You have a talent for assuming that because exceptions exist, no rule is true. People are not different the world over, we are all african apes with specific, hereditary, commonalities. These commonalities include behavioural and sociological patterns.
On Feb 9, 2:16 am, Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > Ahhh normal service has been resummed. > > I would like to agree further with you here, but I find that I can't. > > Speaking as one of these common people I can say withour fear of > contradiction that niether myself nor my wife have ever seeked the > quick and easy cure. Nor am I formerly educated to a high standard, > leaving school at 15 as I did and all that. > > In a similar vein, I also know some very well educated peopel who are > simply fools. > > The whole wolrd over we are diferant, and it makes far more sense to > me to deal with people and to think about people on an individual > basis than lump them together in broad and largly incorrect groupings. > > Of course the well educated can fall for scams, and also be religous. > And of course thoese without a great education can have street smarts > enough to not fall for scams, and be atheist. > > On 8 Feb, 20:23, fiddler <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I think that if one looks at society, one sees that around 3-5% of > > people are truly predatory. In our modern day, predatory relates to > > economic or monetary success. The only educated people that seem to > > believe this stuff are the promoters of it, the ones that actually > > profit. Common people want there to be quick and easy cures, and so > > they are credulous whenever some "scientistic" concept is given to > > them. The more education people pursue allows them to distinguish > > between scientistic and scientific knowledge. > > > On Feb 8, 9:01 am, Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Bloody hell, what is this? > > > > I agree with you Fidds. In fact I saw a piece in the news the other > > > week about this. > > > >http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8489019.stm > > > > No the agreement is out of the way lets talk about your prediliction > > > for putting others down. > > > > My freind of course the uneducated have nonsense running through their > > > heads, they are uneducated. However many educated people belive in > > > such nonsense too, so what governs the willingness to belive > > > nonsense? I don't think education has as much to do with it as you > > > assume. > > > > On 5 Feb, 19:57, fiddler <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > IMO, when anyone makes a health claim, it needs to be tested. For so > > > > many people the favourite argument is: "it can't be tested like > > > > medicine." I think that's even a quote in that piece. This is patently > > > > untrue and nothing more than a dodge. > > > > > Self mutilators actually have some success, the pain and process of > > > > harming ones own flesh creates a whole set of different chemical > > > > reactions in the brain. This doesn't cure or prevent, it simply makes > > > > your brain discount or ignore the more natural problems. > > > > > On Feb 5, 11:50 am, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Does acupuncture fit in with this group? I knew a Chinese guy that > > > > > swore by scratching. He used a wooden back scratcher to mutilate > > > > > himself and claimed it kept him from getting sick and helped him > > > > > relax. Whatever. Real smart guy too; owns a chain of Subways. > > > > > Workaholic. > > > > > > dj > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 12:36 PM, fiddler <[email protected]> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > For some reason, nonsense rules the minds of the uneducated. > > > > > > Homeopathy is one of those nonsense topics. It's bad enough that the > > > > > > homeopathic promoters don't understand the first thing about > > > > > > medecine, > > > > > > biology, chemical interactions, etc., why do otherwise intelligent > > > > > > people and organisations lend them credibilty by allowing them to > > > > > > entertain this nonsense in a collegiate environment? I would be > > > > > > horrified at a university that allows flat-earthers to teach > > > > > > geography > > > > > > or creationists to teach biology or a geocentrist to teach > > > > > > astronomy, > > > > > > this is just as bad. > > > > > > >http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/02/ums_open_shame_the_center_... > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > > > Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. > > > > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > > > [email protected]. > > > > > > For more options, visit this group > > > > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.-Hidequotedtext- > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - 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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