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rosie — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:57:36 GMT

The Spirit Guides Network: rosie has invited you to the event 'Healers and therapists support group' on The Spirit Guides Network! ... Check out "Healers and

Re: Self-contradictions...

Ove Ridé — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 20:20:41 GMT

... Yes, it's an "answer", not an answer. "There is no answer to life" is a non-determening "answer" which doesn't point in one single direction. ... Werdna

Re: Self-contradictions...

werdna.gninwod — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:35:11 GMT

Alan, I relate quite strongly to what I think you are saying here. Our default mental model (map) of the world is often based on dichotomies (life .vs. death,

Re: Self-contradictions...

Alan West — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:33:46 GMT

... Reminds me of something I thought of last year, that everything is ultimately positive, because a negative is the trigger for its positive, negatives

Re: Self-contradictions...

werdna.gninwod — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 02:45:40 GMT

Hey Theo, I suspect I'm one of the protagonists for this story of yours. Theo wrote an example of people trying to win by telling you that logic itself is

Self-contradictions...

Theodore H. Smith — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:11:39 GMT

So... most people, when you argue with them for long enough, and beat them, they will try to win by telling you that logic itself is wrong. Or something like

Habit seeking and novelty seeking

no1_un0 — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 06:29:22 GMT

there are two different ways people from packer culture and mapper culture make their culture and what they do to get themselves the things that move them.

Re: Mental inertia of large groups of people

Alan West — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:11:13 GMT

... They don't want/care to know the truth, even when the truth might directly relate to them, and benefit them, the extra pieces of information needed to

Re: Mental inertia of large groups of people

Alan West — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:17:35 GMT

... If I find a grey area, it just means more information is required to determine whether it is black or white. It only remains a grey area, if I don't have

Re: Mental inertia of large groups of people

werdna.gninwod — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:19:12 GMT

One last thing (I can't help myself)... Theo wrote:<<

Re: Mental inertia of large groups of people

Theodore H. Smith — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:06:48 GMT
What I find most interesting is the amount of programmers who don't believe that logic is true about everything. Or at least... they DO believe that logic

Re: Mental inertia of large groups of people

werdna.gninwod — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:59:51 GMT
Theo, You asked the question about convincing groups of people. You seemed earnest in your quest. I provided feedback which I firmly believe could be of value

Re: Mental inertia of large groups of people

Alan West — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:36:41 GMT
... You mean my particle manipulator for faster than light travel, probably isn't gonna work? I thought realigning particles, momentarily into parallel lines,

Re: Mental inertia of large groups of people

obenchainr — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:26:23 GMT
Reality is analogue, not digital. Everything is an abstraction, a concept. Even we, as coherent individuals, are abstractions: we are defined by average

Re: Mental inertia of large groups of people

Alan West — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:47:18 GMT
... Maybe thats it, they lie because they can switch off from it, and therefore makes no difference to them, truth or lie.