I can do that even from your reply. The first definition of hypocrite by Google is "a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives".
Are you implying that I would not attempt to make Optimization a reality? I'm still confused on where the hypocrite part comes into play.
You're clearly not willing to live the optimized live. Either you're stupid (for not optimizing your own life), coward (for waiting the optimization to begin en masse before doing anything) or an impostor.
First of all, living an Optimized life as an individual or even a small group is ******** because the time and resources required to complete and maintain Optimization would in no way be justified for what would be gained from it. Optimization is a large scale system of government, because of the many parts required to run it. Individuals are Optimized, but are so small in the sense of the big picture that it takes a huge group of them to create what is Optimization. From what it sounds like you are implying that Optimization is like, organizing all the grains of rice in my house in perfect order from small to big, and accounting for every single grain of sand in the backyard, like some obsessive compulsive machine. Optimized production = Maximized production, Optimized laws, regulations, and training methods = minimal waste and termination rates, Optimized research = discoveries and technological advances in unprecedented time frames, Optimized construction and expansion = maximum living space for individuals and development at higher rates for half the cost etc.
As far as "waiting like a coward for an opportunity", well let me just go grab a gun and kick in the front door of the whitehouse, because we all know it's just that easy right? Please.
"Continued to perform Optimally"? Is requiring a surgery to survive birth optimal? Why should resources be spent to "fix" a child when so many are born healthy? What does it matter whether sub-optimality is through genetics or environment?
No it is not Optimal, especially after a few generations of Optimization when fetuses are grown by permit and monitored, these would be terminated with a new one replacing it, most likely because it is more resourceful to start again without having to spend resources to fix a problem. 2nd Question has been answered, resources shouldn't be spent, it should be terminated and a new one created. Genetical defects or environmental defects would both be terminated, what you are trying to get at is that because I let the government pay for a surgical procedure on my daughter I somehow am a huge hypocrite and if Optimization ever succeeded I would be the exception to it. Wrong, why wouldn't I continue to live in the society already present, doing the best I can given the situation, and strike when the goal is obtainable? What do you want me to stick my head in the ground and pull it out every 5 years and yell "Surprise!" and hope somehow things happened the way I wanted them to? The future is guided by individuals, to swim up stream your whole life and hope the river somehow starts flowing in the opposite direction is stupid, you find a raft, float down it until you find an Optimal place to build a dam, and redirect it where you want it to go.
And until that you voluntarily live sub-optimal life? Are you just waiting armies to gather on your lawn or are you actually doing something concrete to proceed with this optimization (writing to CFC doesn't count concrete)? Or are you just daydreaming of slavery?
Without the assimilation process perfected and a proper opportunity I don't know what to do, do you? While I am still young I continue to improve myself in as many aspects applicable to my goals, and wait until I hit those crossroads. Not much else can really be done at this particular point, but I think spreading the concept and practicing orator skills is a pretty good start.
Wasting resources to fix what's born broken goes against the spirit of optimization. You (and your wife) only fixed her because of personal interest which is against the spirit of optimization.
I know it does. And my wife and I only "fixed" her because it was free on our part. No resources on our part were wasted at all, I don't see how that can be conceived as non-Optimal. Now if the resources that went into "fixing" her came from an Optimized system of government, that would be a different story. Why not leech off systems of government you are attempting to change anyways? Sounds ignorant not to.
So indeed I think you're a hypocrite. You preach the wonders of optimization while leading sub-optimized life yourself. You're subjugating yourself to first law of termination by serving your non-optimized government - an enemy you should be fighting against. You demand those who refuse to be killed while you do nothing (out of fear?) and serve the enemies of optimization.
I am not subjecting myself to the first rule of termination because I haven't refused the system, it hasn't presented itself in a tangible way so how can I refuse it? Serving the government that I would assimilate in a heartbeat is the best course of action I can think of to get me to my personal goals. Ever heard of "Know thy enemy," or, "keep your friends close and your enemies even closer?", not that, at the level I am now somehow scouting out the government for weak points, but think how many big time politicians have done military service. Makes sense right? You say that I demand those who refuse be killed, while I do nothing. Well, when it reaches this point, I will be doing everything I can for Optimization, I'm not just going to get a group of 15 guys and go door to door and start shooting people if they refuse, if this were to succeed it would have to be done with some sort of common sense and tactics, neither of which you have applied to your accusations.
Also, why do you want to become a slave?
I don't see how it can be conceived as slavery if you accept the system.
