Tag: manipulation

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 3: The Chain of Responsibility (Ep. 123)

Learn to how stop being pushed around by sophists, bullies, and manipulators! This is PART 3 of a 3-part series on intellectual self-defense: The Chain of Responsibility. This final part of the series is where the big guns of defense against manipulation is introduced. Parts 1 and 2 are really about laying the groundwork in… Continue reading Intellectual Self-Defense PART 3: The Chain of Responsibility (Ep. 123)

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)

Believing in the Rapture Makes You Lazy and Irresponsible (Ep.120)

Prophecy of the future of the saved and the damned, or a made up nonsense that’s attractive to lazy people who want to be lazy? You can’t claim to be good while standing down to evil, and belief in the Rapture causes people to do just that. The Rapture is a modern interpretation of the… Continue reading Believing in the Rapture Makes You Lazy and Irresponsible (Ep.120)

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

The Roadmap of Intellectual Self Defense – The 4 Circuits of Human Behavior (Ep. 79)

Be prepared to understand your personal relationships on an entirely new, and possibly terrifying, level. This show contains the basics of recognizing and dealing with sophistry and manipulation. Dylan Moore of Irida TV discusses with co-host Nima Mahdjour the how to understand why most people fail to realize when they’re being manipulated, and provides a… Continue reading The Roadmap of Intellectual Self Defense – The 4 Circuits of Human Behavior (Ep. 79)