Second-Handedness is the Cause of the World's Problems

[EdmontonReader1989]

Thanks for the upload - especially in light of your recent reference to it in one of your comments. Very useful to hear it applied to a real-life example so effectively. Good luck in your role as teacher with this poor kid!

[qtutoringhelps]

@EdmontonReader1989

Thank you.

[coltrane1966]

An excellent video. I have great sympathy for the boy you spoke about, I hope he doesn't have to endure the same awful times that decimated my earlier life because of people like that.

[qtutoringhelps]

@coltrane1966

Cheers, thanks for commenting coltrane.

[SuperFinGuy]

It's like the surrender of one's consciousness to an arbitrary external authority. This reminds me so much of Julian Jaynes psychology theory.

BTW Could you one day do a review of his book, would love to hear your opinions on it.

[qtutoringhelps]

@SuperFinGuy

Sure, we should do a conversation on this on Skype.

[SuperFinGuy]

@qtutoringhelps Yeah that would be great. I need to refresh my thoughts on it myself.

[Virtueman1]

Good upload.

[qtutoringhelps]

@Virtueman1

Thanks VirtueMan1.

[Sivels]

Stefbot says it's child abuse.

[qtutoringhelps]

@Sivels

Physical abuse of children occurs, but it's not as pervasive as Molyneux says it is.

[AlexanderEBott]

It would be very hard to create this direct perception though.

[AlexanderEBott]

If second-handers are impervious to reason, then the only way I could see "convincing" them is to show them how their thoughts and actions are destructive in the most direct sense possible. After that there is nothing you can do but wait and see whether they think or not.

[qtutoringhelps]

@AlexanderEBott

In one of Peikoff's most recent podcasts, he said he doesn't get angry at people because, in part, he assumes they don't understand. What do you make of this?

[AlexanderEBott]

@qtutoringhelps I listened to it. A lot of people do not have a clue what certain beliefs they hold come from. Some people if you tried to explain, will nod their heads, but at the end of the day they either don't care like the vast majority or they will try to rationalize further or simply evade the issue. For someone to be evil they would have to know an idea is evil and purposefully reject that knowledge. Most people do not fall into that category.

[AlexanderEBott]

@AlexanderEBott *where

[qtutoringhelps]

@AlexanderEBott

What about people who just no curiosity? Doesn't that amount to evil in the end? For example, Peikoff himself said that he inquired into Rand's ideas, even though he didn't understand why she got so angry at Kant. He kept seeking the answer, though, and now presumably understands. So what's the difference between someone who consciously knows something to be right and does the opposite versus someone who has zero curiosity with respect to the right philosophical ideas?

[qtutoringhelps]

@qtutoringhelps

*who have just no curiosity?

[AlexanderEBott]

@qtutoringhelps I believe I just answered that in my last post. But to reiterate it, to have little curiosity is to choose to not think and therefore is evil.

[qtutoringhelps]

@AlexanderEBott

Right, and I think that's the case with most people. Very few people spend 10 years trying to understand reality and then consciously and explicitly act against their understanding. However, most people just don't care.

[AlexanderEBott]

@AlexanderEBott However, as I think about this a bit more, to not think about an issue, to absorb whatever may fall on your lap, to evade the issues, is as contemptible as the evil I mentioned above. Just because you are ignorant doe not mean that your ignorance is faultless.