tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post6039208286496590476..comments2024-03-27T11:16:36.951-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: On WTF?! is Wrong with Man: Hx, Sx, Dx, Rx, Tx Gagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-70513306156234504262013-08-06T18:55:50.436-07:002013-08-06T18:55:50.436-07:00So you have Obama, or one of the Clintons in thera...So you have Obama, or one of the Clintons in therapy. What do you say?<br /><br />Linked here: http://bobagard.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-sicknesses-of-our-modern-age.htmlBob's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11971565970366294930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-8219142918204414852013-08-05T05:49:18.587-07:002013-08-05T05:49:18.587-07:00"Then again, modern physics has revealed that..."Then again, modern physics has revealed that gravity is actually an effect of the curvature of space. I wonder if there is an analogous curvature in vertical space?"<br /><br />That's the image I've long had of Choice. The point where our experience of the world is disconnected from a mechanical adherence to reality, requiring us to insert our judgment where the fulcrum should be... will you choose reality because it is right and true and be lifted up.... or will you pursue what you wish reality were and embrace the fall into your own private Idaho.<br /><br />My question would be, does the curvature in vertical space slope only upwards/downwards, or withinwards/withoutwards... up or down combined with the inside or outside of a sphere?<br /><br />Ohhh.... Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-23943093566897870272013-08-05T05:38:41.665-07:002013-08-05T05:38:41.665-07:00Gagdad said " Always a surprise to find a psy...Gagdad said " Always a surprise to find a psychologist who's not nuts."<br /><br />Meanwhile, in other psychology news: <a href="http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/08/02/19840090-boy-who-killed-family-turns-up-46-years-later-as-college-professor?lite&lite=obinsite" rel="nofollow">"Boy who killed family turns up 46 years later as college professor:</a><br /><br /><i>"CHICAGO - A small Illinois university said on Friday it was standing by a long-time psychology professor recently revealed to have shot and killed his father, mother and teenage sister in Texas more than four decades ago, although he was found not guilty by reason of insanity."</i><br /><br />What parent could possibly object to that... just imagine the diversity of lessons their kids might learn.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-51822025496548230952013-08-01T06:59:57.877-07:002013-08-01T06:59:57.877-07:00I think TV and college are tied for causing the mo...I think TV and college are tied for causing the most widespread brain damage. Who else would read Friedman? Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-74526510632727581532013-08-01T06:25:44.191-07:002013-08-01T06:25:44.191-07:00"Surveying the modern intellectual scene, the..."Surveying the modern intellectual scene, the world of public discourse among the educational elites, I conclude that dishonesty does not only reduce the efficiency and effectiveness of thinking - but it actually reduces applied intelligence - probably by re-wiring the brain."<br /><br />It rewires the brain because it hurts. Kind of a scar tissue effect.<br /><br />So my impression that reading Thomas Friedman actually makes people stupid is fundamentally accurate.<br /><br />This is why I try to avoid reading gibberish.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11126071014909954387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-12719415602088518632013-08-01T06:20:27.408-07:002013-08-01T06:20:27.408-07:00This is more relevant to Tuesday's post, but t...This is more relevant to Tuesday's post, but the <a href="http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-environmental-apocalypse.html" rel="nofollow">Sultan has a good one up today</a>:<br /><br />"The ultimate dream of the sort of people who can't sleep at night because they worry that children in India might be able to grow up making more than two dollars a day, is to take away our prosperity for our own good through the total regulation of every area of our lives under the pretext of an imminent environmental crisis."juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-29448063166763361482013-07-31T20:42:26.167-07:002013-07-31T20:42:26.167-07:00Yes, I linked to it a day or two ago. Guy's g...Yes, I linked to it a day or two ago. Guy's got some other interesting stuff on his blog. Always a surprise to find a psychologist who's not nuts.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-72078350512707463372013-07-31T20:36:06.485-07:002013-07-31T20:36:06.485-07:00Bob, didn't know if you had seen this:
Surv...Bob, <a href="http://iqpersonalitygenius.blogspot.ch/2013/07/dishonesty-reduces-applied-intelligence.html" rel="nofollow">didn't know if you had seen this</a>: <br /><br /><i>Surveying the modern intellectual scene, the world of public discourse among the educational elites, I conclude that dishonesty does not only reduce the efficiency and effectiveness of thinking - but it actually reduces applied intelligence - probably by re-wiring the brain. </i><br /><br />A little more there.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-55598537403592972702013-07-31T20:12:53.610-07:002013-07-31T20:12:53.610-07:00Not necessary but inevitable. Or, not compelled b...Not necessary but inevitable. Or, not compelled but inclined. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-88656062864458298962013-07-31T19:51:37.102-07:002013-07-31T19:51:37.102-07:00"So, I wonder if it is helpful to think of th..."So, I wonder if it is helpful to think of the Fall as an effect of the curvature of pneumatic space?"<br /><br />This would then get back to the argument that the fall was "necessary" since if the pneumatic space isn't curved, then you can't have growth.<br /><br />Granted, if I see an open door to hell, I would prefer that we closed it and boarded it up as opposed to standing around thinking about how it looked and how it worked.<br /><br />I'm not a fan of parasites (which is what evil is). They're annoying.<br /><br />So, we have the distinction between the curvature necessary for growth and the outright parasites.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11126071014909954387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-49620168660123080902013-07-31T18:20:07.972-07:002013-07-31T18:20:07.972-07:00Fr. Stephen had a post -- actually, several -- a w...<a href="http://glory2godforallthings.com/2013/04/26/double-minded/" rel="nofollow">Fr. Stephen</a> had a post -- actually, several -- a while back, about whether our problem is forensic (One "aw shit" cancels a hundred "atta boys") or ontological ("for on that day ye shall surely die"). As a modern, I would rather have God smile benignly than admit that maybe He has a point!Peytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12270784303736251238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-45716898375383900322013-07-31T14:48:50.690-07:002013-07-31T14:48:50.690-07:00the booster rocket of grace
This reminds me of To...<i>the booster rocket of grace</i><br /><br />This reminds me of <i>Toy Story</i>, "falling with style", and Buzz and Woody's rocket ride.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-24147737809404019672013-07-31T12:31:15.442-07:002013-07-31T12:31:15.442-07:00This place is turning in to a religious blog.
Mor...This place is turning in to a religious blog.<br /><br /><i>More good news...</i><br /><br />Speaking of All This Adam, Eve and other fallishness, recently Father Stephen figured a leaf through this book about how the earliest Christians read the Bible (mostly Genesis 1-3 and other stuff) is for your own good:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0801032334/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1" rel="nofollow">Beginnings: Ancient Christian Readings of the Biblical Creation Narratives</a><br /><br />Chock full of old/new-to-me insights.<br />Which is to say, plenty will trickle thru <a href="http://thewarbook.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">The Second Law of SamuelDynamics</a>.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720790978632771716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-23765735796632171212013-07-31T11:40:47.036-07:002013-07-31T11:40:47.036-07:00All the ideologue knows how to do is critique and ...All the ideologue knows how to do is <a href="http://minx.cc/?post=342122" rel="nofollow">critique and denounce</a>, because 1) reality can never match the leftist's fantasies, and 2) because someone else is to blame for the disjunction between reality and fantasy.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-42231365094743670772013-07-31T10:16:34.237-07:002013-07-31T10:16:34.237-07:00Conversely, philosophy -- or mental and spiritual ...<i>Conversely, philosophy -- or mental and spiritual health -- "is the love of being through the love of divine Being as the source of its order.</i><br /><br />Seemingly related, the Anchoress has <a href="http://www.patheos.com/blogs/theanchoress/2013/07/31/he-who-hates-god-hates-everybody/" rel="nofollow">this today</a>:<br /><br /><i>Since a stroke in 2001, Mother Angelica has been fairly quiet, speaking only when she has to. On March 22, 2006, one of the sisters asked Mother for a bit of wisdom. Without hesitating she said:<br />“He love loves God loves everybody. He who hates God hates everybody.”</i>juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.com