tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post1721057839679352957..comments2024-03-28T20:04:20.286-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Mathworld and MythworldGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-66100227021476474322017-09-20T14:00:06.001-07:002017-09-20T14:00:06.001-07:00"And I mean that literally. Ultimately what t..."And I mean that literally. Ultimately what the left wishes to eliminate is Americans, that is, people who identify with our founding, our traditions, our history, our myths, our spiritual vision, and our exceptional mission. Even our statues. And certainly our constitution"<br /><br />Exactly so. Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-37625017721158788982017-09-20T13:25:08.922-07:002017-09-20T13:25:08.922-07:00Watched it again, Julie. Thanks again - I'd co...Watched it again, Julie. Thanks again - I'd completely forgotten about it.<br />I've been to the Holy House - I don't recall seeing the Hermit :-( Sad!<br />Neat to think there's a brick in the Vatican with Trump's name on it.<br />It's gold, Jerry!Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12994306709948231112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-14388353422659736702017-09-20T12:05:20.356-07:002017-09-20T12:05:20.356-07:00Thanks Julie - I did read it then. I'll have t...Thanks Julie - I did read it then. I'll have to revisit...Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12994306709948231112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-51023177510280222302017-09-20T11:32:14.057-07:002017-09-20T11:32:14.057-07:00Rick, did you see the thing back in February about...Rick, did you see the thing back in February about the <a href="https://www.romancatholicman.com/hermit-loretos-1980s-premonition-president-trump/" rel="nofollow">Hermit of Loreto</a>?<br /><br />Interesting to go back and revisit that, in light of how the year has gone so far. Speaking of future, past and present.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-91841332052438645932017-09-20T11:21:59.431-07:002017-09-20T11:21:59.431-07:00Rex seems to be a guy that climbed the ranks from ...Rex seems to be a guy that climbed the ranks from literally the bottom of that biz to the top - started as an oil rig dude (I believe) - but that could be a cherry tree story. Was an Eagle Scout and President of the Boy Scouts. Plus my libdar is not pinging. Anyway, that's a ways off (hopefully).<br /><br />Other thing about that hole in the universe, it seemed like a brilliant idea that a guy just like Trump should run. That was one thing. But he was also simultaneously the guy for the job + the guy who had the idea before anyone else --- even before Scott Adams*!<br /><br />Scott likewise is flawed on some Very Important Subjects. But he can afford to be. I do like his Talent Stack concept, though.<br />Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12994306709948231112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-5410478811410874192017-09-20T11:02:05.238-07:002017-09-20T11:02:05.238-07:00Great, rambling post, really a three in one deal. ...Great, rambling post, really a three in one deal. We first get some musings on time, and then on the limits of what can be known, and then a nice political finish. Followed by comments on the President's UN speech. A feast today.<br /><br />My contribution: <br /><br />There is some mild evidence to suggest the "future" is already extant. Numerous anecdotal reports of prescience support this. Anyone who has had a solid, vivid, detailed multi-sensory prescient experience, with later prediction success, will know what I'm talking about. There has been some headway to account for "Deja-vu" as a cognitive artifact, and these ideas are persuasive. However, we're talking cash money results. And that stuff happens, believe you me.<br /><br />Physics tends to describe time-space-matter as a loaf of sliced bread, done from start to finish, and we are like ants eating a tunnel through the slices. We stay in the present moment because of entropy, a law governing the flow of energy. We literally can't back up, and we can't stop. Forward is the only option. When will we reach the last slice of the loaf? We know the back end of the loaf is about 13 billion back, but we don't know where/when the other end is.<br /><br />If two ants are eating separate tunnels and one of them angles off slightly (due to near light speed travel, for instance, which tends to curve space), then the two ants will end up in slightly different time slices. This accounts for the time distortions predicted by relativity.<br /><br />So, the future. Is is fully created, ready to be tunneled into and enjoyed? Hmmmm. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-49759456378845570672017-09-20T10:45:22.104-07:002017-09-20T10:45:22.104-07:00So -- "ironically" -- these transnationa...So -- "ironically" -- these transnational corporations -- that overwhelmingly support Dems -- are the "foreign influences" meddling in our elections...Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00911613613759942690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-91735125081819609382017-09-20T10:42:36.452-07:002017-09-20T10:42:36.452-07:00Agreed -- I watched the video and thought to mysel...Agreed -- I watched the video and thought to myself that Trump has torn a giant hole in the spacetime fabric of the liberal mind. And it's not healing.<br /><br />About Tillerson -- there is a chapter in Who Are We? on these transnational corporate types that have absolutely no allegiance to, or identification with, America. I don't know if Tillerson is one of them, but they are a real menace. I don't necessarily have a problem with the "corporations are people" idea, so long as they are <i>American</i> people. But so many of them -- most notably the tech giants -- are as American as the UN. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00911613613759942690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-24046843758304670692017-09-20T10:35:24.300-07:002017-09-20T10:35:24.300-07:00Trump understands the building class because he...Trump understands the building class because he's one of them.<br /><br />Speaking of future presidents, I saw a picture of Pence the other day when he was standing next to Trump. Trump was speaking to folks in FL about the hurricane. Anyway, Pence had a look in his eye while watching his boss operate, and it looked to me like he was thinking, man I want to be like you when I grow up.<br /><br />Rex is 65 I think. He had a diff look on his face at the UN thing. Like he was studying him. Fully engaged. He may do. Wiki doesn't seem to like him. That's good enough for me.<br /><br />I'm with Scott Adams -- Trump tore a whole in the universe.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12994306709948231112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-18368166113154169792017-09-20T10:28:55.427-07:002017-09-20T10:28:55.427-07:00Reminds me of being a rock star: the traits neede...Reminds me of being a rock star: the traits needed to be a great one usually make one a dysfunctional human being. Which is why they tend to die rather than fade away.<br /><br />I remember Paul McCarteny saying that a key to their success was John Lennon's awe-inspiring "fuck-all" attitude. Not so adaptive when off stage.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00911613613759942690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-82534764260654142552017-09-20T10:23:15.000-07:002017-09-20T10:23:15.000-07:00But probably, no mere politician could possess the...But probably, no mere politician could possess the flaws that make Trump so great. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00911613613759942690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-10093051389257072612017-09-20T10:22:08.438-07:002017-09-20T10:22:08.438-07:00I'm hoping for a future president who is even ...I'm hoping for a future president who is even more Trumpy than Trump. Either way, I can't imagine people settling for lukewarm Republicanism, which is just slow-motion liberal fascism. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00911613613759942690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-44473024835740636552017-09-20T10:17:05.086-07:002017-09-20T10:17:05.086-07:00I'm totally spoiled for all future presidents....I'm totally spoiled for all future presidents.<br /><br />I swear he got into this because he literally couldn't stand to see thing run so poorly. He seems to be that kinda guy. There is a good example of this in his book Art of the Deal where he talks about the ice skating rink project in NYC. The city was in year 6 of its restoration project when Trump took it over, knowing nothing about ice rinks, starting from scratch, and then completing it in about 3 months if I recall.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12994306709948231112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-80745309156618544792017-09-20T10:03:25.746-07:002017-09-20T10:03:25.746-07:00You can't speak freely here! This is the UN c...You can't speak freely here! This is the UN commission on Human Rights!Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00911613613759942690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-2015281085958570842017-09-20T10:01:26.410-07:002017-09-20T10:01:26.410-07:00YOU CAN'T TELL THE TRUTH HERE! reminds me of &...YOU CAN'T TELL THE TRUTH HERE! reminds me of "Gentlemen -- you can't fight here. This is the war room!"Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00911613613759942690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-39401717456142822052017-09-20T09:59:41.686-07:002017-09-20T09:59:41.686-07:00Truly a great speech. I never really thought we...Truly a great speech. I never really thought we'd get a president who would boldly just say what's true; it always seemed we'd end up with, at best, a "nice" politician who could never bear to offend his opponents, even when a cluebat was desperately needed. Indeed, a future that seemed unpossible is unfolding within our very present. juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-41640026686233240252017-09-20T09:54:21.230-07:002017-09-20T09:54:21.230-07:00For example:
The United States of America,” Trump...<a href="https://amgreatness.com/2017/09/19/trumps-un-speech-triumph/" rel="nofollow">For example</a>:<br /><br />The United States of America,” Trump said, “has been among the greatest forces for good in the history of the world, and the greatest defenders of sovereignty, security, and prosperity for all.” This is the simple truth, but I do not recall hearing such sentiments from the White House in recent years.<br /><br />On the different notions of time and of selfhood:<br /><br />What a cunning, devilish word is “might.” For here as elsewhere, possibility is cheap. Scrap our current political accommodations and things might be better. Then again, they might be a whole lot worse. Vide the host of tyrannies inspired by that disciple of airy possibility, Jean-Jacques Rousseau. “Man was born free,” he declaimed, “but is everywhere in chains”: two startling untruths in a single famous utterance.<br /><br />About the American We:<br /><br />As the English philosopher Roger Scruton argued, “Democracies owe their existence to national loyalties — the loyalties that are supposedly shared by government and opposition.” Confusing national loyalty with nationalism, many utopians argue that the former is a threat to peace. After all, wasn’t it national loyalty that sparked two world wars?<br /><br />And<br /><br />Today, the nation state, that territorially based network of filiation bound together through shared history, custom, law, and language, is under greater siege than at any time since the dissolution of the Roman Empire.<br /><br />But in the end, perhaps the greatest threat to the West lies not in its external enemies, no matter how hostile or numerous, but in its inner uncertainty — an uncertainty that is all-too-often celebrated as an especially enlightened form of subtlety and sophistication — about who we are.<br /><br />The attack on the nation state... proceeds apace on several fronts. The world will soon recognize the great service Donald Trump has done for the forces of civilization through his eloquent and impassioned defense of national sovereignty.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00911613613759942690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-67962782579977249792017-09-20T09:54:12.485-07:002017-09-20T09:54:12.485-07:00Indeed, the more sophisticated the idea, the more ...<i>Indeed, the more sophisticated the idea, the more one may be tempted to imagine that it is adequate.</i><br /><br />It is so dreadfully easy for us to fall in love with our own ideas. Back in my art school days, I had a good instructor who warned against just this tendency: having made a line or a feature or indeed an entire work which strikes the artist as particularly <i>something</i>, when it may in fact be dreadfully wrong in a way that throws off everything else, we were told, "you must be willing to kill your darlings." juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.com