GENIUS FORUMS

Hello again Ritz Ritz wrote: Why do you intentionally misunderstand me? Ritz, Earlier in our conversation I said: “ I think anthropologically, women have evolutionarily become habituated to certain gratifications that, if you deprive them of these gratifications, they are in a great deal of inner ...

Hello Sapius, Cory: Most cultures rest upon a way of doing agriculture that depends on the destruction of the very thing they scramble fearfully to preserve and glorify. Man is irrational, not practical. Sapius: this seems to suggest that you are holding Man responsible for being irrational and impr...

Ritz: The Da Vinci code is a work of fiction, and as such should not be taken as more by either Christians or non-Christians. Well, yeah, no kidding - but do you see my point? My grandmother’s a perfect example of how a woman can get sensually involved with and habituated to a particular idea and...

David, Shardrol, or anyone who knows

Can you post a link to some of Lobster's posts?

your description of lobster has been appetizing.

Hello Cato, Cory: Why are there so many clever to very clever people who haven’t the initiative to go beyond 'self'? Cato: I'll tell you why. The second you fail to do what is expected of you, you lose standing. So wisdom goes against what appears like the logical thing to do? Wisdom seems irratio...

Cory: Feminine individuals who are constantly enjoying themselves with their desperate cleverness haven’t the strength, self-esteem and simple emotionless mundane logic, to undergo the sort of suffering that wipes suffering away completely. They find the truth too depressing, and that is because ...

Ritzbitts, Don't you find a society such as America or any really like industiral minded culture is rather 'clever'? What about Hindu culture? Have you ever acknowledged the terrible cleverness of Hindu ideologies? The fundamental truths of wisdom on the contrary do not demand any sort of exceptiona...

Cory Patrick wrote: And would you not also agree that only an incredibly infinitesimal portion of the human population is aware of the QRS, and/or is living with truth and wisdom on their own initiative? If you agree on this point, then I think you need to resolve a serious error in your thinking. ...

Would a truly wise and elightened man be so blown away by a cupcake? Even equating it to taking a ride on a UFO? How lame. Unwise, you sound like your still not only stuck on the aesthetic mode of being, but indulging in it to an abnormal degree. I would say that Quinn was right when he said that yo...

Hey again Diebert, Diebert wrote: I'll need some more time to make this point more clear. I'd like to work my thoughts out further on in this discussion, if you've interest of course. Diebert my boy, take all the time you need to organize your thoughts on these matters. When the time comes for you t...

Cory Patrick wrote: And do you see wisdom as more applicable to more broad-scale projects? Why are you concerned with things happening on a broad scale? Anything wise happens slowly on a small-scale - - if even on a small-scale. Dierbert replied: Did I say 'more applicable'? Wisdom starts by readin...

Diebert van Rhijn wrote: So far it seems an interesting and wise lifestyle philosophy for individuals here and there. But I've difficulty to see it working as more broad-scale projects. And do you see wisdom as more applicable to more broad-scale projects? Why are you concerned with things happening...

Leyla, I had to rewrite your long sentences so that I could grasp what you were trying to say. Your post was written very well, but I sometimes find long sentences that attempt to explain deep things a bit hard to interpret. Well, unless it is me who has written them of course (I’m a sucker for wr...

Cp wrote: Yes, but there is a certain futility in it, challenging an incredibly stupid man to his face is just like sticking your arm into a wild fire. Are you saying that you have not responded defiantly to your father when he has tried to control and influence you to conform to his values? When he...

CP wrote: I think compassion is the same as saying disturbed by another’s tragedy. The etymological root meaning of the word compassion is: to suffer When you witness another’s tragedy, you, shortly following the moment of witnessing another’s misfortune, are in some form of self-pity – whet...

Cosmic prostitute wrote: And why I pity the stupid man is because he blindly falls on his face over and over and is unable to pick himself back up. I don't know cp That "unable to pick himself back up" comment to end your sentence seems exaggerated - a bit too dramatic for me. Was it writt...

DQ wrote: When you watch a grief-stricken person, what do you see? You see a person who is nasty, angry, violent, narcissistic, emotional, black-minded, irrational, thoroughly absorbed in their own petty dramas, unempathetic and condescending towards other people's concerns. In other words, the very...

Lisa wrote: When I saw the heading 'enlightenment' my immidiate reaction was, "Is there enlightenment at all". Tell me if anyone agrees with me here??? I'll explain what I think. If there is enlightenment, as a human, then does that mean humans are 'learning to love', as if we don't really...

An excellent article by Jared Diamond revealing how the move from hunter-gatherer to agriculture and crowded cities actually reduced human life expectancies.


"The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race"

http://www.agron.iastate.edu/courses/ag ... stake.html

Dhodges wrote: Back in college days, I did some mushrooms with two people one night, and the one said something that the other one thought was so profound, that he wrote it on my dorm room wall with a magic marker, so it wouldn't be forgotten. I haven't forgotten it, because I had to see it there fo...

Prince wrote: All drugs are the same in effect, they target the lizard section of the brain to release endorphines. Any apparrent difference between them is due to the individual mental patterns of the person using the drug. and: Cocaine is for people who desire to feel intelligent and socially on-t...

Frank wrote: And what they call 'enlightenment' is actually knowledge gleaned from a short course in Sophistry 101... A technique to develop a sophisticated argument that can't be beaten against all comers....a style that focuses on the definitional failures and logical fallacies of the interlocuter...

Some may say that it is stupid to legalize some drugs while leaving other drugs illegal, however, to me, I think it is as logical as a decision a modern culture can make considering what the values of your typical culture are. A culture needs predicatablity, socializing, organization, dependability....

David Quinn wrote: Sometimes, it seems that you're so immersed in the own hurt-filled soap-opera of your own memories that you don't really perceive what is going on around you. In a way, you're not really interacting with us as such, but with figures in your imagination. We are being forced to wear...

Of course, not all jobs are totally stupid though. Didnt you say you were going to school Scott? What are you studying? What are you aiming for career-wise? Perhaps you will find yourself earning money in an environment that is not so taxing on your mind - something better than the dissapointing tho...