tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post6711319678741551320..comments2024-03-29T06:03:45.545-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: You Complete Me!Gagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-11998457173964465812015-04-13T11:07:10.452-07:002015-04-13T11:07:10.452-07:00I mentioned the work of Philippe Rushton
awhile ba...I mentioned the work of Philippe Rushton<br />awhile back in the context of IQ. His work is fascinating and startling to say the least. I find it dovetails somewhat with Bob's work.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08797912120688482383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-65843092889274465492015-04-13T09:16:50.083-07:002015-04-13T09:16:50.083-07:00I read the "Square root of God" this wee...I read the "Square root of God" this weekend, I liked the opening and the idea of pi as a Jesus key... the rest was ok but sort of loosey?<br /><br />I also suckered myself into another $2 booklet, "The blueprint of creation", which was nifty 'fun with numbers', geometry as [the title]. I get squeamish when they start doing the numerological steps 'loop this number three times, then reduce numbers (the number 12 becomes 3), and '... look at how the prime numbers line up with a scanning photo of an atom!'<br /><br />But it was still cool. Beat Netflix!Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-48608735593021251992015-04-12T17:23:12.313-07:002015-04-12T17:23:12.313-07:00IRT that American Digest post,
So imagine how stup...IRT that American Digest post,<br />So imagine how stupid a Sheila Jackson Lee or Nancy pelosi's constituents are. Holy moley! <br />Okay, we don't hafta imagine it these days.USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-22527241045881331912015-04-12T10:00:41.135-07:002015-04-12T10:00:41.135-07:00In the comments at the Polymathic page, someone li...In the comments at the Polymathic page, someone linked <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060206030830/http://www.eskimo.com/~miyaguch/grady/emptypromise.html" rel="nofollow">another interesting article</a> about IQ, achievement, etc.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-82182430990911068302015-04-12T09:11:56.126-07:002015-04-12T09:11:56.126-07:00Interesting article. The brawl in Vanderleun's...Interesting article. The brawl in Vanderleun's comments between self-identified geniuses has been sort of interesting, as well. They way they turn on each other (as though a broad example based on one person's experience is actually a personal insult to another born purely of envy or spite) might shed a little light on why the super smart have a super hard time getting along, as well. For a bunch of supposedly smart guys, some of them don't seem to be particularly wise. Of course, those are two very different qualities.<br /><br />But yeah, apparent intelligence does matter. A couple of weeks back, my study group had a substitute speaker who was clearly just not as bright as our regular speaker. I'm sure she's a very nice lady, but listening was almost unbearable; I completely checked out while she was talking. juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-13223770175439870962015-04-12T08:50:41.367-07:002015-04-12T08:50:41.367-07:00This article linked at American Digest is provocat...<a href="http://polymatharchives.blogspot.in/2015/01/the-inappropriately-excluded.html" rel="nofollow">This</a> article linked at American Digest is provocative. It suggests that people are most influenced by those who have IQs of about 20 points higher than they. If the gap is lower, they don't pay attention, and if it is higher, they just get confused.<br /><br />I have no idea if there is any validity to this, but it would certainly explain how the intellectual mediocrities of the left are so easily able to manipulate and lead the low information masses by the nose: <br /><br />"In free markets people choose to whom they listen. In other words, in audiences dominated by high school graduates, who average around 105 IQ, the successful leaders will have an average IQ of 105+20=125. Speakers with [higher IQs] will be cancelled from radio, fired from TV and print or not elected because they confuse rather than enlighten their audience."<br /><br />This would also explain the intellectual self-regard of the left. Since smarter people are incomprehensible to them, they imagine that this is because the smarter people are stupid. For example, Paul Krugman no doubt feels this way about Thomas Sowell, or Tom Friedman about Dennis Prager, or Maureen Dowd about Ann Coulter, etc. I am quite certain that a conservative flagship such as National Review, for example, is aimed at a higher IQ audience than the NY Times. And MSM outlets such as Time, Salon, CNN, and all the rest are so stupid as to be intolerable to anyone but the LoFos.<br /><br />Still, I don't think it has as much to do with intelligence as <i>integration</i>. Left wing thought is severely un-integrated and dis-integrated, such that a religious conservative with an average IQ is much smarter than a leftist with a high IQ, if only because the former can draw upon the unsurpassable collective wisdom of religion.<br /><br />It is also interesting that high-intelligence people necessarily tend to be loners, because there's no one to talk to! Have you ever noticed that everyday conversation can be a challenge, because you have forgotten how to be so stupid? Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-41777698897690860492015-04-11T19:34:52.935-07:002015-04-11T19:34:52.935-07:00Exactly. And responsibility is necessarily prior....Exactly. And responsibility is necessarily prior. Humanness = responsibilities. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-58373871908345872012015-04-11T18:41:35.442-07:002015-04-11T18:41:35.442-07:00As I conceive it, we all have inalienable duties, ...As I conceive it, we all have inalienable duties, to go along with our inalienable rights.Briannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-71263243174999171242015-04-11T16:48:11.480-07:002015-04-11T16:48:11.480-07:00I know my day ain't complete without reading O...I know my day ain't complete without reading OC and the comments also. Thanks Bob.USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-63504171447429246792015-04-11T16:44:57.166-07:002015-04-11T16:44:57.166-07:00Some say cheap, some say prudent. Or prudent price...Some say cheap, some say prudent. Or prudent prices, as the case might be.<br />Plus prudent is more pleasant sounding and not so cheap.<br />Even though it most likely is cheap.<br /><br />This is what happens when I read PG Wodehouse.USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-55760330753827935812015-04-11T10:10:24.742-07:002015-04-11T10:10:24.742-07:00:D
Though I notice the first Florensky comes at a...:D<br /><br />Though I notice the first Florensky comes at a bit of a price. I thought it was supposed to work the other way around...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-54876845771706476572015-04-11T09:31:07.456-07:002015-04-11T09:31:07.456-07:00It's amazing how often God guides me to cheap ...It's amazing how often God guides me to cheap books. He speaks to me in the form of irresistible bargains.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-62845186871878868082015-04-11T09:28:55.804-07:002015-04-11T09:28:55.804-07:00That last scrambled sentence should be "Flore...That last scrambled sentence should be "Florensky bio." Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-7992011794407885432015-04-11T09:27:22.733-07:002015-04-11T09:27:22.733-07:00I would be surprised if our other invisible friend...I would be surprised if our other invisible friend, Tomberg, wasn't aware of him. My amazon friend also pointed me to <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1484117697/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=1M0Z9KRTC1IB&coliid=I3MJKUU6PHIXDX" rel="nofollow">this</a>, which is interesting in light of our recent discussions of God and pi. And also to <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sophia-Maria-Holistic-Creation-Thomas-Schipflinger/dp/1578630223/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1428769466&sr=1-1&keywords=sophia-maria" rel="nofollow">this</a>, which I couldn't help biting on, since it is so Tomberg-y. Indeed, the afterword is by Robert Powell. And I decided to begin with a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Pavel-Florensky-Genius-Extraordinary-Russia%C3%A2/dp/1441187006/ref=sr_1_1_twi_1_har?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1428769550&sr=1-1&keywords=pavel+florensky" rel="nofollow">Florenbsky</a> because for three bucks, what can you lose?Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-90302996002875588522015-04-11T09:15:22.806-07:002015-04-11T09:15:22.806-07:00I'd never heard of him, but judging by the rev...I'd never heard of him, but judging by the reviews your invisible friend knows you extremely well.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-67470252645229243972015-04-11T09:05:09.126-07:002015-04-11T09:05:09.126-07:00Anybody ever heard of Pavel Florensky? My invisibl...Anybody ever heard of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0691117675/ref=rdr_ext_tmb" rel="nofollow">Pavel Florensky</a>? My invisible friend at amazon drew my attention to him.<br />Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-49373626677728954782015-04-10T18:05:14.239-07:002015-04-10T18:05:14.239-07:00That reminds me, I should try to remember to call ...That reminds me, I should try to remember to call my parents this weekend...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-36160968640753795232015-04-10T17:35:31.219-07:002015-04-10T17:35:31.219-07:00Julie said "Does that ever end?" Yes. If...Julie said "Does that ever end?" Yes. If you did it right, yes. I'm seeing it already with our oldest. Savor it. Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-19787408581655779882015-04-10T14:21:54.720-07:002015-04-10T14:21:54.720-07:00Free will and truth are intimately intertwined. On...Free will and truth are intimately intertwined. One may not, for instance, freely choose to remain an infant in body, but one may choose to retain a perpetually infantile mind. It seems rather a lot of people are making that choice these days; I'm sure that when pressed they will insist that they have no choice but to do as they do.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-77125067734046380692015-04-10T14:07:33.604-07:002015-04-10T14:07:33.604-07:00It is interesting how intimately related are truth...It is interesting how intimately related are truth and freedom. There is no way to have one without the other, for which reason the left takes no chances and jettisons both. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-51552489412759561022015-04-10T13:42:28.913-07:002015-04-10T13:42:28.913-07:00Materialists contend there is no free will, rather...Materialists contend there is no free will, rather we do stuff because our human nature compels us to do what we're hard wired to do. But we have the ability to stop our actions and to say no to self, hence what we call free will might be more appropriately called <i> free won't. </i><br /><br />Another dead end for materialism.EbonyRaptorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02483546359869912858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-8134180045287641052015-04-10T13:05:17.440-07:002015-04-10T13:05:17.440-07:00:)
Does that ever end?
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Re. the church and mak...:)<br />Does that ever end?<br /><br />***<br />Re. the church and making sh*t up, it seems more and more as though, even though it is not <i>supposed</i> to be doing that, there are some in power who think it would be just dandy to get with the times. I'm still shocked about the Catholic teacher at the Catholic school who was fired for expressing a Catholic opinion. "Intemperately," I believe they said, although from what I recall she didn't say anything terrible. Just the truth.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-34635812692893695662015-04-10T12:55:03.731-07:002015-04-10T12:55:03.731-07:00Or when they feel less needy and unappreciated. Or when they feel less needy and unappreciated. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-13431695460287350142015-04-10T12:51:41.386-07:002015-04-10T12:51:41.386-07:00I'll second Rick @ 9:15. And 9:21.
Speaking ...I'll second Rick @ 9:15. And 9:21. <br /><br />Speaking only for myself, it's hard to find a quiet moment these days and really <i>digest</i> so that there's something of substance to give back to the conversation. Much less keep up with reading assignments. Hopefully that will improve as the kids get a little older & less clingy...<br />juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-64599615461491243792015-04-10T11:20:53.572-07:002015-04-10T11:20:53.572-07:00But we are only really free to believe truth.
Whe...<i>But we are only really free to believe truth.</i><br /><br />When you think about it, it seems so obvious. Lies=Fear. The truth sets you free. Life free or die.<br /><br />I like this.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.com