Orwell comes to america - clip - reason 1
Why Hacker News recommends it
Almost entirely one commenter's repeated citation as evidence on unconscious thinking and flawed reasoning.
What it is
A short clip, titled Orwell Comes to America, on reasoning and perception. One HN user links it repeatedly as the science showing human minds are bad at reasoning and do not see reality as it is.
Recommended by 1 HN commenters across 1 different months, 2014 to 2022.
What Hacker News said
Recommends Umn55 · 2015-10 · on “White Hat Hackers Would Have Their Devices Destroyed Under the TPP”
First realize what is going on and why, watch the science video, then manufacturing consent then the rest. The elites fear political awakening, thats why all this is happening. First, our brains are much worse at reality and thinking than thought. Science on reasoning: [this video] The (mass surveillance) by the NSA and abuse by law enforcement is just more part and parcel of state suppression of dissent against corporate interests. They're worried that the more people are going to wake up and corporate centers like the US and canada may be among those who also awaken. See this vid with Zbigniew Brzezinski, former United States National Security Advisor. [LINK] Brezinski at a press conference [LI
Recommends Umn55 · 2015-10 · on “White Hat Hackers Would Have Their Devices Destroyed Under the TPP”
"Empires are not monolithic." First see the science on reasoning, your brain is not the reasoning god you think it is: [this video] Which is meaningless, what is the evidence of the US imposing laws on countries that are not of the US? AKA are corporations getting their way? If we go by evidence, there is no democracy and their power is quite monolithic. Consider that these laws have been growing in power for 200 years almost, so don't buy the 'the creators are hurting and the evil pirates are stealing' argument, the public domain is completely destroyed (aka freedom to own, modify, repair software, own and update video games, etc). AKA ownership is being taken away completely from you in a one s
Cites Umn55 · 2014-12 · on “Why women are leaving the tech industry in droves”
>Why is it then that over the entire industry, over the entire world, women are under-represented? Because women are smart and weak, and I don't mean that in a negative way. Women's evolutionary history over time was to find a strong man who has resources, hence women's evolutionary programming isn't geared for technological trenches of insane work hours and dedication of 20 something youths. Women have an ovulatory cycle, and the enlightenment was wrong about human reasoning and human functioning. Most of our surface behaviour is controlled by unconscious processes. See here about reasoning: [this video]
Cites Umn55 · 2015-11 · on “Release of the Full TPP Text Confirms Threats to Users’ Rights”
"The basic idea of how we do democracy is more-or-less sound." Sorry to tell you but... human beings are bad at reasoning: Science on reasoning: [this video] On democracy [LINK]
Cites Umn55 · 2015-11 · on “News is bad for you (2013)”
"Media organizations have several proven strategies to push our buttons: voyeurism, outrage, greed, fear, prurience and envious aspiration are at the top." Goes way beyond that... First, our brains are much worse at reality and thinking than thought. Science on reasoning: [this video] Manufacturing consent: [LINK] [LINK] The corporate attack on education: [LINK]
Cites Umn44 · 2015-11 · on “The Psychology and Neuroscience of Curiosity [pdf]”
"So, my question, what is this feeling? How does the brain recognize that it should have this feeling?" If we take the idea seriously that the universe is unified and all knowledge is unified, then it would be safe to treat the universe as a single entity. AKA everything is related to everything else in a whole host of mundane and non mundane ways that human beings are not aware of given the limits on the human brain/body and the time and energy required to process that information. AKA all the truth is there (the universes structure and its relationships). Rather our mind is busy highlighting things that are interesting, it's just the brain buildings models and finding interesting links unc
Cites Umn44 · 2016-02 · on “German government to use Trojan spyware to monitor citizens”
>There is a lot of evidence that we should be very afraid of the state if you look at Verfassungsschutz activities. It goes way beyond that, all elites of all nations are afraid of their publics and are basically already implementing soft versions of martial law behind the scenes. The media being complicit. You should, the elite are locking down the planet and most people are too stupid and uninformed. Most won't believe it because it goes against belief in corporate ideology. Science on reasoning: [this video] The (mass surveillance) by the NSA and abuse by law enforcement is just more part and parcel of state suppression of dissent against corporate interests. They're worried that the more peop
Cites Umn44 · 2016-02 · on “This is why people fear the Internet of Things”
" is that as IoT devices become more and more ubiquitous, I'll probably still end up with some kind of quasi-surveillance garbage in my house." This is the natural result of free market capitalism and private property, property owners (corporations) want to protect it and their profits from the plebians. So they buy the governments and strip plebians of their rights. Our brains are much worse at reality and thinking than thought. Science on reasoning: [this video] The (mass surveillance) by the NSA and abuse by law enforcement is just more part and parcel of state suppression of dissent against corporate interests. They're worried that the more people are going to wake up and corporate centers li