I have a good friend who is extremely smart and talented. He also happens to be a devout Mormon.

The natural inclination that we, as humans, have when we encounter such a paradox is to say “huh, he might not be as smart as I thought” (since I think Mormonism is mind-bogglingly ridiculous).

The more interesting way to approach this though, since we all think we are so above such paradoxes in ourselves, is to consider what beliefs we ourselves hold that others might see as ridiculous.

For instance, I personally think that every religion is absurd and that people who have kids are awful and selfish human beings (and possibly worse than murderers).

Even though these are some of my most core beliefs, I maintain some measure of uncertainty and distance from these thoughts as a necessary exercise. That way, I can remain at least somewhat open to valid arguments against my beliefs.

Beyond simply patting myself on the back for my “advanced thinking” though, I’m curious if anyone has any other helpful tricks for avoiding so called “siloed thinking”.

It’s really hard to believe anything once you learn about all the ways in which we truly suck at reasoning.

#thinkdangerously

#grownostr

Sliding into your bitcoin-only feed with some NOSTR normie content, featuring the "Mountain Coaster" at Snowbird Resort.

The Mountain Coaster is 3,120 feet of twists and turns, gravity powered, rider controlled, year-round, bobsled like, luge.

The ride is actually very relaxing to ride solo, and with nobody there yesterday, I was able to ride it like 15-20 times, lol.

Very fun.

The Alpine Slide was also a big hit, chairlift access makes it comfortable and easy for all.

Several rock climbing features were popular with the kids, rounding out a perfect fall day, in the mountains, with family. Nothing beats that!

#nostr

#snowbird

#nostrnormie

The biggest issues of our time:

• The largest debt bubble & capital misallocation in centuries due to incessant govt manipulation & money printing

• Widespread corruption throughout Washington DC

• A global child sex trafficking ring implicating an unbelievable number of powerful people with a web of connections to US intelligence that has been actively protected by the DOJ for decades.

• Enormous and worsening price inflation across the entire fiat landscape

• An endless stream of undeclared, blank check wars pushed by an industry that makes trillions on mass murder.

• The sickest generation ever, an epidemic of chronic disease that the medical establishment refuses to acknowledge because Pharma is making vomit inducing amounts of money on it.

• A system of total surveillance and control being architected by a global, unelected govt body.

• Total regulatory capture by both the major pharmaceutical corps and the major banking institutions.

• Unrelenting censorship & direct state sponsored speech suppression. Alongside a seeming endless stream of blatant lies & misinformation from the govt and establishment media.

What the politicians and media WANT you to believe are the biggest issues:

• Women can have dicks & men can have periods

• Incorrect pronouns are genocide

• Putin & orange man are responsible for everything

• Aliens

Choose carefully what you focus on.

Pros vs Cons of different hardware wallets? This is my next step to full secure custody and needing any advise.

#bitcoin #plebchain

I’ve seen 4 copperheads in the last week while I’ve been out walking the food forest or out picking blackberries.

Definitely scared the shit out of me. That said upon doing a little research found out that they are pretty docile snakes and can also dry bite as a warning if feeling threatened.

The ones I saw were right by my feet so I’m lucky they felt somewhat non-threaded. Most of my neighbors kill them but I’m creating habitat and they are a key part of the ecosystem by keeping the rodent populations in check.

As a takeaway, I mowed all my paths to make sure I don’t have to walk through the tall grass.

#snakes #foodforest #grownostr

Strike Update: Great news: you can now link a debit card to your Strike account for seamless cash deposits.

Follow these steps to link your debit card in a few taps:

Tap Account in the upper right-hand corner

Tap Payment methods

Tap Add method

Select Debit card

Follow the instructions to link your card

Link your debit card

We're also working to enable credit card deposits. Stay tuned.

Birth rates are declining because humans do not breed well in captivity.

Gaelige (Irish) word of the week

Interesting Gaelige (Irish) word, especially with its given proverb context.

#grownostr 🌱 #Irish #Gaeilge #languages #beginneririshlearner

#memes #nostrmemes #memestr