Enlightenment Apologist

In defence of (going) West.

[Enlightenment Apologist @TayloSunP]

@BecomingCritter I guess there are never any guarantees against making mistakes in life. Something like intuition works but it isn’t infallible. I’ve noticed sometimes I’ll go against an intuitive feeling and realise later it was a mistake. On a more practical level training interoception helps

[Enlightenment Apologist @TayloSunP]

@BecomingCritter Is there a specific thing you’re thinking about? I realise I was jabbering a bit

[Enlightenment Apologist @TayloSunP]

@BecomingCritter Like making sense. No or minimal internal pain. The difference between appealing a parking ticket and writing an application for a course. (Although I guess the former could also be fun with the right perspective). @Untrulie may have insights

[Enlightenment Apologist @TayloSunP]

@BecomingCritter Yeah I don’t necessarily agree with it all. But also “fun” here means something different. It’s more like attunement. those non-fun things must cohere with your wider goals and desires, in which case it can be fun. If they don’t, then that suggests there’s a deeper problem

[Enlightenment Apologist @TayloSunP]

I pledge to focus on things I enjoy and want to see more of in the world from here on out. Mostly.

[Enlightenment Apologist @TayloSunP]

@SarahAMcManus @RichDecibels Can I ask who the person is?

[Enlightenment Apologist @TayloSunP]

@SarahAMcManus @RichDecibels Whoops 👀

[Enlightenment Apologist @TayloSunP]

@DavidDeutschOxf @homocafeinatus @TomTugendhat @BBCNews Why do many within enlightened societies inverse these facts? Perhaps people can’t face up to the true evil of closed cultures. So self blame creates some sense of control. If only we behaved better then everything would be ok. False, of course.

[Enlightenment Apologist @TayloSunP]

@eigenrobot https://t.co/86rKg7j9fq

[Adam Wren @aswren]

Held off commenting on rape gang inquiry because I was on late night GBN:

Being objective: It’s great that survivors were given a platform & feel like they had their stories heard, I know the feeling of being ignored is something that cuts deep after all these years, however…

[Enlightenment Apologist @TayloSunP]

@eigenrobot Everyone complicit must be extirpated from public life. Literally or figuratively. But some of this seems too far to be true.

[Enlightenment Apologist @TayloSunP]

@SarahAMcManus @RichDecibels Is this like a darker cousin of the Streisand effect lol

[Enlightenment Apologist @TayloSunP]

You spend more time interacting with your idea of a person than with the person themselves.

[Enlightenment Apologist @TayloSunP]

@mizanyx @QiaochuYuan Many people may be seeking tribe rather than truth.

[Enlightenment Apologist @TayloSunP]

@BecomingCritter That’s the scared of being judged part. Always there. Power through

[Enlightenment Apologist @TayloSunP]

@hstein3 @eigenrobot I guess there will always be mutual influence to some degree. But I think the key point is the rate of change to allow a host culture to keep its general form. Seems it’s all moved far too quickly imo

[Enlightenment Apologist @TayloSunP]

@septimus8 @eigenrobot I think Jenrick would have to be an actual psychopath to not see his past mistakes and seek to correct them. That’s possible. But I’m not convinced yet.

[Enlightenment Apologist @TayloSunP]

@eigenrobot @hstein3 Yeah bad ideas can’t become all encompassing. I present: https://t.co/8Tl7hDw52I

[Enlightenment Apologist @TayloSunP]

@eigenrobot @hstein3 Appreciated you even touching this subject as a larger account. Many won’t even discuss. Also people forget Elons role in getting this here.

[Enlightenment Apologist @TayloSunP]

@squirtle_says The combination is better than either alone.