Justice is a Chemical
March 31st, 2024
We are definitely going off the deep end with this one.
While looking at my waist, the words "why weren't I born a woman" appeared in my head today, though I am disgusted by transgenderism. I think it's frankly unnatural. In addition, it is often comorbid with mental illness (perhaps it is a symptom of some strong sugar sickness), so I don't see why we should support it. I, my feelings too, am not supportive of transgenderism of the slightest, yet the intrusive thought came to mind. At least I can laugh at how sexy my waist is.
Perhaps rising rates of transgenderism is also correlated with rising rates of chronic inflammation? There are many symptoms of the sort. It is interesting. Again, I do not trust my thoughts, since they are echoes of my body's health. Today, I experience extreme vertigo standing up and overall a rather shitty feeling. I also forgot to eat today, and I also forget how to communicate properly with my family. It is hard to look anyone in the eye. Perhaps these are all symptoms.
Today, I had an extraordinary asthma flare up and my mood swings were enormous. My mind felt dissociated and depersonalized all at once, and I felt like I had early onset dementia during lunchtime.
My inflammation hypothesis is shaping it from my N=1 experiences. I do not think I can organize the world this way and convey it to others with any persuasive proof (after all, N=1 is a rather poor experiment,) however I feel that N=1 is all that matters for the individual experience.
At the end of the day, N=1 is the most crucial experience, no?
Words, Words, Justice
Plato asked in the Republic what Justice was. I believe he came to the conclusion that justice is "quality of the soul," and that he was able to disprove many prior notions of it throughout the book.
It made me recall how we can override our emotions with "consciousness." But I began to think harder, and I think what really is the case is that one emotion overpowers another.
For example, when we are angry, and we want to hurt someone badly, we know to stop because it's morally wrong. But what is happening at the chemical level? Really, the concentration of adrenaline gets reduced over some other feeling, let's call it justice, and we stop. Perhaps, we feel that it is wrong, in some altruistic evolutionary step that has come about in humans, to save our species and continue its propagation.
It would explain why monkeys and apes express justice, fairness, and altruism. These "abstractions" are afterthought explanations to our chemistry, our spirit, our souls.
A healthy human being has strong chemicals of justice flowing through them. They eat healthy. They exercise and get sunlight. They feel more inclined to produce justice. An unhealthy human, with a twisted face and rough skin, would be more likely to produce chemicals of injustice and commit them.
I ask you, the reader, to imagine what the ideal, strong police officer should look like, and what the ideal, strong criminal should look like. Perhaps it really is tied together at the biological level.
Perhaps, what Plato meant by "quality of soul" is "quality of body."