but in fact a doublethink process is occuring, where in the moment they are fully playing the part

but it's ultimately completely insincere

sociopaths are therefore likely to make excellent actors or conmen

as long as they don't have other issues

I suspect most, or all, self help types are sociopaths

as they are basically predators and people who need self-help books etc. are their prey

vulnerable people who want to strengthen themselves or better themselves

credulous people

this can be anyone, even apparently strong people, if they have one or two domains in which they lack and perceive themselves to lack

this is broadly true; other aspects of self help also contain a multitude of sociopaths

specifically the fitness world (where I know for sure)

and the pick-up/game world (where I suspect)

all of these people are literal gurus, of the indian sort, and if people knew what the qualities of the true guru are they would not be so easily fooled by these people

https://www.religiousforums.com/threads/do-crows-introduce-themselves.197548/

PUAs basically teach how to be a sociopath

a false guru

compulsively posts on various forums

But most of these self help people do to some extent

watch that thread devolve, swiftly

@diversity_is_racism how the hell did you ever get stuck on this (dangerous and) crazy dude

those who attain some realization have the furthest to fall

and become the most perverted and sickened

the ones who have a lower consciousness have much more mundane faults and sins

Who is this savagewind goober

no idea, but he has nearly 30,000 posts

which makes him a monster

@devolved all that matters is: what is crow doing? Why is he doing it?

He isn't content with his own forums

he needs something out of this exercise

the true guru never comes bearing gifts, only the conman does

http://blog.dilbert.com/post/159792630956/big-red-flag-for-cognitive-dissonance

Dunno we'll have to go find him on his canuck island and ask

@fallot http://www.amerika.org/politics/conservatism-pulling-away-from-patriotism-and-christianity/

What nihilists know that everyone else denies is that language has no inherent meaning. Only when two people are both using a word to mean the same thing can the word have shared meaning, and otherwise you have two people talking to themselves and hoping the other can intuit what is being gestured.

completely incoherent

no inherent meaning, yet shared meaning possible

what this really means is that language sounds are arbitrary but meaning is not

so there would be a language at two levels

if the other can "intuit what is being gestured", doesn't that tell you anything?

anyway, never mind

why is this called conservatism? It isn't, it's a particular idealism of reality, a "realism"