tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5204863782883637837.post7001311975376180376..comments2024-03-27T20:51:11.303-04:00Comments on Accepting Ignorance: Hypothesis/Query: Decadence Essentially the Opposite of Independence?Alrenoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11119846531341190283noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5204863782883637837.post-72454203413305705772016-06-13T17:37:49.597-04:002016-06-13T17:37:49.597-04:00@NBS
You can do better than playing with morpholo...@NBS<br /><br />You can do better than playing with morphology.Grotesque Bodynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5204863782883637837.post-91018076689919115342016-06-13T10:43:21.963-04:002016-06-13T10:43:21.963-04:00The opposite of decadent is cadent.The opposite of decadent is <i>cadent</i>.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16050831858972171741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5204863782883637837.post-40287389214131256712016-06-06T21:09:59.222-04:002016-06-06T21:09:59.222-04:00Antifragility = things that gain from disorder
Ant...Antifragility = things that gain from disorder<br />Antinaivete/antigullibility = things that gain from disasterGrotesque Bodynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5204863782883637837.post-4004775562600667582016-06-06T17:59:16.692-04:002016-06-06T17:59:16.692-04:00I do like the idea of antinaievite. ? = skeptical....I do like the idea of antinaievite. ? = skeptical. I'd prefer the names gullible/skeptical/antigullible. Antigullibility is combat epistemology - walk into a propaganda crossfire, walk out with the truth. Alrenoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11119846531341190283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5204863782883637837.post-83573110420303822772016-06-06T17:49:10.131-04:002016-06-06T17:49:10.131-04:00I don't know if it helps, but lately I've ...I don't know if it helps, but lately I've been thinking about adapting Taleb's "fragile/robust/antifragile" to "naive/?/antinaive", where I associate naivety very closely with decadence, dependence, slavery etc. Naivety is the state of having lost one's epistemological competence.Grotesque Bodynoreply@blogger.com