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Cingulate posted:That sounds like morphogenetic fields and neurolinguistic programming to me - maybe it helps you personally conceptualize something you experience in your personal life, but it does not seem any more connected to actual science than yoga. I hope I can elucidate this for you: It is a common Neoreactionary tactic to take some unsupported bias of their own and align it with some actual scientific phenomenon, usually biological, to better pretend their bias is a fact of nature. That is what Virtue Signalling is, rhetorically - taking "I don't think you're REALLY a good person" and aligning it with "you only act good because makes you more likely to reproduce if you do." That is what people are trying to tell you.
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LordSaturn posted:I hope I can elucidate this for you: It is a common Neoreactionary tactic to take some unsupported bias of their own and align it with some actual scientific phenomenon, usually biological, to better pretend their bias is a fact of nature. That is what Virtue Signalling is, rhetorically - taking "I don't think you're REALLY a good person" and aligning it with "you only act good because makes you more likely to reproduce if you do." Anyways, I was trying to respond to this: pookel posted:Anyone here have insight into the real-world existence/relevance of so-called "virtue signalling?" Same friend seems to think it's accepted psychological theory, and I have, to put it mildly, doubts.
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LordSaturn posted:I hope I can elucidate this for you: It is a common Neoreactionary tactic to take some unsupported bias of their own and align it with some actual scientific phenomenon, usually biological, to better pretend their bias is a fact of nature. That is what Virtue Signalling is, rhetorically - taking "I don't think you're REALLY a good person" and aligning it with "you only act good because makes you more likely to reproduce if you do." forget it LordSaturn; it's cingulatetown
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# ? Apr 4, 2016 22:21 |
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Cingulate posted:Anyways, I was trying to respond to this: Then you should have just stopped here: Cingulate posted:Can't say anything about 'virtue signalling'
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Parallel Paraplegic posted:I like how that first link starts out with an example of Whole Foods and then says that the British do it too but they're more sophisticated about it The Spectator is a British magazine entirely devoted to conservative nationalism. If someone's a right-wing 'intellectual' they read The Spectator. It is entirely for repugnant shitbags who tongue the Conservative Party's collective anus.
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Tesseraction posted:The Spectator is a British magazine entirely devoted to conservative nationalism. If someone's a right-wing 'intellectual' they read The Spectator. It is entirely for repugnant shitbags who tongue the Conservative Party's collective anus. Is this the British equivalent of the National Review or Chronicles?
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Curvature of Earth posted:Is this the British equivalent of the National Review or Chronicles? A bit like Chronicles, but imagine if Chronicles was required reading by the Republican Party.
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Cingulate posted:That's actually one of the least elucidating posts I've read so far. It's okay though, don't worry, I'm fine! Time to update my ignore list I guess.
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LordSaturn posted:I hope I can elucidate this for you: It is a common Neoreactionary tactic to take some unsupported bias of their own and align it with some actual scientific phenomenon, usually biological, to better pretend their bias is a fact of nature. That is what Virtue Signalling is, rhetorically - taking "I don't think you're REALLY a good person" and aligning it with "you only act good because makes you more likely to reproduce if you do." See also: R/K selection
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The Vosgian Beast posted:See also: R/K selection How big are these guys into Alpha-/Beta-/Omega-/Lambda-/Omicron Persei VIII-males these days?
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pookel posted:Lord Saturn actually addressed what I was talking about, though, whereas you .... didn't really. GoonDanton: IMO the discussion was mostly devoid of content. It was just different ways of saying, "I don't like Neodorks". Which is I guess a relevant point ITT, but it says little about the scientific validity of signalling. Now this may sound a bit dorky, but alas. I didn't start out like this, but over the past few months, I've come to appreciate particularly Scott* to an extent that I consider him more interesting and informative than e.g. the vast majority of stuff said ITT about NRx. So I guess he's truly my fav DE-associated person now; it's simply a, to me, more productive and enjoyable mode of conversation than what's mostly going on here - repetitively mocking fascists, and mocking non-fascists by lumping them in with fascists. I like Judith Butler more still, but she makes much fewer nerdy jokes so. * and, actually, exclusively Scott - I still hate his commenters, I don't even know who this Wesley guy for example even is, and even the moderates, like Yud, just make me feel like yelling.
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Cingulate posted:Won't work, Small Frozen Thing quotes everything I post. Now I would like to address this Arts Funding issue. Now this all reminds me of a humorous story of a travelling salesman. Let's say that the taxpayer is a farmer, and the government is a salesman. Well, the farmer says "You can spend the night in my barn, but do me a favor and don't stick your willy into any of the three holes in the wall." Well in this case, the salesman's willy represents the taxpayer's money, you understand. Well, the government, like the salesman, can't help himself. Sticks his willy in the first hole, it feels good. Sticks his willy in the second hole, it feels even better. Sticks his willy in the third hole and it hurts like hell and it won't let go! Well in the morning the farmer comes out and he explains: "Behind the first hole was my wife, behind the second hole was my daughter, and behind the third hole was a milking machine that don't let go 'till it gets 50 GALLONS!" HAHAHAHA! Gentlemen, I propose that this Arts Funding is like a milking machine, and unless we SHUT IT DOWN it's gonna RIP our DICKS right off!
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Thank you for pointing this out, I have come upon a solution that should help pookel not be exposed to your posting.
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# ? Apr 4, 2016 23:42 |
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Cingulate posted:Won't work, Small Frozen Thing quotes everything I post. Cingu-chan despite the thread opinion I actually like reading your posts, but this kind of thing is beneath you and way too passive-aggressive for my liking. Leave the in-thread sniping for more egregious poo poo like someone calling you a paedophile or reminding you of that time you hosed a refrigerated chicken.
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# ? Apr 4, 2016 23:48 |
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Tesseraction posted:Cingu-chan despite the thread opinion I actually like reading your posts, but this kind of thing is beneath you and way too passive-aggressive for my liking. Leave the in-thread sniping for more egregious poo poo like someone calling you a paedophile or reminding you of that time you hosed a refrigerated chicken. Okay so tell us about that time you hosed a refrigerated chicken then
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# ? Apr 4, 2016 23:52 |
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I'm not Cingulate.
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# ? Apr 4, 2016 23:56 |
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I never had intercourse with that chicken.
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Cingulate posted:I never had intercourse with that chicken. That's exactly what a frozen poultry fucker would say.
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Cingulate I think you need to break your addiction to playing devil's advocate in this thread. Go cold turkey.
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Let's check back in on Mr. Mean-Spirited, a man so edgy, he would have a case against the lead guitarist of U2 if he ever pursued it in court. He has thoughts on poverty and life after death that are sure to be well-thought out, well-justified, and enlightening.
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Cingulate posted:Won't work, Small Frozen Thing quotes everything I post. GIANT OUIJA BOARD posted:Goon 1: Is that a duck?
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Can't say anything about "quacking".
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# ? Apr 5, 2016 02:58 |
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Cingulate posted:Won't work, Small Frozen Thing quotes everything I post. Uh, cool? I have never read Scott's stuff and have no opinions there, which is why I didn't talk about him at all. You saw people posting about "virtue signaling" and decided to respond with a defense of signaling in biology, which is a bit like seeing people attack Social Darwinism and responding by pointing out how well respected evolutionary theory is. It makes you look like an idiot, and I want you to understand that. If you want to play devil's advocate, that's fine, but at least try to defend the position people are actually attacking.
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Goon Danton posted:Uh, cool? I have never read Scott's stuff and have no opinions there, which is why I didn't talk about him at all. You saw people posting about "virtue signaling" and decided to respond with a defense of signaling in biology, which is a bit like seeing people attack Social Darwinism and responding by pointing out how well respected evolutionary theory is. It makes you look like an idiot, and I want you to understand that. +1 Cingulate, the above is an explanation of why your posting is mostly just annoying and why people keep getting pissed off at you. I urge you to read and reread until you understand, take it on board and do that a lot less.
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Who What Now posted:That's exactly what a frozen poultry fucker would say. Someone who fucks frozen poultry, or someone who is frozen and fucks poultry?
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https://twitter.com/alicemazzy/status/716366833465430016
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Is that meant to be a joke?
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# ? Apr 5, 2016 15:19 |
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drat, left-wing politics has been bested by such destructive wit. Back to the drawing board folks, we're gonna have to find a new way to Stalinise the world.
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Goddamnit, I hate it when lovely people share my name.
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pookel posted:Goddamnit, I hate it when lovely people share my name. For what it's worth Alice is a p cool name
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Parallel Paraplegic posted:For what it's worth Alice is a p cool name Yeah, for a GIRL! And a boy. It's a v. versatile name.
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# ? Apr 5, 2016 15:32 |
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Wait what? No, Alice isn't a boy name. Unless you're trying for a "boy named Sue" thing.
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pookel posted:Wait what? No, Alice isn't a boy name. Unless you're trying for a "boy named Sue" thing. Alister is possibly what he means?
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Maybe they mean Alice Cooper.
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# ? Apr 5, 2016 17:28 |
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Y'all never heard of Alice Cooper or something?
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# ? Apr 5, 2016 17:29 |
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Post-Rationalist Penny: Boy, it sure is unfair that people automatically equate everyone on the right to nazis. There are many degrees of political affiliation over here! Post-Rationalist Penny: Anyway, Bernie Sanders is Josef Stalin
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# ? Apr 5, 2016 18:26 |
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Who's this?
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# ? Apr 5, 2016 18:41 |
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Who What Now posted:Is that meant to be a joke? This was after I posted to @rationalwiki about ClarkHat's
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# ? Apr 5, 2016 21:45 |
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Virtue Signalling It boils down to, they basically believe everyone in the world is as insincere and heartless as they are. https://twitter.com/Quinnae_Moon/status/717139839846653952
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In case you were wondering what Rationalist Tumblr thinks of Status 451 backing LambdaConf.
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