Much appreciation. I have been following along on each of your posts on neuro-linguistic programming since last fall. I want to thank you again for your presentations ( but I cant listen to the bots talking at all, I m with Jessica ) You are defining exactly what happens when your BS meter goes off . You can feel it on some level and now I can interpret it . I had a Philosophy 101 Class in Critical Thinking decades ago. I was in my twenties then. I still use the principles of premises and conclusion in my life in a natural way, when I have the presence of mind to not panic.
Today I was watching this on a youtube from a gentleman, that I actually quite like . But in just the intro I felt my meter pegging. Emotionally I want to get to the same endpoint as him but am I being baffle-gabbed?
6 Powerful Lessons Nature Teaches Us About Being Human | Zach Bush
These are high-level concepts that lack operational definitions, making them difficult to verify or falsify.
“Emergent beauty,” “emergent creation force,” “interabundance,” “constellations of sovereignty,” “quorum sensing” (applied to human systems), “sacred geometries,” “centropic function of nature”
Such terms are framed as self-evident but are never grounded in specific, measurable phenomena.
This creates an impression of insight while sidestepping precision.
2. Metaphoric Inflation
Metaphors are stacked until they become conceptually unstable—multiple figurative frames layered without clear mapping to the real-world referent.
Example:
Birds → sacred geometry → sovereignty → atomic polarity → salt formation → political systems → human social design.
The chain shifts frames so frequently that the logical throughline blurs, giving a feeling of profundity without clear propositional content.
3. Unverifiable Absolutes
Statements presented as universal truths without empirical boundaries:
“Everything’s temporary. There is no such thing as death. There’s only rebirth.”
“Nature’s always in an ascension pathway.”
These are framed as factual laws rather than philosophical positions or symbolic expressions.
4. Category Slippage
Scientific terminology is repurposed into non-scientific contexts, creating the illusion of scientific grounding:
“Second law of thermodynamics” and “quorum sensing” are invoked metaphorically to describe social or spiritual states, without preserving the terms’ original physical/biological constraints.
This rhetorical move borrows credibility from science without adhering to its methodological rigor.
5. Circular Reasoning / Tautology
“You are contributing a voice to nature as a human being… you’re expressing the intelligence of a complex system.”
Here “intelligence” is defined as “expression of a complex system,” which simply restates the premise. The logic closes in on itself rather than providing external validation.
6. Overgeneralization from Anecdote
Personal experiences (e.g., heartbreak, working in hospice) are universalized into sweeping claims about human nature or cosmology without intermediary reasoning or data.
This moves from narrative truth to prescriptive truth without evidentiary bridge.
7. Spiritualized Jargon as Authority Cue
Frequent use of phrase clusters like “radical acceptance,” “original medicine,” “quantum entangled with an identity,” “7-dimensional chessboard” as if they represent established systems of knowledge.
These act as status markers—implying insider understanding—without offering operational clarity.
8. Complexity Without Necessary Information
Long chains of clauses loaded with nested metaphors and abstractions force the listener to track multiple unresolved conceptual threads.
This increases cognitive load, which can make the speaker sound “deep” while lowering the audience’s ability to critically assess content in real time.
I'm 15 seconds in, yes-ladder, and bingo word "emergent," the Materialist/Theosophist's non-God explanation for all things they don't want to attribute to God or something transcendent.
Hello Peter,
Much appreciation. I have been following along on each of your posts on neuro-linguistic programming since last fall. I want to thank you again for your presentations ( but I cant listen to the bots talking at all, I m with Jessica ) You are defining exactly what happens when your BS meter goes off . You can feel it on some level and now I can interpret it . I had a Philosophy 101 Class in Critical Thinking decades ago. I was in my twenties then. I still use the principles of premises and conclusion in my life in a natural way, when I have the presence of mind to not panic.
Today I was watching this on a youtube from a gentleman, that I actually quite like . But in just the intro I felt my meter pegging. Emotionally I want to get to the same endpoint as him but am I being baffle-gabbed?
6 Powerful Lessons Nature Teaches Us About Being Human | Zach Bush
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3q0He3UOwVI
Enjoy Ventura County. You're moving "up"...
This took another 2 minutes:
https://chatgpt.com/share/689a354e-5b4c-8003-abe0-ac89153cf7a1
1. Overloaded Abstraction and Undefined Terms
These are high-level concepts that lack operational definitions, making them difficult to verify or falsify.
“Emergent beauty,” “emergent creation force,” “interabundance,” “constellations of sovereignty,” “quorum sensing” (applied to human systems), “sacred geometries,” “centropic function of nature”
Such terms are framed as self-evident but are never grounded in specific, measurable phenomena.
This creates an impression of insight while sidestepping precision.
2. Metaphoric Inflation
Metaphors are stacked until they become conceptually unstable—multiple figurative frames layered without clear mapping to the real-world referent.
Example:
Birds → sacred geometry → sovereignty → atomic polarity → salt formation → political systems → human social design.
The chain shifts frames so frequently that the logical throughline blurs, giving a feeling of profundity without clear propositional content.
3. Unverifiable Absolutes
Statements presented as universal truths without empirical boundaries:
“Everything’s temporary. There is no such thing as death. There’s only rebirth.”
“Nature’s always in an ascension pathway.”
These are framed as factual laws rather than philosophical positions or symbolic expressions.
4. Category Slippage
Scientific terminology is repurposed into non-scientific contexts, creating the illusion of scientific grounding:
“Second law of thermodynamics” and “quorum sensing” are invoked metaphorically to describe social or spiritual states, without preserving the terms’ original physical/biological constraints.
This rhetorical move borrows credibility from science without adhering to its methodological rigor.
5. Circular Reasoning / Tautology
“You are contributing a voice to nature as a human being… you’re expressing the intelligence of a complex system.”
Here “intelligence” is defined as “expression of a complex system,” which simply restates the premise. The logic closes in on itself rather than providing external validation.
6. Overgeneralization from Anecdote
Personal experiences (e.g., heartbreak, working in hospice) are universalized into sweeping claims about human nature or cosmology without intermediary reasoning or data.
This moves from narrative truth to prescriptive truth without evidentiary bridge.
7. Spiritualized Jargon as Authority Cue
Frequent use of phrase clusters like “radical acceptance,” “original medicine,” “quantum entangled with an identity,” “7-dimensional chessboard” as if they represent established systems of knowledge.
These act as status markers—implying insider understanding—without offering operational clarity.
8. Complexity Without Necessary Information
Long chains of clauses loaded with nested metaphors and abstractions force the listener to track multiple unresolved conceptual threads.
This increases cognitive load, which can make the speaker sound “deep” while lowering the audience’s ability to critically assess content in real time.
Ok ! There it is ! Back to your book Peter !
( But Why? -- any others out here in Comments ?
Hush little baby, don't say a word, papa's gonna buy you a mocking bird if that mocking bird don't . . . . )
I'm 15 seconds in, yes-ladder, and bingo word "emergent," the Materialist/Theosophist's non-God explanation for all things they don't want to attribute to God or something transcendent.
If you have the time to listen to all of it, I’d like to hear any of your responses
IDK, the guy needs to lose weight, or buy a new shirt... I have to get my book finished...