tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post6516451500733957953..comments2024-03-28T12:10:26.197-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Socialism vs. the Extra-Cranial WorldGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-27346805913292246722018-09-10T11:16:12.974-07:002018-09-10T11:16:12.974-07:00We must remember that of all fact-checking methods...We must remember that of all fact-checking methods, olfaction is best. One can immediately discern disorder via the nose. Strong ammonia or petroleum notes indicate an unhealthy environment. Impoverished areas will often reek of decay or sewerage. Areas where skunky, aromatic and floral scents abound indicate a population with good access to cannabis. Fresh breezes, salt air, or sagebrush/pine laden air are signs of a healthy environment. <br /><br />People should have a certain musky funk when unwashed, indicating good health/diet. People under chronic stress will have a pungent, sharp cheese odor indicating high cortisol levels. <br />Bad smells are encountered in hospitals, where dangerous bacteria emit their disturbing and toxic eau, which mixes with scents of Hibiclens and Betadine. <br /><br />And then there is the odor of perfectly roasted coffee beans, slow brewed using pure spring water...ahhhh. <br /><br />So, don't forget to sniff your way through life. This will make you wise. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-16390783840120841402018-09-09T13:06:18.056-07:002018-09-09T13:06:18.056-07:00And faith is a kind of "remembering" wha...And faith is a kind of "remembering" what we cannot know. Which, of course, Hayek doesn't get into...Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00911613613759942690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-13426736311622761672018-09-09T13:04:30.639-07:002018-09-09T13:04:30.639-07:00I just want to say that the two Hayek books in the...I just want to say that the two Hayek books in the sidebar are among the most profound and consequential I've ever read. I have to put him up there with Schuon and Davila on the profundity scale, except that in his case it's a "minus profundity" revolving around the consequences of our irremediable ignorance.<br /><br />It seems to me that the most important orthoparadox we must understand and tolerate is that of our deiformity, on the one hand, and incurable ignorance, on the other. Forget either, and catastrophes follow. <br /><br />It's easy to forget what we do not and cannot know. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00911613613759942690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-27736121736556084752018-09-08T04:59:48.594-07:002018-09-08T04:59:48.594-07:00Julie makes an excellent point. In the land of Rea...Julie makes an excellent point. In the land of Reality, direct observation is King. Interviews, media and document review are lesser Princes. <br /><br />Bob points out, things aren't all that bad based on news reports. How are things based on direct observation? That is the question. What are people doing? How are they dressed? Do they look well-nourished? What is available in stores? etc. <br /><br />One has to sort of patrol one's precincts and make efforts to go to varied places in order to perform the necessary observations. At the same time interviews and document and media review can be done as adjuncts. <br /><br />But to make assertions based solely on media or document review is not good Reality checking technique. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-41334629833978775792018-09-07T13:57:42.648-07:002018-09-07T13:57:42.648-07:00As to fantasy triumphing over reality, of course i...As to fantasy triumphing over reality, of course it only seems that way for a little while, until the high of victory wears off and the brutal reality asserts itself once more. <br /><br />***<br /><br />Going back to the crisis of attention, it's funny: Nature has its own way of grabbing our attention, if we simply take a few moments to look and see. In our front yard just now, we discovered a big green scarab-type beetle (a flower chafer beetle, apparently) busily doing something mysterious in the middle of a blooming rose. Also observed: a fly caught in a spider's web, with what appeared to be another, mite-sized spider, sitting on its wing. If we sat long enough, we would surely observe the bigger spider wrapping it up. And one more observation: in our aquarium, we have two mollies and a catfish. Both mollies were thought to be female, but after observing a surprising bit of activity, we realized one is now male. <br /><br />There is drama everywhere.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-5787584633375070682018-09-07T13:37:26.563-07:002018-09-07T13:37:26.563-07:00the author sees that presently there “is a crisis ...<i>the author sees that presently there “is a crisis of self-ownership: our attention isn’t simply ours to direct where we will...</i><br /><br />I was skimming an article from Drudge this morning on how Netflix now "suggests" shows for you during the end credits of whatever you were watching, often followed by a trailer to helpfully entice the viewer into watching for just a little while longer...<br /><br /><i>"In this regard, the less you know, the more you think you know, until you attain a kind of cheap omniscience...</i><br /><br />Teaching my kids, this attitude of omniscience - that having merely tried something or simply observed something once, one now has a complete understanding of the whole, with no need for anything so dull as practice, much less mastery, is perfectly natural - and they must be taught how wrong this attitude is. Daily.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-41563035873312535682018-09-07T10:52:26.725-07:002018-09-07T10:52:26.725-07:00"This is reality. The Democrats’ clown show i..."This is reality. The Democrats’ clown show is fantasy. Fortunately, most people care more about reality than fantasy. Still, both confusing the facts and distracting people from them are tactics at which the Left excels."<br /><br />***<br /><br />"<a href="https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2018/09/in-america-it-is-reality-vs-fantasy.php" rel="nofollow">In other words, if they get their way, fantasy will triumph over reality.</a>."Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00911613613759942690noreply@blogger.com