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Notes, References, and Links for further study: Tragedy and Hope dot com March’s Invitation to the Tragedy and Hope online community (link expires monthly) Log in page for the Tragedy and Hope online community Peace Revolution primary site (2009-2012) Peace Revolution backup stream (2006-2012) Includes the 9/11 Synchronicity Podcast (predecessor to Peace Revolution) These 2 podcasts amount to 250+ hours of commercial-free educational content, which formulate a comprehensive and conscious curriculum. The Ultimate History Lesson dot com The Ultimate History Lesson Official Playlist (on YouTube) The Ultimate History Lesson (Torrents) (Video) The Ultimate History Lesson (5+ hours / 1080p HD mp4) (Audio) The Ultimate History Lesson + Commentary (16+ hours / mp3) i. If you’re interested in downloading the torrent versions, please send an email to: Editors@TragedyandHope.com with the word “torrent” in the subject line. ii. What is a Torrent? (on Wikipedia) uTorrent (software to create and download torrent files) Lew Rockwell discussing The Ultimate History Lesson with Mark Carbonaro (of radio station KION in Monterey, CA) 10. Peg Luksik “Who Controls our Children? How Public Schools Dumb Down Students” 1992 NEA: A Trojan Horse in American Education by Samuel Blumenfeld (1984) 11. Corbett Report Radio 096: In the Labyrinth of the Psychopath with Thomas Sheridan12. School Sucks Podcast 130: Logic Saves Lives / Empowerment and Intellectual Self-Defense with Richard Grove and Tony Myers13. Trivium Method of Critical Thinking and Creative Problem Solving “Trivium” menu at the top of Tragedy and Hope dot com 14. Definition of existence (or reality): Reality/Existence is every substance, action, relationship, and attribute which is, was, or ever will be. This sentence describes the ENTIRETY of language, inclusive of Aristotle’s Ten Categories of Being (relates to proofs of that which exists, i.e “reality”). Now re-read the sentence, replacing the words with the Grammar equivalents: “Reality/Existence is every noun, verb, adjective/adverb, and prepositonal phrase/conjunction that is, was, or ever will be.” 15. Definition of compulsory: Depending on or produced by compulsion; compelled, forced, enforced, obligatory. In special collocations, as compulsory education. (source: Oxford English Dictionary)16. Definition of volition: An act of willing or resolving; a decision or choice made after due consideration or deliberation; a resolution or determination. (source: Oxford English Dictionary)17. Definition of irrationality: The quality of being devoid of reason. (source: Oxford English Dictionary)18. Definition of sophism: A specious but fallacious argument, either used deliberately in order to deceive or mislead, or employed as a means of displaying ingenuity in reasoning. (source: Oxford English Dictionary)19. Definition of solipsism: The view or theory that self is the only object of real knowledge or the only thing really existent. Also, = egoism 1, and in weakened sense. (source: Oxford English Dictionary)20. Definition of fallacy: Deception, guile, trickery; a deception, trick; a false statement, a lie. Deceitfulness (obs.). b.2.b Deceptiveness, aptness to mislead, unreliability. (source: Oxford English Dictionary) Latin: Fallax, n. “deception”; and Fallere, v. “to deceive” Summary: Fallacies are errors in logical thinking, which you should refrain from integrating into your own mindset; when integrated, fallacies dissolve your freedom. Fallacy (on Wikipedia) 21. Definition of belief: The mental action, condition, or habit, of trusting to or confiding in a person or thing; trust, dependence, reliance, confidence, faith. Const. in (to, of obs.) a person. (source: Oxford English Dictionary)22. Definition of occult: Hidden (from sight); concealed (by something interposed); not exposed to view. (source: Oxford English Dictionary) How to Free Your Mind: The Occulted Keys of Wisdom 23. Definition of education: Education: to bring out, to extract, to produce from a state of occultation (Johnson’s Dictionary, 1854); from the Latin verb educo, to lead or draw out. To un-occult information 24. The Trivium (on Wikipedia) Grammar (or Knowledge), as your input Logic (or Understanding), the process of thinking to remove contradictions Rhetoric (or Wisdom), as the output 25. The Ultimate History Lesson dot com Purchase the film (Coupon Code: SCHOOLSUCKS) Read the Transcript and Investigate the References Listen to the 16+ hour version with Commentary and Analysis i. Peace Revolution episodes 041-045 26. Charles Darwin and his marriage into the Wedgewood Pottery fortune27. Definition of Religion: 3a. Action or conduct indicating a belief in, reverence for, and desire to please, a divine ruling power; the exercise or practice of rites or observances implying this. (source: Oxford English Dictionary) Latin: religare (to bind or tie-back), the opposite of liberty Argumentum ad Ignorantium: appeal to ignorance fallacy Appeal to authority fallacy Appeal to tradition fallacy Appeal to popularity fallacy 28. Listing of Logical Fallacies (under the top menu “Trivium” entry)29. Ad baculum fallacy: (Latin for argument to the cudgel or appeal to the stick), also known as appeal to force, is an argument where force, coercion, or the threat of force, is given as a justification for a conclusion. It is a specific case of the negative form of an argument to the consequences.30. Deepest Secrets of Secret Societies Read and listen to: “How to Free Your Mind: The Occulted Keys of Wisdom” Albert Pike page 861 of Morals and Dogmai. 3-4-5 Pythagorean Triangleii. 3 = The Triviumiii. 4 = The Quadriviumiv. 5 = Your 5-Senses 31. Fallacy of the Neglected Aspect(s): to present evidence in support of one side of an issue to the exclusion of relevant evidence to the contrary. The withholding of evidence hostile to the conclusion at hand may be malicious and intentional or due to unawareness.32. Definition of chanting: The action of the verb chant; singing, musical recitation, etc. (In early usage, also: Incantation, enchantment.) (source: Oxford English Dictionary)33. Definition of psittacism: The mechanical repetition of previously received ideas or images that reflects neither true reasoning nor feeling; repetition of words or phrases parrot-fashion, without reflection, automatically. Hence ˈpsittacist; psittaˈcistically adv. (source: Oxford English Dictionary) Latin: psitta = parrot 34. Gatto: Daughters of the Barons of Runnemede (Chapter 12) The Underground History of American Education 35. Antony Sutton: America’s Secret Establishment: An Introduction to Skull and Bones36. Charlotte Iserbyt: The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America37. The Brain Model Organizational Software @ Tragedy and Hope The “Brain” tab on the top menu of Tragedy and Hope dot com This model contains thousands of connections between major topics, personalities, and events in modern history; trailing the origins of cause-and-effect back for thousands of years. 38. Free State Project39. Larken Rose: The Most Dangerous Superstition (a must-read)40. Herbert Spencer (on Wikipedia) “survival of the fittest” concept 41. Social Darwinism (on Wikipedia)42. Eugenics (on Wikipedia)43. Beatrice Webb (on Wikipedia)44. Sun Tzu (on Wikipedia)45. Machiavelli (on Wikipedia)46. Von Clausewitz (on Wikipedia)47. American History Association (on Wikipedia)48. Fabius Maximus (on Wikipedia)49. Fabian Socialism (on Wikipedia) Logo = Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing Fabian Stained Glass Window (shaping the world in their image) Brain Model: connections between Fabian Socialism and the Rothschild Banking Empire 50. Definition of predator: An animal that preys upon another. (source: Oxford English Dictionary)51. Edward R. Pease: “ History of the Fabian Society”52. Justified Sinning: the belief without evidence, of illusions, and portraying fiction as fact; as a function of some underlying irrationality (i.e. authority has given them permission to rule over others and violate volition)53. “Babylonian Woe” by David Astle54. “The Republic” by Plato (on Wikipedia) Caste structure 55. “Sic Itur Ad Astra” by Dr. Andrew Galambos Volitional Science Lectures 56. Fallacy of Argument from Authority (on Wikipedia) Ad Verecundiam 57. Immanuel Kant (on Wikipedia) Solipsism: The view or theory that self is the only object of real knowledge or the only thing really existent. Also, = egoism 1, and in weakened sense. b. Using logic and reason to “refute” logic and reason 58. The Fallacy of the Stolen Concept: The “stolen concept” fallacy, first identified by Ayn Rand, is the fallacy of using a concept while denying the validity of its genetic roots, i.e., of an earlier concept(s) on which it logically depends.59. Argument (on Wikipedia) Declarative sentence Clear Terms True Premises Valid Argument 60. Collectivism: The sacrifice of the individual rights as the function of powering the State.61. Definition of democide: death by government62. Definition of dialectic (logic): the process of asking substantial questions and finding valid answers which eliminates contradiction and ascertains identity, also known as “thinking”, this is the use of ratios to compare and contrast which creates rational and reasonable clarity in the mind. When Gatto says he “argues with himself about what he believes”, this is what he’s doing. 63. “Against Schooling” by John Taylor Gatto, published by Harpers Magazine64. “On Sophistical Refutations” by Aristotle Contains the list of errors in thinking, a.k.a. “fallacies” Contains the gist of intellectual self-defense in terms of fallacies 65. Colin Powell’s speech to the United Nations, genesis of the 2nd invasion of Iraq in 2003 Full-text of Powell’s fallacy-ridden speech in The Guardian (London News) Powell’s infamous speech (on YouTube) 66. Socrates (on Wikipedia)67. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs (on Wikipedia)68. Definition of conspiracy: The action of conspiring; combination of persons for an evil or unlawful purpose. (source: Oxford English Dictionary)69. Definition of “Conspiracy Theory”: “Additions 1997 Add: 4.4 Special Combs. conspiracy theory, the theory that an event or phenomenon occurs as a result of a conspiracy between interested parties; spec. a belief that some covert but influential agency (typically political in motivation and oppressive in intent) is responsible for an unexplained event; so conspiracy theorist. “ (source: Oxford English Dictionary)70. Definition of Psittacism: The mechanical repetition of previously received ideas or images that reflects neither true reasoning nor feeling; repetition of words or phrases parrot-fashion, without reflection, automatically. (source: The Oxford English Dictionary)71. The Mathematical Theory of Communication by Claude Shannon (on Wikipedia)72. Autodidactic (on Wikipedia)73. Didactic (on Wikipedia)74. Thinking = non-contradictory identification = Logic The process of which is also Reason by way of Rationality (compare and contrast ratios) 75. Appeal to Laughter/Ridicule fallacy (on Wikipedia)76. Definition of diffidence: Want of confidence or faith; mistrust, distrust, misgiving, doubt. (source: Oxford English Dictionary); opposite of confidence77. Fallacy of Argument from Authority (on Wikipedia) Ad Verecundiam 78. Religare: to tie back, to bind, to prevent from growing79. Amptssprache fallacy Fallacy of Authority Eichmann @ Nuremberg, “only following orders” defense Milgram Experiment (on Wikipedia) Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Experiment (on Wikipedia) “Just doing my job” fallacy 80. Definition of naïve: Natural, unaffected, simple, artless. (source: Oxford English Dictionary)81. Would you like to Know More? Tragedy and Hope dot com Trivium (tab on top menu) How to Free Your Mind List of Fallacies The Brain (tab on top menu) Critical Thinking Taken out of Public Schooling The Rothschild Banking Empire Pop-Up Fallacies dot com i. Obama 9 fallacies per minute Jan Irvin’s Gnostic Media podcast episodes investigating the Fallacies with Dr. Michael LaBossiere 82. Corbett Report Interview 475: Curing Statism with Stefan Molyneux83. FreeDomainRadio 669: Dr. No – Friend or Foe by Stefan MolyneuxPeace Revolution partner podcasts:Corbett Report dot comMedia Monarchy dot comGnostic Media PodcastSchool Sucks Project PodcastMeria dot netOther productions by members of the T&H network:The Ultimate History Lesson: A Weekend with John Taylor Gatto (2012) a journey into the dark heart of public schooling, revealing how America became incoherent, one student at a time.Navigating Netflix (2011) our video series wherein we conduct a critical analysis of films you might have missed; Navigating Netflix is available for free on YouTube."Memories of a Political Prisoner", an interview with Professor Chengiah Ragaven, graduate of Oxford, Cambridge, and Sussex; AFTER he was a political prisoner, who was exiled from South Africa, during Apartheid. (2011)What You've Been Missing! (2011) is our video series focusing in on the history of corruption in our public education system.Top Documentary Films dot com: Hijacking Humanity by Paul Verge (2006)Top Documentary Films dot com: Exposing the Noble Lie (2010)Top Documentary Films dot com: The Pharmacratic Inquisition by Jan Irvin (2007)THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! If you would like to donate so that we can continue producing independent media without commercial advertising, simply click the button below for a one-time donation: Alternatively, You can become a Member and Support our ability to create media for the public (while You make new friends and enjoy educating yourself along the way) by subscribing to the Tragedy and Hope Community: Monthly @ $14.95 / monthYearly @ $120.00 / year*Subscription details on Subscribe page in the Top Menu.
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