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- Thu Aug 16, 2007 9:51 am
- Forum: Help Desk
- Topic: My Motorcycle Blog
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4577
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...
- Thu Aug 16, 2007 9:31 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: The Cognizant Nature of Reality
- Replies: 80
- Views: 12788
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...
- Thu Aug 16, 2007 7:32 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: How do you guys solve Buridan's Donkey Paradox?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 5565
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...
- Thu Aug 16, 2007 6:53 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: the inevitability of love and indifference
- Replies: 122
- Views: 24998
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...
- Thu Aug 16, 2007 6:30 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: the inevitability of love and indifference
- Replies: 122
- Views: 24998
Re: the inevitability of love and indifference
Having a conscience is behaving wisely.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?
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Behaving wisely has nothing to do with love.
- Thu Aug 16, 2007 5:10 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Questions about Enlightenment, comments about Sex
- Replies: 143
- Views: 44287
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...
- Thu Aug 16, 2007 3:39 am
- Forum: Help Desk
- Topic: Evidence a lot of females are petty, vindictive and insane
- Replies: 62
- Views: 16077
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...
- Thu Aug 16, 2007 2:54 am
- Forum: Help Desk
- Topic: Who should you vote for 2008 U.S. President? (recovered)
- Replies: 119
- Views: 67578
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...
- Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:29 pm
- Forum: Help Desk
- Topic: Who should you vote for 2008 U.S. President? (recovered)
- Replies: 119
- Views: 67578
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 ...
- Tue Jul 31, 2007 4:19 pm
- Forum: Help Desk
- Topic: Nisargadatta Maharaj
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3977
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.
Did you not gather anything else of worth from him? This is a genius list - we dont begin with baby steps here.
- Tue Jul 31, 2007 4:08 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Women don't talk more than men (recovered)
- Replies: 109
- Views: 8679
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...
- Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:53 pm
- Forum: Help Desk
- Topic: Nisargadatta Maharaj
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3977
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...
- Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:38 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: favorite philosopher?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 7524
Re: favorite philosopher?
Those in the know already know it.Shahrazad wrote:What's wrong with writing things down?
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)
- Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:27 pm
- Forum: Archives
- Topic: The Skeptical Mind - James Randi
- Replies: 37
- Views: 91705
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...
- Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:02 pm
- Forum: Help Desk
- Topic: Who should you vote for 2008 U.S. President? (recovered)
- Replies: 119
- Views: 67578
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...
- Sun Jul 22, 2007 4:07 pm
- Forum: Help Desk
- Topic: Nisargadatta Maharaj
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3977
Re: Nisargadatta Maharaj
Who posted this thing?
Is this loud emotional clown supposed to be enlightened?
Show me.
hahah
Is this loud emotional clown supposed to be enlightened?
Show me.
hahah
- Sun Jul 22, 2007 4:00 pm
- Forum: Help Desk
- Topic: Maher in Boston
- Replies: 2
- Views: 812
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/
If you missed Bill Maher this evening on HBO, you may find the video herein.
http://hbo.com/events/billmaher/
- Mon Jun 18, 2007 6:53 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Toxic Certainty
- Replies: 272
- Views: 28336
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...
- Sun Jun 17, 2007 2:34 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Toxic Certainty
- Replies: 272
- Views: 28336
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...
- Sun Jun 17, 2007 11:05 am
- Forum: Help Desk
- Topic: Sperm banks
- Replies: 72
- Views: 8067
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.
Better to lounge in mediocrity and grab all the short-term gain you can, then, with all the other vermin.
- Sun Jun 17, 2007 1:57 am
- Forum: Help Desk
- Topic: My Sucky American Education
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3118
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 ...
- Sun Jun 17, 2007 1:22 am
- Forum: Archives
- Topic: Tibetan Buddhism - Dr Alexander Berzin
- Replies: 169
- Views: 337371
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...
- Sun Jun 17, 2007 1:15 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Celia Green
- Replies: 82
- Views: 15709
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...
- Sun Jun 17, 2007 12:29 am
- Forum: Help Desk
- Topic: Sperm banks
- Replies: 72
- Views: 8067
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...
- Sat Jun 16, 2007 8:40 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Celia Green
- Replies: 82
- Views: 15709
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...