Aaron, well put! Mike A On 10/22/15, Aaron Hosford <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you! I was starting to become concerned that I was the only one > drawing back in horror at some of the outlandish claims recently > promulgated on this list as being true (or even remotely coherent). > > It is so easy to confuse our internal models of reality for that reality > itself. We all fall victim to this tendency from time to time, because our > perceptions of objective reality are always mediated through our subjective > experiences of it. To maintain our sanity, we have to step back once in a > while and ask ourselves how we can *test *our beliefs. If a belief cannot > be tested, it lives only in our minds. If it can be tested, we should do > so, and let the chips fall where they may. To hold onto a belief without > seeking evidence, or worse, to hold onto it despite the evidence, is a sure > way to disconnect from reality and lose ourselves in the wasteland of > subjectivity. It pains me to see anyone lose touch like this. > > On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 11:38 AM, Alan Grimes <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Attached is a picture of the ultimate arbitrar of all that exists. >> >> Everything that exists, and nothing that doesn't exist, can be detected >> by a sensor and made to appear on this device. >> >> So when you talk about astral projection, akashtic records, or whatever >> the flavor of bullshit you want to peddle today, first ask this: >> >> Can it be measured? If not, then it's BULLSHIT!!!! >> >> >> I would __LOVE__ to have a kindle version of the akashtic records, or >> for them to show up in my google results, but... well... >> >> Make it twitch my meter first.... >> >> -- >> IQ is a measure of how stupid you feel. >> >> Powers are not rights. >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------- >> AGI >> Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now >> RSS Feed: >> https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/23050605-2da819ff >> Modify Your Subscription: >> https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; >> Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com >> > > > > ------------------------------------------- > AGI > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/11943661-d9279dae > Modify Your Subscription: > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com >
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