Jim, Beautiful, concise piece. I fervently pray that there actually is a new Enlightenment. It has been slow in coming and I still see plenty of ways that it might just peter away. Contributions like yours make it more likely to happen. This is an eminently shareable piece. Many thanks.
Fantastic, well-thought piece, Jim. I found you on Dr Malone's comments. It certainly gave me pause over my oatmeal this morning. I have to consider my own family who are auctorphiliacs whose trust in government is unshakeable. It's nigh-on impossible to have a reasoned conversation considering their consumption of mainstream news. I've come to accept them as mind-controlled as they are, but perhaps this is my failing. I don't want to do battle with those I love. It brings up immense quandary, yet perhaps this is where many of us reside.
I'm with you. I'm surrounded by auctorphiliacs. But I believe I've found a tool-- basic logic-- that I'll expound on more in my substack. In fact that will be the main focus of this substack from here on. I'll show what logic is, how simple and powerful it is, how it's everywhere, and how this is the crowbar, so to speak, to pry open minds.
But for the record, my wife and I don't talk about controversial subjects. I just take it as it is. Slowly but surely. You can lead a horse to water ....
If we present ourselves as happy, rational people (I do and am) yet we refuse to swallow the mainstream, people begin to question: he doesn't look or act crazy yet he doesn't believe the news. I wonder why not ...?
Agree completely! The problem with natural supplements and plants is that if people understand they work (although maybe in more subtle ways than pharmaceuticals) then they won't want pharmaceuticals. That's a problem for pharma.
Jim, Beautiful, concise piece. I fervently pray that there actually is a new Enlightenment. It has been slow in coming and I still see plenty of ways that it might just peter away. Contributions like yours make it more likely to happen. This is an eminently shareable piece. Many thanks.
Fantastic, well-thought piece, Jim. I found you on Dr Malone's comments. It certainly gave me pause over my oatmeal this morning. I have to consider my own family who are auctorphiliacs whose trust in government is unshakeable. It's nigh-on impossible to have a reasoned conversation considering their consumption of mainstream news. I've come to accept them as mind-controlled as they are, but perhaps this is my failing. I don't want to do battle with those I love. It brings up immense quandary, yet perhaps this is where many of us reside.
I'm with you. I'm surrounded by auctorphiliacs. But I believe I've found a tool-- basic logic-- that I'll expound on more in my substack. In fact that will be the main focus of this substack from here on. I'll show what logic is, how simple and powerful it is, how it's everywhere, and how this is the crowbar, so to speak, to pry open minds.
But for the record, my wife and I don't talk about controversial subjects. I just take it as it is. Slowly but surely. You can lead a horse to water ....
If we present ourselves as happy, rational people (I do and am) yet we refuse to swallow the mainstream, people begin to question: he doesn't look or act crazy yet he doesn't believe the news. I wonder why not ...?
Thanks, Jim. Great strategy. I look forward to reading more.
Yes, I follow Mathew Crawford closely. A lot of food for thought.
Agree completely! The problem with natural supplements and plants is that if people understand they work (although maybe in more subtle ways than pharmaceuticals) then they won't want pharmaceuticals. That's a problem for pharma.