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I hate to break it you, but you’re not real…

Posted on27/10/2014AuthorEclectic MooseLeave a comment

You know how you take things really seriously, how you strive and struggle in your life, how you get really hung up on all your important thoughts and feelings? Well, I hate to break it to you, but none of that is real. Even worse, Read More …

CategoriesGeneral, Psychology, SocietyTagscognitive limitations, delusion, hubris, illusion, reality

Why ties are evil: The dangers of tradition and social conditioning…

Posted on28/10/201328/10/2013AuthorEclectic Moose4 Comments

These days I keep a bank of blog ideas (hopefully at least five at any given time) so that when I sit down on a Monday morning, one of the ideas will present itself. I came up with this idea a while back and have Read More …

CategoriesBusiness, General, Politics, Society, WorkTagsconditioning, conservatism, danger, delusion, social, society, ties, tradition

You can’t polish a turd, but you can roll it in glitter…

Posted on29/07/2013AuthorEclectic Moose2 Comments

I started this blog post a while back when I first heard the expression “you can’t polish a turd, but you can roll it in glitter”. It got me thinking about all the ways (as human beings) we delude ourselves and others, so much so Read More …

CategoriesBusiness, General, Health, Politics, Psychology, SocietyTagsdelusion, ignorance, perpetuating, self delusion, Turd

Why I don’t respect your faith…

Posted on25/02/201325/02/2013AuthorEclectic Moose10 Comments

OK – I’m probably going to piss a lot of people off with this post, even if they can make it past the title. I’m not trying to be deliberately inflammatory (nor am I trying to be a dick), but I think this is important stuff – Read More …

CategoriesGeneral, PsychologyTagsdelusion, faith, irrationality, memetic infection, proselytising, religious experience

Why striving for happiness is fucking you up…

Posted on07/01/2013AuthorEclectic Moose2 Comments

So Christmas and New Year’s are over again – little orgies of excess that they are. Did they make you happy? In fact, how much of what we think will make us happy ends up being either stressful or disappointing (or both)? Our quest for Read More …

CategoriesGeneral, PsychologyTagsdelusion, dissatisfaction, emotions, entitlement, epidemic, happiness, meaning

Human values: Delusional but worth it…

Posted on10/12/201212/12/2012AuthorEclectic Moose6 Comments

So, last week I wrote about how we can protect ourselves from the consequences of memetic hacking (if not the hack itself) by learning to distrust the consistency of the self, and being suspicious of our urges – rule of thumb: if it feels “right” Read More …

CategoriesGeneral, PsychologyTagsdelusion, meaning, psychological flexibility, self, values

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