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by Patrick Watts
Tue Oct 16, 2012 2:11 am
Forum: Archives
Topic: Truth and Humanity - Dr Susan Blackmore
Replies: 123
Views: 233287

Re: Truth and Humanity - Dr Susan Blackmore

I was pleased to hear this again. Although I see mourning as a very private affair that should not be prolonged with circling, I agree with Susan that feelings of affection should not be eliminated. It's the grace with which you handle the changes and transformations of relationships that separates ...
by Patrick Watts
Sun Oct 14, 2012 4:13 am
Forum: Archives
Topic: Economics & Morality
Replies: 28
Views: 61494

Re: Economics & Morality

It boils down to this. Currency is worth buying when your country is worth visiting. I travelled to America once. Why? Because there was a situation there that I thought was worth experiencing. I travelled to Switzerland for the same reason. I don't regret it. In both instances I had to buy (trade) ...
by Patrick Watts
Fri Oct 12, 2012 7:38 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Musings, Critiques.
Replies: 473
Views: 120474

Re: Musings, Critiques.

Reading these long, piping, prancing and presumptuous rivers of misunderstanding, I can't help but think back to a Satyr I once knew who tried to prove his flute was superior to my Lyre. I tend to see things as existing in complimentary contrasts, and anyone who comes into my space with the idea tha...
by Patrick Watts
Thu Oct 04, 2012 7:08 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: The Superman & Motivation
Replies: 4
Views: 4013

Re: The Superman & Motivation

I guess I responded from my own personal experience where diversity always provided enriching experiences, from my first forays into public school where two cultures clashed, then right into the work force after high school into an industry that attracted immigrants from all over the world. From a ...
by Patrick Watts
Wed Oct 03, 2012 9:51 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: The Superman & Motivation
Replies: 4
Views: 4013

Re: The Superman & Motivation

I'm not really sure children have much hypersensitivity to segregation. For instance, we segregate human beings based on age and grade. Grade primary, grade one, two three, junior high, high school. What children seem to be hypersensitive to is being compared to children who are much different in te...
by Patrick Watts
Tue Oct 02, 2012 2:53 pm
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: The Death of Romance
Replies: 28
Views: 28765

Re: The Death of Romance

There are probably very few people who have not at some time of their lives had some quality of genius. If they have not had such, it is probable that they have also been without great sorrow or great pain. They would have needed only to live sufficiently intently for a time for some quality to rev...
by Patrick Watts
Tue Oct 02, 2012 12:47 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: The Superman & Motivation
Replies: 4
Views: 4013

The Superman & Motivation

Based on my research in endocrinology, the diversity in human personality is quite steep, with a spectrum starting from red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo to violet. In terms of child raising, I think it would be wise to determine quite early what the child was destined for, approximately. A d...
by Patrick Watts
Sat Sep 29, 2012 5:07 am
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: The Death of Romance
Replies: 28
Views: 28765

Re: The Death of Romance

Yes, be careful with the baby - and be careful not to throw the baby out with the bathwater. The way I value romanticism, of course, is quite opposed to the ideal of John Lennon, as he seemed to advocate pairing. I see woman as an inspiring stream to drink from, and then to quickly move on with as l...
by Patrick Watts
Fri Sep 28, 2012 3:11 pm
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: The Death of Romance
Replies: 28
Views: 28765

Re: The Death of Romance

"I must first protest against the notion that romanticism can be enclosed within a concept; for romantic means precisely that it oversteps all bounds". - Kierkegaard Romanticism is like a sword. If you're a fool, you'll impale yourself on your own ignorant usage of that sword. However, if...
by Patrick Watts
Fri Sep 28, 2012 10:38 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Purpose & Purposelessness
Replies: 31
Views: 16863

Re: Purpose & Purposelessness

Memories exist. They're simply subject to the qualities and limitations of memory. The existence of an "objective sense" is questionable. Memories exist insofar as they appear, but how they appear can drastically change depending on the position of consciousness. The objective-existence o...
by Patrick Watts
Fri Sep 28, 2012 5:28 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Purpose & Purposelessness
Replies: 31
Views: 16863

Re: Purpose & Purposelessness

Considering that duplication is an ideal by which accuracy of reproduction is assessed, digital photos can sure fool you. However, A=A. Copies can certainly be made, and language can be reproduced - at least in matters of appearance, manifestation. Reproduction exists as an appearance, clearly. But...
by Patrick Watts
Thu Sep 27, 2012 9:17 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Purpose & Purposelessness
Replies: 31
Views: 16863

Re: Purpose & Purposelessness

Apparently, the purpose of awareness is to keep the body alive long enough to perpetuate the species by reproduction, and then to keep the body alive long enough to nurture the reproduced. After that, forest sadhu, golf, WalMart greeter, whatever. I see no objective purpose to awareness. However, t...
by Patrick Watts
Wed Sep 26, 2012 4:54 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Purpose & Purposelessness
Replies: 31
Views: 16863

Re: Purpose & Purposelessness

What if the intellect and character are diners a the same table sharing stories and building a healthy friendship, a sense of unattached ego, a certain creativity. Makes me think of Eric Orwoll's talk called IQ Wars. I think a degree of ego can be a useful tool for structuring interpersonal interac...
by Patrick Watts
Wed Sep 26, 2012 4:38 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: A God Argument
Replies: 17
Views: 6636

Re: A God Argument

Conclusion: All differentiated reality is the application of perspective on an undifferentiated reality. Absolute infinity, God, exists in the form of an undifferentiated reality which contains all reality and forms all reality. (The common usage of the word form implies time, here I refer to the s...