Comments by "" (@psychcowboy1) on "Rationality Rules" channel.

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  4. I don't know who Sam Harris is, but I have studied dozens of JP lectures. I have never heard him string together a single useful, coherent, and insightful paragraph anywhere. The phenomena of people looking to him as an intellectual is really mind boggling. Here is just one of dozens of examples: Eye Opening Speech Change Yourself: Let's see how JP can open my eyes. 'Occupy some space, have a sign of confidence, stand up, other people will take you seriously, confront the world courageously, confront thinks with courage, treat yourself like you care about yourself, how do you want your child to be treated, people treat other people better than they treat themselves, take you dog to a vet and give him medicine, you may not administer medication properly, your dog likes you, there is some skepticism about doctors, we are fragile all the time, its not easy for a self conscious being, you know yourself better than other people, you are weak and useless, you shouldn't be that way, why should you take care of yourself, you are useless and terrible, the answer is love the sinner but hate the sin, have an attitude like you care about yourself, why you have a moral obligation, you make the world a worse place if you do not care for yourself, take care of yourself, you have something valuable, if the world is a dim place it gets very dark, we are mortal and capable of doing terrible things... [Oh crap I give up. What is even remotely eye opening about any of this? I am going to change myself listening to some hyper indulgent stranger telling me telling me that I am useless and terrible but I should take care of myself anyway because my dog likes me? I personally think JP is going insane right before our eyes. I have never heard him string together a single paragraph of useful coherent thought, but he seems to be spinning into insanity in more recent lectures, absolutely devoid of anything useful or intelligible. Antidote to Chaos? More like the King of Chaos. Change my mind.]
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