How to Think Critically in a World Full of Stupid People — Schopenhauer’s Philosophy
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Isaiah 3:12 [As for] My people, children [are] their oppressors, and women rule over them. O My people, they which lead thee cause [thee] to err, and lead thee astray, TO THY DESTRUCTION.
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Women should never be rulers.
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They might do better in the military..
OH WAIT !-
SUB SONAR OPERATOR- “Ma’am I’m picking up a ship’s engine noise, shall i switch to active sonar to pinpoint its position?
WOMAN CAPTAIN- “Don’t you dare, you know that wretched pinging sets my nerves on edge !”
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MALE SQUAD LEADER- “Why didn’t you shoot that fleeing enemy?”
WOMAN SQUADDIE- “He had nice eyes”
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The most common approach to measuring the Dunning–Kruger effect is to compare self-assessment with objective performance. The self-assessment is sometimes called subjective ability in contrast to the objective ability corresponding to the actual performance.[8] The self-assessment may be done before or after the performance.[10] If done afterward, the participants receive no independent clues during the performance as to how well they did. Thus, if the activity involves answering quiz questions, no feedback is given as to whether a given answer was correct.[13]
The measurement of the subjective and the objective abilities can be in absolute or relative terms. When done in absolute terms, self-assessment and performance are measured according to objective standards, e.g. concerning how many quiz questions were answered correctly. When done in relative terms, the results are compared with a peer group. In this case, participants are asked to assess their performances in relation to the other participants, for example in the form of estimating the percentage of peers they outperformed.[17][13][3] The Dunning–Kruger effect is present in both cases, but tends to be significantly more pronounced when done in relative terms; people are usually less accurate when assessing how well they did relative to their peer group than when simply predicting their raw score.
Performance at an exam with 45 questions, measured first in relation to the peer group (top) and then in relation to the number of questions answered correctly (bottom). The diagram shows the average performance of the groups corresponding to each quartile.[16]
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An interesting example of how people tend to mindlessly follow the herd was in a TV science prog some years ago-
10 people took part and were told to listen to electronic beeps from a loudspeaker, then say in turn how many beeps they heard.
However, 9 of them had secretly been taken aside before filming and told to add ‘1` to the number of beeps they heard, but the 10th guy hadn’t been told to do that..The experiment began and 4 beeps were heard, but the 9 people added ‘1’, and each said ‘5’.
Guess what the 10th guy said even though he KNEW he’d only heard 4 beeps..
Yup, he said ‘5’ too because he was copying what the other 9 people had said..
Several more rounds were played with different numbers of beeps, and each time the 10th guy added ‘1’ because he was copying the others…Afterwards the show host told him he’d been pranked and he was embarassed, but the host said it was quite normal for him to copy the others even though he knew they were wrong..
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I’ve always been the “loner” type, never following the herd..
Example- in the early 1960’s my schoolpals used to go down the local record shop every week to buy the latest releases, and I was eagerly saving up my pocket money so i could buy a record player to do the same, but then I thought “hey why don’t i buy a tape recorder instead so I can simply record for free off the radio?” and that’s exactly what I did..
I told my mates and suggested they do likewise, but they looked at me with puzzled faces as if their brains were having trouble processing what I was saying, and they mumbled “But EVERYBODY buys records…”, and they went on forking out on records, duh…
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Here’s another example of how we’re expected to follow the herd-
I was in my bank (Lloyds) a few years ago making a minor transaction and the woman clerk looked at her computer screen said with a smile- “Oh dear, I see you haven’t got a Credit card, but no problem, i’ll fix you up with one”….I replied with “I don’t need one, I simply use my Debit card to draw money out of my bank account to make instant purchases whenever I need to buy something”
She looked at me in amazement and said, still smiling- “But EVERBODY needs a Credit card nowadays”….I tried telling her again that I didn’t want one, but still smiling she said- “It’s alright, I’ll fix you up with one”
So I went along with the pantomime by letting her waste her time “fixing me up” with one by entering my details onto her computer for the next 20 minutes, and she said, still smiling “There, it’s all done, the Credit card will be arriving through the post at your home address in a few days”
When it arrived I cut it up and binned it as I’d always intended to, thwarting her attempt to get me into the credit trap..
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There are several difficulties most people struggle with today, that prevent them from actually understanding what critical thinking is and how to use it.
Critical thinking is prayer, i.e. linking up with our Creator telepathically, so that He can teach, guide, protect and warn you, based upon REAL evidence and without irrational FEAR.
Prayer/critical thinking has absolutely NOTHING to do with organized religion; in fact all organized religion was invented to prevent people from exercising their critical thinking skills.
REAL evidence is very simply truthful/accurate information that can be verified by multiple sources (see: Deut. 17:6; Deut. 19:15). It does NOT include conjecture/personal opinions, even if those personal opinions are from celebrity figures or so-called leaders speaking out forcefully about things they know nothing about.
Just because the evil majority believes or does something does NOT make it right or just.
Exodus 23:2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to [do] evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to agree falsely with the majority and thereby pervert [judgment]:
The last thing the evil leaders of this world want is for there to be an informed citizenry that is capable of thinking for themselves. If that ever happened, it would bring the evil rule of men – with their made-up rules, legislation, doctrines and traditions, etc. – to a rapid end.
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Our art teacher in the 1960’s was middle-aged Mr. Colin Walker who was a railway enthusiast and had written several books illustrated by photos taken by him..However they were only dreary black and white photos even though he could have used colour film which had been around for many years, perhaps it simply never occured to him to use colour.
So when I began dabbling in photography myself a few years later I thought outside the box and made a point of only using colour film even though it was a bit more expensive than boring old black/white..
Below: some of Walkers books-
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Christians stand like immovable rocks in todays morally corrupt and spiritually retarded world..:)-
Jesus said- "Everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.” (Matt 7:24-27)
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If that were true, the world would be getting better (more Christ-like).
Instead, and despite record numbers of “Christians”, the world is getting worse by the day, if not by the hour, proving beyond any reasonable doubt that “Christianity” – in any and all of its thousands of different denominations/sects/cults, etc. – is NOT The Way. It teaches the exact opposite of what Christ teaches.
Christ IS The Way/The Example (John 14:6). Anyone who doesn’t come out of “Christianity” is doomed, exactly as Christ said, including in the passage you cited.
Matthew 7:21-27
7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into The Kingdom of heaven; ONLY he that doeth the Will of my Father which is in heaven.
7:22 Many will say to me in That Day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work inequity.
7:24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and DOETH THEM, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a Rock (the Truth):
7:25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a Rock (the Truth).
7:26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them NOT, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
7:27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
Revelation 18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, COME OUT of her, MY people, that ye take not part in her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues (punishment).
Logically, one cannot be a true follower of Christ while (satanically) doing the exact opposite of what Christ teaches. REPENT by returning to keeping The Law/Commandments that God gave us.
THINK about it.
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I know, there are TRUE Christians and there are FAKE Christians..
Jesus said:-“Not all who call me “Lord,Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven. Then I’ll tell them plainly, I never knew you, get away from me” (Matt 7:21-23)
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There’s no such thing as a “true Christian”, because a “Christian” is someone who believes in/is part of one of the thousands of denominations of “Christianity”, an organized religion which is based upon man made-up traditions, superstitions, rites, and rituals, etc., i.e. LIES.
So it’s as oxymoronic to use the term “true Christians” as it is to believe in “Christian Zionism”.
Truth and lies do NOT mix. They are mutually exclusive.
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I’m sure there must be at least 5% of true Christians among the 95% fakes..
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John 3:13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, [even] the Son of Man which is from heaven.
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Come on now, be positive, whaddya say?
What’s your blood type? 
Sometimes being realistic is taken by those uninterested in spiritual self-improvement to be negative.
But since you’ve asked about blood type and about being positive…
A priest, an imam, and a rabbit walk into a clinic to donate blood. The rabbit turns to the nurse and says, ‘I think I’m a Type-O.’
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