tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post800605967659548672..comments2024-03-27T11:16:36.951-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Reductionism: That's No Way to Treat a Lady!Gagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-8337699752067000202010-02-11T11:57:19.967-08:002010-02-11T11:57:19.967-08:00Johnson for a few years was actually opposed to Is...<i>Johnson for a few years was actually opposed to Islamism, while the hardcore Left skulked around quietly cheering for the enemy. Unfortunately the phase was short-lived, and now Johnson has not only reverted to his pre-911 persona, but has gotten a lot worse".</i><br /><br />Matthew touched on this phenomenon.. (12: 43-45)<br /><br />It is why dentists <i>fill</i> cavities in addition to drilling them out.Brazentidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14185966349888770222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-91864286781850932872010-02-11T07:49:00.653-08:002010-02-11T07:49:00.653-08:00>> Ruth “Buzzy” Ginsberg
Inspired. There IS...>> Ruth “Buzzy” Ginsberg<br /><br />Inspired. There IS a resemblance.Warrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13623170987747998335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-14960745289164091352010-02-10T20:52:11.016-08:002010-02-10T20:52:11.016-08:00NB said "There is nothing more demonic on thi...NB said "There is nothing more demonic on this earth than the force that animates the Left"<br /><br />Nothing extreme about it, just true. I know I've beat this one to death here, there and everywhere, but from one of mine on <a href="http://blogodidact.blogspot.com/2009/07/unknown-conspiracies-you-dont-think.html" rel="nofollow">Descartes's Cogito</a>,<br /><br />"...<i>Furthermore, if you pay attention to what has developed out of it over the centuries, you’ll see that not only is the Cartesian method of critical doubt in opposition to reality, but it attempts to raise the whims of the doubter over reality and give those doubts and assertions the standing of truth. Examine it for yourself… it is… critical that you do, because these days most of the ideas you are presented with to try on for size, have been cut from that inverted cloth. A deductive thinking process, begun in an area where there is no inferential structure and understanding, is doomed to a trajectory of self delusion and failure.<br /><br />It is this aspect of Descartes method which is what I’m going to flog to death here, because it, more than anything else, is the common factor in all of his philosophy and also because the method most often used by those following in his wake and applying his methods.<br /><br />If you want to know how a President of the United States of America can swear an oath to uphold the Constitution, while publicly working to destroy it (what makes you think I mean Obama? TR? Wilson? FDR? These would fit just as well), or in a nation of laws, not men, nominates a justice to the SCOTUS who desires its opposite in empathetic women applying laws over men (what makes you think I mean Sotamayor? Could be Ruth “Buzzy” Ginsberg as well, even on off days, O’Connor… ok, I do mean Sotamayor… but still….); to understand all of that you need to understand what is meant by “Cogito Ergo Sum – I think, therefore, I am” and, more importantly, the patterns of thought operating behind it.<br /><br />This isn’t mere drawing room banter, it is of life or death importance, it is the weapon being used to destroy us and to destroy you. Today. Right now....</i> "<br /><br />At it's very roots, all variants of leftism are in opposition to reality... all insist on raising what they <i>want</i> to be believed, up, up and away above what is <i>actually </i>true. Together with the claim that you can't <i>really </i>know reality anyway... what else could possibly follow from their ideas, but... to put it plainly... evil?<br /><br />No matter how good the intentions of some well meaning leftists may be... ideas that are built upon falsehood, error and opposition to reality, <i>cannot </i>lead to good! It doesn't matter if you want them to! What is Good can only be Good, because it is True, and can only be True, because it is rooted in what is Real - opposition to that can only lead to Evil... and there's nothing Beautiful about that.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-29169500073031278462010-02-10T19:54:27.835-08:002010-02-10T19:54:27.835-08:00"Where does this beauty come from? Is it real..."Where does this beauty come from? Is it really just the sum of the parts? How can that be, when one of the fundamental characteristics of beauty is wholeness (along with harmony and radiance)?"<br /><br />The Good, the Beautiful and the True... the original Three for One deal.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-40694629094860545592010-02-10T19:45:40.040-08:002010-02-10T19:45:40.040-08:00"Nothing is easier -- and more simplistic -- ..."Nothing is easier -- and more simplistic -- than reducing quality to quantity by abstracting the former and assigning it a number."<br /><br />And all the really scientisticacal humanista's from Bentham and <a href="http://www.sourcetext.com/grammarian/graves-of-academe/03.htm" rel="nofollow">Wundt </a>on down have found that to be an <i>excellent</i> way to gain credibility. Just nothing like being able to point to ratios and percentages to help make a really good Non Sequitur.<br /><br />"But just because you've assigned a number to something doesn't mean it really is a number. You can't be reduced to your social security number (that is, unless Obamacare passes)." <br /><br /><i>Huhhh?!!! Blasphemer!</i> Numbers allow you to do anything! You can turn graft and corruption into hope and prosperity by just saying how many thousands... hundreds... er... millions of jobs you saved and/or created. Works great... and 9 out of 7 people will never call you on it.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-14430938679010959712010-02-10T19:27:56.561-08:002010-02-10T19:27:56.561-08:00"Reductionism: That's No Way to Treat a L..."Reductionism: That's No Way to Treat a Lady!"<br /><br />Love that title... <a href="http://www.chelsea.vitalfootball.co.uk/forum/forums/get-attachment.asp?action=view&attachmentid=628" rel="nofollow">Sophia</a> tips her hat!Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-92030532483085400912010-02-10T17:30:16.537-08:002010-02-10T17:30:16.537-08:00Mushroom, you're the man. I lol'd!
I'...Mushroom, you're the man. I lol'd!<br /><br />I'm nodding here, but not nodding <em>off.</em> Don't mean to be <em>too</em> much of a B'obblehead...Ephrem Antony Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00032465992619034619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-56447365648018941662010-02-10T15:12:19.893-08:002010-02-10T15:12:19.893-08:00OK, NB I accept your challenge, it's different...OK, NB I accept your challenge, it's different because, uh mmmmu uh, let me be perfectly clear, because uh is quite simple really, is because it's uh in ENGLISH, yea that's it. It's not in Russian or Manderinian or even Chinese. Hope that clears it up for you my right wing friend.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16202441664961886198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-46809475934357933812010-02-10T13:56:25.169-08:002010-02-10T13:56:25.169-08:00>> Sounds extreme, I know.
Oh, I wouldn...>> Sounds extreme, I know. <br /><br />Oh, I wouldn't say so, NB. Came to pretty much the same conclusion myself some time ago. We can be crazy right-wing extremists together! <br /><br />>> the hardcore Left skulked around quietly cheering for the enemy<br /><br />Quietly?!?Warrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13623170987747998335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-5165981138359629142010-02-10T13:48:28.580-08:002010-02-10T13:48:28.580-08:00It should be obvious that the evolution of our lar...It should be obvious that the evolution of our large, fast brain created the human mind (not to say spirit) to roughly the same degree that evolution of legs created the dry land and evolution of lungs created the air.<br /><br />wv:perstsMagnus Itlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18445902788427523461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-47138582653053573462010-02-10T12:24:44.145-08:002010-02-10T12:24:44.145-08:00Someone please explain to me how this AP press rel...Someone please explain to me how this <a href="http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9DPF8J80&show_article=1" rel="nofollow">AP press release on the IPCC</a> is in any way different from the Soviet and Maoist propaganda that characterized those hellish regimes? This "news organization" is knowingly promoting the Big Lie. Ask anyone who lived through the cold war in the East Block about this (I have many times).<br /><br />Black. Hole.Stephen Macdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13474300559219020772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-61491553182600592452010-02-10T12:22:26.261-08:002010-02-10T12:22:26.261-08:00And his disciples saith unto him, O B'ob, what...<i> And his disciples saith unto him, O B'ob, what shall be the sign of thy coming and of the end of the age?<br /><br />And he answering saith unto them, when thou seest the abomination of desolation, yea, even Charles Johnson with Larry King, "for the whole hour" (whoso readeth, let him understand), then let him who is in LA flee unto the mountains, staying on the surface streets and avoiding if possible the great tribulation of the 405</i>mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-70308277013932568592010-02-10T12:19:15.418-08:002010-02-10T12:19:15.418-08:00Re Chuckles Johnson, about the only thing I can sa...Re Chuckles Johnson, about the only thing I can say in his defense is that he did not <i>immediately and instinctively</i> cleave to America's worst enemies the way almost everyone on the hard (and sometimes not so hard) Left do at every turn. Johnson for a few years was actually opposed to Islamism, while the hardcore Left skulked around quietly cheering for the enemy. Unfortunately the phase was short-lived, and now Johnson has not only reverted to his pre-911 persona, but has gotten a lot worse.Stephen Macdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13474300559219020772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-62381442378794086492010-02-10T12:14:50.276-08:002010-02-10T12:14:50.276-08:00The fundamental evil of leftism is in sharp eviden...The fundamental evil of leftism is in sharp evidence recently. Despite overwhelming evidence that the global warming story was a massive fabrication concocted by leftists posing as scientists, and also despite the fact that the resulting political and economic effect has to been to introduce organized crime into the highest levels of Western governance -- still the Left deviates not a whit from their despicable, nay <i>evil</i> course of action.<br /><br />There is nothing more demonic on this earth than the force that animates the Left (even Islamism does not dip as deeply into the black hole of moral turpitude).<br /><br />Sounds extreme, I know. But how else does one react to forces which are systematically attempting to destroy the civilization we constructed over two millennia? Especially those of us with (or soon to have) kids?Stephen Macdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13474300559219020772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-38674929352834860042010-02-10T12:05:13.311-08:002010-02-10T12:05:13.311-08:00I mean, I understand the appeal, because I underst...<i>I mean, I understand the appeal, because I understand that human beings are afraid of the dark. We are born into a world which we do not understand, and which we (super)naturally wish to understand.</i><br /><br />Really, if they can't handle the mystery, they need to find another line of work.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-67341189916553699942010-02-10T11:56:59.097-08:002010-02-10T11:56:59.097-08:00Keeping in mind Mater/Mary/Matrix/etc, the followi...Keeping in mind Mater/Mary/Matrix/etc, the following prayer can bear much fruit in meditation<br /><br />Hail Mary, Full of Grace<br />Our Lord is with thee.<br />Blessed art thou among women,<br />and blessed is the fruit of thy womb,<br />Jesus.<br />....Alan McCannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01638364076808034984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-76791427473906335592010-02-10T11:45:47.275-08:002010-02-10T11:45:47.275-08:00M & J - All you gotta do is note my ravings an...M & J - All you gotta do is note my ravings and you won't ever worry about making good comments. ;-)robinstarfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15665546554663005609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-87593685717556834102010-02-10T11:00:09.702-08:002010-02-10T11:00:09.702-08:00Hey, put some lipstick on that lizard and it could...Hey, put some lipstick on that lizard and it could be my ex, just kidding I have forgiven her for being a slut ;-)<br /><br />And what Mary said.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16202441664961886198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-55257081608711275332010-02-10T10:54:25.107-08:002010-02-10T10:54:25.107-08:00Sighhhhh.....everyone here sounds so edjimicated.....Sighhhhh.....everyone here sounds so edjimicated.....what hope is there of me makin' a good comment.....<br /><br />/ : )Ma Sandshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10030785132214288455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-21570327330405095582010-02-10T10:47:58.192-08:002010-02-10T10:47:58.192-08:00"...human beings are afraid of the dark. We a...<i>"...human beings are afraid of the dark. We are born into a world which we do not understand, and which we (super)naturally wish to understand."</i><br /><br />There you go, talking about 'Man' again!<br /><br />We hear men chant the mantra, <i>Won't Get Fooled Again,</i> but then are, over and over again, and even seem to like it. NB asks yesterday (paraphrasing), "Don't folks ever notice...?" and it would seem, <i>not often!</i> Is this a kind of unconscious death wish?<br /><br />Anyway, you speak here about Man, and perspectives proper to Man, and I appreciate that.walthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388218390016612051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-50915604622828835622010-02-10T10:31:36.594-08:002010-02-10T10:31:36.594-08:00"Why? Why can't we just teach children th..."Why? Why can't we just teach children the truth"<br /><br />I agree. And what about eagle rights and natual race horses? And why no more violins on tv?Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589423819039764711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-74076413833689039552010-02-10T10:07:41.614-08:002010-02-10T10:07:41.614-08:00By the way, "Hyla regilla" is sometimes ...By the way, "Hyla regilla" is sometimes classified as "Pseudacris regilla," but the taxonomy is not settled, and because I personally prefer the more fruitful "Hyla" designation, I'll stay with that for now...<br /><br />Jamie IronsJamie Ironshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08483791884102487505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-10019477282385192482010-02-10T10:06:04.182-08:002010-02-10T10:06:04.182-08:00Matter, mater, material, matrix, Mary, maya.... se...Matter, mater, material, matrix, Mary, maya.... see p. 16., f. 38.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-49214051692262374922010-02-10T10:00:04.380-08:002010-02-10T10:00:04.380-08:00Bob,
I suspect that you already know this, but yo...Bob,<br /><br />I suspect that you already know this, but your word play on matter/mater has of course a legitimate etymologic basis.<br /><br />Our local tree frog, "Hyla regilla," takes its generic name "Hyla" transliterated from ancient Greek "rough breathing (sounded-as "H")-upsilon-eta," which originally signified "wood," both the place (a wooded place, a woods) and the material, wood. Later the philosophers generalized this to mean "matter." Still later the Romans did the same with "materia, -ae" (wood), which became "mattter," (and "subject matter) and the same root came into "matrix," "material," and others.<br /><br />Jamie IronsJamie Ironshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08483791884102487505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-73226554697262570912010-02-10T09:45:31.093-08:002010-02-10T09:45:31.093-08:00Must be something in the water.Must be something <a href="http://juliecork.wordpress.com/2010/02/10/canoodle/#comment-8606" rel="nofollow">in</a> the water.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.com