I'm intrigued by women that appear to have really fast brains, obviously thats relative to my point of view, they give off this enticing illusion of brain...
Hello all, Nice to see that this mailing list is alive and kicking again. I joined in 1999 and after a while it died down to some spam and lose remark, so i...
The Spirit Guides Network: rosie has invited you to the event 'Healers and therapists support group' on The Spirit Guides Network! ... Check out "Healers and...
... Yes, it's an "answer", not an answer. "There is no answer to life" is a non-determening "answer" which doesn't point in one single direction. ... Werdna...
Alan, I relate quite strongly to what I think you are saying here. Our default mental model (map) of the world is often based on dichotomies (life .vs. death,...
... Reminds me of something I thought of last year, that everything is ultimately positive, because a negative is the trigger for its positive, negatives...
Hey Theo, I suspect I'm one of the protagonists for this story of yours. Theo wrote an example of people trying to win by telling you that logic itself is...
So... most people, when you argue with them for long enough, and beat them, they will try to win by telling you that logic itself is wrong. Or something like...
there are two different ways people from packer culture and mapper culture make their culture and what they do to get themselves the things that move them. ...
... They don't want/care to know the truth, even when the truth might directly relate to them, and benefit them, the extra pieces of information needed to...
... If I find a grey area, it just means more information is required to determine whether it is black or white. It only remains a grey area, if I don't have...
One last thing (I can't help myself)... Theo wrote:<<<I think the main problem here is that you don't understand logic. You don't believe in logic. So how can...
What I find most interesting is the amount of programmers who don't believe that logic is true about everything. Or at least... they DO believe that logic...
Theo, You asked the question about convincing groups of people. You seemed earnest in your quest. I provided feedback which I firmly believe could be of value...
... You mean my particle manipulator for faster than light travel, probably isn't gonna work? I thought realigning particles, momentarily into parallel lines,...
Reality is analogue, not digital. Everything is an abstraction, a concept. Even we, as coherent individuals, are abstractions: we are defined by average...
If I'm to believe her lie then my imagination is out of control, I must face my worst nightmare, and get myself into a mental hospital. Am I lying to myself to...
... No that wasn't the point. As I said, you tried to make it look like what I was doing, but it wasn't the same. It's like making cake look like a bomb. OK...
Hey Theo, Saw through that one hey? I didn't really expect you not to. That wasn't the point. The point was to kick this conversation into exploring what your...
... It just makes me feel you are being argumentative to be honest. That's the direct answer. So here's what's going on. 1) You believe that there only 10% of...
OK, so we disagree about the extent of Black&White .vs. ShadesOfGray in the world. So then, from my perspective, if I adopt your model of approaching this, I'd...
... Or maybe you seem to conceive grey when something is black and white? I understand the different kinds of "Falsehood". Intentionally false. Delusionally...
Good point about labeling. Labeling someone a "liar" or "bad", is, if understood in a particular fashion, is a lie in itself, because it implies some...
You seem not to conceive of many shades of grey in the world. Example 1: To me, exaggerating the quality of a product is surrounded by huge tracts of greyness....
... I was saying the same thing. You just interpreted it differently. ... I'm not talking about some magical thing that gives you the absolute facts on...
... I was saying the same thing. You just interpreted it differently. ... I'm not talking about some magical thing that gives you the absolute facts on...
... It was this I was responding to. The fact that some people cannot be reached by reasoning with them was Andrew's point, if I understand him correctly. ... ...
... OK. I said: "Most people cannot understand 100% of the truth." Your reply "use a more effective approach", sounds like you are saying you CAN get 100% of...
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