Terry: Were you aware of the Emo Phillip comedy routine with a similar plot? Or is this something that has been given treatment by numerous writers.
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Cellar Door
by Terry inthe little girl was speaking slowly to the psychologist (who was taking notes rapidly) and choosing her words haltingly.. it was obvious to the policemen nearby that she was upset, shaken and trying to cope with her distress.. "my uncle took me to live with him when my parents died in the plane crash.
he bought my clothes, cooked my meals and made sure i had games to play, tv to watch and any dolls or toys i asked for.".
she stopped momentarily...as if to sift her thoughts around.
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Confirmation bias as observed in brain scans
by SweetBabyCheezits ini thought this was an interesting study, considering the mental block that affects jws when discussing wt flip-flops or bible contradictions.. .
http://www.michaelshermer.com/2006/07/the-political-brain/.
a recent brain-imaging study shows that our political predilections are a product of unconscious confirmation biasthe human understanding when it has once adopted an opinion ... draws all things else to support and agree with it.
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has anyone pointed out that brain scans such as MRI can tell observers where the brain is more or less active, but they CANNOT tell what the brain is thinking...? James Woods
The point of this research is that political and religious opinions are rooted in emotion:
“We did not see any increased activation of the parts of the brain normally engaged during reasoning,”
There is a big difference between liberals and conservatives when it comes to weighing evidence. Conservatives consistently score low on the psychological trait of openness. Liberals are generally more prone to allow evidence to change their opinions. Not all liberals are necessarily "open". In fact the majority of liberals are probably not much different from conservatives when it comes to openness. It is understandable that conservatives are less likely to compromise - they aren't open.
Look up the trait of "openness" on wikipedia.
" People who are highly open to experience tend to be politically liberal and tolerant of diversity. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] As a consequence, they are generally more open to different cultures and lifestyles. They are lower inethnocentrism and right-wing authoritarianism. [ 11 ]"
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Cellar Door
by Terry inthe little girl was speaking slowly to the psychologist (who was taking notes rapidly) and choosing her words haltingly.. it was obvious to the policemen nearby that she was upset, shaken and trying to cope with her distress.. "my uncle took me to live with him when my parents died in the plane crash.
he bought my clothes, cooked my meals and made sure i had games to play, tv to watch and any dolls or toys i asked for.".
she stopped momentarily...as if to sift her thoughts around.
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This very concept was part of the comedy routine of Emo Phillips:
"When I was a kid my parents used to tell me, "Emo, don't go near the cellar door!"
One day when they were away, I went up to the cellar door. And I pushed it and walked through and saw strange, wonderful things, things I had never seen before, like... trees . Grass. Flowers. The sun ... that was nice... the sun.." Wikipedia -
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Nothing More To Say
by Farkel ini really have nothing much more to say, except to say thank you to all the people who have contributed to me in my threads and all the people whom i battled over the years.
the battles have been most entertaining and enlightening.
i've learned a great deal from them, and i've laughed a great deal from the idiotic attempts of fools to make a coherent argument (think "dubs").. it's been a roller-coaster ride for me over a decade and it has consumed a huge amount of my time.
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How about a tune. Do you still have a place where you have posted your piano playing. Do you still have access to a piano?
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How Dangerous Is Putin?
by scotoma inrussia is facing the same dilemma that the dictators in the middle east have been facing.. in the middle east the leaders have tried to kill or at least beat up demonstrators.
this hasn't worked.. putin has been watching this and he has been opposed to the west getting involved.
he no doubt knows what the consequences.
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Rev. 13:3 "And I saw one of its heads as though slaughtered to death, but its death-stroke got healed, and all the earth followed the wild beast with admiration."
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How Dangerous Is Putin?
by scotoma inrussia is facing the same dilemma that the dictators in the middle east have been facing.. in the middle east the leaders have tried to kill or at least beat up demonstrators.
this hasn't worked.. putin has been watching this and he has been opposed to the west getting involved.
he no doubt knows what the consequences.
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In Newsweek Magazine
The Law Of Putin’s Jungle
Jan 16, 2012 12:00 AM EST
The Russian leader may be in for a surprise: he misjudges his adversaries."Putin blames the rising unrest on foreign enemies, especially the U.S. State Department, and
portrays himself as defending the Motherland against them. “Americans should know that Putin
treats this situation as our 9/11,” says Yuri Krupnov, a Putin confidant who heads a pro-Kremlin
think tank in Moscow. “This is a moment for tough action…Putin will take power into his hands
before March in a way that 80 percent of Russians are going to admire him. Expect some exciting
news.” Some Russians are bracing for a new war with Georgia; others anticipate a domestic
security crisis like the rash of apartment bombings that first brought Putin to power in
1999—bombings that were widely believed to have been orchestrated by the KGB’s post-Soviet
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Thoughts on turning 65 today
by Terry intoday is my 65th birthday.. chances are you have no idea what that means.. would you like to know?
turning 65 can only be described using these two words:.
the first: anagnorisis the moment of critical discovery; the discovery of one's own identity or true character.
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Why do young ladys wink at old men?
It's like they are saying "bet you wish you were young enough to have a chance"
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2/15 WT " Preserve the Positive Spirit of Congregations" - Translation :Submit
by flipper inonce again, this was a real " jewel " of a study article by the wt society full of contradictions , controlling expressions , and manipulative wording in order to take away jehovah's witnesses free will and freedom of mind .. initially the wt society makes it appear that they are " concerned " about witnesses actually keeping the " peace " between themselves.
notice this quote from pg.
20, paragraph 7, " true friends keep personal matters confidential.
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WTWizard: learn Spanish
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A fascinating interview conducted by Mike Wallace in 1958
by Terry inin 1958 mike wallace conducted a most fascinating televised interview with mortimer j. adler the philosopher and educator, author behind the encyclopedia brittanica's great books and great ideas series.. the discussion is amazingly prescient of today's severe conflict between conservatives and liberals and their argument over the.
unfairness and injustice of capitalism.. in this interview adler actually predicts that in 50 years (2008) the economy would collapse if steps were not immediately taken to.
address the drift by our government toward wrong policy.. .
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Ziddina: I agree.
Conservatives love to talk about the failure of socialism and communism. They claim it has been tried by the Soviet Union and failed. It appears every economic system fails with the Russians.
It is laughable to hear Adler qualify Capitalism everytime he uses the word.
ADLER: I would say capitalism as it does not exist and it never existed so far.
Eventually the kind of capitalism I'm talking about would gradually liquidate all labor unions. Labor unions were necessary only when capitalism was in its primitive condition. Labor had to fight for some conditions of life. In a good society you wouldn't have labor unions.
I'd rather call the wrong-minded laissez-faire capitalism, of the 19th Century.
WALLACE: Well, you claim to be a champion of capitalism and free enterprise.
ADLER: Capitalism as it has never existed yet.ADLER: No, I... I've thought about this particular question. You heard me say three or four times that capitalism must not be confused with laissez-faire.
ADLER:The government should not be engaged in the production of wealth or the distribution of wealth, but should regulate in terms of principles of justice, the ownership, production and distribution of wealth. Secondly, government regulation can either produce socialism or capitalism. And I say if in the transition, see, I'm talking about revolutionary transition... if in the transition towards capitalism, towards the kind of capitalism I'm talking about.
This is what I mean by "kissing the establishment ass". He pays lip service to a capitalism that he knows doesn't exist.
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A fascinating interview conducted by Mike Wallace in 1958
by Terry inin 1958 mike wallace conducted a most fascinating televised interview with mortimer j. adler the philosopher and educator, author behind the encyclopedia brittanica's great books and great ideas series.. the discussion is amazingly prescient of today's severe conflict between conservatives and liberals and their argument over the.
unfairness and injustice of capitalism.. in this interview adler actually predicts that in 50 years (2008) the economy would collapse if steps were not immediately taken to.
address the drift by our government toward wrong policy.. .
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I don't have time to qualify every term.
Am I to take a "creationist" seriously when he talks about "creationism"?
Yes about as serious as an expert on antique violins who may know everything about old violins but believes creationism.
I'm talking about a subject I take seriously.