15T09:46:34.520-08:002021-12-15T09:46:34.520-08:00About the purpose and community provided.
The Purp...About the purpose and community provided.<br />The Purpose is dismal. Disease avoidance. Hypochondria can be something you base your life around, but it doesn't lead to happiness nor (ironically) health.<br />The Community provided is poorer quality. At least Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, etc. had groups of happy, cheering crowds. The "communities" are by necessity synthetic. The very purpose--disease avoidance--necessitates isolation, not seeing others' faces, shunning those you are supposed to be together with.<br />This is driving people insane. Along with the dangerous shots these individuals will break down. This mass formation is unsustainable. Do the elitists realize that? Maybe they plan on killing most of them too so they don't care.<br />The WEF thinks whatever remnant of humanity they leave can survive forever in masks and semi-isolation. Not temporary torture to make people snap, but the New "Normal" to be accepted. Human nature can only stand so much.<br />Have the bad guys thought it through? They also seem confused about how the bribes and excessive pressures for the shot were backfiring. Sophomoric in the extreme.<br />Reminds me of BF Skinner at his worst.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01786093151749053084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-52601570131930889592021-12-15T07:59:25.355-08:002021-12-15T07:59:25.355-08:00Great write up BM, thank you.Great write up BM, thank you.Nick Badalamentihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14015961786370759940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-21270550632820985532021-12-15T07:22:02.904-08:002021-12-15T07:22:02.904-08:00"Consider, (my point, not his), that this cor..."Consider, (my point, not his), that this corresponds with the Enlightenment taking full impact, the death of God, the sidelining of Christianity."<br /><br />This narrow lense. Or how about people feel their nations are flooded by mass immigration, and they have no connection to their people anymore. As was shown in Bowling Alone, when different peoples live in the same neighborhood the sense of connection is lost, shown in less will to help out in the neighborhood, and less will to vote, etc. How about that? No no, gotta be about religion! We don't need any facts, it's about religion!<br /><br />Even though Americans are just as religious today as in the past. People still have to go to church or be ostracized. Swedes are far less religious than American fanatics, and have a much stronger sense of community and commit less crime. Blacks and Latinos are MORE Xtian than U.S. Whites. But do worse in school and commit more crimes. But, religion!Tenetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-53129831956677682021-12-14T23:55:53.649-08:002021-12-14T23:55:53.649-08:00Whenever the topic turns to planners who believe t...Whenever the topic turns to planners who believe they can remake and control mankind, my mind always goes back to the Tower of Babel story Rabbi Lapin told in his Lou Church lecture back in 2009: https://www.lewrockwell.com/podcast/107-daniel-lapin-its-moral-to-make-money-in-the-market/<br /><br />Since time immemorial, there have been men who believe they can replace the infinitely unique children of God with a mass of interchangeable, molded bricks. They have always failed, and they will continue to fail, but the ruination they leave in their wake is breathtaking. Darien Sumnerhttp://www.bumblingbees.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-83460344289584620902021-12-14T11:21:28.425-08:002021-12-14T11:21:28.425-08:00I think that most of these people want to take the...I think that most of these people want to take the easy way out. They don't want to take responsibility for managing their own lives, and for having to decide what is the right way to live vs the wrong way to live. They would rather have Big Brother take over that responsibility. And Big Brother is more than happy to do that, so that they can manage these people's lives in a way that benefits Big Brother. It's especially galling for me to see progressives who claim to be following the teachings of Christ doing this. I think that the odds that these people really believe what they say they believe is almost certainly zero.<br /><br />Steven Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-83727392454703187962021-12-14T00:26:17.719-08:002021-12-14T00:26:17.719-08:00John Waters has just posted an article which dives...John Waters has just posted an article which dives deep into this subject and even mentions Desmet's 'free-floating' concept. Long article. Well worth the time. <br /><br />https://johnwaters.substack.com/p/the-dictatorship-of-desireRogerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08156823478509665137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-63162207149406352792021-12-13T15:58:29.714-08:002021-12-13T15:58:29.714-08:00Maybe some are motivated to follow the COVID regim...Maybe some are motivated to follow the COVID regime due to a lack of meaning in their lives. I think that is true for some.<br /><br />However, I think it is one step back logically for most of those who are COVIDians including Christians. Progressive Christians have meaning in their lives but still push for mandates and "following the science". For the secular Leftist and religious Leftist alike though following the global regime is their meaning. They are all convinced that global, secular Leftism is compassionate and that the state is the vehicle to solve the world's problems. <br /><br />COVID just gave states the excuse to impose further central planning on us to "save us" from COVID. Leftists have all marched along in step. Maybe they were mass formed before. I don't know. <br /><br />https://thecrosssectionrmb.blogspot.com/RMBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13603112499567064214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-1933030725115630342021-12-13T15:53:45.202-08:002021-12-13T15:53:45.202-08:00I agree - it is difficult to feel sorry for the ac...I agree - it is difficult to feel sorry for the accomplices.<br /><br />To your last point, Desmet has not offered any examples - although it would be helpful. He has repeated this point each time I have heard him speak.<br /><br />Without meaningful examples, I remain careful about to whom I speak openly and what I say. Only if the person is important enough to em to take the risk.bionic mosquitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-79525150324632358372021-12-13T15:49:46.561-08:002021-12-13T15:49:46.561-08:00Roger, I think we have to walk through that valley...Roger, I think we have to walk through that valley first....bionic mosquitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-6500683156054033752021-12-13T14:05:44.616-08:002021-12-13T14:05:44.616-08:00Clarification... the naiveté of the "post-sca...Clarification... the naiveté of the "post-scapegoating" people is shown in the constant obsession over virtue-signaling idiocy such as lockdowns, distancing, masks, "vaccines", etc., and the drive to vilify anyone who refused to comply.<br /><br />Also: "those not in the mass must continue to speak out – this has, in other situations, successfully prevented the mass from performing atrocities". Are there any specific examples of these "other situations"? I feel we may have come dangerously close to the tipping point with Covid - the counter-narrative took a long, long time to find its footing.cosmic dwarfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16562864681773374828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-20885356102035956802021-12-13T11:28:19.109-08:002021-12-13T11:28:19.109-08:00You say people obsess over Covid for lack of somet...You say people obsess over Covid for lack of something meaningful around which they can come together, and that sounds true enough. But after the last couple of years, I have a very hard time feeling sorry for those who made themselves willing accomplices in the whole charade. I'll likely never be able to look at a random person again without wondering if they're independent thinkers or blind followers.<br /><br />It really drove home the point of how crucially important is the genius of Christ's sacrifice as a universal scapegoat. Because there are so many out there who NEED scapegoats - not occasionally, in moments of weakness, but as a matter of course. By placating the weak without need for destructive action, the sacrifice "saves" - in a worldly as well as spiritual sense - both the weak themselves, and their potential victims... and undermines those who would use the masses' foolishness as leverage to push their own agenda.<br /><br />Not exactly what you'd call Christian orthodoxy, but it fills me with admiration for the one who would be willing to make such a sacrifice. And it shows the utter naiveté of those who might say "hey, we're all enlightened people now, we don't need any scapegoats!"cosmic dwarfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16562864681773374828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-60442157516588221112021-12-13T05:05:49.156-08:002021-12-13T05:05:49.156-08:00Free-floating social interaction: Everyone is conn...Free-floating social interaction: Everyone is connected to each other via a digital screen. Personal relationships are discouraged. Social bonds are made and broken as easily as pushing a button. Fake persona are manufactured to mask the reality. (The Naked Sun by Isaac Asimov.)<br /><br />Free-floating meaninglessness: There is no sense of meaning, nothing to live for except to gratify the whims of the moment. Nothing is worth personal sacrifice. (Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.)<br /><br />Free-floating anxiety: Everything and everyone is a potential threat. Irrational fear is rampant. People escape by retreating into their digital worlds and rely on chemical concoctions to help them cope with the rigors of everyday life. Don't mess with the narrative. (Both The Naked Sun and Brave New World.)<br /><br />Free-floating frustration/aggression: Lash out irrationally against those people or items which are perceived to be the main threats. Guilt is assessed on a case-by-case basis and has no grounding in reality. Any motive or method is excused in the elimination of the threat. (Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler, Gulag Archipelago by Alexandr Solzhenitsyn)<br /><br />Result: Massive social/economic/political upheaval, chaos, destruction, and death which only ends when society is exhausted and returns to a semblance of sanity. <br /><br />Is this where we are headed or are there enough rational people left who can help steer the world into a calmer, more beneficial place? <br /><br />Your guess is as good as mine. <br /> Rogerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08156823478509665137noreply@blogger.com