are we talking about Baron Stanley Fink? Allan On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 2:36 AM, archytas <[email protected]> wrote:
> I discovered today that the Chairman of the Tory Party is Lord Fink. > You couldn't make it up! > > On 20 Sep, 17:33, Allan H <[email protected]> wrote: > > You are right,, b bu bu b bu but 'triune brain' sounds much kooler than > > Qu qu qu quadrune.. > > .a an and that word definitions; some of which not really printable in > mix > > company .. you potentially bad boy Neil ..lol > > > > I actually think in a way that is common knowledge.. often times have > > really no idea what they are talking about,, I know I don't, as I am > full > > of hot air ready to expel it quickly. Actually I think there is so much > hot > > expelled that is what keeps the earth floating in space. > > Allan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 5:52 PM, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > >http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi/10.1371/journal.pone.0045457 > > > > > These Swedish researchers used a magic trick to show that people's > > > answers to survey questions are unreliable. I noticed many years ago > > > that most people haven't much clue what they are on about and can't > > > tell chalk from cheese. We are, in the main, moral wuckfits. > > > > > The trick used was to get people to answer a few questions but change > > > a couple of the answers through a magic dodge. People argued in > > > support of the changed answers. even though they were the opposite of > > > the views they'd only just expressed. We have known 8 out of 10 cats > > > prefer Whiskas to powdered glass for many years (one of our pampered > > > pouch-devourers has just turn his nose up at Sheba as though I was > > > trying to poison him). Why do we have so much trouble taking in the > > > notion that companies pay for advertising because most people are > > > gulled by it and basically so stupid most of them operate with the > > > brain on switch off? > > > > > This paper isn't all that interesting in-itself. What is interesting > > > is that much more material like this is appearing on PLos through open > > > access. One hopes the move away from vanity publishing and restricted > > > access. Over the years I found less than one in a hundred academic > > > papers worthwhile (one reads thousands in a research project and at > > > least half are likely to be outside the university's subscription and > > > cost $10 or so through inter-library loans - or $40 to the private > > > punter). > > > > > Science doesn't have much comforting to tell us on human nature - this > > > is probably why most people don't want to know. It's probably time to > > > a new treatise on human nature. Economists are just discovering the > > > 'triune brain' (I was taught brain stem, reptilian, mammalian and the > > > cerebellum 45 years ago - I note that adds up to 4 and quadrune). In > > > fact there's plenty of reasonable science that demonstrates we are > > > lying, cheating, rationalising, broadly stupid bastards and some do > > > this in spades (we call them leaders or psychopaths) and most on a > > > less daring scale. > > > > > Rather than describing human nature, great literature hides it from us. > > > > > -- > > > > -- > > ( > > ) > > |_D Allan > > > > Life is for moral, ethical and truthful living. > > > > I am a Natural Airgunner - > > > > Full of Hot Air & Ready To Expel It Quickly. > > -- > > > > -- ( ) |_D Allan Life is for moral, ethical and truthful living. I am a Natural Airgunner - Full of Hot Air & Ready To Expel It Quickly. --
