cliche, obvious, and last time ill say it but given “the discourse” recently, please for ur own sanity keep in mind that most peoples brains are packed full of axioms + weighted terms that [literally 100% preclude them from perceiving reality or being able to reason anything out]

most people, regardless of IQ, have actually never fully reasoned out anything. they have never gone all the way from [here is some data] to [logic] to [oh, so this must be the conclusion] and if you do this for them, theyll just see it as “a trick”. do not underestimate this.

this isnt pretentious because this effect exists completely independent of IQ or education or anything. they will say things that obviously point to a certain conclusion and when you present that conclusion they wont get it. their minds arent systematized. its just loose threads.

in your mind, maybe everything is hooked into this larger framework where things have to stack up, make sense together, most people are not like this, and if you bang your head too hard and too often against this wall it will have a negative spiritual effect on u. 100%. for sure.

this doesnt mean caring is stupid or that u just give up entirely but u just have to keep that in mind. i literally spent years going so hard on fighting that reality. if u have a certain kind of brain its truly vexing. really. for a certain type of person its truly unbelievable

anyway like i said its cliche and obvious for some but the somewhat avuncular aura that has been thrust upon me regarding guys “just getting into” critically analyzing things necessitates me saying that. if youre “that guy”, i know, its maddening, but thats just how it is. really

i did the fieldwork. painstakingly laid out so much for so many different people. had people who dont think fire is hot touch the fire directly. got two apples and two apples to prove 2+2 equals four for them. it doesnt work. it never worked if they didnt want to see. ever. EVER