Brad's Pithy Comments

Confidence/Ignorance Correlation

noreply@blogger.com (Bradley Jarvis) — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 15:09:00 +0000

People who are sure of themselves tend to know less than those who are not.

Religion and Identity

noreply@blogger.com (Bradley Jarvis) — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 23:00:00 +0000

Cherry-picked aspects of religion define the identity of a group whose surviving and thriving is enabled by them.

Code For Living

noreply@blogger.com (Bradley Jarvis) — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 22:54:00 +0000

Prepare for the worst case while trying to stop it; work for the best case; and expect something between the two.

Homicidal Suicide

noreply@blogger.com (Bradley Jarvis) — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 22:52:00 +0000

If you destroy those who support your survival, you will destroy yourself.

Faith

noreply@blogger.com (Bradley Jarvis) — Sun, 12 Jan 2020 19:22:00 +0000

Faith is an abdication of responsibility for reality.

Business

noreply@blogger.com (Bradley Jarvis) — Wed, 22 Jul 2015 20:32:00 +0000

noun: the acquisition of economic power by manipulating other people into buying products and services that are not provided freely in Nature.

Survival of the Realists

noreply@blogger.com (Bradley Jarvis) — Sat, 09 May 2015 16:39:00 +0000

Other species are adapting to climate change, so apparently they're smarter than we are.

Denialist Dilemma

noreply@blogger.com (Bradley Jarvis) — Thu, 19 Mar 2015 16:46:00 +0000

Making negligence legal doesn't absolve you from being criminally negligent.

Inhuman Rights

noreply@blogger.com (Bradley Jarvis) — Tue, 24 Feb 2015 19:18:00 +0000

In a healthy world, "treating fellow human beings equally" does not mean treating them all as prey.

Carrier Wave

noreply@blogger.com (Bradley Jarvis) — Fri, 20 Feb 2015 23:59:00 +0000

The most successful ideas are carried by strong emotions, even if the ideas suck.

The Spoiled Dead

noreply@blogger.com (Bradley Jarvis) — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 15:44:00 +0000

There is no convenient way to win a war for survival. You either do what's necessary or you die.

Ignoramus Lost

noreply@blogger.com (Bradley Jarvis) — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 15:40:00 +0000

If you don't have time to listen proper explanations, you don't deserve to benefit from the knowledge they represent.

Delusions of Superiority

noreply@blogger.com (Bradley Jarvis) — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 20:42:00 +0000

Having money doesn't mean you're strong -- it just means you can sell stuff. Having faith doesn't make you moral -- it just makes people think you are. Having fame doesn't mean you're special -- people just think you are.

Bibliarrghraphy

noreply@blogger.com (Bradley Jarvis) — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 04:08:00 +0000

Life isn't a homework assignment whose answers can be found in the back of a book -- any book.

Greedy Obnoxious Planet-killers

noreply@blogger.com (Bradley Jarvis) — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 01:45:00 +0000

If you give money and vote for us, we'll pretend to care about you while we help our friends pilfer the planet for fun and profit.

Might Makes Blight

noreply@blogger.com (Bradley Jarvis) — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 01:27:00 +0000

More power among less people leaves more people with less ability to survive and thrive.

Hypocrisy 101

noreply@blogger.com (Bradley Jarvis) — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 22:02:00 +0000

If you don't believe the government should be served by government, don't become a public servant!

Just Deserts

noreply@blogger.com (Bradley Jarvis) — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:54:00 +0000

With science and technology, we can either (1) explore lifeless worlds while creating one; or (2) do more with less while nurturing life.

Creative Blinking

noreply@blogger.com (Bradley Jarvis) — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 02:03:00 +0000

Thinking outside of the box is easy when you realize that the box is simply a common delusion.

Simpleton Solutions

noreply@blogger.com (Bradley Jarvis) — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:50:00 +0000

Don't like climate change? Take away funding from climate research! Don't like poor people? Make it harder for them to get government aid! Don't like another country's ideology? Start a war with it! Don't like people asking uncomfortable questions? Feed them propaganda, sabotage public education, and restrict their ability to protest!

Globicide

noreply@blogger.com (Bradley Jarvis) — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:19:00 +0000

Humanity is unlikely to survive the continued diminishing of the natural world - not so much because we need its "resources," but because, in a real sense, we are diminishing ourselves as part of it.

Safety vs. Risk

noreply@blogger.com (Bradley Jarvis) — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 17:38:00 +0000

In our culture, "playing it safe" is bad, and taking risks is good. If survival is valued as "good" and death is "bad," then it is bad if everyone either plays it safe or takes risks. On the other hand, most people playing it safe, and a few people taking risks, is good.

Dumb Defense

noreply@blogger.com (Bradley Jarvis) — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 23:59:00 +0000

Ignorance doesn't absolve you of responsibility for your actions, it just means you're guilty and stupid.

Meaning of Death

noreply@blogger.com (Bradley Jarvis) — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 04:25:00 +0000

If the goal of competition in Nature is to increase the amount and longevity of life, why does the goal of human competition appear to be the exact opposite?

Public Interest

noreply@blogger.com (Bradley Jarvis) — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 04:24:00 +0000

Schools get to help raise your kids, because when they grow up the rest of us have to live with them.