As to profile 'wisdom' [similar to fortune cookie wisdom :-)], mine includes the quotation: "Don't believe everything you think."...a light indication of my Socratic method.
On Aug 4, 12:31 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > BB; > Thanks again for the complimentary appraisal. I try not to take life > too seriously though it seems that you have to some degree let > someones > seriousness rattle your senses. I think you would be surprised at the > amount of humor that passes through the ranks here. Sometimes we all > can become a bit intimidated by the commentary that appears > to come across as authoritative but in all reality most often it is > simply a matter of opinion combined with scientific fact. Even the > brilliance of people like Stephen Hawkings gets challenged by peer > perspectives and in one instance I know of Hawking came back with a > new updated formulation that dispelled the doubts. This is where you > are challenged, in the area of reinforcing your view, theory or idea > even when encountered by doubt or ridicule. Either that or you could > re-evaluate your view. A quote from my profile "I see the world from > where I stand and have a strong desire to see it from where others > stand so that I may challenge or reinforce my own view". It's easy > to understand the world around us when it all revolves around our > personal perspective. It is like those who still believe in > ridiculous religious myths while the scientific facts show otherwise. > While for some the Solar Eclipse is an auspicious event for others it > is a sign of doom. In India pregnant women are not allowed outside > because of a fear the child could be born with marks. A Chinese myth > claims a heavenly dog is swallowing the sun and the people make loud > noises to scare off the dog. Personally I think it is the sun > experiencing a moment of macular degeneration. lol. > All in all I think you should stick around, just weed out those obtuse > to your way or level of thinking. Remember we have people in here > that span the educational gamut, from HS drop outs to double PhD's. > Then of course there is brilliance such as mine that is above and > beyond even having a designation. Yeah right! lol > Well I know for you it's a sin in here to get too wordy so I'll have > to cut and run now, just to keep the peace. > Chao! Sayonara! Adios! > > On Aug 4, 12:17 am, BB47 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > One thing I can say about you Slip is you are more fun than most in > > here. Ripping , yes, but at least more fun. You have a sense of > > humor. A rare and special gift it seems among these people. So > > many in here are simply pompus and arrogant, but you do that with > > humor! It is a nasty humor, but humor nonetheless, and I will take > > nasty humor over no humor at all any day. This is the most humorless > > room I have been in since jury duty, It is like you threw a party at > > the public library. This is a tough crowd. > > > It is like an academic morgue in here mostly. I have felt more warmth > > looking down at the fish on ice at the market. It is like telling > > jokes in a shark tank. You know I always thought that when a person > > achieved some wisdom, through knowledge and experience, they would > > become more "gentle" like a grandfather talking to a child. No sir! > > The more books you folks read the more blowhard you get. The angle of > > the snoot just changes. > > > You know what academics I admire? The poets. Only because their > > entire goal is to condense their idea down to its purest form. They > > spend all their time crossing out lines while you folks add more and > > plop some big words in for spice and a nice insult on top. The poets > > would rather find the perfect word to reduce the rest. Not that I > > like poetry. Hate most of it to be honest. I just like that idea. I > > only like one out of a hundred, but that one sure is powerful. > > > On Aug 3, 9:05 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > BB, now look what you have done, tsk tsk tsk. > > > Now you are going to have to make amends by saying three Our Fathers, > > > two Hail Marys, and five Sob's, but wait, that 's not all, you will > > > also have to do 59 sit ups, that is if you can put a vacuum cleaner > > > hose up your butt to suck in that belly fat far enough to pull it > > > off. After that you will have to write a letter, in triplicate, to > > > everyone about how sorry you are about derailing Orn's thread and IF > > > that is not enough you are going to have to listen to 450 hours > > > straight of Billy Mays loud mouth, in your face commercials. > > > I'm sure that Orn might reduce the infraction to a smidgen, after all > > > he's not that bad of a mod. > > > > On Aug 3, 10:44 pm, BB47 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I may have missed the point, but I had one. I am trying to avoid > > > > politics. Sorry to derail your thread. Carry on. > > > > > On Aug 3, 8:29 pm, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > If you read the article, you seem to have missed the point. > > > > > > On Aug 3, 8:23 pm, BB47 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Can bacon be considered a necessary evil? Am I too simple to be in > > > > > > this group? I love bacon but I avoid it whenever I am able. > > > > > > But let me tell you, bacon adds flavor to certain things like > > > > > > nobody's > > > > > > business. Is it nobody's business? I don't know. I think it > > > > > > should > > > > > > be a personal choice. Is it basically bad for you? I think it > > > > > > probably is. Certainly not something you want to eat everyday if > > > > > > your > > > > > > goal is a really long life. Are there exceptions to that? Probably > > > > > > Do I want to live a really long life? Not really. But ask me when > > > > > > I > > > > > > am really close to the end. I might want to extend it. Can't > > > > > > promise, > > > > > > but maybe. If you told me it was the bacon, I might have to accept > > > > > > it. It sure was good. > > > > > > > Is the goal of life to live long? Like 90 something? It doesn't > > > > > > look that great to me, but being that life is the only game in town, > > > > > > it might be good enough. What if you sacrificed every single really > > > > > > good tasting, good feeling thing in life just to live to 90? Was > > > > > > it > > > > > > worth it? I don't think so. > > > > > > > On Aug 3, 7:31 pm, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > First, a lay of the land by a former FDA head: > > > > > > > > "Former FDA Commissioner David Kessler: “The End of Overeating: > > > > > > > Taking > > > > > > > Control of the Insatiable American Appetite” > > > > > > > A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention > > > > > > > warns > > > > > > > that the direct medical costs of obesity total about $147 billion > > > > > > > a > > > > > > > year. That amounts to nine percent of all US medical costs. It’s > > > > > > > also > > > > > > > over $50 billion more than the annual spending on cancer...." > > > > > > > > for the rest of this story, go > > > > > > > to:http://www.democracynow.org/2009/8/3/former_fda_commissioner_david_ke... > > > > > > > > And now for the weapons: > > > > > > > > "From the McDonald’s McGriddle to Wendy’s “Baconator” to > > > > > > > “baconnaise” > > > > > > > to bacon-infused vodka, bacon has become a ubiquitous ingredient > > > > > > > in > > > > > > > many diets in this era of extreme food combinations. Arun Gupta > > > > > > > of The > > > > > > > Indypendent writes, “Behind the proliferation of bacon offerings > > > > > > > is a > > > > > > > confluence of government policy, factory farming, the boom in fast > > > > > > > food and manipulation of consumer taste that has turned bacon > > > > > > > into a > > > > > > > weapon of mass destruction.” ..." > > > > > > > > for the rest of this story go > > > > > > > to:http://www.democracynow.org/2009/8/3/arun_gupta_on_bacon_as_a-Hidequo... > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. 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