Make sure to read Part 1 wherein we studied mental programming from the family fire to the smartphone. The mass-man (who we now know as an NPC — a Non-player Character) doesn’t create, he repeats. He doesn’t originate. He is a vector for whatever virus he is meant to spread. His opinions are given to […]
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Bunker Logic and Reason Lesson: The Making of Real-Life NPCs
Part 1 In Science Fiction (and in science) there is the trope of the “virus” that infects but does not kill its host so it can spread. In sci-fi, the virus makes a major change in the nature of the host, turning it into something else entirely, regardless of whether or not the host continues […]
Bunker Logic and Reason Lesson: The Granfalloon Technique
Here we go! Ever wonder why it is so easy for propagandists and powerful interests to control people? Funnel humans into manufactured cliques and give them something to protect (real or imagined,) and you can control the mass-man remotely. This is the “Granfalloon Technique.” You’ll want to pay attention on this one, because it is […]
God Sees the Truth But Waits
I consider GOD SEES THE TRUTH BUT WAITS by Leo Tolstoy to be one of the absolute MUST reads in the category of short stories, and I have recommended it here many times over the years. The story ably answers the question “Why do bad things happen to good people?” (Easy. There are no good […]
Bunker Logic and Reason Lesson: The Overton Window
The term “Overton Window” is a way of describing how and where political ideas fall in the spectrum of acceptability and how the overall window moves through time. Ideas that once were considered “outside the window of possibility” become possible when the window shifts in one direction or another. A great example is the idea […]
The Musk Paradox
Listen up, people, and simmer down. I’ve just eaten a whole Cinnabon and here’s the 2nd part of the Elon Musk thing from the other day. The person closest to the right answer said that when Elon Musk enters into the simulation and walks out onto his porch he sees the “night sky.” This is […]
Bunker Logic and Reason Lesson: SELF-CENTRISM as a Cognitive Bias
Well, this one will probably piss everyone off…Today’s Bunker Logic and Reason Lesson is a cognitive bias that might surprise you. Most people know SELF-CENTEREDism as perhaps an unattractive character trait that, at some level, we all exhibit. But did you know that it causes a cognitive bias that can lead all of us into […]
Bunker Logic and Reason Lesson: A Twofer… The GISH GALLOP and BRIN BUNDLING
The logic lessons for today are two I have covered more extensively in YouTube videos. But they can never be said enough, and I’ve not talked about them much here, and there are always new folks, so here goes. I couple these two together because they are closely related. These are argumentation tactics or sophistical […]
Bunker Logic and Reason Lesson: CHERRY PICKING (Incomplete Evidence)
Howdy. Today’s Bunker Logic and Reason lesson is on a very popular logic fallacy called CHERRY PICKING or The Fallacy of Incomplete Evidence. Most of you are pretty familiar with the term “cherry picking” as the term is often used by people to attempt to dismiss an argument when they choose not to agree with […]
Bunker Logic and Reason Lesson: Reversing the Burden of Proof
Bunker Logic and Reason tidbit. Not a full lesson. Just a quick morsel. One of the most frustrating things in the current anti-logic climate. It happens in every comment section… It is a form of “begging the question” that is also used to reverse the burden of proof: Post: *Correctly states that the government is […]
Bunker Logic and Reason Lesson: DICTO SIMPLICITER FALLACY (Sweeping Generalization)
Today’s Bunker Logic and Reason lesson is the hilariously named Dicto Simpliciter Logical Fallacy, which is more reasonably known as the SWEEPING GENERALIZATION FALLACY. This one is a fallacy you will see just about everywhere on social media every day. First, let me say that, despite what you’ve been told, all generalizations are not fallacious. […]
Bunker Logic and Reason Lesson: DEADBEAT BIAS
Today’s Bunker Logic and Reason Lesson is on a cognitive bias I will call DEADBEAT BIAS. This one will take some explaining, so buckle up. Here we go! Many people are familiar with the Cognitive Bias known as DUNNING-KRUGER (or The Dunning-Kruger Effect.) Dunning-Kruger is a cognitive bias in which people who are ignorant about […]
