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* | The '''“Lefty Enervation Packet”''' is a social script that conditions intellectuals, particularly on the American Left and in the academic/expert class, to dismiss potentially important lines of inquiry using safe, standard responses like: | ||
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* | * ''"Correlation does not imply causation."'' | ||
* ''"Never attribute to malice what can be explained by incompetence."'' | |||
* ''"Data is not the plural of anecdote."'' | |||
* ''"What appears to be coordinated is actually emergent."'' | |||
* ''"What appears to be a pattern is generally random."'' | |||
* ''"What appears to be doable outside of markets isn’t worth attempting because it can’t be coordinated and/or it is against human nature and/or has too many unintended consequences."'' | |||
These statements, while seemingly logically sound in moderation, function like ideological guardrails to: | These statements, while seemingly logically sound in moderation, function like ideological guardrails to: | ||
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* Prevent individuals from using analytical tools (like data or skepticism) against the institutions to which they belong or by which they are employed. | * Prevent individuals from using analytical tools (like data or skepticism) against the institutions to which they belong or by which they are employed. | ||
Eric compares levels of understanding to layers of counter-intuition: | Eric compares levels of understanding to [[Victor-Victoria Problem|layers of counter-intuition]]: | ||
* First-order counter-intuition sees through naive ideas (e.g., mocking flat-Earth beliefs). | * First-order counter-intuition sees through naive ideas (e.g., mocking flat-Earth beliefs). | ||
* | * Most stop there, failing to pursue second-order counter-intuition, which could uncover actual conspiracies (e.g., Iran-Contra, Tuskegee, Twitter files). | ||
* The system equates any questioning beyond | * The system equates any questioning beyond first-order counter-intuition with "fringe" or "crackpot" thinking, thus socially punishing deeper inquiry. | ||
This mechanism makes it difficult to distinguish between legitimate concerns and illegitimate, ill-founded theories, effectively marginalizing thoughtful inquiry and shielding the status quo. | This mechanism makes it difficult to distinguish between legitimate concerns and illegitimate, ill-founded theories, effectively marginalizing thoughtful inquiry and shielding the status quo. | ||
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The use of the term "enervation" in this concept refers to a deliberate draining of intellectual or critical energy—a kind of mental or moral weakening. Thus, the “Lefty Enervation Packet” describes a set of default phrases and ideas that sap the will to question authority or challenge dominant narratives. These ideas give the illusion of intellectual sophistication while actually discouraging deeper inquiry. The result is a compliant expert class that avoids confronting uncomfortable truths, thereby protecting entrenched power structures. | The use of the term "enervation" in this concept refers to a deliberate draining of intellectual or critical energy—a kind of mental or moral weakening. Thus, the “Lefty Enervation Packet” describes a set of default phrases and ideas that sap the will to question authority or challenge dominant narratives. These ideas give the illusion of intellectual sophistication while actually discouraging deeper inquiry. The result is a compliant expert class that avoids confronting uncomfortable truths, thereby protecting entrenched power structures. | ||
== | == Origin == | ||
The '''“Lefty Enervation Packet”''', a concept original to Eric Weinstein, was introduced to a wide public audience in 2024 on [[Are We On The Brink Of A Revolution (YouTube Content)|Modern Wisdom Episode 833]]. | |||
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|content=But….i mean….c’mon. This is self-evident historically. | |||
It’s time to face facts. | |||
https://documentcloud.org/documents/5000042-390521673-the-Good-Censor-GOOGLE-LEAK | |||
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What appears to be coordinated is actually emergent. | What appears to be coordinated is actually emergent. | ||
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What appears to be a pattern is generally random. | What appears to be a pattern is generally random. | ||
What appears to be doable outside of markets isn’t worth attempting because it can’t be coordinated and/or it is against human nature and/or has too many unintended consequences. | What appears to be doable outside of markets isn’t worth attempting because it can’t be coordinated and/or it is against human nature and/or has too many unintended consequences.</br> | ||
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NOTE: Zuckerberg’s letter pointing to such a coordination in an earlier election appeared after this was taped. So… | NOTE: Zuckerberg’s letter pointing to such a coordination in an earlier election appeared after this was taped. So… | ||
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|content=I disagree with Chris here. | |||
Some of this is emergent. But you cannot explain what it going on by emergence alone. | |||
Google is trying to influence everything. | |||
How? I don’t know. I don’t work there. | |||
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|content=It‘s time to leave the traditional media & party regulars behind. We must simply hold the debates and analysis far away from residents of The Beltway, Brooklyn, Mountain View and Cambridge where the sore thumb on the scales can no longer be ignored. Alex Jones my ass. As it were. | |||
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|content=So this time you‘re going to pee on our leg, tell us it’s raining & call us Alex Joneses wearing tin foil hats when we point out the obvious: you are trying to bury Andrew Yang who is gaining? | |||
&%*# these people. This is clearly a policy not an error. Of very large N now. | |||
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|content=Earlier on UP, we aired a poll graphic that inadvertently left off @AndrewYang. This was a mistake that we've since corrected on air. We apologize to Mr. Yang. Here's the correct graphic: | |||
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|timestamp=8:26 PM · Nov 17, 2019 | |||
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|timestamp=2:53 AM · Nov 18, 2019 | |||
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|content=“Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.” | |||
-Hanlon’s Razor | -Hanlon’s Razor | ||
“Never stupidly apply Hanlon’s razor to a series with large N where perhaps an N of at most 3 could plausibly be explained without malice, giggling & winking.” | “Never stupidly apply Hanlon’s razor to a series with large N where perhaps an N of at most 3 could plausibly be explained without malice, giggling & winking.” | ||
-Weinstein’s Correction | -Weinstein’s Correction | ||
|timestamp=6:53 PM · Nov 17, 2019 | |||
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Nov 17, 2019 | |timestamp=2:53 AM · Nov 18, 2019 | ||
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==Related Pages== | ==Related Pages== | ||
* [[Managed Reality TM]] | |||
* [[Responsible Conspiracy Theorizing]] | * [[Responsible Conspiracy Theorizing]] | ||
* [[Victor-Victoria Problem]] | * [[Victor-Victoria Problem]] | ||