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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)
@QiaochuYuan
the meta-gaslighting that enables other forms of gaslighting is the undermining of direct perception, the idea that you are not allowed to perceive something unless it is on the list of Socially Approved Perceptions
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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)
@QiaochuYuan
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this is important shit and i'm gonna keep being mad about it. the undermining of direct perception is one of the biggest tools of social control. it is the meta-gaslighting that enables other forms of gaslighting. it's one of the worst parts of the "i fucking love science" meme
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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)
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at the most basic level the "minimal but respectful take" for me is just about respecting people i know and the experiences and perceptions i know they've had. i see no reason to believe that they're any less reliable than my own experiences and perceptions
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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)
@QiaochuYuan
the next level up from the minimal but respectful take involves just not caring particularly one way or the other whether known physics can explain anything. i am not all the way there yet but i occasionally try to meme myself in that direction
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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)
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magic has nothing to do with violating the laws of physics. it has much to do with violating *expectations*, and we can reflect on what in our society causes us to conflate the two
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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)
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okay, fine, i will own up to it because i get annoyed when other people don't do that: this is a subtweet, but i have tried to mostly focus on what i want to see more of and hopefully i mostly succeeded
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Aella
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Ppl who are real into astrology/conspiracies/woo beliefs *really* trigger me, but it's not because of the beliefs themselves, it's what it indicates about the person. To me, it implies a profound lack of curiosity in checking to see if their beliefs are true. 1/
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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)
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as you can see my pov is almost the exact opposite of the above: "aren't you *curious* what's going on with all this woo stuff, which has been happening uninterrupted to our species this whole-ass time we've been around, several times longer than science has?"
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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)
@QiaochuYuan
i really like this question because it seems genuinely curious. i replied with five possibilities: wind currents, electrical / magnetic currents, smells, facial expression, body language. there’s a lot of information potentially available if you learn how to sift it
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which raw sensory data specifically? kinda surprised you see this as physics compatible
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rosalind 𓅮
@wholebodyprayer
I read something about the electrical pulses of our heart being detectable from 100m away… & imagine it speeding up with every inhale and down w every exhale, heartrate shifting in response to thoughts… what horses can sense in us…so much to feel. Im sure it gets way subtler
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rosalind 𓅮
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Aristotle has a theory on this, the sensus communis, the one sense … synaesthesia is a fascinating case for it… eg “the man who tasted shapes” im thinking too of polynesian navigators who felt land thousands of miles away thru the vibrations of the waves If a bird can, why not?
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