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[Anonymous No.15447564]

How intelligent is /lit/ ?

I've made a list of wisdom I've acquired over the years, condensed and simplified it. It's meant for young folk who can use it to further themselves in their endeavors.
>I've no doubt this will cause a great deal of butthurt among some of (You) but others will enjoy it.

What would you add?
What would you change?

Do you like/dislike it and why?

[Anonymous No.15447569]

Preface: You are born mindless, as you grow you are instructed how to think by others (social conditioning), these become your beliefs, these beliefs determine how you interperate the world (confirmation bias), they can elevate or trap you. Unless you examine and deconstruct your belief system you can never be free, you will always be a product.

1. Physical reality is the highest authority.
2. The universes operates on cause and effect.
3. Balance is the universal law.
4. Change is the universal constant.

5. Death is final, absolute and inevitable.
6. You could die at any time, your life is not garanteed.
7. Death gives life purpose.
8. The purpose of life is to live, to survive and reproduce.
9. There is no objective meaning to life, meaning is a human conception.
10. The subjective meaning of life is whatever you want.
11. Time and energy are finite currencies.
12. Every moment you spend is an investment.

13. You are valuable. Even now, within you, exists enormous, untapped potential.
14. You are simply a point of consciousness (with limited control) observing the largely automated operation of (an inherently flawed) biological machine as it reacts to it’s environment.
15. Take care of your self, your body and your mind, be compassionate.
16. Breathing is the most important thing you’ll ever do.
(Practice mediation. Sit in a comfortable position and pay attention to your breathing, thoughts and emotions will occur, accept them and return to your breathing. Over time deepen and slow your breath. (“theta” binaural beats are a useful shortcut))
17. The most important decisions you’ll ever make is how you choose to eat, sleep and exercise.
(Whole-food, plant-based diet with healthy fats (eg. nuts, virgin olive oil) and proteins (eg. beef, eggs, fish).)
(Set aside 9 hours for sleep every night. Have an hour of relaxation beforehand. Caffeine can cripple sleep.)
(Lift weights and do HIIT cardio. Give yourself ample time to recover and stretch often.)

[Anonymous No.15447581]

18. People are inherently, and oft unalterably, illogical, this is because we are almost always driven by our emotions.
19. Humans are animals, civilisation is a constructed psychological infustructure, it doesn’t change our nature.
20. Generally humans are tribal and think according to the herd (ad populum) and/or leader of the herd (ab auctoritate).
21. Our species has a natural inclination to create false dichotomies (splitting) in an effort to understand a world too complex to grasp.
22. To understand some one look to their motives, and then their history. Only trust somebody to do what they’ve done before.
23. Attractiveness, ability and humour are everything in the social sphere. Attractiveness is a by-product of good health.
24. Men and women are not equal, they think and behave differently.

25. Knowledge without application is meaningless.
26. Honour your parents while they are still alive. If you understand them, you understand aspects of yourself.
27. Everything is made of patterns, if you understand those patterns, you can manipulate them.
28. To fully understand something look at it from as many different perspectives as possible.
29. Genius lies in understanding simplicity. The heart of real skill is mastering the basics.
30. Inner peace is not being a stone beneath the sea, it is to sail the surface and feel free.
31. The ego is just a necessary tool for survival, it’s an illusion who changes over time.
32. It’s better to play with the hand you have, rather than the hand you wish you had.
33. One can not be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain.
34. An intelligent mind can entertain ideas without accepting or rejecting them.
35. Friendship and family give life more meaning that philosophy ever could.
36. Specialization of skill is good for the economy but not for the individual.
37. Niceness is often a refuge of the weak however it’s truly nice to be nice.
38. Endorsing your appreciation of an action is to promote that behaviour.
39. Creatine, lion’s mane, lsd and psilocybin are worthwhile nootropics.
40. Hope can be as crippling as fear yet can also lead you to salvation.
41. You have the absolute freedom to choose what you’re enslaved to.
42. Insults can often reveal more about the donator than the recipient.
43. Love is slow-grown through the shared collection of experiences.
44. Lust is akin to a drug that corrupts logic, it’s often called love.

[Anonymous No.15447592]

45. Doing nothing can be more productive then doing something.
46. Randomness, chance and probability are human inventions.
47. Exposing yourself to a fear will eventually eradicate it.
48. The key to strength is the understanding of weakness.
49. Good/Bad, right/wrong are subjective by definition.
50. If you’re smart, you either win or learn, never lose.
51. Permanent happiness is a fictional state of being.
52. Talk sense to a fool and they’ll call you a fool.
53. Nothing is original, creativity is cut and paste.
54. Paths to enlightenment are often demonised.
55. Nothing is free, everything requires a cost.
56. Lying is a highly useful and valuable skill.
57. Reality>Imagination; Actions>Thoughts.
58. Discomfort is an intrinsic part of growth.
59. Contentedness is the core of happiness.
60. The key to freedom is responsibility.
61. Money is a currency of opportunity.
62. Repetition is the way of discipline.
63. Laughter is a defence machanism.
64. Destruction is a form of creation.
65. Doubt is a means to intelligence.
66. Pain is an opportunity to learn.
67. Knowledge grants power.
68. Drugs are simply tools.
69. Listen to learn.

70. Enjoy life.

[Anonymous No.15447619]

cliche, trite, unsubstantiated

[Anonymous No.15447631]

71. Don't base your life on a stranger's aphorisms

[Anonymous No.15447650]

>>15447619
>cliche and trite
Of course it is! These are the most basic truths that exist.

>unsubstantiated
lol of course! It's wisdom not a scientific paper.

Disappointing.

>>15447631
Something along these line would actually be a very good idea.

[Anonymous No.15447711]

>>15447564
>>15447569
>>15447581
>>15447592
tl;dr

[Anonymous No.15447926]

>36. Specialization of skill is good for the economy but not for the individual.
People are born to be good at certain things. Reaching the peak of their skills will be life fulfilling to them.

[Anonymous No.15447988]

>>15447564
>>15447569
>>15447581
>>15447592

This is so hylic an eagle named Demiurge perched atop a flagpole nearby and shed a single tear.

[Anonymous No.15448212]

>>15447650
i feel bad for being mean... some of these i like and agree with quite a lot. others i dislike.

[Anonymous No.15448521]

>>15447564
thats a nice collection of platitudes, Im sure the world will be better for you having collected them

[Anonymous No.15448660]

wat a load of shit

#666. lifes a bitch an then you die thats why we get high

[Anonymous No.15449295]

>>15447592
Filled with contradictions. I expected better :(

[Anonymous No.15449310]

>>15447569
wow this is so generic and entry level. dam, i am sure you think its important op.

[Anonymous No.15449657]

>>15449310
>>15449295
>>15448660
>>15448521
My friends C'MON! I'm going to try and be polite here, it's the easiest thing in the world to point out a flaw, it requires some intelligence to point out an improvement.

Step up your game please, there are some very intelligent people on this board but you folk are not doing them justice.

>>15449310
It's supposed to be generic and entry level, it's made for the layman. What would you add?

>>15448521
Would you prefer endless useless conversation about the entirety of reality you deem as utterly subjective? Hmming and hawwing with no relevance to anything except your own ego?

No. 13. hints at the unlimited potential a human has until death. I could perhaps expand on that to drive home the idea of boundless horizons.

>>15449295
...continue.

>>15448660
While there's truth in the fact you can use drugs to cope with extremely difficult situations, I don't want to sell that idea to young folk because they will not be able to interpret the concept in context of the grand scale of suffering. They also won't understand the potential for suffering caused by drug-use.

[Anonymous No.15449699]

>>15448212
What would you add and what would you get rid of?

>>15447988
Lol yes, you'll see, if you read it, no. 1., the core belief/understanding which all others are based off.

>>15447926
I'll reflect on this and try to word the concept I'm trying to get across better. Thank you!

[Anonymous No.15449713]

>>15449295
You know some words have multiple meanings right?