tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post6680753816770457745..comments2024-03-18T07:07:07.291-07:00Comments on Sociopath World: Free will = not what you think it isUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger151125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-55830615004095105352014-03-27T03:51:08.219-07:002014-03-27T03:51:08.219-07:00What we know of the laws of physics are limited by...What we know of the laws of physics are limited by our ability or lack thereof to observe things. And there is some extent that can never be predicted.<br /><br />What would look different in the Universe if we had free will? Or for that matter if there was no causality? Nothing. It would look the same, and we would still observe patterns and infer a concept and call it "causality". Even if everything was absolutely random if it randomly wound up the way we are experiencing it we wouldn't know the difference, and physicals laws derived from observation would still work.<br /><br />That is all that we can know, that we can describe things and then use the descriptions to guide engineering pursuits. It can never tell us anything about reality with certainty. We could all be brains in jars in some other Universe or immersed in a future-tech virtual reality game in the real world.<br /><br />What I have just put forward is often known as the instrumentalist view of science. And indeed there is no compelling reason for prefering realism other than that people want questions answered. Causality is not something we know about reality, it's a concept that is useful in planning and engineering and predicting the future course of observeable events like the Earth going around the Sun. But for all we know nothing might be causal and we're just extremely lucky that things work out the way they do. Or some things even most things may be causal but with some things uncaused.<br /><br />But there is a compelling reason to prefer instrumentalism. Instrumentalism allows for free will. And studies even show that people who believe in free will tend to be more well-adjusted and behave better. So if free will didn't exist we'd still be better off believing in it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-9259956010723989302013-05-20T16:50:12.918-07:002013-05-20T16:50:12.918-07:00The conclusion that science, such as it is describ...The conclusion that science, such as it is described here, supports the premise that there is no free will only describes the limitations of science. For example, 'science' is relatively mute when questions about individual consciousness arise. This may change in time, but at this point I suspect this gentleman's arguments are flawed.Lukiftianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08821616522124125026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-11654759070627196312013-05-17T01:54:23.803-07:002013-05-17T01:54:23.803-07:00Third.Third.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-19299879994830865842013-05-04T14:55:06.458-07:002013-05-04T14:55:06.458-07:00As initial conditions.
JessiAs initial conditions.<br />JessiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-53055670541820370592013-05-04T03:10:12.786-07:002013-05-04T03:10:12.786-07:00I will respect that boundary, Anon Ymous. I will respect that boundary, Anon Ymous. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-9653680548256192722013-05-04T02:46:05.893-07:002013-05-04T02:46:05.893-07:00The reason why there are so many wannabe sociopath...The reason why there are so many wannabe sociopaths is because they are wrongly perceived as superior. For me is like someone telling a blind guy to cross where it is wrong and feeling smart.<br /><br />JessiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-87227966112704965022013-05-04T02:34:18.383-07:002013-05-04T02:34:18.383-07:00"Now, knowing what I am, hurting people in or..."Now, knowing what I am, hurting people in order to get what I want is a real option."<br />This is the problem of any kind of diagnosis, people tend to adapt to the concept they are assigned to (or self-assigned) Maybe you are not a sociopath, Anon... Don't excuse an intolerable behaviour in an external label.<br />JessiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-10007088486908021822013-05-03T21:05:22.912-07:002013-05-03T21:05:22.912-07:00Yeah, seriously. These fuck tards really know how ...Yeah, seriously. These fuck tards really know how to make this place boring with their never ending paragraphs of shit no one cares about Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10590800310409524345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-57458654678478307472013-05-03T20:50:24.490-07:002013-05-03T20:50:24.490-07:00I plan to break my contentment in New England, if ...I plan to break my contentment in New England, if I find a way to get there.<br /><br />And good for you, Anon. Enjoy your apparent lactose intolerance. <br /><br />Good night.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-7084653402877793162013-05-03T20:45:53.619-07:002013-05-03T20:45:53.619-07:00Holy fuck.
And i thought, that M. Brig, good old ...Holy fuck.<br /><br />And i thought, that M. Brig, good old (dead) Rich and I would have spammed. MyMindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13411114622362794794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-83307451629246094372013-05-03T20:41:18.900-07:002013-05-03T20:41:18.900-07:00Well, for me, it's bedtime. Don't let any...Well, for me, it's bedtime. Don't let anybody else decide who you are. You seem intelligent, and you're doing the right thing by being curious about and interested in your own identity, and the identity of others. When you stop learning and growing is when you stop living.<br /><br />Contentment is a trap, and if you can spring yourself from it you'll find there are a lot of enjoyable experiences out there that are worth the risk of a little loss in comfort and security. I'm probably going to hang out in mine because the cheese is pretty good and I love the smell of my own farts.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11932547142801073974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-67339264316215433092013-05-03T20:25:47.609-07:002013-05-03T20:25:47.609-07:00My social cue detection used to be fairly keen, bu...My social cue detection used to be fairly keen, but now my social adeptness seems to be fading away. I'm forgetting things. Having to ask people what they mean a lot, although that did start in high school. But back then I asked with an idea in mind already and was seeking support of that idea. <br /><br />Oddly enough, I find my self-esteem is higher than ever. I still like praise and dislike criticism, but I don't feel completely defeated if I don't get what I believe I am worthy of. Now what gets me is when I don't get to do what I want because of other people. I am accused of being rigid and not spontaneous enough a lot. But what they don't know is that my "plans" are usually based upon how I feel that day. So they are spur of the moment. It's just that I get a heads up because I was the first to know what it was I would endeavor to accomplish. But I do suppose I am inflexible. However, the way I see it is--they're lucky I make time for them at all. They might as well take what I offer them in a way that accommodates me because while I appreciate their company sparingly and appreciate the things they do for me/money they spend on me, ultimately they need ME the person more than I need them just as the are doing nothing but coexisting. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-12193472194320269332013-05-03T20:12:00.180-07:002013-05-03T20:12:00.180-07:00Too much to break down piece by piece, but I'l...Too much to break down piece by piece, but I'll do my best :)<br /><br />Sometimes I feel like I know things that I don't have sufficient information to support. I labeled them as paranoia, but more often they are actually intuition. I'm sensitive to the thoughts and emotions of others on such a deep, unconscious level that I pick up on very subtle cues. I'm right so often that it's eerie. Try to look carefully at what exactly makes you feel 'paranoid' and ask yourself if there isn't some truth to what your mind is telling you.<br /><br />As for people seeming mean or angry and saying they're not, I am hypersensitive to how others are really feeling. It's so obvious that what they say doesn't really mean anything, they wear their emotions on their sleeves.<br /><br />Again, when I was younger, my self-confidence was extremely poor, and I felt people were always acting against me behind my back.<br /><br />I also expect praise when I think I deserve it. I feel cheated when I don't receive it. In fact, it pisses me off quite a lot.<br /><br />I get very possessive of my workspace, which could be analogous to your pool. It is MINE and I have IMPORTANT things to do there. Few things ruffle me, but people being in my space is aggravating.<br /><br />I often contemplate just walking out on my life, giving up all these things that I HAVE to do but don't WANT to do. Don't tell anybody this, but I fantasize about going to prison, where I have no responsibilities, and if I don't follow the rules, what will they do, throw me in solitary? Sometimes, that sounds like a real treat.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11932547142801073974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-44791132603429985272013-05-03T19:50:12.384-07:002013-05-03T19:50:12.384-07:00I am extremely paranoid. Once I got this idea for ...I am extremely paranoid. Once I got this idea for no good reason that my dad and the neighbor were conspiring to film me exercising in my swimsuit so they could get off to it. over the last 9 or so months my hearing has become more acute. But even before that back in high school I can remember being fearful of noises in the house. All footsteps and all doors closing sound angry to me. I am suspicious of everyone's motives--especially adults an even more specifically adults with authority of the female sex. I do struggle with misogyny and have felt superior to other females from a very young age. I can recall being a social/society critic at a tender age as well. Quite self-aware and aware of others. People think I'm not observant, but really I just don't observe the same things and I don't usually give away my findings. <br /><br />I am highly sensitive to criticism...or I was. I've conditioned myself to not give a fuck. It would actually hurt me more to be called womanly than boring or selfish or vapid. <br /><br />Yet, I do still perceive things to be insulting or meant with anger, even when the speaker claims they did not intend it that way. Sometimes the thing doesn't have to be said. I just sort of predict it will be a direct stab at my character. <br /><br />I hide in my room a lot and avoid my mother and step mother and company. I constantly think they are maliciously trying to sabotage me somehow, yet I know they are not clever enough, so i shouldn't feel this way. Maybe they read Malevolence for Dummies...<br /><br />Similarly with "friends" (I have place filler friends I have hung out with in the past but no one other than maybe one person I share a genuine bond and loyalty with)<br />I will start to think they are all having orgies without me on weekends, even though they live in different states. That they all secretly take me for a fool and don't think my arrogance is justified.<br /><br />This usually occurs after I've felt pretty lofty and thought I was deserving of abundant admiration and didn't receive it. Although I am not much for the company of others I do NOT like being ignored by those I want praising me. Of course I cannot be expected to return this.<br /><br /><br />I get very possessive over many things. Food, space, time, etc...lately I've become so MINE over the neighborhood swimming pool that I find myself muttering "oh my fucking god you fucking people deserve to die i hope you die" very quietly but still out loud on the sidewalk if I see someone's car already parked there. Then I'll enter so they see me seeing them, then leave to show that I do not want to be where they are. Last time this happened I had a mild panic attack during a walk I decided to take in the mean time. I think about living transiently on the streets from time to time these days. I'm obsessed with the idea of being "free" although I know that is but an elusive dream.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-52835761949614361382013-05-03T19:26:35.046-07:002013-05-03T19:26:35.046-07:00Chet, that is a veritable goldmine of information,...Chet, that is a veritable goldmine of information, and I greatly appreciate it :)<br /><br />"I'm not charming. Usually don't speak at all unless I have to. Not popular except with guys for my looks."<br /><br />When I was younger, I was insecure about my social skills, and was very awkward. I was not popular.<br /><br />"I lack prowess and calculation, as it is hard for me to see past the immediate."<br /><br />I have been successful, but the decisions I made to get where I am have been impulsive and seemingly arbitrary. I didn't plan to end up this way, it just happened.<br /><br />"While my identity is complex and made of many facets, I wouldn't call myself impressionable."<br /><br />Do you respond strongly to praise and criticism? I am highly susceptible to these, as they can lift my spirits or crush them if I see them as honest.<br /><br />"I'm also very passive. Not just in the sense that I don't get into fights. I have a "beach bum" way about me. Monotone voice, "<br /><br />I would prefer to 'bum around', so to speak, but I've gotten into the habit of working, making money, and buying things I like. My monotone voice was one of the hardest things to change, as I've had to give multiple presentations. If I don't practice, monotone is my default presentation tone.<br /><br />"seem depressed even when I'm quite content, not especially dynamic or upbeat about anything."<br /><br />This is me when I'm not acting.<br /><br />"I'm very introverted, yet I would not consider myself a follower--at least not any more so than the next person."<br /><br />I'm a huge introvert, being in social situations is a large energy drain, even though I can manage it. It's exhausting.<br /><br />"I don't mirror off of people often. Maybe by accident once in a while but most of the time I'm much more autonomous."<br /><br />I don't mirror people so much as I try to be what they want to see. Direct mimicry is creepy, and creepy is usually ineffective.<br /><br />"It seems like my thoughts and views on things come from quiet observations/inventories I've made or from within my mind from a concoction of seemingly unrelated items and events."<br /><br />You have sufficient introspective ability to examine your motivations as an outsider. They don't always make sense, but you're aware that you are a product of your experiences.<br /><br />"I'm also terrible at lying unless it is something serious like my shoplifting charge."<br /><br />I don't put effort into lies that don't matter, why waste energy?<br /><br />"But on smaller scales I am honest to a fault. I get in trouble for saying what I feel, as it tends to be taken as hostile."<br /><br />Some people I've met that I think could be sociopaths, based on intuition, don't have much of a filter to screen what they say. This was particularly true for teenagers, including myself at that age.<br /><br />What else you got?<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11932547142801073974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-23163901545299011562013-05-03T19:06:41.647-07:002013-05-03T19:06:41.647-07:00Whether or not I choose to accept the label has no...Whether or not I choose to accept the label has no meaning. I do not fit the criminal psychologist's definition of a sociopath. However, sociopathy accurately predicts and describes the motivations for my actions and how I handle other people.<br /><br />My sister and I are quite close, and she is a psychology major. I think she could handle the knowledge of what I am, but I don't think insisting it upon her would benefit her in any way.<br /><br />You should know, Monica, that I have managed you very gently, but managed you all the same. I appear to have internalized my identity as a sociopath, and I have experienced urges to defend it. I wonder why that is? I think I have some measure of pride in it, that it somehow makes me purer of thought, and that makes me superior. It is important that I define myself this way. While I contemplate this, please do not insist that I am not a sociopath. I likely have sufficient control not to lash out at you, but my lack of desire to hurt people is not a perfect deterrent.<br /><br />I, ahem, apologize for the internal dialogue.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11932547142801073974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-7920064303775808612013-05-03T18:57:36.277-07:002013-05-03T18:57:36.277-07:00I'm not charming. Usually don't speak at a...I'm not charming. Usually don't speak at all unless I have to. Not popular except with guys for my looks. I lack prowess and calculation, as it is hard for me to see past the immediate. While my identity is complex and made of many facets, I wouldn't call myself impressionable. I'm also very passive. Not just in the sense that I don't get into fights. I have a "beach bum" way about me. Monotone voice, seem depressed even when I'm quite content, not especially dynamic or upbeat about anything. I don't see the point. I'm very introverted, yet I would not consider myself a follower--at least not any more so than the next person. I don't mirror off of people often. Maybe by accident once in a while but most of the time I'm much more autonomous. It seems like my thoughts and views on things come from quiet observations/inventories I've made or from within my mind from a concoction of seemingly unrelated items and events. I'm also terrible at lying unless it is something serious like my shoplifting charge. I almost believe in my own innocence at this point. But on smaller scales I am honest to a fault. I get in trouble for saying what I feel, as it tends to be taken as hostile.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-11797984357522972812013-05-03T18:44:32.747-07:002013-05-03T18:44:32.747-07:00Did you ever have one adult who loved you uncondit...Did you ever have one adult who loved you unconditionally and with whom you felt safe and accepted, as is?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-22712806142287266042013-05-03T18:42:27.029-07:002013-05-03T18:42:27.029-07:00You can feel. You can love. You can connect. You d...You can feel. You can love. You can connect. You don't have to take the label( or category) of sociopath.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-4647962799067267722013-05-03T18:39:45.801-07:002013-05-03T18:39:45.801-07:00When I was a child in grade school, my cat was hit...When I was a child in grade school, my cat was hit by a car. She survived, but had blood leaking from the corner of her mouth. My dad said she had internal bleeding, and that he'd have to put her down. I went to school that day, and the world was grey. I knew he would shoot her while I was at school, and at one point I broke down and cried. I didn't want my kitty to die :(<br /><br />You can't stand to see people make such obvious mistakes, Chet, it turns your stomach. I feel the same way. I don't mean this as an accusation, but what exactly is it about yourself that makes you think you're not a sociopath?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11932547142801073974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-67555975893309800412013-05-03T18:17:45.151-07:002013-05-03T18:17:45.151-07:00or if someone says something awkward then keeps ta...or if someone says something awkward then keeps talking even after everyone is thinking "what a loser--just stop" I sometimes cringe to myself and think thank goodness it's not me. <br /><br />but sadness and emotional pain of others and loss I can't recall feeling.<br /><br />I don't really feel my own sadness. sometimes a mild lethargic state or frustration expressed through tears but not sadness. I think my cat would have to die or run away. I feel more for cats than for humans. They are plush and fluffy so they make it easy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-84706275925966911962013-05-03T18:17:36.034-07:002013-05-03T18:17:36.034-07:00Did you ever have grief, remorse or guilt, even as...Did you ever have grief, remorse or guilt, even as a child?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-8463382262725434602013-05-03T18:09:00.546-07:002013-05-03T18:09:00.546-07:00I get hungry if I smell someone else's food wh...I get hungry if I smell someone else's food when I haven't eaten. I'd be fine if it didn't smell so goooooood.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11932547142801073974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-44615373331970691412013-05-03T17:52:29.161-07:002013-05-03T17:52:29.161-07:00not sarcasm at all
I'm not a sociopath but I ...not sarcasm at all<br /><br />I'm not a sociopath but I don't experience grief or empathy unless it's like other people are eating so I'm suddenly hungryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-83726033035286972302013-05-03T17:42:41.904-07:002013-05-03T17:42:41.904-07:00Chet, sarcasm, or no? It's so hard to tell so...Chet, sarcasm, or no? It's so hard to tell sometimes.<br /><br />Monica, if she had gotten a job, helped us out when I really needed her to, I would have stood by her and respected her.<br /><br />I've only ever been loyal and faithful in my relationships, so I have nothing to compare it to. But no, I did not feel boxed in. If sexual promiscuity, or criminal activity, are requirements for sociopathy, then I am not a sociopath. Like I said, though, I'm exploring my options :) I remain without guilt, remorse, or grief, and my code is not written in stone.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11932547142801073974noreply@blogger.com