Tag: intellectual self-defense

The Evil of Intention (Ep.127)

Understanding how appealing to intention can be used to manipulate you is one of the core components to understanding intellectual self-defense. People try to wave off their responsibility all the time simply by saying “I didn’t mean it”. However, there is a deeper question here: why is this manipulative technique SO EFFECTIVE, especially at the… Continue reading The Evil of Intention (Ep.127)

Intellectual Self-Defense PART 2 – The Line of Reason (Ep.122)

Learn to how stop being pushed around by sophists, bullies, and manipulators! This is PART 2 of a 3-part series on intellectual self-defense: The Line of Reason. We will look at where exactly discussion stops and manipulation starts, focusing on how to identify when someone is manipulating you. In this series you will learn how… Continue reading Intellectual Self-Defense PART 2 – The Line of Reason (Ep.122)

Intellectual Self Defense PART 1 – The Four Circuits (Ep. 121)

Learn to how stop being pushed around by sophists, bullies, and manipulators! This is PART 1 of a 3-part series on intellectual self-defense: The Four Circuits of Human Interaction. In this series you will learn how to defend your mind in from an angle you’ve never experienced before. This is NOT a course on formal… Continue reading Intellectual Self Defense PART 1 – The Four Circuits (Ep. 121)

Who Cares About Naming the Fallacy? (Ep.116)

Understanding formal logic and fallacies is only half the story when it comes to understanding intellectual self-defense. I was invited onto the Apocatastasis Institute to discuss my interpretation on how to handle intellectual self-defense. If you want to defend yourself intellectually, you need to be prepared to take on a crowd at any given time.… Continue reading Who Cares About Naming the Fallacy? (Ep.116)

Power, Evil, & Courage (Ep.109)

Power corrupts and absolutely power corrupts absolutely. Or does it? How is good possible without power? What comes with power and why do we fear it? Labour not the harvest of your weakness! Find more of our content at https://irida.tv/ Check out our forbidden news aggregator at https://dissentwatch.com/

Controlling People by Controlling Responsibility (Ep.107)

Pride month got me thinking about how to effectively disarm the forces who control us with words. We are objectively responsible for our actions, but we subjectively choose to believe that or not. If we can control someone else’s belief in what they are responsible for, we can control actions. How do you defend yourself… Continue reading Controlling People by Controlling Responsibility (Ep.107)

The 4 Circuits of Human Interaction – INTELLECTUAL SELF DEFENSE

Human beings are dealt cards to a game that they don’t know how to play. This video will begin to teach you the rules to that game. You have spent most of your life being manipulated and bullied because you don’t even know how to recognize it. Understanding these basics of human interaction will radically… Continue reading The 4 Circuits of Human Interaction – INTELLECTUAL SELF DEFENSE