Scott Adams Thread (Garfield Cartoonist)

[redpoint5]

Sometimes I'm annoyed by Scott's lingering on a subject day after day. Scott is lingering on the chainsaw vs scalpel subject, and I get it now; repetition is a persuasion method. Just because I've already understood it, doesn't mean everyone else is ready yet.

...and I keep coming back to that subject because it's among the most fundamental to my high value for liberty (fitting name for my most defiant daughter).

Originally Posted by freebeard

If I ruled the World it would be Synergetics [science]. With maybe a touch of Tartaria [history].

Might fit better in philosophy; a subject under-taught in school. With AI solving math problems for us, or fetching facts on anything we might want to know, philosophy remains as among the more relevant subjects for a classroom.

One might trace the 'social contagion' back to the Stonewall Riots, then Life Magazine's Sexual Revolution, then the Kinsey Report, then the books from the Weimar Republic that got burnt...

In my curiosity of what church was like for local Maui residents, I once visited one. The teacher would read a verse or 2 in the New Testament, then tell us that to understand this, "we've got to go back to Genesis". He did this about a dozen times. It ended up being among the most memorable sermons I've heard.

[freebeard]

There was a time when science and philosophy were one thing.

philosophy.institute
Exploring the Complex Interplay Between Science and Philosophy
Sep 5, 2023The birth of science from the womb of philosophy ��. Science, as we know it today, wasn't always a separate entity from philosophy. In fact, the term ' scientist ' only came into use in the 19th century. Before then, those who engaged in systematic study of the natural world were known as...

[Piotrsko]

Repetition is also a brainwashing technique. Ask the non soviets in Russia

[freebeard]

Originally Posted by redpoint5

I haven't given any intentional effort into learning who the political players are, so I've got little informed opinion about them.

Here's Brandon Herrera two hours ago:

The New ATF Director Has Been Chosen

[redpoint5]

Originally Posted by Piotrsko

Repetition is also a brainwashing technique. Ask the non soviets in Russia

Exactly, and we can't avoid brainwashing. What do people pledge their allegiance to? In almost every case, what they've been brainwashed to. Brainwashing is absolutely crucial to all functioning societies.

[freebeard]

What do people pledge their allegiance to? In almost every case, what they've been brainwashed to. Brainwashing is absolutely crucial to all functioning societies.

What you are referencing is social normalization:

Normalization
Sociology
Normalization refers to social processes through which ideas and actions come to be seen as 'normal' and become taken-for-granted or 'natural' in everyday life. There are different behavioral attitudes that humans accept as normal, such as grief for a loved one's suffering or death, avoiding danger, and not participating in cannibalism. Wikipedia

Brainwashing is the subversion of the normalized individual.

Brainwashing
Brainwashing is the controversial idea that the human mind can be altered or controlled against a person's will by manipulative psychological techniques. Wikipedia

[Piotrsko]

Not sure normalization is actually brainwashing since my observations tend me to think brainwashing as a modification of an existing belief. Could be brainwashing if it differs from accepted norms. AKA damned pot smoking hippies.

Unsure about the level of force statement. You can brainwash subtly or even by observing the direction of your environment.

However, both methods are the similar in how the concepts implant

[freebeard]

AKA damned pot smoking hippies.

The conduit at the time was Life magazine. The Sexual Revolution was a rug-pull.

Episode 2763 at 53:18

I like this reframe. Turn a hot war into a win-win business deal. It puts Roscosmos and NASA in a closet for Seven Minutes In Heaven.

[redpoint5]

Originally Posted by freebeard

Episode 2763 at 53:18

I like this reframe. Turn a hot war into a win-win business deal. [/URL].

Yeah, that's one of the better takes Scott has had.

Russia and Ukraine need a reframe that allows both to feel good about the deal, and especially Putin to save face.

What I want to see is win-win-win (I'm adding economic prosperity for the US). I suppose it would be ok if the rest of Europe were better off too, though I don't want them falling back into feeling superior to the US while remaining entirely dependent on her military and economic might.

If Europe can be made better off AND grow up, that would be ideal.

[freebeard]

I [heart] DataRepiblican.

That deaf-mute girl sure plays a mean pinball.

Since they doxxed her, we now know why the Cajun Navy had said they were protecting whomever it was.

edit:
Speaking of spitting truth (the Supermarine Spitfire was named after a sassy little girl), S2 Underground is especially good on the disclosures today.

The Wire - February 27, 2025

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I hope you're not using Firefox. The Lunduke Journal

Mozilla
History of the Mozilla Project
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