Natasha Tori Maru

It is a reductionist misunderstanding of why people rape to think it can be solved with art, spirituality and connection. Sexual deprivation is extremely relevant to some individuals, but rape is a multifactorial behaviour that cannot be explained simply by a shortage of consensual sex.

I am sorry my line of reasoning/questoning upset you. But this is very uncharitable.

That doesn't follow from anything I asked or stated.

Sure - agree to disagree. I think its a conflation of selection and category. Vent away and disregard me

I am illustrating your assumptions behind the main argument.

Does it follow that rape is justified? I reject the starving child analogy, because I consider it false. Will you die if you do not rape or have sex?

Rape is understandable, as in, it is logical? Is this a correct understanding?

You are a real one

Maybe its the interpretation of the experience, then. There are several layers of judgement, interpretion and concept sneaking in

I don't think identifying bias should be done with the goal of elimination. The realistic goal is to understand how it influences us and prevent it from distorting our judgments & discernment.

Do you think men have a genetic predisposition that makes them rape when they cannot obtain sex?

Epistemic bias - confirmation bias and self-sealing beliefs or circular epistemology Agreement means the teaching is correct Disagreement means the person is trapped in ego, bias or conventional/conformist thinking Failure to understand means the person lacks the requisite consciousness Criticism means the critic is stuck in survival/defending their survival interests This is endemic to the entire forum. This produces downstream effects when discussing loaded topics. Making them more explosive, adversarial and degrading truth seeking.

Maybe he plans on retiring - and isn't afraid to risk his reputation exploding. Maybe if no aliens in 2027, Bashar and his craft will exit. That way he never needs to be accountable Darryl is 75 years old I think. You highlight the risk/reward seems really off. Agree.

Yes. I've often thought the "channelling" aspect of Darryl's work could be the spin for another self help marketer/guru. It's genius - when you think about it! This is independent to my thoughts on the general message he sends out - which is profoundly useful and resonant. The "alien" channelling persona enables him to bypass many human customs and graces. He can often be brutally direct without those he is speaking to receiving it incorrectly (he is given more charity as Bashar) because he isn't "human" and does not pose as much of a threat. He semi bypasses many survival games and subconscious behaviours in this way so his message lands differently. All about perception... and how its packaged. When you listen to him speak to women in particular - notice how they can receive brutal truth with much more ease.... Direct criticism from a human man (as an example) can carry additional interpersonal implications, depending on the context. It can be interpreted as dominance, hostility, sexual judgment, condescension, establishing a hierarchy etc. A supposedly "nonhuman speaker" can partially remove those implications

Doubt Your Own Antipathy Aversion can be treated as a source of information about our own perceptual filters, rather than merely as a verdict about the person/thing/concept/idea we are reacting to. Such a good and useful way to data-mine a different scope of information we might disregard - or simply take for granted, treat as a by-product of thought, or miss completely