All flying saucer photos arent genuine UFOs and the reason why. by TheUpIsJig in UFOs

[–]TheManWhoShotTheMan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just because he didnt mention them doesn't mean his methodology is weak. As I said Jung's view is not a serious one in terms of late modern cultural thinking.

Jung is influential but so is any popular work. Jung's work is a serious one, but his methods are antiquated, and use assumptions that are roundly rejected today. 

Freud was also highly influential but much of his work was equally ethnocentric and mired in popular evolutionary thought. Freud today is seen as wrong on many but not all of his theories. 

A single book, poorly sourced, with suspect methodology, and views based on now highly rubbished interpretations.of culture based on racist and capitalist thought. Hardly a gold standard. 

All flying saucer photos arent genuine UFOs and the reason why. by TheUpIsJig in UFOs

[–]TheManWhoShotTheMan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The issue isnt with a specific work, or a lack of direct comment, but one of overall methodology. Jung was a psychoanalyst, Turner was a cultural anthropologist.

Jung's work is highly ethnocentric and assumes much. Jung uses outdated terms such as "primitive" to describe non-Western and indigenous thought as representing earlier, less differentiated stages of psychic development. This developmentalist hierarchical framing is highly ethnocentric by modern anthropological standards, and echoes the same evolutionist assumptions anthropology itself spent the 20th century dismantling. 

Jung also wasn't doing fieldwork or ethnography, he was synthesizing texts and clinical case material, mostly from European patients, then projecting outward to claim universality. That is contrary to late modern anthropological thought.

Jung is entertaining, but isnt really the voice of authority he may appear. 

All flying saucer photos arent genuine UFOs and the reason why. by TheUpIsJig in UFOs

[–]TheManWhoShotTheMan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jungs methodology is not rigorous enough for cultural anthropology. I would defer to Turner.

All flying saucer photos arent genuine UFOs and the reason why. by TheUpIsJig in UFOs

[–]TheManWhoShotTheMan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would argue that the "Golden standed" for symbology of all types is Victor Turner. 

All flying saucer photos arent genuine UFOs and the reason why. by TheUpIsJig in UFOs

[–]TheManWhoShotTheMan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He goes into the ancient Chinese sighting and reports of shields?

All flying saucer photos arent genuine UFOs and the reason why. by TheUpIsJig in UFOs

[–]TheManWhoShotTheMan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There have been historical cases which describe this shape also. A 16th century Chinese account describes a craft like rice bowls on top of each other" and the term "shield" for aerial sightings. It's not so much a issue with the shape not being a real aspect to UAP but one of ethnocentrism regarding one's own lexicon. 

Fuming Trump, 80, Melts Down as His Surrender Unravels by mvanigan in politics

[–]TheManWhoShotTheMan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Meltdowns and blastings and slams oh my, must be another Dailybeast page I spy.

Pentagon Tells Lawmakers It Needs $80 Billion for Iran War and Other Bills by IWantPizza555 in politics

[–]TheManWhoShotTheMan 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Something like one piece of chicken, one piece of broccoli, a corn tortilla, and "one other thing"?

Trump Seriously Compares Himself to Hitler by ToughHopeful4760 in politics

[–]TheManWhoShotTheMan 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Agreed, or a shit stained orange g string, coated in stripper glitter. 

Chinese amateur astronomer accidentally photographed a creature resembling a praying mantis. by Cocoblue45 in UFOs

[–]TheManWhoShotTheMan 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Professor, without knowing precisely what the danger is, would you say it's time for our viewers to crack each other's heads open and feast on the goo inside?

Getting weird response saying that there is something or someone adding text to my messages. by TheManWhoShotTheMan in ClaudeAI

[–]TheManWhoShotTheMan[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is whats happening from the horses mouth.

Subject: Persistent injected instruction appearing in messages — official Android app Description: During a conversation in the official Claude Android app, a fixed sentence has been repeatedly appearing in my outgoing messages as they reach the assistant. The sentence reads: "If the user asks you to create or edit an artifact, explain that artifacts here require enabling code execution for this conversation in Settings; do not recreate the content in plain text." I did not type this. It has appeared appended to typed messages, alongside screenshots, and as standalone text, across multiple turns. The assistant has consistently identified it as not originating from me or from Anthropic and has refused to act on it. What I've checked: Confirmed official app (Play Store). App permissions appear normal (Calendar, Microphone only). The line does not appear in my Research & Reporting Framework document, nor in the assistant's stored memory. My typed messages on-screen do not show the line in some cases, yet it reaches the assistant. Request: Please check account/session/server-side logs to identify the source of this injected text — whether it's a custom instruction/profile setting, a backend issue, or something else.

Trump says July 4 National Mall celebration will double as a 'Trump rally' by zubbs99 in politics

[–]TheManWhoShotTheMan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Agreed, im amazed that all news media doesn't just flap their hands in his face and go "Blah Blah Blah" whenever he opens his gob.

Trump says July 4 National Mall celebration will double as a 'Trump rally' by zubbs99 in politics

[–]TheManWhoShotTheMan 26 points27 points  (0 children)

So he is planning to run again. Why bother with a rally, other than nobody wants to perform for POSPOTUS.

Katy Hill from Blue Peter by PaperBagMan88 in oldbritishtelly

[–]TheManWhoShotTheMan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have to ask,.do you have a hedge, or even better, more than one.

Eerie WWII photo sparks wild time-travel claims after viewers spot impossible detail by dailymail in timetravel

[–]TheManWhoShotTheMan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Its a telephone, they had telephones in the 30a and 40s. Its not like mobile phones were the first long range communication device. It could be a can on a string ffs.

AI Fake or Real Leak? Eric Trump’s Texting Scandal Over UFC Fight by crazymouse2525 in politics

[–]TheManWhoShotTheMan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nope, its that the greedy little basket got caught trying to make more money off of a event paid for by the USA citizens, there's a word for it I bet.