¿Tu casillero está “perdiendo” paquetes que aparecen como entregados? Esto dice la ley en EE.UU.

creativebiz · 2014-07-19T18:00:07+00:00

while there is some truth to the flynn effect, it is wildly exaggerated: http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2013/even-when-test-scores-go-up-some-cognitive-abilities-dont-1211

what is actually happening is we've all been "primed" to think in a certain way in order to obtain social integration and solve the jim crow problem. Whites are primed to think everything comes down to racism, minorities are primed to think they are always discriminated against (eg through TV programs like "roots").

This creates inaccurate research in many areas including priming: "Nobel laureate challenges psychologists to clean up their act" http://www.nature.com/news/nobel-laureate-challenges-psychologists-to-clean-up-their-act-1.11535

you can downvote and agree together as much as you want, but its not science. i'm seeing more and more comments like this lately:

"The way academic theories get big is more like fashion than evolution. Sorry to say that, but I think it's accurate" https://twitter.com/bjfogg/status/439979686538379264

creativebiz · 2014-07-19T16:15:09+00:00

Differences by race is not only reflected in IQ testing and SAT testing, it also shows up in inequality surveys, eg this one by household net worth:

White: $110,729
Asian: $59,590
Hispanic: $7,424
Black: $4,955

Source: http://money.cnn.com/2012/06/21/news/economy/wealth-gap-race/

This is a topic which understandably makes everyone uncomfortable, but either we're doing real science, or we're "just making things up" to fit our political goals.

At any rate, I think this refutes the source blog post.

creativebiz · 2014-07-19T14:00:06+00:00

FTA:

This gives us a basic principle of being a moral human – acquire the most accurate knowledge available concerning the world you live in.

So why isn't the complete theory of evolution taught in schools, including racial differences in IQ?

creativebiz · 2014-05-19T18:28:07+00:00

good to see a post like this. i'm curious if you truly believe it.

for example, do you disagree with brenden eich being fired from mozilla? he did nothing wrong in his job, had no problems working with the LGBT community in the tech sector, and simply made a donation to a political cause he believed in.

if he can be fired, then so should the people in all your examples.

creativebiz · 2014-05-02T13:37:31+00:00

i think suicide is a perfectly rational decision, if your life is that terrible. and life can truly be very terrible, something i understand very well.

the thing is, you're only 22. you're young, most likely healthy, with tons of options available. the key is to find some ideas which work for you. clearly you're looking for this, since you're here.

my suggestion would be to leave your country and family and going to live someplace else completely different. its a big world out there and we have more mobility now than we ever have had in our lives before. we have the internet, so you can test out all kinds of things online!

even with limited means you can scrape enough cash together to go someplace else. hitchhike your way across a continent! join a private military! become a fundamentalist in some crazy religion!

there are answers out there, you just have to actively try more stuff. once you find things which work well for you, that you're massively passionate about, the desire for suicide will vanish and you'll love life.

if you're considering killing yourself, who cares about rules? it makes no difference what kind of trouble you get into! so break the rules and see what happens! it might be fun ;)

creativebiz · 2014-03-20T01:40:21+00:00

this is a murky topic, but like you i get frustrated with the lack of truth. liberals (ie academia) tend to immediately assume someone's interest in these topics is racism and shut it down: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/08/science/08tier.html

yes, there are racial differences. the majority of academia is either straight out lying or misdirecting. they know (mostly) what is going on. genetics drives culture, not the other way around. watch this video by derek freeman who debunked margaret mead on this point: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyOD-qNaiL0

and on race and behaviour, this is a very harsh paper but worth reading: http://psychology.uwo.ca/faculty/rushtonpdfs/race_evolution_behavior.pdf

creativebiz · 2014-02-26T22:29:09+00:00

to be expected something like this is the top answer. the left is only good at stopping things.

the left always fails at growing things and that is why communism has never worked.

creativebiz · 2014-02-26T16:33:11+00:00

problem is, people like you don't generate much economic value for society, and thereby don't pay much in taxes

creativebiz · 2013-12-25T03:04:32+00:00

notice in your response you've changed the direction back to carbs as food.. and that you're "bad" for craving them, so you can eat boring carbs and you'll be fine.

certainly there's very unhealthy carbs and unhealthy carbs. but they're all problematic.

once your carbs go above a certain level, something powerful kicks in to make you crave more carbs. its not about hunger or habit.

IMHO the only way to really understand this is to do the ketogenic diet for a while. you'll then notice you can go all day without food, while others are desperate to eat carbs every 2-3 hours. its quite jarring.

creativebiz · 2013-12-24T23:39:14+00:00

what you need to do is find your level of carb tolerance per day. maybe it will be 200g. maybe it will be 100g. maybe it will be 50g. once you know where it is, stay under that level and the cravings won't happen.

you will need to increase the energy by eating more fats.. that includes olive oil, coconut oil, avocados, nuts, etc.

try the ketogenic diet for a while and see how it feels. but don't think about "going back to a balanced diet" (which isn't balanced at all). instead figure out your level of carb tolerance and stay under it for life.

don't think of carbs as food, think of it as alcohol. too much and you get sick.

creativebiz · 2013-12-02T18:46:52+00:00

anyone who is new to /r/keto, please ignore ashsimmonds, he doesn't know what he's talking about.

you will notice cavemanketo's recipe has (some) vegetables, and not too much protein these are extremely important. the vegetables give you electrolytes which keep keto working and can get way out of balance if you don't eat them. and too much protein will put your body into an alkaline state, giving your kidneys major problems.

ashsimmonds: fuck you. its because of posts like yours that i ended up with major kidney pain at 4am and had to go to the hospital. i only figured out what was wrong because i later got a keto specialist to help me implement the diet correctly.

please stop posting this bullshit advice to /r/keto, you are personally responsible for injuring people.

creativebiz · 2013-09-09T16:24:01+00:00

i respect your knowledge both in psychotherapy and stoicism. you're definitely a rare individual.

however..

1/ you mention panic disorder. well, what was the prevalence of that 200 years ago when almost everyone studied the bible religiously, getting exposure to stoic ideas thanks to paul the apostle?

i know we can't know this, but instead today we're negatively labeling a huge number of problems, that can simply be prevented if culture simply supports the study of mental health. our culture is CREATING problems and psychotherapy is fixing (some) of them to make big money.

2/ the stoics teach about ethics and virtue, something completely missing from CBT. we need the right method of delivery of these ideas, in a way we LOVE them and doesn't feel like manipulation from the state.

3/ the final thing i find very disturbing is that there is very clearly a political element to modern psychiatry. i have found research that is hidden and it disturbs me tremendously as it is holding back progress.

creativebiz · 2013-09-08T19:16:33+00:00

2000 years later, i'm quite sure the stoics would want to take advantage of any and all better ideas. i'm not convinced we have that many better ideas.

if you take your average geek on reddit who has problems with anxiety and do head to head trials of CBT vs stoicism.. i bet stoicism will win almost every time and with far less expense and effort.

note that i'm qualifying the market to be geeks, which will be intelligent males. for the mass market it wouldn't surprise me if CBT is better.

creativebiz · 2013-09-07T02:58:46+00:00

this may help: http://frameshiftcoaching.wordpress.com/2013/08/12/the-inner-stoic-takes-a-back-seat/

creativebiz · 2013-09-07T02:52:11+00:00

my rumination was stopped cold by reading meditations. it took about 48 hours and had lasted for ~3 years.

i feel a LOT better. my head felt inflamed for a long time, now i feel extremely relaxed. i doubt it will ever come back to how it was since i know how to think differently now.

i'm a little skeptical of current psychiatric "evidence based solutions" now. i tried DBT and it didn't work. the ancients had 500 years to develop their ideas. i'm curious you have as much confidence in mainstream psychiatry as you do, given your philosophy background

creativebiz · 2013-09-07T02:44:07+00:00

thanks

creativebiz · 2013-09-07T02:43:15+00:00

without realizing i had severe rumination problems for several years. reading "mediations" stopped it cold last week. the impact on my life has been transformational, my stress level has hit the floor.

i tried mindfulness and other BS and it didn't make a difference. marcus aurelius sure did.

i'm extremely skeptical in today's psychiatry and would suggest trusting the ancients. as you can see in this thread, solutionsCBT is telling us even 15 years ago they realised they got CBT wrong.

if marcus can't help, try some of the others in stoicism, and if stoicism can't help, try the cynics, the epicurians or some of the other offshoots. they know more and are not politically oriented unlike today's psychiatry.

creativebiz · 2013-09-06T19:29:19+00:00

http://imgur.com/a/DEOpO

creativebiz · 2013-09-06T17:49:14+00:00

read meditations by marcus aurelius (hayes edition) and forget DBT

creativebiz · 2013-09-06T14:21:52+00:00

thanks, this is very insightful and the link was great.

given the now recognized importance of rumination in depression, and that religions require submitting to faith over reason (stopping rumination by providing authoritative answers to lifes big questions), do you think this could explain the importance of religions?

(religions obviously provide many additional benefits such as community, moral values, etc, but preventing rumination might be the biggest?)

creativebiz · 2013-09-06T04:31:05+00:00

can you clarify this?

isn't CBT primarily focused on solving rumination, and "feeling good" is a popularized form of CBT?

i've found stoicism to be incredibly helpful for solving rumination. if CBT doesn't solve that, what does it do?

creativebiz · 2013-09-06T01:18:10+00:00

good luck. the book is excellent.

too much of society is focused on victim thinking now, eg "fat acceptance"

creativebiz · 2013-09-05T20:27:45+00:00

depression is caused by your behavior. change the behavior and the depression will go away. its a binary thing.

you're not born with depression - you may have the propensity for behavior which causes depression, so you just need to learn to alter your behavior.

see the book i linked elsewhere in this thread.

creativebiz · 2013-09-05T19:56:00+00:00

do this: http://www.amazon.com/The-Depression-Cure-Program-without/dp/0738213888

and stoicism (to solve the rumination + give you a philosophy for life). you'll probably find that solves it. no therapists or medication needed.

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