To Michael humor. And I, by the way, I point this
out, I asked this question in full realization that one of the
times I was a guest with you. As the host, you ran through a
series of important thinkers in libertarianism or voluntary ISM
and it was like a lightning round.
You said the name and then I talked about some of their key
ideas and I think you gave me Michael humor so I'm going to
toss them back at you. What can you tell us about?
So humor has the excellent method Of taking someone's
premise and showing this premise.
I totally agree with, however, I disagree with the conclusion
that this premise gives. So already, you're taking people
off the defensive. So that's why I was so
appreciative of some of his early work and you're absolutely
right when it comes to things like well, the state does things
daily that we would commend as terrible if anyone else did
them. For example, how I can't imagine
a 24-hour period that's gone by where someone has it?
Own at me, bad working conditions in the industrial
revolution. As if ushering in a state
automatically, improves working conditions for the globe but we
would never say, hey, the Russian government is murdering
people in Ukraine and Ukraine's murdering people in the donbas.
You stayed his need to answer for this.
Look at all this government tragedy that's happening.
How about that first world war? What a tragedy?
Why would you guys Advocate that system?
So just getting in that Rhythm that humor gets you to thinking
you. Become sort of guilt-free when
you Advocate things like this but these specific section that
I chose for humor. His most popular book is the
problem of political Authority. I have a number of quotes in the
back but he has another book, titled knowledge, reality and
value where he lists his 14, most important logical
fallacies. And one of them that he lists is
credulity and it's great because he shows you how to sort of walk
through media manipulation. That you otherwise wouldn't
recognize. So I'd say, the most important
thing that he is brought to the table are these logical
fallacies in the credulity section.
He says, basically the news is nonsense and by this, I mean,
almost everything falls into the category of ideological bias.
Meaning things are Cherry Picked by the very nature of you
picking to report on one thing and not another.
That is a bias how much time you spend on it?
That is also a bias. I Add an intelligence officer.
Come on my show, a guy named Chase use and he said, if I
could summarize mind control in one word, it would be
repetition. So this is how the media is
really able to plant ideas in the minds of the populace.
Imagine if there were pictures of civilians all over the news
every time a government drone killed civilians, like they are
with who are referred to as Shooters but they're actually
murderers. The second thing he says to look
out for is sensationalism own. With the January sex thing, you
would have thought that 30,000 people died on this day, it
lasted for months. On end, the sensationalist
tactics that the media used to tell you.
One thing is vitally important and it's a total danger to
civilization that is one of the greatest propaganda tricks
around and then he says the third thing you have to look out
for is laziness, there was a great article on CNBC great in
the sense of it really exposes the people.
This was in I think 2020 it said Why economists don't think
trillions of dollars, inputted into the economy will lead to
price inflation. It's something to that extent.
It's just so in your face. Now one interpretation could be
this reporters alyre working for the state working for the FED.
That could be true. The problem is a lot of people
actually believe this who are not necessarily agents or
provocateurs. So simply the idea of being lazy
where people have not taken the time.
To look into topics makes them inherently bias.
It takes a long time to understand history, economics
philosophy, why wars happened? Why peace happens, why some
countries are wealthy While others are poor.
Very few journalists have done that work.
So humor exposing media bias, through sensationalism, cherry
picking and laziness I think is best contribution.
By the way, for anybody listening was curious about him,
his last name is spelled hu e mer.
So it's not what you think.