> > > > > This has been carefully studied and is now believed to be well understood. > Then resulted in the "invention" of "contrarian investment" strategies, > about where there are now a number of good books. In a nutshell, by the time > that an industry-wide "opinion" develops, all of the "smart money" has > already taken advantage of the opportunity (or lack thereof), so things can > only go the opposite way. >
I see what you mean. > If you DEEPLY examine the positions by drilling WAY down into the > collective thought process, you find "flaws" in each sufficient to drive a > common solution through. I have written longer posts on this in the past. To > illustrate: > True. I guess no-one really bothers to go that deep into the matter because well.. arguing and fighting wars is the easiest solution in the short term. In short, if either side actually respected the religions that they claim, > then the other side should be able to live therein without problems. The > problem is a population that attends mosques/synagogues but has never > actually READ the entirety of their respective religious documents, as I > have. > > Note that we have the same problems here in America, where our > representatives are only too eager to set our Constitution aside as > convenient. Christians believe as much or more in their Doctors as they do > in Jesus, etc. > Yep, totally agree. > > This has two levels of response: > 1. I (and my family) seem to be the only ones working on new systems of > logic. This field has been nearly dormant for the last half-century, since > the introduction of Game Theory. A notable exception has been in the field > of economics, where new methods are being regularly developed, some with > potential application outside of economics. > 2. Perhaps you have read the book Smart Drugs co-authored by my good > friend (and another past-president of The Smart Life Forum) Stephen Fowkes? > This book (and Fowkes' research) addresses various pharmacological > approaches to enhancing brain function. Of course, these drugs only make > temporary metabolic changes, so I engineered a related approach to make > similar changes permanent. I was forced into this to cure some medical > problems that I was having. The result has been nothing short of > spectacular. Since then, I seem to have an ability to move up another > meta-level than other people when working in complex domains. Most people > consider my methods to be astronomically risky, and so no one considers them > except as a last "parting shot" before giving up on life (as they have known > it), which was my situation. Having now helped several others through this, > using successively improving methods, I have learned to control the risks to > health to a reasonably acceptable level. > Wow, so your brain is more efficient than that of a 'normal' person? I thought that all drugs did was change the state of perception of the person, not make its functioning more efficient. Would you mind giving me some insight into this, as I am quite ignorant in the drug subject. ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=106510220-47b225 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
