For a believer, facts are not always truth.

"I returned to the Holiday Inn — where they have a swimming pool and air-conditioned rooms — to consider the paradox of a nation that has given so much to those who preach the glories of rugged individualism from the security of countless corporate sinecures, and so little to that diminishing band of yesterday's refugees who still practice it, day by day, in a tough, rootless and sometimes witless style that most of us have long since been weaned away from."

- Hunter S. Thompson (1937 – 2005).  Gonzo Papers, Vol. 1: The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time (1979)

On Singularities #2

i. Society and culture are discarded as impediments for the furtherance of a technological society.  Who needs them?

ii. No one would actually sacrifice their lives for a technological society.  Who cares that much?

iii. A singularity may approach when one has no choice other than drowning amongst the wreckage.  Who made that choice?

iv. We did it to ourselves.  Who you calling "we?"

A technological society can only be destroyed from without, whereas it may only be undermined from within.

Truth, told through lies, undermines itself.

Propaganda Technique: Example

See Here for my discussion of the a propaganda technique that attempts to equate two unlike thing.

On Singularities #1

A singularity, to use a physics metaphor, is basically a future event or existence that is impossible to predict as this time.  The best one can hope for is to identify trends which point toward its potential existence.  As any web search will confirm, there many different ideas as to what is to be found beyond the "event horizon."  There are two main schools of thought. The first is that this singularity represents some momentous scientific and/or technical breakthrough (creation), or that is basically the decline and fall of civilization (destruction) as we currently know it.  There is also the possibility that the singularity will contain elements of both creation and destruction.  I would tend to see the latter as more likely.  It is almost always easier to destroy than to build.

When it comes to living standards, absolute comparisons carry little weight.  Who cares if one lives better than one's ancestors?

Islamic Fundamentalist Propaganda

I had actually forgotten that I had collected the links on the Chumpfish Islamic Fundamentalist Propaganda.

Just because one does not like the message, does not mean one should ignore the messenger.

3 Parts

1. Those shouting do not necessarily have anything to say.
2. The overwhelmed become apathetic; the informed only wish it were so.
3. One need not know the words to understand frustration.

Greasing the rails through a difficult path will not always make the journey easier. In such cases, find another way.

Chumpfish Home Has Moved

Due to Yahoo Geocities imminent closure, Chumpfish Home has moved. Although I have not done so during (not to before) the move, I'm going to be updating and adding a few links in the next few weeks.

Meanwhile, I'll link to something that does not need to be updated (even if part have), here's the The Maximum Advantage Collection.

I don't aim to inspire...

Propaganda as Art and Science

Chumpfish: Propaganda as Art and Science pages. Now moving site...

Masters of Propaganda

As the Chumpfish Main site is being moved, I'll send a few links to various pages that have been transferred (although until the 26th you may still find working links to the Geocities site). So for starters, check out the links on the Masters of Propaganda page.