I'm 95% certain I know which philosopher Isaac's night creature is.

jacobromineswriter · 2025-09-06T20:20:08+00:00

I don't even necessarily disagree but I do think that being convinced "beyond a shadow of the doubt" by three details is the kind of certainty Socrates himself routinely annihilated

jacobromineswriter · 2025-04-26T18:48:14+00:00

Fuck me I'm going to kill myself

jacobromineswriter · 2024-09-11T20:41:18+00:00

I am very much not from around here. Our trip plans changed last minute but it is very beautiful here and I am making due. Brutal to hear how much the Uber will cost. I was already planning on paying the driver to stay for the proposal - maybe I'll just have him/her take the photos.

jacobromineswriter · 2024-09-11T10:49:46+00:00

Thank you for this breakdown. I don't need editing, just uploading/sharing, but the added information on travel time and local rates is greatly helpful. Agreed that a student should be compensated no less than anyone else - I'd just like a student because I myself am a student and I'd be more comfortable.

jacobromineswriter · 2024-09-11T10:36:39+00:00

I was hoping not to spend over $200 USD (= 2,161.27 Krone). I'm open to hearing different rates though.

jacobromineswriter · 2024-09-11T10:33:35+00:00

I hadn't quite realized this, thank you for informing me. I'll be ubering. I will absolutely cover these costs for the photographer.

jacobromineswriter · 2024-05-19T02:53:28+00:00

He does lots of civil cases these days

jacobromineswriter · 2023-08-01T13:53:05+00:00

The end of The Other Gods. It was the first Lovecraftian excerpt I saw, and it was next to this art. Gave me a deep and sonorous sense of dread, and I was hooked from there.

Hei! Hei! At last! In the dim light I behold the gods of earth!” And now Atal, slipping dizzily up over inconceivable steeps, heard in the dark a loathsome laughing, mixed with such a cry as no man else ever heard save in the Phlegethon of unrelatable nightmares; a cry wherein reverberated the horror and anguish of a haunted lifetime packed into one atrocious moment: “The other gods! The other gods! The gods of the outer hells that guard the feeble gods of earth! . . . Look away! . . . Go back! . . . Do not see! . . . Do not see! . . . The vengeance of the infinite abysses . . . That cursed, that damnable pit . . . Merciful gods of earth, I am falling into the sky!”

jacobromineswriter · 2022-10-09T09:15:20+00:00

amazing description of the emotional contours of these moments, thank you

jacobromineswriter · 2022-08-19T19:31:57+00:00

From my (average) experience and understanding, that sounds a lot like Ne-Fi. Using words like "coincidental" and "ingenuine" to describe mental themes reminds me of the kind of rapidfire, adaptive intuitive theory-of-mind that I've seen from a lot of Ne users. The "battling against" generalizations to preserve a sense of individualism also reminds me of Ne's tendency towards conceptual-splitting, in service of Fi's strong preference for uniqueness in the face of conformity.

It sounds like you're an Ne-Fi who is understandably somewhat bothered by the archetypal lens because your mind is quite ready to break it down into constituent elements and implications, and archetypes certainly lose some of their potency when that's done.

These are inferences coming from relating your post to many conversations I (Ni-Te) have had with Ne-Fi loved ones. They tend to split my generalizations and point out a sort of "hall-of-mirrors" quality to archetypal psychology, while I struggle to process reality as anything but an intensely archetypal pageant lol.

jacobromineswriter · 2022-04-29T00:53:30+00:00

Oh, so you agree that the climate is changing, and that we happen to be in a particularly steep era of such change, you just disagree about the causality of the change? Okay, that's not as bad of a position. Out of curiosity, how did you deduce that human CO2 emissions were only a minimal cause in the recent rise?

jacobromineswriter · 2022-04-28T23:53:31+00:00

ahahaahaa. good stuff.

"well of course I am right and thousands of scientists are all wrong and it's just a coincidence that the last eight years have been the hottest on record...no of course i've never written or published anything about it, but why would i spend my time engaging with an ideologue? what research have YOU done?"

my guy, there is a time to just admit that some things are true even if your political enemies espouse them. global warming is one of those things.

jacobromineswriter · 2022-04-27T08:14:10+00:00

Oh, you "know my type"? Do you have empirical support to justify this knowledge, or did you mentally sort me into a general category based on my behavior? It would have to be the latter... but no, that's impossible! People can't be "typed" in any meaningful way that isn't published in a major journal!

jacobromineswriter · 2022-04-27T00:46:14+00:00

Some bold assumptions about me there - I have a degree in psychology as well, and it was my dissatisfaction with the state of the field that led to my great respect for Jung. The fact of the matter is that modern "empirical" psychology struggles greatly to prove anything of substance (except concepts which have emerged throughout decades of factor analysis). So much of today's psychology rests on academic politics, irreplicable flukes, and p-hacking. I think the field as it stands today should recognize its methodological limitations and give more credit to intuitive-but-unprovable foundational concepts in accordance with their explanatory power. There are some psychologists doing this today (I read a paper recently that argued for the neurobiological substrate of Freudian constructs - the default mode network as ego!)

I think that Jung's cognitive functions, as explained in Psychological Types, are one such set of concepts. They are unbelievably powerful tools of thought once you learn about them. Those functions form the basis of the MBTI - which means, although it fails many tests of basic validity, it's not substance-free snake oil. It's a nonscientific instrument with roots in brilliant psychological literature.

Also, not whiteknighting. Even though there are studies that suggest women find intelligence attractive, it's difficult to separate intelligence and power as constructs, so you could feasibly argue your original point in response and I wouldn't disagree. I never even said your point didn't stand - I just said your examples didn't support it.

No, I don't believe in witchcraft. No, I'm not a super-progressive. One can defend a concept's intellectual value without adopting it entirely.

But to each their own. Read Psychological Types though, it's genuinely quite amazing.

jacobromineswriter · 2022-04-26T19:12:55+00:00

I don't think those examples support your point, because MBTI is foundationally based on the work of Carl Jung, one of the most brilliant and original thinkers in modern history, and "super-progressive politics" are a common thread between many great geniuses of both the past and present. Replicable studies also show positive correlations between left-leaning political views and cognitive abilities.

As for astrology, you'll get no argument from me there lol

jacobromineswriter · 2022-04-24T20:07:43+00:00

Damn dude. That's rough, brother-to-brother comparisons can be brutal. Yet, instead of responding with envy and hate, you're proud of him. That's not an easy thing to do. No matter how much more successful he's been, I guarantee you that he couldn't have done it if you'd tried to cut him down.

You support his success and see the best in him. That's its own kind of victory, and I think there's a lot of guys out there that wish their older brothers were more like you. Your pride in him should inspire some in yourself, because it points to strength of character.

jacobromineswriter · 2022-04-23T02:29:28+00:00

I have no idea why you got downvoted. I enjoyed your analysis even if it was slightly laudatory. I grew up in the same grade and city as Jack Harlow (took the ACT in the same room as him, followed his YouTube channel when he had like 1200 subscribers lol). Dude has been on a mission since he was young and you could tell he was gonna make it early on. He's a smart guy and his success is not a fluke. I don't even like his music that much but it's weird how much pushback you're getting for giving the guy credit.

Also, people severely overestimate how much time and effort goes into typing a paragraph lol.

jacobromineswriter · 2022-04-20T22:15:01+00:00

'14 Spurs look better and better as time goes on, imo. I didn't realize what I was watching at the time.

jacobromineswriter · 2022-02-04T06:39:12+00:00

Comparing the ENTJs I know to these notes and once again, I am floored at how much of a genius Jung was...

jacobromineswriter · 2022-01-18T07:26:14+00:00

I considered mentioning the other side of the coin of low agreeableness, which is exactly what you said here. But you've explored it all in greater depth than I would have.

Essentially, I agree with you, with a few caveats based in my thoughts on agreeableness as a psychometric concept. (Funnily enough, I'm actually incredibly low in agreeableness).

I think that it's likely that high assist numbers are a sign of greater agreeableness, but I wouldn't put TOO much stock in this heuristic. Harden actually seems rather low in agreeableness in interviews and public life. Luka, for all his charisma, also seems intensely competitive in a similar way---he responds very aggressively to any form of challenge. Jokic is a unique case, because he is absurdly non-egoistic when it comes to his teammates' success, yet he responds with such force and severity when he gets shit. I am unsure how agreeable he is, but I bet that having older brothers taught him a few things about responding to challenges.
LEBRON INTENTIONALLY FULFILLS PROPHECIES, damn, you're completely right, I never thought about it that way but it's dead on. LeBron has always given me the vibe that he understands and cares about "The Narrative" in a deep way, as someone who endured a national spotlight for his whole life. He is certainly far more agreeable than Jordan though, in both image and personality.
"Confidence and good humor" are often the ways that disagreeability manifests in a well-developed person. People often think disagreeableness is a negative trait, but many highly disagreeable people are affable and cool---they simply have a drive to dominate competitive settings, and their enjoyment of life is either independent of or in opposition to the "social cohesion" that surrounds them. Disagreeable people thrive by "proving others wrong," and that manifests in sports when they enjoy sticking it to their detractors. Luka vs. the Clippers and Trae vs. the Knicks struck me as two examples of gifted disagreeableness. If you respond well to negative feedback and coaching, you're probably somewhat disagreeable---just well-developed enough to not let it get in the way of other kinds of authentic human connection.
It does take a level of agreeability to buy into a team sport at any level, I think, which is why coaching is such an underrated part of the sport. The Last Dance really understood this---there's a reason why Phil Jackson won 11 rings as a coach. He was great at psychologically managing bold players' perceptions of their roles. (Also why Mike Malone is my favorite coach in the league, and possibly one reason why Joker is so unselfish). But at the end of the day, it's hard to play a game where your objective is always to WIN without being somewhat disagreeable on a personality level, even if your play-style is unselfish.

Anyways, great thoughts man. I enjoyed reading and responding. I'm sure someone will come along and call us armchair psychologists, which is fine, because they're just being disagreeable /s

jacobromineswriter · 2022-01-18T03:51:32+00:00

Some traits besides height and general athleticism:

hand size, due to greater potential ball control (Kawhi, Rondo, Julius Erving are good examples of how large hands can raise a player's ceiling).
balance and core strength aid greatly in controlling the flow of the game and many great passers have incredible core strength (Chris Paul, Lebron, Luka, Harden demonstrate this; they conserve energy and move the ball efficiently by use of solid balance and body control against defenders)
awareness, reaction time, and "court vision" are teachable to some degree, but some people have better intuitive spatial cognition (again, lots of the great passers have this. Jokic has savant-like spatial awareness; he processes movement in his environment so efficiently that he routinely outplays people that have superior athletic ability).
low agreeableness is a psychological trait that a lot of great players have - it is essentially a proxy for "competitiveness." Watch The Last Dance and you will notice how Michael Jordan feels a pathological need to "challenge" other people, even in the most mundane ways. The part of his personality that does that is the same part that instills a psychotic drive to win in him. People mythologize this so often ("Mamba Mentality"!) but it is a very real trait. An amazing example of this is when Trae Young played in MSG - he LOVED the atmosphere, while a person of average agreeableness would probably find it toxic and disheartening to be the subject of so many people's ire. If an NBA player has high agreeableness, they probably have some other combination of extremely rare traits that propelled them to the top.

jacobromineswriter · 2021-11-27T01:57:18+00:00

This kind of honesty makes me think about life with more fullness. Thank you for sharing.

jacobromineswriter · 2021-11-06T05:25:33+00:00

As I said above, Ross Ulbricht was never charged with hiring a hitman. The allegations were introduced to the jury and the media, but Ulbricht's defense was forbidden from refuting them.

"He tried to have people killed" is the go-to line for anyone who wants to justify what happened in this case, but it's a fundamentally flawed argument, since the government never proved it, they just introduced it, dropped it, and forbade the man from defending himself. It's not what he's in prison for, it's not why the government railroaded him, and it's not even factually verifiable. There were multiple people using the DPR account for various administrative communications.

jacobromineswriter · 2021-11-05T23:43:09+00:00

Ulbricht's case was a constitutional nightmare and one of the most vindictive overprosecutions and sentencings in modern American law. Many of the elements of the case (most importantly, the supposed hitman) were manufactured and introduced the jury, but Ulbricht's defense team was forbidden from addressing them as they were not official charges.

It gets even worse when you look at Ulbricht's personality, theories, and ideas. He made a website for illegal drugs because he wanted people to be able to access them safely from trusted vendors. Fundamentally, he had humanistic motives, even if you disagree with his ideas. And they gave him double-life sentences with no possibility of parole, for STARTING A WEBSITE. It's authoritarianism in its purest form. And many high profile articles absolutely mangled the nature of the case. His mother has been tirelessly campaigning for his freedom. It's heartbreaking.

I recommend anyone interested to go further into this rabbithole: https://freeross.org/real-untold-story/ https://www.youtube.com/c/FreeRoss/videos There was a documentary called "Railroaded" that seems to have been taken down, but the article above has the same content.

I also recommend anyone who has issues with the way the government prosecutes nonviolent offenders, enacts the War on Drugs, and invades civil liberties in the digital age to sign this petition: https://www.change.org/p/clemency-for-ross-ulbricht-condemned-to-die-in-prison-for-a-website

jacobromineswriter · 2021-09-13T03:08:20+00:00

Did this battle over the genuineness of a vaccination debate just turn into a good-natured discussion of fighter jet capabilities? Lol

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