The Memetic Firewall
Robert RappleanIn a world built from lies, it can be difficult to know who to trust. This web site aims to provide a philosophy that will allow us to navigate our personal information maelstrom.
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A difficult ask
I’m going to ask you to do something that you don’t want to do. I’m going to ask you to admit that you’re wrong.
What went through your mind when you read that? Obviously, you’re wondering what you’d be wrong about. You’re going through th...
What is hatred?
You wanna know what I hate? I hate willful ignorance. This is the inverse of self-confirmation bias, where a person purposely avoids information because they might learn that they are wrong.
Why do I hate it? That’s kind of a funny questio...
Rule 1, part 3: Compliment management
I should start this one off by pointing out that there isn’t usually an issue with falling for flattery. More to the point, if you’re falling for flattery, then there isn’t much I can do to help you. The truly problematic targets of complim...
Rule 1 part 2: The impact of compliments
So you can spot compliments. Big deal. Why is it a problem? Maybe you’ll get a big ego, maybe you’ll fall for a scam or two. What’s so damaging about compliments that it gets top billing?
Superiority behavior
Humans are the result of a bi...
Rule 1: All information should be suspect in direct proportion to its attractiveness
You would think that “don’t fall for flattery” would be a no-brainer, but the devil is truly in the details. There are too many details to fit into a single blog post in our TL;DR world, so I’m going to break it into several.
This post wil...
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Robert Rapplean is a software engineer, political activist, philosopher, science fiction author and sculptor, among other things.
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