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by keenobserver
Thu Aug 16, 2007 9:51 am
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: My Motorcycle Blog
Replies: 13
Views: 4515

Re: My Motorcycle Blog

I was watching the bikes go round and round one day (tv) taking those corners on their elboys almost and i thought - how much better if they passed some rule saying - screw the leaning just stay put in your damn seat and buzz around the corner as fast as you can without sliding off the track! Just t...
by keenobserver
Thu Aug 16, 2007 9:31 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: The Cognizant Nature of Reality
Replies: 80
Views: 12608

Re: The Cognizant Nature of Reality

Hi dude. I have opened this thread in response to a request by David Quinn, that I might express the deductive reasoning whereby I came to the conclusion that the nature of reality was essentially cognitive; and felt that I could not do so within the thread that we were on, due the need to return to...
by keenobserver
Thu Aug 16, 2007 7:32 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: How do you guys solve Buridan's Donkey Paradox?
Replies: 32
Views: 5520

Re: How do you guys solve Buridan's Donkey Paradox?

you're going to find that the answers will vary depending upon the exact wording, so if you want everyone to tackle the same paradox best to print exactly what it is you want solved. Besides that, you could state precisely what you believe the dilema to be since the introduction of an animal contrib...
by keenobserver
Thu Aug 16, 2007 6:53 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: the inevitability of love and indifference
Replies: 122
Views: 24766

Re: the inevitability of love and indifference

Psychopaths generally already assume that everyone else is just like them . . . Elizabeth; The other thing I wanted to share with you is a fascinating talk by Helen Fisher on "The science of love, and the future of women": http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/16 [Anthropologist Hele...
by keenobserver
Thu Aug 16, 2007 6:30 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: the inevitability of love and indifference
Replies: 122
Views: 24766

Re: the inevitability of love and indifference

Faust13 wrote:[
what perplexes me is that love and indifference are unavoidable in social interactions. you say that love is impossible, well what is a conscience then?
.
Having a conscience is behaving wisely.
Behaving wisely has nothing to do with love.
by keenobserver
Thu Aug 16, 2007 5:10 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Questions about Enlightenment, comments about Sex
Replies: 143
Views: 43681

Re: Questions about Enlightenment, comments about Sex

Skipair, to save time, you'll find my answers following your questions in the big grey box below. Ill try not to make a habit of it. Oh, expect a similar but more complete response forthcoming.(not from me though!) Hi everyone, I have a few questions on the model of enlightenment posed here, and als...
by keenobserver
Thu Aug 16, 2007 3:39 am
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: Evidence a lot of females are petty, vindictive and insane
Replies: 62
Views: 15898

Re: god men

hahahaha, I havent seen these pages but shit, (and i say this with all respect) if you had any idea what it meant to be genuinely enlightened and how incredibly rare and infinitely removed it is from the race as a whole, well then ..(you know what im going to say dont you...). You simply cannot appr...
by keenobserver
Thu Aug 16, 2007 2:54 am
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: Who should you vote for 2008 U.S. President? (recovered)
Replies: 119
Views: 67303

Re: Who should you vote for 2008 U.S. President? (recovered)

There you go, now you've got it, a kind of boycot of the entire election process. While many have in the past protested with inaction non participation and silence, the time has long since come to protest more openly, Americans are not exercising their right to protest the inaction of their legislat...
by keenobserver
Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:29 pm
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: Who should you vote for 2008 U.S. President? (recovered)
Replies: 119
Views: 67303

Re: Who should you vote for 2008 U.S. President? (recovered)

Uh, wha....shit, who woke me up? Yawn, stretch................... Yes, umm, ya, so some of you believe this RP guy is talking straight, do you. well i havent seen him, usually i can tell quite a bit in short order, but nevertheless I dont think our system and nation could ever ellect an honest wise ...
by keenobserver
Tue Jul 31, 2007 4:19 pm
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: Nisargadatta Maharaj
Replies: 8
Views: 3959

Re: Nisargadatta Maharaj

Hate to clue you master stro, but that is merely introspection and quite obvious. Is that all your teacher had to suggest.
Did you not gather anything else of worth from him? This is a genius list - we dont begin with baby steps here.
by keenobserver
Tue Jul 31, 2007 4:08 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Women don't talk more than men (recovered)
Replies: 109
Views: 8617

Re: Women don't talk more than men (recovered)

The researchers placed microphones on 396 college students for periods ranging from two to 10 days, sampled their conversations and calculated how many words they used in the course of a day. The score: Women, 16,215. Men, 15,669. The average American womans life would be severely negatively affect...
by keenobserver
Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:53 pm
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: Nisargadatta Maharaj
Replies: 8
Views: 3959

Re: Nisargadatta Maharaj

Not only enlightened, but widely regarded one of the foremost nondual (advaita) masters along with Ramana (though I think reaches to the core faster than Ramana). The approach taken by Maharaj towards enlightenment is dispassionate awareness of phenomena in consciousness to discover/uncover yoursel...
by keenobserver
Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:38 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: favorite philosopher?
Replies: 36
Views: 7476

Re: favorite philosopher?

Shahrazad wrote:What's wrong with writing things down?
Those in the know already know it.
Those that aren't never will.
Those who believe they are will interpret half-truths.
Those who read what they write will be further misled.

(you get the idea)
by keenobserver
Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:27 pm
Forum: Archives
Topic: The Skeptical Mind - James Randi
Replies: 37
Views: 85338

Re: The Skeptical Mind - James Randi

understand where QSR is coming from in regard to relationships, but his take on marriage seemed reasonable.Marriage may start out all romantic but 'romance' is a natural phenomina to extend the species even though emotionally driven. Over the long term marriage amounts to a mutually beneficial(hope...
by keenobserver
Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:02 pm
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: Who should you vote for 2008 U.S. President? (recovered)
Replies: 119
Views: 67303

Re: Who should you vote for 2008 U.S. President? !!

17 posts • Page 1 of 1 Who should you vote for 2008 U.S. President? Shahrazad Who should I vote for? Who should you vote for?? Who should we vote for? Let me ask YOU a question. Why do you think so many people choose not to vote at all? Why do you think most adult Americans don't vote? Should I a...
by keenobserver
Sun Jul 22, 2007 4:07 pm
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: Nisargadatta Maharaj
Replies: 8
Views: 3959

Re: Nisargadatta Maharaj

Who posted this thing?
Is this loud emotional clown supposed to be enlightened?

Show me.

hahah
by keenobserver
Sun Jul 22, 2007 4:00 pm
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: Maher in Boston
Replies: 2
Views: 809

Maher in Boston

clap,clap,clap......
If you missed Bill Maher this evening on HBO, you may find the video herein.

http://hbo.com/events/billmaher/
by keenobserver
Mon Jun 18, 2007 6:53 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Toxic Certainty
Replies: 272
Views: 28068

Re: Toxic Certainty

Leyla eventually stated that most Muslims are like my friend, rather than like her, or like the guy who raped me, or like the guy at the video store who kept waiting on males but would not give me the time of day until I insisted, and them was rude and abrupt as he could be. Was he an American musl...
by keenobserver
Sun Jun 17, 2007 2:34 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Toxic Certainty
Replies: 272
Views: 28068

god have mercy

There is more to the matter than meets the eye. Looking in on an muslim household where all is well, plenty of food, money, etc, love and prayer, happy people, it may seem that women are being treated fairly. But are they? Or has mom merely adapted? Looking in from the west with discerning eyes to o...
by keenobserver
Sun Jun 17, 2007 11:05 am
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: Sperm banks
Replies: 72
Views: 7989

Re: Sperm banks

So, I take it the idea of a peaceful paradise on earth doesnt interest you?
Better to lounge in mediocrity and grab all the short-term gain you can, then, with all the other vermin.
by keenobserver
Sun Jun 17, 2007 1:57 am
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: My Sucky American Education
Replies: 17
Views: 3094

Re: dishonesty and damage

The fact is all politicians hide the truth from voters, less so for independents, and this fact alone should disqualify them from service. Our government has plans that it has no intention of getting our permission for, particularly Mr President. This has put us all in great danger, truely, because ...
by keenobserver
Sun Jun 17, 2007 1:22 am
Forum: Archives
Topic: Tibetan Buddhism - Dr Alexander Berzin
Replies: 169
Views: 289381

Re: Tibetan Buddhism - Dr Alexander Berzin

ko, it might be helpful to compose long posts in Word to reduce the likelihood of loosing a post. If you don't do that, sometimes you can back arrow to the screen where you were composing the message, and it will still be there. Ya, i know, thanks. Is there a time limit? Like, if you dont type anyt...
by keenobserver
Sun Jun 17, 2007 1:15 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Celia Green
Replies: 82
Views: 15564

Re: Celia Green

It should by going directly to Genius Forum as well - mine does. It may have something to do with your security settings. Perhaps if you post these questions over on "help desk" in the intro forum, Dan could help you. Right now, this topic is pretty far off of Celia Green. Here Ya, i know...
by keenobserver
Sun Jun 17, 2007 12:29 am
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: Sperm banks
Replies: 72
Views: 7989

Re: Sperm banks

Im inclined to ask Dan why he is so sure about not finding that genius/dna link. Perhaps his karma was right because his genes were also right. I see no evidence for any such gene. I'm not even sure the concept of a "genius gene" is coherent. It's a nice little catch-phrase, but what is i...
by keenobserver
Sat Jun 16, 2007 8:40 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Celia Green
Replies: 82
Views: 15564

Re: Celia Green

Well it may be that I dont enter/visit the "main" forum at all, just shoot directly to Genius Forum, which may explain why i just had to sign in again to write this, and to be logged in. How do you reach the main forum? I mean steps after, computer On, link to Inet, begin browser, check fo...