You'll be absolutely fine just staying put on your chair. Running amok just seems like another Darwin-award this year. After all, this is/. and we know better than you!
It is OK to keep a log of the devices whereabouts... on the device. It is not OK to transfer that data to another entity without explicit permission of the devices owner... and better ask one time too often for that permission...
Really? Without asking or informing me? Is it OK for my spouse or children to hack into my location-data then? Or scanners at airports? Or at the local grocery store? Or for forensic to incriminate me by my own device? Etc, etc.
I've explained it before, I will never buy Apple again. I bought into the hype some years ago, and regret each and every purchase for various reasons.
Too bad science can't prove religion, and no, true science can never explain the unexplainable, that's just a dishonest fantasy of pseudoscientists trying to frame all of reality into their own narrow little worldview. It doesn't even matter if some superstitions are true or not or in what degree, because it's just a question of having the courage to keep an open mind about it, that's all. If you do, you could become the next Newton, Einstein, or something great, instead of all those who can only keep one thought in their mind at the same time, gets nervous at ambiguity and paradoxes, and then frantically try to follow the mainstream.
Btw, someone mentioned Wikileaks. Where are they now that Amazon, Visa and Mastercard have banned them? Amazon may be many things, but democracy or freedom doesn't enter into any art of the equation.
I'm seeing very little "innovative worth protecting" in iPhone over, say, Windows Desktop icons.
iPhone apps is based on HTML. Surely, you can't patent "simplistic blue look" or "simple interface"?
Software patents are just STUPID, and no, as a CUSTOMER, I'm not interested in one company having a strangehold on the entire industry, or my own startup company..
My new shiny laptop got blueray, it even came with a preview demo-blueray.
But Windows 7 can neither play Blueray and DVDs, and while the latter is easily fixed with VLC, I have yet to find a blueray player in Windows, either free or non-free.
So I canned the blueray demo-disc, and never intend to play blueray again until there is a free player available or they give it to me.
These companies seem hell-bent to try to screw over their own customers. Bad move.. Blueray is Sony, so I'm not interested anyways.
We need to support heroes like DVD-Jon, not Sony or Apple.
No problem. I imposed a Never-Buy-Anything-Sony-Again rule on my own person ca 1999, after buying a crippled digital camera with inferior and propriertary Memorysticks. They've never been there for MY NEEDS, so I will never buy anything Sony again no matter what!
Same with Apple ca some time after iJail came out.
Definition of FAITH (Merriam Webster's): 1 a : allegiance to duty or a person : loyalty b (1) : fidelity to one's promises (2) : sincerity of intentions 2 a (1) : belief and trust in and loyalty to God (2) : belief in the traditional doctrines of a religion b (1) : firm belief in something for which there is no proof (2) : complete trust 3 : something that is believed especially with strong conviction; especially : a system of religious beliefs — on faith : without question
So, faith is defined to be a synonym for belief by scholars. Yet, we say: "I have faith in you", "She did it in good faith", "My faith compells me", etc.
Clearly, if faith is defined narrowingly, then of course the end result will be ridiculous. It's sad how misguided religious people are even, when they mistake faith for belief, or complete surrender of their own logical powers and mind. The same trap all the so-called sceptics fall inside in.
In truth, faith is that which compells us, drives us, wills us, to our fate and destiny. You may say we create our own fate, but you may likewise say it was because of your faith. It is much more than mere belief and concepts, something undefinable, and therefore outside the realm of science. Ironically, without faith in one's prowess, the project's success, endurance and economical stamina, neither scientists or businesspeople can succeed. Ask any business innovator where they would be without faith..
Faith is such a misunderstood word, but it is also utterly impossible to clearly define and narrow down, however much many narrow-minded people try, fortunately;-)
Spirituality has nothing to do with "magical thinking" though, and it has absolutely no conflict with science. In fact, any real spiritual path will encourage to go through all your doubts, and not reject them, but really investigate.
Spirituality has more to do with humanism, and knowledge about our very existence, which can elevate neighbourly colloboration to higher levels than "just for the money or convenience factor".
Spirit is that very energy which makes you feel comfortable among friends, makes you want to share something good, help people when they're in trouble etc, that which elevates you.
There's so much confusion and ignorance about it though, and people are so stuck to dogmas still.
Real science has nothing against religion generally, but yes, we should e.g. always oppose subverting schools to teach ID as "The Truth".. ID can be taught of course, but from a objective bias. If you ponder on this example: How something is done *can* be profoundly more powerful than just What.
How has more to do with the mind and spirit, and What is more to do with the material.
For most people who've had out of body experiences, their understanding and relationship with themselves and the world have changed profoundly. Personally, this can't be explained to anyone who have not experienced something like that. Some who have such experiences, especially when it's often and extreme, can also be delusional, and start to fantasize.
But on the more practical plane: If we finally understand that we may be reborn as the "enemy" in the next lifetime, maybe we'll want to treat other people better? There are numerous benefits, but more subtle than just X amounts of food or Y kgs of materials.
Material and spirit can go hand in hand. I'll leave the discovery as an exercise to the reader instead of spoonfeeding. That's the way it has to be. What I regard as "my truth", may not be in alignment with what other's truth to be, and since both are also always changing, why become stuck with a viewpoint too much?
Randi very clearly lays out of the bounds of any tests beforehand, and what is considered proof....And then changes those parameters at any time. If you Google this you'll see many independent complaints about this.
If anyone had actually passed that test, they would, you know, sue him, because they were promised payment of a million dollars if they did that. There is an actual contract with actual winning conditions.
But since you've made that claim, you should be able to demonstrate that Randi has, at least once, laid out a test and winning conditions, and then backpeddled once someone actually won.
Except it's no contract in the lawful sense. Seek and Ye shall find:
Or you are a liar and a slanderer who has accused someone of criminal fraud.
These are not my claims, and there are many many more, however hard to find now. Some is to be found in articles, some in books. I'll let the reader make the good judgement wether this is true or false, I don't have the time or interest to investigate it in detail for you.
You missed my point entirely though. Since everything "supernatural" can be explained away with magic tricks or similar mundane tricks, then it is impossible to prove that you just did something "supernatural". If you read more about James Randi, you'll see his argumentation is dismissive of diversity of people, intolerant and arrogant. So the "Challenge" then quickly turns into a fight for survival, and often end up in the courts. Not very nice.
Yeah, you moron, because that's what he's testing.
Wow, where did that come from?
If he let people win by 'statistics', he'd have a constant stream of people claiming they could predict a coin toss 75% of the time....and eventually one of them would happen to do that. Because that's how statistics work.
But how can you ever dismiss statistics? It is crucial to make discoveries and validate them in any field. Nothing is ever as black and white as some people want the world to be..
This has been discussed to death in other forums. If a basketball player misses the hoop 1 in 100 shots, is she no longer a basketball player? This is the way statistics is being misused to dismiss any results in the JRF chalenge. In the
In contrast, the James Randi Paranormal Challenge has a $1,000,000 prize, only has rules that disallow cheating, has been running since 1964 and is still running. The fact that no one has passed the preliminary stage of that challenge means something
It means nothing. James Randi is a con man and a fraud. The whole "challenge" is a setup. Only James Randi is judge and jury, there are no independent experts involved. The rules are not set in stone beforehand at all. He alters the rules at any time of predicament. He also intimidates and harasses those going for the challenge, making for an exceptional hard environment to perform anything successfully. He's a total prick. Many people have accomplished what they've claimed, but then Randi came up with extra tests, until they failed. Randi also rejects many many applicants based on his own suspicions wether they might actually pull it off or not. He's not interested in "statistics", but demands "undisputable show of magic", but without magic tricks. He reserves all rights to explain away any "magic", being an accomplished magician, there is no lack of knowledge and creativity in that area, on the contrary. He demands the super-natural, but in reality, nothing is beyond nature, so he can always reject the results on the premise that it is still natural in some way. So the challenge is unbeatable.
Being one who has actually had Out Of Body experience, seen auras, and experienced that there is more to this universe than the judgement of sciencific-minded people. These experiences are not enough to win the "challenge" by far, because it is designed to reject everything. I just have to both giggle and pity people, when I see them falling for the same traps that overly religious and superstitious people do. Superstitious people accepts prematurely, while supersceptics rejects prematurely. You're all in the same boat, unable to open your mind to more possibilities than the one you've already decided for. It's extremely limiting, just imagine a history without such people! Of course you're going to miss what's happening on a subtle level. There are rare moments in life one has the possibility to experience such things, but it's easy to fall into either camps (superstitious / supersceptical) and become deluded that one knows more than one really does.
One of the most spiritual and scientific statements is: "I don't really know, but I would like to know". Then there is suddenly NO CONFLICT AT ALL between them, but rather, complementary vehicles of broading the mind.
I hate C&D as much as anyone here, but where did the original idea come from? World of Warcraft, by Blizzard, of course. Then from that, it was Everquest. Then various MUDs and MOOs.
The _idea_ is clearly not protected by anyone's laws (IANAL, usual disclaimers etc.), but the name "World of Starcraft" is obviously Blizzard's trademark.
However, if the C&D is not clear about what is the eact violation so that the authors can rectify it, I think Blizzard should be hammered down, maybe even lose that exact name. Such behaviour should not be tolerated anymore.
If certain actions cannot stand the scrutiny of history, is it justified to make them secret in order to protect your own interest?
No, nothing can ever justify deceit. Truth must always trump convenience. We might need a new breed of leaders that can stand in the light with no fear and trepidation, but if we are to evolve above feudalism in all its ugly faces, truth cannot be discarded whenever convenient.
So when China obtains information on social behaviour, it's bad, but when USA does it, it's "for the greater good"? There is no evidence yet that Wikileaks have broken any laws, yet people in their network is being treated as criminals.
I agree. EU is not much better. They're learning from the best it seems;)
I am happy to be corrected, on any laws. But some other poster mentioned, just because it's in the law, then it's acceptable. That is lemming-behaviour. People need to start to think for themselves. What is acceptable by this behaviour from government?
Sometimes, I think I must have picked a very bad nick. I'm definately not inside the herd-think that is in here at least (phew for that;)
I certainly will not justify government actions that is provably among those listed, and I think being scanned on social medium owned by corporations, by the government, just reeks of McCarthyism all over again. Especially so, when Wikileaks itself has broken NO LAWS. This is abuse, and will be abused, by people in high positions that want to cover their asses. If this is a new "war on wikileaks", it shows how badly these people need to be replaced before they do even more harm. They don't understand democracy and the internet, and they certainly will do everything in their power to seize more power, using every avenue to fool the public about it.
I'm not quick to believe conspiracies (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saHs6J0OXVI&feature=related for my take on most conspiracy theories), however any wise person is now taking note that the well USA is tumbling down nowadays looks very much like corporate fascism. Maybe we need to experience it, to avoid the same damages in the future that is soon to unfold? Sadly, people seem so immature these days, it seems the lesson needs to be learned the hard way.
But I'll keep on posting. Eventually, usually, my points become validated in future events, be it new technical innovations or exposure of lies and deceit.
I vividly remember seeing GWB live on TV talking about how "a new intelligence report" showed EVIDENCE of WMDs in Iraq. For some reason, my gut sometimes reacts when someone is lying, and it did. I told all my friends that this was a lie. We started SMS campaigns how this was a war on false premises.. Basically, most my friends and relatives told me this can't be true. They "must" know something Blix and UN workers don't. But of course, it was all a big fat lie to justify going to war, something GWB had wished for a long time, revenge for his dad or just to take down "one of their own guys gone bad" (bad being the "other side", by definition of course). The "intelligence report" that justified the whole Iraq war was never found, and that should tell you something. How do these guys get away with it?
Clinton had to leave office for lying about the "definition of sex" (wether oral sex is "sex" or not!), while GWB has yet to be convicted of his crimes against humanity. Oh brother! What a circus!
People are sheep, even on/.. Just because a leader says to kill, people do it without any thought of who they are, what they're doing and what the consequences are (which is wisdom).
People blindly believe in religion, one-sided science and governments because of intelligence and flawed logic. It has no relationship with how wise they are, unfortunately.
Sometimes you have to listen with your heart, not dogma, and that is the only way to truly know something intuitively.
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Duh, this is /. Facts and free speech only applies when we agree with it.
Yeah, and this is /. and this time, most of the scum is US.
Now what do we do 'bout it? ;-)
Btw, I've seen my aura, so I'll get discredited along with everyone else not fitting in the crows mentality here.
You'll be absolutely fine just staying put on your chair. Running amok just seems like another Darwin-award this year. After all, this is /. and we know better than you!
It is OK to keep a log of the devices whereabouts... on the device. It is not OK to transfer that data to another entity without explicit permission of the devices owner... and better ask one time too often for that permission...
Really? Without asking or informing me? Is it OK for my spouse or children to hack into my location-data then? Or scanners at airports? Or at the local grocery store? Or for forensic to incriminate me by my own device? Etc, etc.
I've explained it before, I will never buy Apple again. I bought into the hype some years ago, and regret each and every purchase for various reasons.
Science can explain religion; not vice versa.
Too bad science can't prove religion, and no, true science can never explain the unexplainable, that's just a dishonest fantasy of pseudoscientists trying to frame all of reality into their own narrow little worldview. It doesn't even matter if some superstitions are true or not or in what degree, because it's just a question of having the courage to keep an open mind about it, that's all. If you do, you could become the next Newton, Einstein, or something great, instead of all those who can only keep one thought in their mind at the same time, gets nervous at ambiguity and paradoxes, and then frantically try to follow the mainstream.
Btw, someone mentioned Wikileaks. Where are they now that Amazon, Visa and Mastercard have banned them? Amazon may be many things, but democracy or freedom doesn't enter into any art of the equation.
Nice, so colocating means you give your code and data to thieves and governments. Just great doing business with you!
I'm seeing very little "innovative worth protecting" in iPhone over, say, Windows Desktop icons.
iPhone apps is based on HTML. Surely, you can't patent "simplistic blue look" or "simple interface"?
Software patents are just STUPID, and no, as a CUSTOMER, I'm not interested in one company having a strangehold on the entire industry, or my own startup company..
My new shiny laptop got blueray, it even came with a preview demo-blueray.
But Windows 7 can neither play Blueray and DVDs, and while the latter is easily fixed with VLC, I have yet to find a blueray player in Windows, either free or non-free.
So I canned the blueray demo-disc, and never intend to play blueray again until there is a free player available or they give it to me.
These companies seem hell-bent to try to screw over their own customers. Bad move.. Blueray is Sony, so I'm not interested anyways.
We need to support heroes like DVD-Jon, not Sony or Apple.
No problem. I imposed a Never-Buy-Anything-Sony-Again rule on my own person ca 1999, after buying a crippled digital camera with inferior and propriertary Memorysticks. They've never been there for MY NEEDS, so I will never buy anything Sony again no matter what!
Same with Apple ca some time after iJail came out.
Under the Law, ignorance is no excuse..
Definition of FAITH (Merriam Webster's):
1
a : allegiance to duty or a person : loyalty b (1) : fidelity to one's promises (2) : sincerity of intentions
2
a (1) : belief and trust in and loyalty to God (2) : belief in the traditional doctrines of a religion b (1) : firm belief in something for which there is no proof (2) : complete trust
3
: something that is believed especially with strong conviction; especially : a system of religious beliefs
— on faith
: without question
So, faith is defined to be a synonym for belief by scholars. Yet, we say: "I have faith in you", "She did it in good faith", "My faith compells me", etc.
Clearly, if faith is defined narrowingly, then of course the end result will be ridiculous. It's sad how misguided religious people are even, when they mistake faith for belief, or complete surrender of their own logical powers and mind. The same trap all the so-called sceptics fall inside in.
In truth, faith is that which compells us, drives us, wills us, to our fate and destiny. You may say we create our own fate, but you may likewise say it was because of your faith. It is much more than mere belief and concepts, something undefinable, and therefore outside the realm of science. Ironically, without faith in one's prowess, the project's success, endurance and economical stamina, neither scientists or businesspeople can succeed. Ask any business innovator where they would be without faith..
Faith is such a misunderstood word, but it is also utterly impossible to clearly define and narrow down, however much many narrow-minded people try, fortunately ;-)
Spirituality has nothing to do with "magical thinking" though, and it has absolutely no conflict with science. In fact, any real spiritual path will encourage to go through all your doubts, and not reject them, but really investigate.
Spirituality has more to do with humanism, and knowledge about our very existence, which can elevate neighbourly colloboration to higher levels than "just for the money or convenience factor".
Spirit is that very energy which makes you feel comfortable among friends, makes you want to share something good, help people when they're in trouble etc, that which elevates you.
There's so much confusion and ignorance about it though, and people are so stuck to dogmas still.
How true!
Real science has nothing against religion generally, but yes, we should e.g. always oppose subverting schools to teach ID as "The Truth".. ID can be taught of course, but from a objective bias. If you ponder on this example: How something is done *can* be profoundly more powerful than just What.
How has more to do with the mind and spirit, and What is more to do with the material.
For most people who've had out of body experiences, their understanding and relationship with themselves and the world have changed profoundly. Personally, this can't be explained to anyone who have not experienced something like that. Some who have such experiences, especially when it's often and extreme, can also be delusional, and start to fantasize.
But on the more practical plane: If we finally understand that we may be reborn as the "enemy" in the next lifetime, maybe we'll want to treat other people better? There are numerous benefits, but more subtle than just X amounts of food or Y kgs of materials.
Material and spirit can go hand in hand. I'll leave the discovery as an exercise to the reader instead of spoonfeeding. That's the way it has to be. What I regard as "my truth", may not be in alignment with what other's truth to be, and since both are also always changing, why become stuck with a viewpoint too much?
Randi very clearly lays out of the bounds of any tests beforehand, and what is considered proof. ...And then changes those parameters at any time. If you Google this you'll see many independent complaints about this.
If anyone had actually passed that test, they would, you know, sue him, because they were promised payment of a million dollars if they did that. There is an actual contract with actual winning conditions.
No can do, as per the contract, which is designed to benefit James, not the applicant:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/89173/exposing_the_unfair_truth_about_the.html
But since you've made that claim, you should be able to demonstrate that Randi has, at least once, laid out a test and winning conditions, and then backpeddled once someone actually won.
Except it's no contract in the lawful sense. Seek and Ye shall find:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/89173/exposing_the_unfair_truth_about_the_pg2.html?cat=17
Video: James Randi Challenge Exposed - A Lawyer Explains:
http://www.debunkingskeptics.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1442
Professor Michael Prescott found that James Randi’s million dollar challenge is very much an illusion that have fooled people for decades:
http://torbjornsassersson.wordpress.com/2010/05/02/james-randi-and-his-one-million-dollar-challenge-fraud/
http://michaelprescott.freeservers.com/challenge.htm
Examples (hard to find these days as SEO or litigations have made sites disappear, they used to be easy to find):
Rico Kolodzey
http://www.rense.com/general50/james.htm
Riley G Matthews
http://www.rileyg.com/pressdir.htm
Serios
http://michaelprescott.typepad.com/michael_prescotts_blog/2006/08/lets_get_serios.html
Or you are a liar and a slanderer who has accused someone of criminal fraud.
These are not my claims, and there are many many more, however hard to find now. Some is to be found in articles, some in books. I'll let the reader make the good judgement wether this is true or false, I don't have the time or interest to investigate it in detail for you.
You missed my point entirely though. Since everything "supernatural" can be explained away with magic tricks or similar mundane tricks, then it is impossible to prove that you just did something "supernatural". If you read more about James Randi, you'll see his argumentation is dismissive of diversity of people, intolerant and arrogant. So the "Challenge" then quickly turns into a fight for survival, and often end up in the courts. Not very nice.
Yeah, you moron, because that's what he's testing.
Wow, where did that come from?
If he let people win by 'statistics', he'd have a constant stream of people claiming they could predict a coin toss 75% of the time....and eventually one of them would happen to do that. Because that's how statistics work.
But how can you ever dismiss statistics? It is crucial to make discoveries and validate them in any field. Nothing is ever as black and white as some people want the world to be..
This has been discussed to death in other forums. If a basketball player misses the hoop 1 in 100 shots, is she no longer a basketball player? This is the way statistics is being misused to dismiss any results in the JRF chalenge. In the
Moderation abuse. Too hard to be able to relate to a different opinion than a preconcieved notion about something I guess.
How "scientific"..
In contrast, the James Randi Paranormal Challenge has a $1,000,000 prize, only has rules that disallow cheating, has been running since 1964 and is still running. The fact that no one has passed the preliminary stage of that challenge means something
It means nothing. James Randi is a con man and a fraud. The whole "challenge" is a setup. Only James Randi is judge and jury, there are no independent experts involved. The rules are not set in stone beforehand at all. He alters the rules at any time of predicament. He also intimidates and harasses those going for the challenge, making for an exceptional hard environment to perform anything successfully. He's a total prick. Many people have accomplished what they've claimed, but then Randi came up with extra tests, until they failed. Randi also rejects many many applicants based on his own suspicions wether they might actually pull it off or not. He's not interested in "statistics", but demands "undisputable show of magic", but without magic tricks. He reserves all rights to explain away any "magic", being an accomplished magician, there is no lack of knowledge and creativity in that area, on the contrary. He demands the super-natural, but in reality, nothing is beyond nature, so he can always reject the results on the premise that it is still natural in some way. So the challenge is unbeatable.
Being one who has actually had Out Of Body experience, seen auras, and experienced that there is more to this universe than the judgement of sciencific-minded people. These experiences are not enough to win the "challenge" by far, because it is designed to reject everything. I just have to both giggle and pity people, when I see them falling for the same traps that overly religious and superstitious people do. Superstitious people accepts prematurely, while supersceptics rejects prematurely. You're all in the same boat, unable to open your mind to more possibilities than the one you've already decided for. It's extremely limiting, just imagine a history without such people! Of course you're going to miss what's happening on a subtle level. There are rare moments in life one has the possibility to experience such things, but it's easy to fall into either camps (superstitious / supersceptical) and become deluded that one knows more than one really does.
One of the most spiritual and scientific statements is: "I don't really know, but I would like to know". Then there is suddenly NO CONFLICT AT ALL between them, but rather, complementary vehicles of broading the mind.
I hate C&D as much as anyone here, but where did the original idea come from? World of Warcraft, by Blizzard, of course. Then from that, it was Everquest. Then various MUDs and MOOs.
The _idea_ is clearly not protected by anyone's laws (IANAL, usual disclaimers etc.), but the name "World of Starcraft" is obviously Blizzard's trademark.
However, if the C&D is not clear about what is the eact violation so that the authors can rectify it, I think Blizzard should be hammered down, maybe even lose that exact name. Such behaviour should not be tolerated anymore.
You're spot on. Any guru starting to focus on levitation, is fooling both themselves and others. It has absolutely nothing to do with spirituality.
A real guru will make you realize yourself, without resorting to tricks or deceit. There's nothing advanced or hard about it.
If certain actions cannot stand the scrutiny of history, is it justified to make them secret in order to protect your own interest?
No, nothing can ever justify deceit. Truth must always trump convenience. We might need a new breed of leaders that can stand in the light with no fear and trepidation, but if we are to evolve above feudalism in all its ugly faces, truth cannot be discarded whenever convenient.
Good post!
Because we have only been exposed to what, 0.8% of the cables yet?
Someone was reading these cables, and decided they should be exposed for the greater good, risking their own life while doing so.
We just don't know yet why, do we? So why so adamant about something you don't know? Just operating as usual?
What arguments. I'm not sure where to begin. How about never? ;)
Just because their power is not absolute now, doesn't mean they're not doing everything in their (current) power..
Think, try to think for yourself, lemming.
So when China obtains information on social behaviour, it's bad, but when USA does it, it's "for the greater good"? There is no evidence yet that Wikileaks have broken any laws, yet people in their network is being treated as criminals.
I agree. EU is not much better. They're learning from the best it seems ;)
I am happy to be corrected, on any laws. But some other poster mentioned, just because it's in the law, then it's acceptable. That is lemming-behaviour. People need to start to think for themselves. What is acceptable by this behaviour from government?
Sometimes, I think I must have picked a very bad nick. I'm definately not inside the herd-think that is in here at least (phew for that ;)
I certainly will not justify government actions that is provably among those listed, and I think being scanned on social medium owned by corporations, by the government, just reeks of McCarthyism all over again. Especially so, when Wikileaks itself has broken NO LAWS. This is abuse, and will be abused, by people in high positions that want to cover their asses. If this is a new "war on wikileaks", it shows how badly these people need to be replaced before they do even more harm. They don't understand democracy and the internet, and they certainly will do everything in their power to seize more power, using every avenue to fool the public about it.
I'm not quick to believe conspiracies (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saHs6J0OXVI&feature=related for my take on most conspiracy theories), however any wise person is now taking note that the well USA is tumbling down nowadays looks very much like corporate fascism. Maybe we need to experience it, to avoid the same damages in the future that is soon to unfold? Sadly, people seem so immature these days, it seems the lesson needs to be learned the hard way.
But I'll keep on posting. Eventually, usually, my points become validated in future events, be it new technical innovations or exposure of lies and deceit.
I vividly remember seeing GWB live on TV talking about how "a new intelligence report" showed EVIDENCE of WMDs in Iraq. For some reason, my gut sometimes reacts when someone is lying, and it did. I told all my friends that this was a lie. We started SMS campaigns how this was a war on false premises.. Basically, most my friends and relatives told me this can't be true. They "must" know something Blix and UN workers don't. But of course, it was all a big fat lie to justify going to war, something GWB had wished for a long time, revenge for his dad or just to take down "one of their own guys gone bad" (bad being the "other side", by definition of course). The "intelligence report" that justified the whole Iraq war was never found, and that should tell you something. How do these guys get away with it?
Clinton had to leave office for lying about the "definition of sex" (wether oral sex is "sex" or not!), while GWB has yet to be convicted of his crimes against humanity. Oh brother! What a circus!
People are sheep, even on /.. Just because a leader says to kill, people do it without any thought of who they are, what they're doing and what the consequences are (which is wisdom).
People blindly believe in religion, one-sided science and governments because of intelligence and flawed logic. It has no relationship with how wise they are, unfortunately.
Sometimes you have to listen with your heart, not dogma, and that is the only way to truly know something intuitively.
I do in all my current posts, just follow my sig.