Michael Perilstein

I think… When an occurrence surprise us, it’s because our assumptions were incorrect. That surprise is really with ourselves. But we don’t take responsibility for our own cognitive dissonance, as we falsely attribute our shock to the event itself. •

• Difficultates ex cogitationis confusione ortae nonnisi mutata cogitandi ratione solvi possunt. •

- Excess competition decays the personality. _

I am convinced that either the algorithms, or a specific person, or persons, are preventing specific ideas from being disseminated freely on this allegedly public bulletin board. Ideas are being prevented from being seen, either intentionally, or not.

The more we notice what’s worth appreciating, the more positively rewarding we allow our lives to become.

The only people that need a strong leader are weak followers.

If someone has something to say, they should say it in clear language, in a manner that is unambiguous, blunt, and direct — so that there is no room for ambiguity.

Pampering the ego harms the individual.

• NEAR FACT: It has been said that salt is made from a combination of sodium and chloride. But it is actually made entirely out of small pieces of salt. •

• You are free to believe in whatever others are free to criticise! •

• They say the truth hurts. But sometimes it just itches. •

• When we say we wish to have a bowl of soup, we don’t really wish to have a bowl of soup. We really just want the soup. •

• Experience is all we have, and yet, all we experience is forever a memory. •

• Tyranny is much like irony. Only it is, ironically, a lot worse. •

• Those who have a difficult time defending their positions logically, always find it easy resorting to evasion. •

• Censorship is imposed on others by primitive minds. •

• No one can act against their own nature, as their nature is revealed by how they act. •

• Never tell a mime to shut the hell up! That will cause them to give you the silent treatment. •

• The thing that separates a coincidence from a happenstance is simply one’s imagination. •

• No choice is ever “free” from the necessity of prior causes. •