This fellow Muflax is quite genetically similar to me, although he has a handicap or two that I don’t, and I have one that he doesn’t. Here’s what he thinks about Edenism:
If you haven’t read fellow crazy-person Koanic Soul, I recommend you check him out because he might serve as a hint of what my writing would look like if I wouldn’t take great care to balance my ambiguity, enforce pragmatism and instead trusted my intuition. And didn’t try hard to keep my douchiness in line. (You really don’t want me running on my instincts. But see also the last section of this log for how I always want to write.)
In addition, Koanic has face-read me and typed me as Amud Neanderthal front of the head, Melonhead back, asymmetrical face (notably the eyes, which are a bit o_O), narrow spacing of (somewhat big) eyes with deep sockets, medium testosterone levels, high IQ (due to brain volume). For those not up to speed with the latest phrenology, see Koanic’s site as to what “Amud” and “Melonhead” mean. (I pre-recorded my own prediction how he’d read me, and completely agree, although I was unsure if he’d go with low or ok testosterone. So even if the psychological correlation (or racial causation) isn’t true, it’s at least aconsistent distinction of faces (for this tiny and very biased sample).)
Based on the current interpretation, this would make me strongly introverted, trustworthy, ideological, ambitious in a “die for a cause” but not “rule with an iron fist” way, prone to dissociations, inconsistent in my preference over strict hierarchies and small egalitarian tribes, and sometimes a dick. This is clearly absurd.5
(And apparently I don’t yet ooze heresy. Fools.)
And in a footnote (I love this guy):
Ok, a bit more seriously. I used to do “belief dumps” for crazier stuff, so let’s at least record my current gut-feel of the Neanderthal thing.
- that autistic / high-IQ introverted traits go back to Neanderthal origins: Totally plausible, but I have no skills in evolutionary biology or anthropology, so I remain agnostic by default.
- that facial features correlate strongly with psychological traits: Duh.
- that they correlate in the specific way that Koanic / Cleve talk about: Dunno. It feels right, mostly, but I’ve not thrown any serious thought at it, so I can’t tell which specific correlations are real and which aren’t.
- that “melonheads” are a thing, i.e. a genetic cluster like autism: More likely than not, yes.
- that Cleve’s origin story (or anything remotely like it) of melonheads is true: Hell naw. But see below.
- that Cleve’s inferences about Neanderthal lifestyle are true: Generally yes. Dude’s a crazy genius. If anyone figured it out, it’s him. Seriously.
- that ancient melonheads had huge freaky skulls and used to run everything: Listen. Years ago, way before the whole Reaction and Manosphere even existed, I already read some of Cleve’s stuff about all kinds of topics. I found him very entertaining, but didn’t believe a word. Thenthis thread happened and it turns out that everything Cleve said was true. Even the really crazy shit. Since then, I have a lot of respect for his crackpottery, and shit, ancient history is hardand the mainstream is crap. So for all I know, he’s completely right. If there’s one crackpot who’ll look utterly ridiculous at first only to be completely vindicated, you know, like RMS and McCarthy, it’s Cleve. Ok, maybe more like Tesla and Newton, but still, don’t underestimate the crazies. (… ok, he’s almost certainly wrong, but he might’ve picked up on an interesting pattern. Dude’s insane, but he’s not stupid. Sometimes.)
- any of the Christian or supernatural stuff: Not allowed to talk about it.
My thoughts:
“You really don’t want me running on my instincts.”
Yeeep. I have always said I’m innately a dick. Learning humility recently has greatly mitigated this. But the entire koanic process was about this.
Muflax’s socket depth exceeds mine, one of the few people to unambiguously do so. No surprise, he has partially replicated my Cyborganize system, which is a symptom of info-processing obsession.
I think both Cleve and I would agree that the melonhead prehistory is very sketchy and impossible to get right with our information. But as to whether the truth is weirder or more normal than what Cleve’s described, I’m betting weirder.
That thread about Cleve’s credibility is hilarious. Skip ahead and look for the baby face avatar’s posts. Cleve is obsessively honest and very very smart, something like a tested IQ of 170-180 IIRC.
I’ve always taken the position that qualified speculation is gay, but perhaps with my newfound humility I’ll attempt to write in a more credible manner in the future. Ha. Maybe.