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Left vs Right

Left vs Right

Left vs Right

Left vs Right

Left vs Right

Modern psychology is almost entirely the theory and treatment of the ‘self of the gaps’

The “self of the gaps” is the self that fills in the many gaps of understanding that occur during interpersonal communication.

These gaps can be small or large, but they are always there and there are many of them. Almost all people everywhere build their personalities on their need to fill these gaps.

They have been with you since you became conscious, You were raised on them. You can will yourself through them. Or theorize yourself over them. You can be confused by them or you can use them to confuse and control others. Malignant egos and narcissists thrive on gaps of understanding. Kinder people can be and often are devastated by them.

No one is free of them. Gaps arise frequently and can perdure for decades, whole lifetimes.

Communication gaps are filled with assumptions, illusions, wishful thinking, paranoia, emotionality, habit. When people visit a psychologist, a root cause is always going to be many painful gaps that have been internalized, reified, filled with wrong assumptions, make-believe.

The only way to correct a “self of the gaps” is FIML practice. Only FIML focuses precisely on real-time, real-world communication gaps and fixes them several orders of magnitude better than what they were.

FIML or something similar has never been discovered before because it comes very close to violating a fundamental language instinct; the instinct to recoil at being questioned personally and quickly. Almost all people feel threatened, insulted, attacked when questioned quickly, especially if the question involves something we just said. More precisely: especially if the question involves “personal” contents of the working memory, out of which we just spoke. Doesn’t have to be anything bad in the working memory; it’s just that that information is close to home and almost never shared for itself.

FIML “comes close to violating” this instinct but it most assuredly does not actually do that. Instead, it assuages our tendency to fear being questioned. FIML is never a gotcha question. It is always a question that arises out of an explicit previously made agreement. Any FIML question can be truthfully answered, “I would rather not say.”

By doing FIML, malignant old gaps are gradually filled with truthful data while new gaps are much less likely to form or grow. FIML can be difficult to understand because it entails an entirely new way of looking at human psychology. By focusing on small segments of conversation (psychological morphemes) FIML enables partners to see and understand how their minds are actually working in real time.

This replaces the need to rely on external theories of psychology by just examining what is actually there.

PS: My SO and FIML partner came up with the term “self of the gaps” this morning.

Modern psychology is almost entirely the theory and treatment of the ‘self of the gaps’

The “self of the gaps” is the self that fills in the many gaps of understanding that occur during interpersonal communication.

These gaps can be small or large, but they are always there and there are many of them. Almost all people everywhere build their personalities on their need to fill these gaps.

They have been with you since you became conscious, You were raised on them. You can will yourself through them. Or theorize yourself over them. You can be confused by them or you can use them to confuse and control others. Malignant egos and narcissists thrive on gaps of understanding. Kinder people can be and often are devastated by them.

No one is free of them. Gaps arise frequently and can perdure for decades, whole lifetimes.

Communication gaps are filled with assumptions, illusions, wishful thinking, paranoia, emotionality, habit. When people visit a psychologist, a root cause is always going to be many painful gaps that have been internalized, reified, filled with wrong assumptions, make-believe.

The only way to correct a “self of the gaps” is FIML practice. Only FIML focuses precisely on real-time, real-world communication gaps and fixes them several orders of magnitude better than what they were.

FIML or something similar has never been discovered before because it comes very close to violating a fundamental language instinct; the instinct to recoil at being questioned personally and quickly. Almost all people feel threatened, insulted, attacked when questioned quickly, especially if the question involves something we just said. More precisely: especially if the question involves “personal” contents of the working memory, out of which we just spoke. Doesn’t have to be anything bad in the working memory; it’s just that that information is close to home and almost never shared for itself.

FIML “comes close to violating” this instinct but it most assuredly does not actually do that. Instead, it assuages our tendency to fear being questioned. FIML is never a gotcha question. It is always a question that arises out of an explicit previously made agreement. Any FIML question can be truthfully answered, “I would rather not say.”

By doing FIML, malignant old gaps are gradually filled with truthful data while new gaps are much less likely to form or grow. FIML can be difficult to understand because it entails an entirely new way of looking at human psychology. By focusing on small segments of conversation (psychological morphemes) FIML enables partners to see and understand how their minds are actually working in real time.

This replaces the need to rely on external theories of psychology by just examining what is actually there.

PS: My SO and FIML partner came up with the term “self of the gaps” this morning.

Big Government vs small farmer

This kind of problem is fixable. The more people aware of food quality and the importance of small farms, the better. We go out of our way to buy good food from quality local farmers. ABN

Big Government vs small farmer

This kind of problem is fixable. The more people aware of food quality and the importance of small farms, the better. We go out of our way to buy good food from quality local farmers. ABN

Big Government vs small farmer

This kind of problem is fixable. The more people aware of food quality and the importance of small farms, the better. We go out of our way to buy good food from quality local farmers. ABN

Big Government vs small farmer

This kind of problem is fixable. The more people aware of food quality and the importance of small farms, the better. We go out of our way to buy good food from quality local farmers. ABN

Big Government vs small farmer

This kind of problem is fixable. The more people aware of food quality and the importance of small farms, the better. We go out of our way to buy good food from quality local farmers. ABN

Glad to see #pragmatism advancing arguments and evidence about #intuition and #reflection. I've applied it to
- #CogSci and #metaphilosophy broadly: https://doi.org/10.1111/meta.12534
- #AI and #PhilMind: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2505.22987

A new paper extends it to #Sociology: https://doi.org/10.1111/jtsb.70053

Glad to see #pragmatism advancing arguments and evidence about #intuition and #reflection. I've applied it to
- #CogSci and #metaphilosophy broadly: https://doi.org/10.1111/meta.12534
- #AI and #PhilMind: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2505.22987

A new paper extends it to #Sociology: https://doi.org/10.1111/jtsb.70053

Glad to see #pragmatism advancing arguments and evidence about #intuition and #reflection. I've applied it to
- #CogSci and #metaphilosophy broadly: https://doi.org/10.1111/meta.12534
- #AI and #PhilMind: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2505.22987

A new paper extends it to #Sociology: https://doi.org/10.1111/jtsb.70053

Glad to see #pragmatism advancing arguments and evidence about #intuition and #reflection. I've applied it to
- #CogSci and #metaphilosophy broadly: https://doi.org/10.1111/meta.12534
- #AI and #PhilMind: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2505.22987

A new paper extends it to #Sociology: https://doi.org/10.1111/jtsb.70053

Glad to see #pragmatism advancing arguments and evidence about #intuition and #reflection. I've applied it to
- #CogSci and #metaphilosophy broadly: https://doi.org/10.1111/meta.12534
- #AI and #PhilMind: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2505.22987

A new paper extends it to #Sociology: https://doi.org/10.1111/jtsb.70053

I would hope the federal government would stay out of the damn vaccine business — Tommy Tuberville

USA law should explicitly honor our unalienable right to freedom of choice for all medical treatments, including all vaccines. Mandating vaxxes for school attendance is biowarfare against children. ABN

Respect if she does it

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Respect if she does it

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Respect if she does it

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UPDATE: Contempt if she backs down. ABN

Respect if she does it

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Respect if she does it

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Secretary Rubio Warns ICC Not to Challenge U.S. Sovereign Power

The core of the issue is how the International Criminal Court (ICC) has been expanding its self-believed power and now seeks to become the unaccountable arbiter of a new global law system.   The ICC is threatening to file charges against U.S. law enforcement who conduct border security operations and deport illegal aliens.

If it is an ideological policy of the ICC they now feel empowered to prosecute and/or arrest American citizens at will and existentially threaten American sovereignty.  Recently elected New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is in full alignment with the intent.  Once the NYPD can be replaced with U.N police, things will likely gain forward momentum.

Comrades, if you stop your 12-year-old daughter from removing her breasts, and or transitioning, you run the risk of the ICC sending Interpol officers or U.N blue helmets to arrest you.  Similarly, if you refuse to give illegal aliens access to your extra bedroom, a formal ICC complaint could be filed, and the same mechanisms target your home ownership.  WATCH:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/hgtCQOIV-Ys?feature=oembed

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https://www.europesays.com/people/148886/ “If You Need a Vision, See an Eye Doctor”: Why Rutte’s Pragmatism Matters #DutchPrimeMinister #IranWar #MarkRutte #NATOSummit #PatriotMissiles #pragmatism #TrumpWhisperer #USNATORelations

Declining population RAISES incomes — Peter St Onge

Declining population RAISES incomes — Peter St Onge

Declining population RAISES incomes — Peter St Onge

Declining population RAISES incomes — Peter St Onge

Declining population RAISES incomes — Peter St Onge

The Save Europe Act has officially hit the streets of Europe!

All poster, flyer, sticker, and header designs are now available for free on our website. When you put them up, be sure to take a photo and use #SaveEuropeAct so we can repost you!

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The greatest outcome of this Act would be if all of Europe rose up and led the rest of THE WEST—USA, Canada, Australia, NZ, etc—to retake Western civilization and all together make it better than ever before! There is strength in optimism and optimism in strength! ABN

The Save Europe Act has officially hit the streets of Europe!

All poster, flyer, sticker, and header designs are now available for free on our website. When you put them up, be sure to take a photo and use #SaveEuropeAct so we can repost you!

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The greatest outcome of this Act would be if all of Europe rose up and led the rest of THE WEST—USA, Canada, Australia, NZ, etc—to retake Western civilization and all together make it better than ever before! There is strength in optimism and optimism in strength! ABN

🚀 Behold the "Best Simple System for Now," where complex buzzwords go to die! Dan North graces us with the revelation that #perfectionism and #pragmatism are not mutually exclusive—who knew? 🙄 In just 26 minutes, this masterpiece of redundancy assures us that we can have our cake and eat it too, if only we follow the sacred tenets of #XML streaming and #JSON library worship. 🍰💻
https://dannorth.net/blog/best-simple-system-for-now/ #BestSimpleSystem #HackerNews #ngated

🚀 Behold the "Best Simple System for Now," where complex buzzwords go to die! Dan North graces us with the revelation that #perfectionism and #pragmatism are not mutually exclusive—who knew? 🙄 In just 26 minutes, this masterpiece of redundancy assures us that we can have our cake and eat it too, if only we follow the sacred tenets of #XML streaming and #JSON library worship. 🍰💻
https://dannorth.net/blog/best-simple-system-for-now/ #BestSimpleSystem #HackerNews #ngated

Trump’s Social Media Advisor Alex Bruesewitz -vs- Tucker Carlson

In my opinion, Tucker Carlson is no longer an option for the intellectually honest or stable-minded person.  In the past several months as he has increased his anti-MAGA efforts Carlson and/or his production team have intensely avoided any guest who might challenge the outlandish nonsense he has been creating on his podcasts.

Occasionally CTH glances to see who Tucker is interviewing and generally check in on Carlson only to gain an understanding of the political network he represents.  I find the dishonesty in his monologues now repellant. However, that said, President Trump Social Media Advisor Alex Bruesewitz stated he appeared on the Carlson podcast in order to finally push back against some of the malicious narratives the former Fox News host was promoting.

I watched to see how this ‘confrontation’ might unfold.

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This is a first-rate overview of politics today in USA and the forces guiding it. Highly recommended for its brevity (especially considering the subject) and its completeness. If you have any interest in American politics and how our media-manufactured ‘reality’ positions its various parts, this essay is very much worth reading. ABN

America is now paying foreign aid to 177 countries. And Congress just shipped another $50 billion — Peter St Onge

It’s an odd way to run an empire when Washington’s cutting checks to basically the entire planet while Americans buy groceries with credit cards.

America is now paying foreign aid to 177 countries. And Congress just shipped another $50 billion — Peter St Onge

It’s an odd way to run an empire when Washington’s cutting checks to basically the entire planet while Americans buy groceries with credit cards.

Carney Calls It a Rupture. Trump Just Cracked Iran After 47 Years

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr579oCbnrI

Carney Calls It a Rupture. Trump Just Cracked Iran After 47 Years

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr579oCbnrI

Trump reprimands Israel’s bombing of Lebanon at G7

…’You don’t have to knock down an apartment house every time you’re looking for somebody. There are a lot of people in those apartment houses and they’re not all Hezbollah.’ 

Israel has killed at least 3,783 people and wounded 11,699 others in Lebanon between March 2 and June 14, according to Lebanon’s health ministry. The agency does not distinguish between civilians and military combatants.

Trump also aired his anger with Bibi over the Israeli PM’s decision to bomb Beirut just two hours before the memorandum of understanding was to be signed by the US and Iran on Sunday. 

‘Bibi has to be more responsible with respect to Lebanon,’ Trump said. ‘I’m not happy with the way Israel has handled themselves with Lebanon, and with Hezbollah.’

Trump also noted that he has told Israeli officials that Syria should ‘take care’ of the Iran-backed terrorist group Hezbollah. 

The President also doubled down on his recent claim that Israel would have been destroyed by Iran. 

‘Without the US, there would be no Israel. Without me, there would be no Israel because no other President was willing to do what I did.’

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More data for the extremely important question — Who rules whom? Israel or USA, in what order and to what degree? Israel and Jewish Supremacists inside USA appear to have strong control of our Deep State. Trump appears to have meaningful control of much of our foreign policy and appears to be wrestling with the Deep State, sometimes successfully, sometimes not. It looks like he is building a peaceful Middle East economic confederacy which includes Israel as an equal partner to the other states in the region. This may result in ending the Israeli fantasy of becoming the region’s hegemon. The ongoing battle for Greater Israel is a supremacy battle which unquestionably is being waged inside USA as well as in the ME. Right now, our totally cucked Congress is actually trying being bribed & blackmailed to to marry USA’s military to Israel’s military, while also repeatedly deliberately failing to pass basic voter ID laws, which are overwhelmingly supported by the public. How will this all shake out? Your guess is as good as mine. ABN