boris
Member
- Joined
- Oct 1, 2019
- Messages
- 2,345
No, what you say is not implied, it's what he directly says. An implicication can be there without the person intending it.
If "naturally" the most talented people would rise to "the top" then why is Ray Peat being actively supressed? People rise to the top when the people who decide who is at the top want it. "The top" as in prizes and acholades and prestige, is awarded through institutions that the ruling elites own. When he says that hierarchies of comptence should be desired and promoted, that implies that a doctor with a degree from harvard will be more right about something regarding health than a school teacher. That's authoritarianism. What is the doctors "competence" worth if it comes from following a dogma that is guided by industry interests and harmful to the patient?
Ruling elites care about "life is suffering", if people truly believe life is suffering, then the people have no reason to investigate their feeling, and get to the bottom of what is really causing it. There is a big interest to normalize sickness and mental illness, it has gone so far that people think depression is a normal thing that has nothing to do with your physical state.
I am not saying he wants to keep things as they are. I am saying that his message carries convenient implications with it for the people who want to keep things as they are (stay in power).
If "naturally" the most talented people would rise to "the top" then why is Ray Peat being actively supressed? People rise to the top when the people who decide who is at the top want it. "The top" as in prizes and acholades and prestige, is awarded through institutions that the ruling elites own. When he says that hierarchies of comptence should be desired and promoted, that implies that a doctor with a degree from harvard will be more right about something regarding health than a school teacher. That's authoritarianism. What is the doctors "competence" worth if it comes from following a dogma that is guided by industry interests and harmful to the patient?
Ruling elites care about "life is suffering", if people truly believe life is suffering, then the people have no reason to investigate their feeling, and get to the bottom of what is really causing it. There is a big interest to normalize sickness and mental illness, it has gone so far that people think depression is a normal thing that has nothing to do with your physical state.
I am not saying he wants to keep things as they are. I am saying that his message carries convenient implications with it for the people who want to keep things as they are (stay in power).
Last edited: