A cognitive bias where one projects one's own logical framework onto others—assuming that everyone reasons by the same rules, that what seems logical to one must seem logical to all, and that disagreement can only indicate failure of logic rather than different logical frameworks. Logical projection operates when someone says "that doesn't follow" without considering that their interlocutor might be using different inference rules; when they dismiss non-Western reasoning as "illogical" rather than differently logical; when they cannot recognize that logic itself varies across cultures and contexts. The projection lies in mistaking one's own logic for Logic itself—assuming that the rules one learned are the rules of thought, not just one set among many. It closes off understanding of alternative reasoning systems, treating difference as deficiency.
Example: "He couldn't understand Buddhist logic that tolerated paradox—he just called it irrational. Logical projection: assuming his logic was the only logic."
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Example: "He insisted that any rational person would support his policy preferences—rational projection, assuming his values were universal reason rather than particular commitments."
by Dumu The Void March 19, 2026
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These two prudent pre-shower protective procedures are very important to avoid potential bathtub-hypothermia, but are very simple and easy to carry out:
(1) Ensure that the tub/shower selector-knob is moved to :"tub" so that water will only flow out from the tub's faucet-spout, not the shower-head. Then turn on the "hot" valve full-blast and wait till the faucet's chilly out-flow starts to turn warm before turning off the valve and moving the selector-knob over to "shower".
2. Step into the tub and properly close/arrange the curtain, then turn on the "hot" tap again and immediately hold your cupped hands up towards the shower-head so that its "initial" blast of water will hit your palms and spray sideways, rather than shockingly deluging your entire shivering "birthday suit" with the unheated "residual" water that's still inside the shower-head's feeder-pipe. Once the shower-head's spray warms, adjust the hot/cold valves for the desired water-temperature.
(1) Ensure that the tub/shower selector-knob is moved to :"tub" so that water will only flow out from the tub's faucet-spout, not the shower-head. Then turn on the "hot" valve full-blast and wait till the faucet's chilly out-flow starts to turn warm before turning off the valve and moving the selector-knob over to "shower".
2. Step into the tub and properly close/arrange the curtain, then turn on the "hot" tap again and immediately hold your cupped hands up towards the shower-head so that its "initial" blast of water will hit your palms and spray sideways, rather than shockingly deluging your entire shivering "birthday suit" with the unheated "residual" water that's still inside the shower-head's feeder-pipe. Once the shower-head's spray warms, adjust the hot/cold valves for the desired water-temperature.
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1.) An action that occurs when a keyboard Warrior is hit with information that contradicts every single one of their claims causing them to say some of the stupidest shit seen on social media.
2.) Something a keyboard Warrior does after you prove them wrong, usually resulting in them being highlighted in a future Rob Gavigan's "why would you put that on the internet?" video.
1.) An action that occurs when a keyboard Warrior is hit with information that contradicts every single one of their claims causing them to say some of the stupidest shit seen on social media.
2.) Something a keyboard Warrior does after you prove them wrong, usually resulting in them being highlighted in a future Rob Gavigan's "why would you put that on the internet?" video.
Okay "BelleDaphineisBae420XXX" you claim iguanas can fly after you feed them a solid amount of reefer.. but I just showed you a dozen videos proving otherwise.
No I'm not a mayonnaise drinking necrophiliac. You can stop Wounded Warrior Projecting now..
No I'm not a mayonnaise drinking necrophiliac. You can stop Wounded Warrior Projecting now..
by LoFiNerdyGuy September 4, 2019
Get the Wounded Warrior Projecting mug.The general tendency of people to consciously or subconsciously project their human relationships onto the conversations between instruments in a piece of music.
This concept and terminology have been developed by Trevor Baker, i.e; myself.
As the guitar solo soared in flight, Newman's mind developed a vision of a struggling warrior, dying but fighting daily to be heard, crying ever upward in the octave ranges, juxtaposed against both harmony and dissonance, to its ultimate conclusion: the breakthrough he could never reach.
When Newman disclosed his vision with his friends and colleagues, they came to the general consensus that they projected their own experiences onto music. The fact that conversations could exist between intervals and that the timbre of individual instruments characterized the dispositions of people, confirmed the paychological phenomenon known as Harmonic-Timbral Projection.
As the guitar solo soared in flight, Newman's mind developed a vision of a struggling warrior, dying but fighting daily to be heard, crying ever upward in the octave ranges, juxtaposed against both harmony and dissonance, to its ultimate conclusion: the breakthrough he could never reach.
When Newman disclosed his vision with his friends and colleagues, they came to the general consensus that they projected their own experiences onto music. The fact that conversations could exist between intervals and that the timbre of individual instruments characterized the dispositions of people, confirmed the paychological phenomenon known as Harmonic-Timbral Projection.
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Get the Harmonic-Timbral Projection mug.The core, unanswered paradox: If consciousness can allegedly leave the body as an "astral form" to travel and perceive remote locations, what physical or informational medium carries this perception back to the brain to be remembered? The hard problem isn't proving it happens, but explaining how it could even work without violating known physics. How does a non-physical "you" see light (which requires physical eyes and photons), hear sounds (which require air vibrations and eardrums), and then imprint those sensory details into the physical memory structures of a brain it supposedly left behind? It proposes perception utterly detached from any biological sensorium.
Example: You astral project to your friend's apartment in another city and correctly see a red coffee mug on their counter. Later, you verify it. The hard problem asks: Did your astral form have tiny, functional, ghostly retinas and optic nerves? Did light in that apartment bounce off the mug, interact with your non-physical form, and then how was that data packet uploaded to your physical hippocampus? It's the ultimate bandwidth problem for a signal with no known transmitter, receiver, or carrier wave. Skeptics call it a vivid lucid dream; proponents have no model for the information pipeline. Hard Problem of Astral Projection.
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