... Mary, I am rewatching the third debate and am amased at Romney`s escape back to the center. He agrees with Obama over and over. Were I in his base I would...
58410
William
bhvwd
Oct 23, 2012 5:46 pm
I am watching the big stock market drop. I think there may be a reason beyond poor earnings from three dow components. I think the money right just...
58411
Dick.
somerset_2
Oct 23, 2012 7:14 pm
A Productive Life Span? [ Hope you are keeping reasonably well Merlin given what you have got. No doubt society or the paradigm would have a set age for a...
58412
Mary
josephson45r
Oct 23, 2012 11:54 pm
Bill, My favorite post debate quip by Obama this morning was "third stage Romnesia" but not to worry because pre-existing conditions are covered by ObamaCare. ...
58413
Dick.
somerset_2
Oct 24, 2012 7:04 am
Evolution without that? [ Have you ever thought about the evolution of humanity without the mystical link? ] No. Actually I do think much at all about the...
58414
Dick.
somerset_2
Oct 24, 2012 9:27 am
What Inspires? [ Talking of inspiration, and the effect of which is motivation in so many cases, what kinds of things inspirer a person most do you think? ] ...
58415
William
bhvwd
Oct 24, 2012 2:23 pm
58416
Dick.
somerset_2
Oct 25, 2012 7:03 am
The Cosmic Computer? [ What some people might envisage as a living god others might envisage as a cosmic computer. What, if anything, would you offer as some...
58417
Dick.
somerset_2
Oct 25, 2012 7:04 am
Self Consciousness? [ With all the interest these days in the phenomenon of consciousness in the sciences and psychology, and maybe even cosmology, there seems...
58418
Mary
josephson45r
Oct 25, 2012 4:51 pm
Bill, I feel the practical effect of keeping Romney Corp. out of office outweighs my concerns for creating a more vibrant democracy. Yes, everyone needs to be...
58419
William
bhvwd
Oct 25, 2012 9:48 pm
... I do think any serious glitch in american democracy would be most serious to world order. Bush 2 was a miscarrage of electoral propriety and that glitch...
58420
gil_serrano@...
gil_serrano...
Oct 26, 2012 1:12 am
... BS...
58421
Dick.
somerset_2
Oct 26, 2012 9:28 am
Nuclear war threat in 1962? [ You must remember the nuclear war threat in 1962 well enough. Did you think there would be such a war? ] No, I did not. All the...
58422
Dick.
somerset_2
Oct 26, 2012 1:00 pm
So what point are you, and or he, making with this communication? Have you made a study of the types of human experience and the degrees of each types? Dear...
58423
William
bhvwd
Oct 26, 2012 1:47 pm
BS...
58424
Mary
josephson45r
Oct 26, 2012 2:51 pm
What is mind? What is real? Can I know when they are not? Mary...
58425
Dick.
somerset_2
Oct 26, 2012 3:20 pm
Developing the no belief attitude? [ How and when did you come to develop this no belief attitude of yours? ] Huh ! I have never been asked that question...
58426
Mary
josephson45r
Oct 26, 2012 4:13 pm
And to expand just a bit, I think that what are called hallucinations, altered states, and even dreams, should challenge our standard definition of ordinary or...
58427
Dick.
somerset_2
Oct 26, 2012 4:27 pm
How would you place limits on human experience? And why would you want to do that? Which bits would you allow and which bits would you not allow? There is no...
58428
William
bhvwd
Oct 26, 2012 5:55 pm
As we have explored the cosmos, so far, we have found no other life.It appears life evolved here ,slowly , building up from the elemental, through the phyla,...
58429
Mary
josephson45r
Oct 26, 2012 6:38 pm
Bill, The problem with science is that its nature is to normalize knowledge, but you can't normalize experience. If experience is constrained by knowledge, an...
58430
Dick.
somerset_2
Oct 26, 2012 6:46 pm
Studying Oneself? [ You mention enough times about studying oneself and mentioning about people being at where they are at. But how would you suggest going...
58431
Mary
josephson45r
Oct 26, 2012 7:06 pm
I suppose another perhaps better way to say this is that standardization of knowledge allows for the non-standard to influence and change it. The normalization...
58432
William
bhvwd
Oct 26, 2012 7:12 pm
... The obfuscation attempts used to discredit global warming took the form of polling. Poll the scientists and they will tell us. Most were not...
58433
Mary
josephson45r
Oct 26, 2012 8:15 pm
Bill, I agree there's a problem with politicizing science, but it's no worse than power using science and/or religion to control society panoptically. Science...
58434
Dick.
somerset_2
Oct 27, 2012 6:13 am
Running Wild? [ You mentioned in your book about the latch door kids and a kind of running wild or feral when young, and also about having initial mystical ...
58435
Dick.
somerset_2
Oct 27, 2012 8:07 am
When the World Ended? [ The part of your exegesis in which the world ended seems to me to be perhaps the major key or switch to the transcendent ground of...
58436
Dick.
somerset_2
Oct 28, 2012 6:03 am
What constitutes the good life? [ There has always been so much talk about the good life, but to me it seems that this must be relative to the individual...
58437
Dick.
somerset_2
Oct 28, 2012 6:10 am
Integration of the Trinity? [ I read something once along the lines of the integration of the trinity; but I cannot remember where it was. Something was also ...
58438
Dick.
somerset_2
Oct 28, 2012 11:58 am
The Mid Winter Festival? [ What is the mid winter festival for you? I realise that you call it the yule tide. ] It is the celebration of a bank holiday and two...
