Everyone wants to be happy in his life, to experience emotions and joy.
And we know from Noesis Theory that emotions are Driving Pockets that occur from out-of-context experiences.
Some people are able to produce original thoughts and out-of-context experiences purely from inside their mind and others need external stimulation to achieve that. Thus it is natural for the latter to be "forced" by their own nature to seek this external stimulation, because this is the only known way for them to experience interesting emotions!
So I would be willing to take a guess, saying that extroversion is a byproduct of the structure of the mind of a portion of individuals and is used as a method to create out-of-context experiences.
Sunday, 6 January 2013
A bit more elaboration on the meaning of life
As I have said many times in the past, I believe that the meaning of life is the advancement of organizational complexity.
But a question that can easily be posed is: which type of advancement is good and which is bad? And who should be the judge of that?
It is true that for humans this conundrum has been solved since inception, whereas a race of robots would really have a hard time solving the same question. The answer for humans is of course death. Death prunes all the branches of the tree sooner or later and it is up to humanity to pick the best branches and maintain the knowledge they offered in their lifetime, by writing it in books, teaching it in schools and capitalizing on it in various ways; integrating it in a way in its body of knowledge.
It is certainly sad that the good branches are also pruned at some point in time, but it would be even worse if it was left in the hands of men to decide who will live forever and who should be left to perish. Imagine if this was the case and if by chance Hitler was able to win WW2... We would have been sunk to an eternal Dark Age...
So it's better if every person leaves behind a new piece of complexity (let's think of it as a lego piece) that humanity has to decide whether to stack it upon the other pieces that have been aggregated since the dawn of man, or simply leave it aside. It is a tough decision, because sometimes such a piece may prove unworthy foundation for the pieces above and humanity might have to "backtrack" and tear down a whole piece of the wall, just to be able to put a better piece (of complexity) that can support building a higher "wall".
In the end, the goal is to take the right decisions that help us build the highest possible wall, or in other words advance complexity to the limits that the human mind can support.
But a question that can easily be posed is: which type of advancement is good and which is bad? And who should be the judge of that?
It is true that for humans this conundrum has been solved since inception, whereas a race of robots would really have a hard time solving the same question. The answer for humans is of course death. Death prunes all the branches of the tree sooner or later and it is up to humanity to pick the best branches and maintain the knowledge they offered in their lifetime, by writing it in books, teaching it in schools and capitalizing on it in various ways; integrating it in a way in its body of knowledge.
It is certainly sad that the good branches are also pruned at some point in time, but it would be even worse if it was left in the hands of men to decide who will live forever and who should be left to perish. Imagine if this was the case and if by chance Hitler was able to win WW2... We would have been sunk to an eternal Dark Age...
So it's better if every person leaves behind a new piece of complexity (let's think of it as a lego piece) that humanity has to decide whether to stack it upon the other pieces that have been aggregated since the dawn of man, or simply leave it aside. It is a tough decision, because sometimes such a piece may prove unworthy foundation for the pieces above and humanity might have to "backtrack" and tear down a whole piece of the wall, just to be able to put a better piece (of complexity) that can support building a higher "wall".
In the end, the goal is to take the right decisions that help us build the highest possible wall, or in other words advance complexity to the limits that the human mind can support.
Saturday, 1 December 2012
Involuntary repositioning on Maslow's pyramid
It is truly difficult for me to deal with Level 5 when the situation close, nearby and around keeps repositioning me back to Level 2...
Tuesday, 6 November 2012
Nietsche and his epiphanies
It is incredible how accurately Nietsche describes the epiphanies that are coming often to me about my Noesis Theory!! It is truly a wonderful experience!
Simply amazing how unique experiences such as this transcend individuality and manifest in the way across times and minds. And all this because, deep down, deep inside, the brain operates by just one algorithm...
Saturday, 26 May 2012
The advantageous flaw of capitalism
The advantageous flaw of capitalism is that it is designed to give people what they want.
And we pretty well all know that giving in and indulging in your desires is not necessarily a good thing.
Yes, I know what you're going to say: but this exactly is the meaning of life according to Noesis Theory (maximization of pleasure)! Why should this be a bad thing?
Well the problem lies into the fact that our brain is constructed in a way to value immediate and more certain pleasure much more than the distant, unsure, more abstract pleasure. Physical things, consumables, sex, here-and-now items will always be preferred by the masses because of their capability for instant pleasure.
Ideals, long-range goals for world peace, better education, higher intellect, etc will be dismissed by the brain if given a choice.
And it is given a choice every minute of your time. For example on how you'll spend your money and your time. People make these choices for the short-term pleasure and thus shape the demand of the market. Capitalism stirs the corporations into filling in this demand with supply of goods & services that people want and are willing to pay for! If the majority of the populace valued and derived the utmost pleasure from creating a better education system, the corporations would already have provided it, in order to increase their profits!
It's the demand that's the problem, not the supply!!
So my advice would be to stop trying to beat capitalism. It is a system that is very good at providing people what gives them pleasure. And you can't beat that goal, because it is hardwired into your brain.
So don't try to change the supply side of the equation. Change the demand!
It's the people's wants that are flaws. Make them want something better for everybody and capitalism will adapt to provide it. It's as simple as that ;)
And we pretty well all know that giving in and indulging in your desires is not necessarily a good thing.
Yes, I know what you're going to say: but this exactly is the meaning of life according to Noesis Theory (maximization of pleasure)! Why should this be a bad thing?
Well the problem lies into the fact that our brain is constructed in a way to value immediate and more certain pleasure much more than the distant, unsure, more abstract pleasure. Physical things, consumables, sex, here-and-now items will always be preferred by the masses because of their capability for instant pleasure.
Ideals, long-range goals for world peace, better education, higher intellect, etc will be dismissed by the brain if given a choice.
And it is given a choice every minute of your time. For example on how you'll spend your money and your time. People make these choices for the short-term pleasure and thus shape the demand of the market. Capitalism stirs the corporations into filling in this demand with supply of goods & services that people want and are willing to pay for! If the majority of the populace valued and derived the utmost pleasure from creating a better education system, the corporations would already have provided it, in order to increase their profits!
It's the demand that's the problem, not the supply!!
So my advice would be to stop trying to beat capitalism. It is a system that is very good at providing people what gives them pleasure. And you can't beat that goal, because it is hardwired into your brain.
So don't try to change the supply side of the equation. Change the demand!
It's the people's wants that are flaws. Make them want something better for everybody and capitalism will adapt to provide it. It's as simple as that ;)
Tuesday, 17 April 2012
Jung Typology test results
Here are my results from humanmetrics.com (nice test btw):
Actually, deep down I'm an INTP (certainly used to be a few years ago) that was gradually forced into J by his mother and the requirements of corporate work and the PM profession. When I'm overburdened, I revert to my previous INTP state, but mostly now I'm an INTJ. Moreover, also at work I try to behave as an ENTJ, in order to survive and possibly thrive.
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The amount of prediction accuracy that this theory offers for various people personalities is fascinating. I would really like to study it more, in order to be able to map it with specific functions and operations in the human brain, according to Noesis Theory...
Actually, deep down I'm an INTP (certainly used to be a few years ago) that was gradually forced into J by his mother and the requirements of corporate work and the PM profession. When I'm overburdened, I revert to my previous INTP state, but mostly now I'm an INTJ. Moreover, also at work I try to behave as an ENTJ, in order to survive and possibly thrive.
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The amount of prediction accuracy that this theory offers for various people personalities is fascinating. I would really like to study it more, in order to be able to map it with specific functions and operations in the human brain, according to Noesis Theory...
Declaration on the new function of this blog
Since a while ago, this blog is not the official blog of Noesis Theory. If you wish to learn new things about Noesis Theory, you can visit the new, Wordpress blog at www.noesistheory.com,which is the official new blog of Noesis Theory.
From now on, this blog is the personal blog of Vassilis Toulias, where I will be expressing my thoughts in a non-structured way, mostly for my own contentment. So you can expect much shorter blog posts (but more frequent!), with various thoughts of mine (probably linked with Noesis Theory, but not necessarily), less structure, even poorer narrative, and more raw/unfinished/w-i-p material.
Thanks for understanding,
Vassilis
From now on, this blog is the personal blog of Vassilis Toulias, where I will be expressing my thoughts in a non-structured way, mostly for my own contentment. So you can expect much shorter blog posts (but more frequent!), with various thoughts of mine (probably linked with Noesis Theory, but not necessarily), less structure, even poorer narrative, and more raw/unfinished/w-i-p material.
Thanks for understanding,
Vassilis
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