“I’m not getting smarter, the world is getting dumber.” – Dr. Freckles
Scale …
“Democracy could never scale.” – Dr. Freckles
In many ways, the flaws inherent in democracy are predicted by the “calculation problem”.
The “utopian democrat” wants to pretend that some “honest vote” will yield valid predictors for resource allocation – but what if that’s just the same communist error.
Change …
“Change is for the laundromat.” – Dr. Freckles
I’m a hermit …
“I’m a hermit … you are all so great from a distance … especially if I have a .50 cal Barret … and concertina wire deployed correctly, to channel you.” – Dr. Freckles
I’ve been naming the deer …
“I’ve been naming the deer here, in the woods, as they pass by: ‘Cheese Burger’, ‘Stew’, ‘Pepperoni Pizza’, ‘Meat Ball’, it feels cozy.” – Dr. Freckles
What do you want … and need.
“When it comes to creatures in this world that might be self aware and conscious of their existence, whether it’s African grey parrots or dogs or dolphins or octopus or even cats, we should ask: what do they want and need? – not how can I torture them into behaving.” – Dr. Freckles
Jimmy Buffet …
“Jimmy Buffet OVER Warren Buffet.” – Dr. Freckles
Swimming pools …
I don’t think alcohol is good or bad.
I don’t think cigarettes are good or bad.
I don’t think guns or chainsaws or sticks of dynamite are good or bad.
And if you do think “objects”, without sentience, are “good” or “bad”, then BAN FUCKING SWIMMING POOLS …
(to stop drowning)
A healing salve …
If you make a healing salve,
from dead cat and old calf,
you bake the bread of bone and blood,
then chisel out your rendered cud …
And from that soup,
your mind will see,
a healthy face,
for all to see.
China’s Potemkin Villages
“China has turned the Potemkin Village into a science.” – Dr. Freckles