NOTE: The drawback in posting something like this comes when the folks who follow up
and respond DID NOT BOTHER TO WATCH.
This is to be expected, of course.
I stuck with the interview because of the fascinating ride it took me on and the out-of-the-box insights I would have missed otherwise.
If you make it to the end - it takes a whole nuther level of wildness and explores some pretty rarefied topics.
Buckle Up!
Joe Rogan interviews Eric Weinstein
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wf0_nMaQ6tA&t=6165s
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Fantastic Interview - Three Hours of wide-ranging topics and incredible insights
by Terry innote: the drawback in posting something like this comes when the folks who follow upand respond did not bother to watch.this is to be expected, of course.
i stuck with the interview because of the fascinating ride it took me on and the out-of-the-box insights i would have missed otherwise.if you make it to the end - it takes a whole nuther level of wildness and explores some pretty rarefied topics.buckle up!joe rogan interviews eric weinsteinhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wf0_nmaq6ta&t=6165s.
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Happy 20th Birthday to JWD / JWN
by Simon inas sgt pepper sang, "it was 20 years ago today" ... that i made my first post on my first forum.. i obviously didn't put too much thought into what it should say although i must have burned 45 posts testing things and was too lazy to reset the counter before going live (?):.
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/46/welcome.
but somehow, it worked and grew and here we all are, 20 years on.
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Who is still here from the old days?
I remember fondly a host of original members who were bravura posters whose
names I no longer see.
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What's the difference? Million? Billion? Trillion? For the curious among us ...
by Terry inwhat's the difference?
a millionaire, a billionaire, and a trillionaire recognize each other outside an attorney’s office.
chat reveals each of them just signed off on their last will and testament.millionaire: “i feel really good about what i did here today.
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- 1 second is 1 second
- 1 million seconds is 12 days (a vacation)
- 1 billion seconds is 30 years (a career)
- 1 trillion seconds is 30,000 years (longer than human civilization)
“One part per million” is often used by chemists to measure concentrations of substances.
One ppm is like having a presence of 1 second in 12 days.
And a part per trillion?
You got it: 1 second every 30,000 years.
That’s tiny.
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What's the difference? Million? Billion? Trillion? For the curious among us ...
by Terry inwhat's the difference?
a millionaire, a billionaire, and a trillionaire recognize each other outside an attorney’s office.
chat reveals each of them just signed off on their last will and testament.millionaire: “i feel really good about what i did here today.
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WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?
A Millionaire, a Billionaire, and a Trillionaire recognize each other outside an attorney’s office. Chat reveals each of them just signed off on their Last Will and Testament.
Millionaire: “I feel really good about what I did here today. I’m having the executor of my estate divide my wealth evenly among the entire population of the United States.”
Billionaire: “Wow - great minds think alike. I just did the same thing.”
Trillionaire: “Unbelievable - me too!”
Nearby, the Receptionist is listening. She can’t help herself - curiosity is killing her.
She interrupts.
“I couldn’t help overhearing. I want to thank each of you for what you’ve done.
I can’t help being curious.
How much will I receive from each of you - if you don’t mind me asking?”Millionaire: “Hmm. There are 330 million people. A million divided by 330 million is …
Well, it looks like you won’t get anything!
3 cents! Not worth the effort of paying.”Billionaire: “Let me see … one billion divided by 330 million is…
Three dollars and three cents.”
Trillionaire: “I’ve just looked at my calculator here and it looks like you’ll get from me …
$3030.30 - Three Thousand and thirty dollars and thirty cents.”
Receptionist is stunned, but she puts on a brave face.
“(Sigh.) I don’t want to sound ungrateful but - you haven’t really done much for my family.”
The three wealthy men look at each other and nod their heads.
“Let’s go back in there and tear up those wills and just spend it on our own families!”
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Note: In the American system, one trillion is one thousand times one billion.
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At $15 an hour, it takes a working stiff 32 years to earn 1 MILLION dollars.At $15 an hour, it takes a working stiff 32,051 years to earn 1 BILLION dollars.
At $15 an hour, it takes a working stiff 32,051,000 to earn 1 TRILLION dollars.
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Guy on a Buffalo
by Simon inok, i don't know if madness has set in, but this seems awesome.. seriously, you need this in your life.
you probably just don't know it yet.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij4t9cqa0um.
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Covid-19 (Coronavirus) - Status Update Thread
by Simon inthis topic is to focus on status updates & advice (no opinion or politics please).. status.
latest status is that it's serious, probably isn't going to be contained and most large companies are making contingency plans, cancelling large events etc... which i don't think would happen if it was just people being alarmist.
the incubation period means it may have already spread further and infected many more people than are currently known, so expect jumps in the numbers over the coming days and weeks.. tracking.
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NCC 1701:
While not agreeing with what much of what others believe, wouldn’t we at least concede that most people are well intentioned?
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When it comes to things like murder, there are degrees according to the perpetrator's intentions.
But the victim is dead either way.
Evangelists by definition are spreaders of "good news." They proclaim 'truth."
Notice the " " marks indicating skew.
These leaders have the trust of misled people who may well end up sick and/or dead.
Where is the accountability?
We can't punish them with words. The best we can do is hang a sign:
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Growling Velcro - (epitaph for humanity)
by Terry ingrowling velcroi know why you're feeling edgy, feeling down and depressed.every one of us has been dreaming and now - rudely - awakened.. all along our matrix-like dream was our life.. we had it oh-so good and dreamed we had - a-l-m-o-s-t a chance at a perfect life.
except for ...except for minor annoyances.
(money, insurance, paying bills...trump!).
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GROWLING VELCRO
I know why you're feeling edgy, feeling down and depressed.
Every one of us has been dreaming and now - rudely - awakened.All along our Matrix-like dream was OUR LIFE.
We had it oh-so good and dreamed we had - a-l-m-o-s-t a chance at a perfect life. Except for ...
Except for minor annoyances.
(Money, insurance, paying bills...Trump!)Yes, now wide awake we are annoyed at interruptions in that dream.
We have RIGHTS - the pursuit of our 'happiness.'
Imagine that - how naive we were.We sit blinking, rubbing our eyes.
Suddenly UNPLUGGED from the Matrix!WTF just happened?
Suddenly...Naked and alone are we. The right to pursuit of happiness popped like a soap bubble.
Vulnerable are we.Dropped into a jungle with tooth and claw dripping red all around us.
Beasties crave our flesh?Nope. Not jungle cats nor ravening wolves.
Our threatening monsters are mere teeny weeny dots...
viral dots.
Growling Velcro.
How unworthy!So, my lads and ladies - hunker down ... hunker down.
Hide inside and abide.
It's almost HIGH NOON and Frank Miller is about return.
The townsfolk won't be any help at all.What stands between US and the tiny beasties?
One thing only: our rational mind.Do we still have a 'rational' mind?
No. Long gone. We voted it away.Cower till the final hour or stand tall and brave it all:
What's comin' for our hide outside like a horror flick
WILL INVADE our quivering corpus...unless...unless...Unless what?
Unless we do something so simple: Behave.
Is that even possible?
Following directions? You gotta be kidding.The nerds in horn-rimmed glasses are feverishly working on the science of it. The politicians are hoarding promises and cash.
Meanwhile the old clock on the wall ticks and tocks."DON"T WORRY FOLKS - we got this!"
Oh?
Well then - heaves a sigh and go back to your Netflix and crossword puzzles.EPITAPH FOR HUMANITY?"Time for that nap."After all - don't we all crave to go in our sleep?
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Covid-19 (Coronavirus) - Status Update Thread
by Simon inthis topic is to focus on status updates & advice (no opinion or politics please).. status.
latest status is that it's serious, probably isn't going to be contained and most large companies are making contingency plans, cancelling large events etc... which i don't think would happen if it was just people being alarmist.
the incubation period means it may have already spread further and infected many more people than are currently known, so expect jumps in the numbers over the coming days and weeks.. tracking.
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EVANGELICALS of every stripe have pretty much the same mindset since
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HAPPY? Now? Let's try it!
by Terry inhappy?life finds a way!.
a fragile flower grows through concrete.the whirlwind scatters seeds and future flowers flourish.. we are life and life persists - always has no matter theflood or impact of an errant asteroid.life goes on.a punishing plague seeping under dark curtains of ancient times gives way to science and longer lifespans.those who live in the best of times always feel it is the worst of times (and always they are wrong.).
i was born after world war ii to people who had survived a great depression and hitler, mussolini, and pearl harbor.i grew up under the impending iron curtain doom of cold war nuclear bombast.
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Our emotions are triggered by the Values we hold.
Consequently, we can't rely on emotional 'reasons' due to their subjective nature.
Our "heart" is our feelings and not a source of data.
Man survives (or perishes) by intellect guided by logical reasoning as informed by the things he perceives.
In repressive societies, cults, strict fundamentalist homes - a child growing up with limited access to ALL information, is indoctrinated to FEEL strong attachment to
propaganda at worst and the very least, biased information.
A mind swimming in poetry and metaphors, ancient analogies, is weak sauce for a healthy intellect to feast upon.
Testing our beliefs isn't easy when we hold them sacrosanct.
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Dead Sea Scrolls FORGERIES at Bible museum (scandal)
by Terry inhttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/2020/03/museum-of-the-bible-dead-sea-scrolls-forgeries/ independent researchers funded by the museum of the bible announced that all 16 of the museum’s dead sea scroll fragments are modern forgeries.
the museum ceo exclaimed, “we’re victims—we’re victims of misrepresentation, we’re victims of fraud.” the pieces are probably made of ancient leather, they were inked in modern times and modified to resemble real dead sea scrolls; all with the intention of deceiving for profit.
the researcher's report’s findings raise grave questions about the “post-2002” dead sea scroll fragments, a group of some 70 snippets of biblical text that entered the antiquities market in the 2000's.
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The story of the Dead Sea Scrolls is filled with intrigue.
Releasing the research results was kept under wraps for years and years
until somebody took photos of the fragments and published them on the Worldwide Web.
The Dead Sea Scrolls were feared by religious dogmatists.
Watch this BBC Documentary for exacting details.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha-_oc7Zs70
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