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"Yeah? Well, you know, that's just like uh, your opinion, man." --The Dude

MrMcCall 2y ago
You just stated your opinion that I can't possibly be explaining the truth because you don't believe that such truth is either an objective facet of our shared reality or that anyone -- much less me, religious programmer chess aficianado on HN -- can know such truth. Your opinion is the result of your choosing to ignore and deny the truth, which is well within your right. My knowledge is not an opinion, but I fully expect most people to doubt that I am describing our shared objective. The world is not the way it is because so many people have tried to learn about our human nature or how and why we should be self-evolving ourselves toward Wisdom and compassion. No, willful ignorance is rampant upon this Earth and its effects are why this world is as it is, on its current baleful trajectory. Your thinking that you know me is of no consequence compared to my understanding of how and why you think the way you do. Your fanciful conjectures are but a trifle in the sea of truth within which we exist. I am explaining a crucial aspect of the truth, in serviceful honesty and compassion. You are free to make of it what you will; I know your life (and those around you) will be happier if you act upon my advice, but which decisions you sow are your karma to reap in their own good time. Good luck! As with all things human, you have the free will to choose however you like, in ignorance or in Wisdom. Just don't think that the universe is ignoring you or failing to propagate your karma. We all reap what we sow, for good or ill. It the most pivotal dimension to our human reality. When I say that I love you, I do so in the purest meaning of the word, for I (1) only want you and all those around you to be happy, and (2) ask for nothing from you for myself or any cultures I am a part of. Peace be with you. We truly love you.
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- SketchySeaBeast 2y ago
  “The worst thing is not being wrong, but being sure one is not wrong.” — Paul Tournier
  - MrMcCall 2y ago
    The best thing is to know that you know you are right. It takes humility to become a Dunning-Kruger true-expert. For me to act like I don't know the truth is a kind of lie, and I despise lies. I know that I know, and you think that I do not know, while I know that you do not know that I can know what I know, but that's because you don't even believe that what I know can be known, ya know? No, you don't, and I know you don't, thus your protestations and opinions are irrelevant. You know the non-achievers in Dunning-Kruger? As an expert, I know why they're the way they are, and I know how they could get better. That's because I've trod the humble road of discovery and hard work, and I bear the fruits of that labor. Part of that fruit is knowing that I know. "Know thyself" is important for a reason. If you read what I write with an open mind, you will learn more about yourself. The importance of humble, honest, relentless effort is the most crucial takeaway from D-K. That's why the low-achievers think more highly of themselves than they should, and why the opposite is true of the high-achievers.
    - SketchySeaBeast 2y ago
      “Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves” -- Matthew 7:15
      - MrMcCall 2y ago
        Good thing I love everyone and have a loving family with two exceptional teenagers in this age of troubled youth. We laugh and have fun and my wife and kids are beloved by everyone they know, and each of us have developed personal skillsets that bring us and those around us joy. I was about to post this, from memory: "You will know them by their fruits." Then I DDG'd it, and -- GUESS WHAT!? -- it was the verses that follow the verse you supplied :-) Matthew 7:16-20: You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? 17 Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them. You know what the math genius janitor last said just after he left the bar in "Good Will Hunting", right?

You just stated your opinion that I can't possibly be explaining the truth because you don't believe that such truth is either an objective facet of our shared reality or that anyone -- much less me, religious programmer chess aficianado on HN -- can know such truth. Your opinion is the result of your choosing to ignore and deny the truth, which is well within your right. My knowledge is not an opinion, but I fully expect most people to doubt that I am describing our shared objective. The world is not the way it is because so many people have tried to learn about our human nature or how and why we should be self-evolving ourselves toward Wisdom and compassion. No, willful ignorance is rampant upon this Earth and its effects are why this world is as it is, on its current baleful trajectory. Your thinking that you know me is of no consequence compared to my understanding of how and why you think the way you do. Your fanciful conjectures are but a trifle in the sea of truth within which we exist. I am explaining a crucial aspect of the truth, in serviceful honesty and compassion. You are free to make of it what you will; I know your life (and those around you) will be happier if you act upon my advice, but which decisions you sow are your karma to reap in their own good time. Good luck! As with all things human, you have the free will to choose however you like, in ignorance or in Wisdom. Just don't think that the universe is ignoring you or failing to propagate your karma. We all reap what we sow, for good or ill. It the most pivotal dimension to our human reality. When I say that I love you, I do so in the purest meaning of the word, for I (1) only want you and all those around you to be happy, and (2) ask for nothing from you for myself or any cultures I am a part of. Peace be with you. We truly love you.

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SketchySeaBeast 2y ago
“The worst thing is not being wrong, but being sure one is not wrong.” — Paul Tournier
- MrMcCall 2y ago
  The best thing is to know that you know you are right. It takes humility to become a Dunning-Kruger true-expert. For me to act like I don't know the truth is a kind of lie, and I despise lies. I know that I know, and you think that I do not know, while I know that you do not know that I can know what I know, but that's because you don't even believe that what I know can be known, ya know? No, you don't, and I know you don't, thus your protestations and opinions are irrelevant. You know the non-achievers in Dunning-Kruger? As an expert, I know why they're the way they are, and I know how they could get better. That's because I've trod the humble road of discovery and hard work, and I bear the fruits of that labor. Part of that fruit is knowing that I know. "Know thyself" is important for a reason. If you read what I write with an open mind, you will learn more about yourself. The importance of humble, honest, relentless effort is the most crucial takeaway from D-K. That's why the low-achievers think more highly of themselves than they should, and why the opposite is true of the high-achievers.
  - SketchySeaBeast 2y ago
    “Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves” -- Matthew 7:15
    - MrMcCall 2y ago
      Good thing I love everyone and have a loving family with two exceptional teenagers in this age of troubled youth. We laugh and have fun and my wife and kids are beloved by everyone they know, and each of us have developed personal skillsets that bring us and those around us joy. I was about to post this, from memory: "You will know them by their fruits." Then I DDG'd it, and -- GUESS WHAT!? -- it was the verses that follow the verse you supplied :-) Matthew 7:16-20: You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? 17 Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them. You know what the math genius janitor last said just after he left the bar in "Good Will Hunting", right?