The Reformation Quotes

“Yes, the brain creates consciousness to generate thought, but because consciousness develops one’s awareness and perception, that would mean that the mind dominates the brain, because, by manipulating a person’s awareness and perception, it does not simply generate thought like the brain does, but instead, it controls thought.”
― Lucy Carter, The Reformation

“A person could still have what are considered to be “good” intentions and do something that does not benefit others. For example, in this old Anime show called MY Hero Academia, there was this villain called Stain who had really good intentions for heroes: he thought that heroes should live up to their potential and do their hero work out of dedication, not just for fame and money, but to enforce those ideals, he would attempt to murder heroes whom he believed did not live up to those ideals.

His intentions would be morally right by current philosophical standards on morality, but he was destroying members of humanity, which is not beneficial to those members. His intentions didn’t actually follow the duality, because although he intended for humanity to be heroic instead of greedy, he still had spite in himself, so part of his intentions were for the benefit of humanity, but the other part was not. They were, in fact, for the detriment of heroes he disliked. He was not COMPLETELY following the benefit-intention duality.”
― Lucy Carter, The Reformation

“Is religion really the only way people can be morally right?”
― Lucy Carter, The Reformation

“Usually, a person would think of cooking as a domestic chore rather than an opportunity for critical thinking,” Dad observed during the conversation.

“That is true, but one cannot have an opportunity to critically think unless they make it an opportunity to critically think,” I replied. “Many people actually do see cooking as a mere domestic chore, and hence make it a mere domestic chore.”
― Lucy Carter, The Reformation

“Yes, the brain creates consciousness to generate thought, but because consciousness develops one’s awareness and perception, that would mean that the mind dominates the brain, because, by manipulating a person’s awareness and perception, it does not simply generate thought like the brain does, but instead, it controls thought.”
― Lucy Carter, The Reformation

“...but my favorite already-discovered aspect of critical thinking in cooking is the demand for thought experimentation when trying to innovate with food. For instance, today, I made you that crab salad (although the crab was actually just imitation crab), but anyways, I observed that there was this sweetness to the imitation crab, so I conducted a thought experiment with myself. I thought that the sweetness of the crab made the crab delicate, so I deduced that it would be best to use iceberg lettuce in the salad to enhance the delicacy of the crab, because iceberg lettuce is light and crisp, as opposed to cabbage, which is thicker and has a stronger and most likely overpowering flavor that may be incompatible with the delicacy of the crab. In that same thought experiment, I also thought that bell peppers would go well with the salad, because they also have a sweetness similar to the imitation crab, and they have a fresh flavor to them, so I thought it would compliment the crab. I also added that lite ranch dressing, because I knew that the lightness of the dressing would still be cohesively connected to the overall delicacy of the salad, and plus, a lot of the components in the salad were sweet, so the ranch balanced the ratio of sweetness to savoriness. Then, in the thought experiment, I reasoned that if I sprinkle sunflower seeds on it, the dish would be more elevated because of the nuttiness of the seeds. Overall, because of my experiment, the dish had most of the flavors that you and I wanted, but you did say that you wanted more vegetables to balance out the crab, so while we were eating, I conducted another thought experiment, where I thought, of course, about adding more vegetables, and I also thought about the possibilities of adding lemon juice or some citrus fruit like tangerines into my revised version of the salad.”
― Lucy Carter, The Reformation

“People in Africa actually sold each other before the triangular slave trade began, so although I think slavery glorifies dehumanization, I wanted to show that there was no racism in slavery. It's not very probable for one race to be racist against its own race of people, or for the Africans to enslave other Africans out of racism against other AFRICANS! Rather, the only racism behind slavery was the INTERPRETATION and the EXPLOITATION of it. Originally, slavery was about commercialism and power, not about race, since Africans sold other Africans, but whatever people did with racial supremacy and the suppression of Native Americans and Africans was what actually could have been the strongest cause of the racism that used slavery as a cushion of support. Slavery isn’t racist. Rather, it could be used to support racism.”
― Lucy Carter, The Reformation

“Suppose there is a group of friends who create a club where the rule is to “not follow any rules.” However, “do not follow any rules” is a rule. If the friends followed the rule, then they are breaking the rule at the same time, but if they try to break the rule, they would be following rules, which is forbidden. What a paradox! What should the friends do, without changing the rule?”
― Lucy Carter, The Reformation

“And plus, to take a short cut and to judge someone based on PRESUMPTION, instead of concrete facts, is epistemologically flawed! She believes that Timothy could still be an enemy, and that presumption is valid–I mean, I do admit that it is not impossible for Timothy to pretend to support tolerance and Just-ification, or for Timothy to support Just-ification only for the tolerance of Capacianists but not for the tolerance of Reformists, or for Timothy to do other dreaded things that can be conceived by human creativity, but although it is perfectly human to make presumptions (I mean, scientists make hypotheses before collecting the data), she should not limit her beliefs to the presumption, just like how scientists shouldn’t limit their beliefs to the hypothesis. She needs the concrete facts the same way scientists need the data to see the truth!”
― Lucy Carter, The Reformation

“Well, I think that this is just a question for linguists and lexicographers. Although, as previously mentioned, a person needs to sense another person and needs to think about the person to behave in a certain way, which requires conscious thought, is it possible for a programmed reaction, or a programmed way of behaving, to be defined as behavior? Let me elaborate: if a normal human being is slapped in the face, the person would sense the slap and reflexively think of things such as how painful, unexpected, or annoying it was. Then, the person would say “ow” or maybe try to slap the person back. However, a p-zombie would react by saying “ow,” or by slapping the person back, but it is not doing any of this out of its own will, because without conscious thought, it doesn’t have a will. Something in the p-zombie could cause it to react without having to think, like with a robot; if I were to say “hi” to a robot, it could be programmed to say “hi” back, but it would only do it because it was programmed to do it, not because it senses that a person is saying “hi” and thinks of it as a friendly greeting. If it is possible for a being to be programmed like that, it could do such things, but determining whether or not actions like this are forms of behavior still depends on how society defines behavior. When a person behaves a certain way, he/she provides a reaction for a person. When a robot says “hi” to a person who just said “hi”, it is reacting to that person, so this could be viewed as a behavior, but the dictionary definition is a bit ambiguous, because it doesn’t specify whether the way one acts has to be conscious (like with a normal human being) or unconscious (like with a robot), so linguists and lexicographers need to establish that parameter to define behavior. If linguists and lexicographers were to say that behavior, by definition, does not have to be conscious, then a p-zombie could be conceivable.”
― Lucy Carter, The Reformation

“Anyways, I am not very sure if anything like hypnosis or thought control would make a philosophical zombie. Trying to “program” an already-conscious person does not seem conducive to making a being like a philosophical zombie, because of the freewill in thinking that I discussed while talking about reality and anti-realities. Because a person is free to think, he or she would have to choose whether or not they should be convinced by someone, or submit to hypnosis/programming, in this case. By making this decision, a person would have to sense what they could submit to, and think about it in order to make a decision as to whether or not they should let themselves act based on some kind of programming. These actions require conscious thought, even just a few seconds of it. As of right now, I believe that creating a philosophical zombie, although possibly conceivable depending on what lexicographers and linguists do, may not be possible in real life.”
― Lucy Carter, The Reformation

“Suppose some organism, let’s just say a chicken, hatched from an abandoned nest; there were no other eggs in that nest, so it couldn’t see its fellow chicken siblings, and since the nest was abandoned, the chicken couldn’t see its mother. There were no other chickens surrounding it. There were also no reflective surfaces in the area, so the chicken couldn’t see what it looked like and a few moments later, it became blind, so it could not look down at its feet or see its own feathers. Because of these factors, the chicken didn’t know that it was a chicken. Is it possible for the chicken to realize that it is a chicken? If so, what circumstances could lead the chicken to realize that it is a chicken, or is akin to any groups of chickens it may encounter?”
― Lucy Carter, The Reformation

“That’s what I love about what-am-I riddles or more open-ended riddles: there are always a certain set of traditional answers to those riddles, like with other riddles, but their answers are determined by whether or not they fit the criteria the riddle has, not just whether or not they fit the answer; it’s kind of like an evidence-based answer versus a multiple choice question. If I, for example, presented you with this riddle: “What is an impulse yet helps you think” (I just made that riddle up, actually), there is the traditional answer I thought of: nerve impulses. However, there are still other possibilities. For instance, a person could be all philosophical and say, ‘any impulse helps you think. Although you think recklessly, you technically are still thinking.’ With a multiple choice question, there would only be one answer, so you are very limited with riddles like that.”
― Lucy Carter, The Reformation

“Why can’t the romance genre be more like what Jane Austen writes? Jane Austen actually wrote relevant commentary about social class, wealth, and marriage, while this modernalike society’s romance is about people, both men and women , falling in love at first sight (because of physical appearance, in other words), and sometimes for money. There are also many stereotypes and cliches that do not show how real-life society functions. If Jane Austen were alive, she would hate what romance has become.”
― Lucy Carter, The Reformation

“Why is humanity made to make all the discoveries? Why wasn’t it some kind of animal that ruled over everything and made history books?”
― Lucy Carter, The Reformation

“Is suicide a crime?”
― Lucy Carter, The Reformation

“All religions say that they are the one and only religion. How can a person know that the religion they believe in is correct?”
― Lucy Carter, The Reformation

“Will the quotient of any number divided by zero ever be defined?”
― Lucy Carter, The Reformation

“What about ‘Just-ification,’ but with a hyphen? Just-hyphen-ification?” Michael asked.

“What inspired you to come up with this idea?” I inquired.

“Well, if you hyphenate the word justification, it separates the term just from ication. The term just means to be fair and equitable, and since you told us that you wanted to advocate for tolerance between Reformists and Capacianists, I found that justness would be especially relevant to our new movement. Plus, writing that name on paper may intrigue more people, so the movement could become more widespread and well-known. And if you consider the word just and the word justification and put the ideas behind the words together, you would pretty much be saying that you would be using what is just as a justification to the new movement.”
― Lucy Carter, The Reformation

“You are becoming friends with such a bully. He committed many acts of bullying.”

“So did we.”

“What is that supposed to mean?”

I spent a few minutes explaining Reformation’s history of intolerance against Capacianists–how we threatened and condemned them the same way they have been threatening and condemning us.”
― Lucy Carter, The Reformation

“I know you may not trust me,” he said, “and it may take a while for you guys to view me as a friend of yours, but… I have realized my own intolerance against you guys… Well, the intolerance Capacianists and Reformists have, but… I want to make it right; I was intolerant because of Reformists’ intolerance in the past, but now I know that recreating intolerance is just revenge, and that would only continue the intolerance. I have intentions of rectifying my mistakes.”
― Lucy Carter, The Reformation

“I mean, if I could choose between Democrat and Republican, I would choose Centrist.”
― Lucy Carter, The Reformation

“Love is often mutual, and so is intolerance!”
― Lucy Carter, The Reformation

“Reformists and Capacianists definitely believe in their own ideologies. I mean, we even made names for those movements. However, both of us— and yes, I admit that us Reformists do it, too—have not directed our potentials to acknowledge one another’s capabilities. I swear, I will try to change the name Reformation, and hopefully, Capacianists won’t replicate the same intolerance we showed them in the past. You know what? I wouldn’t be surprised if the person who suggested the enforcement of African education bans and the Triangular Slave Trade to the Museum of Recreation did this because of intolerance. I mean, in 2999, rights for people of color were so intense that gaining rights for people of color meant diminishing the rights of Caucasians! Everyone had this preconceived notion that Caucasians were racists, and they even arrested Caucasians simply by alleging that they were being racist without even giving them a fair trial, which is like the equivalent of wrongfully accusing Black people of being criminals. I am saying this as a person of color! If only Reformists will tolerate Capacianists, Capacianists will tolerate Reformists, and people of all races and colors will tolerate one another!”
― Lucy Carter, The Reformation

“By definition, believing in oneself is acknowledging one’s capabilities, which is essential, so their existence could be more likely to be productive and meaningful (seriously, if one does not realize one’s capabilities, he/she would struggle to manage and direct those capabilities in a way that is productive to accomplishing certain goals), but everyone who knows about the essentiality of believing in oneself does have the potential to believe in other people, since, you know, they can objectively ascertain their own capabilities, so all they would have to do is do the same thing, but with different people.”
― Lucy Carter, The Reformation

“Every religion needs tolerance. That’s why we call it religious tolerance. We call a lack of religious tolerance religious intolerance, but we should call it irreligious intolerance, because a religion cannot be a religion without tolerance.”
― Lucy Carter, The Reformation

“When I said that I was sick, I was not lying. I always like to try to lie at the minimum level, so I found an innovative way to tell the truth.

I was sick, which was definitely true.

I was sick of not staying true to my name, and I was sick of having to sacrifice my own freedoms of speech just because of philosophical intolerance. (Capacianism might become a religion soon, since they use the term Capacianist Evangelism.) I was sick of restricting my pursuit of education and my pursuit of philosophy and philosophical accuracy.”
― Lucy Carter, The Reformation

“You are not God, but you’ve got to start believing in yourself.”
― Lucy Carter, The Reformation

“It’s because I have certain standards for the connotations that my name rings and the legacy that I leave behind,” I responded. “When people hear my name, I want them to recognize it for the reasons that I want. I want to be recognized for my intellect, my intellectual discoveries, my writing, my contributions to equality, and other such things. I don’t just want to be recognized for being a converter; I want to be recognized for being who I truly am.”

“You want to be famous?”


“I would have to be in order for my legacy to be known… but I want to be famous for intellectual change, philosophical contributions, my writing, and my support of equality. I don’t just want to be famous for converting! My life could amount to more than just conversion!”
― Lucy Carter, The Reformation

“Morality is not absolute and is subjectively constructed, but if all human beings OBJECTIVELY observed, understood, and analyzed current philosophical standards for it, it is very relevant, because conducting actions for the benefit of other people is what is required for the ideals of United States politics. For instance, the eighth amendment states that “excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.” Assuming that the phrase cruel and unusual punishments is defined as punishments that defy the benefit-intention duality, or punishments that may be considered to be excessively harmful and immoral, such as being sent to prison without a fair trial, then that would mean morality is relevant to preventing unconstitutional punishments from being inflicted.”
― Lucy Carter, The Reformation