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by Diebert van Rhijn
Tue Apr 14, 2020 7:37 am
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: Retirement
Replies: 0
Views: 18065

Retirement

This forum has in my view run its course, probably already for a decade or so but the last few years it has become rather clear that it had a good run. It's time for me to retire as moderator as well as member and perhaps it's a good idea for the owner to archive the place. Many thanks to Kevin for ...
by Diebert van Rhijn
Fri Apr 03, 2020 3:18 pm
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: Trump
Replies: 352
Views: 1417890

Re: Trump

There is a pandemic, a national lockdown and I'm away from my family so of course I'm a bit more nervous than usual. In that respect, what exactly would have changed for the wise of heart? The world and society in a feverish state of change or freeze. No they don't "simply" mean abuse of ...
by Diebert van Rhijn
Mon Mar 23, 2020 9:31 am
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: Trump
Replies: 352
Views: 1417890

Re: Trump

Jupithustra has, once again, returned to this desert of the unreal Possibly nothing more than a bad remake though ;-) And actually you sound a bit more nervous and overcompensating than usual. .... because that is what gross misconduct effectively means in this and all such contexts. The Senate doe...
by Diebert van Rhijn
Sat Feb 15, 2020 10:19 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: brain power
Replies: 2
Views: 15511

Re: brain power

Perhaps of interest here are the terms neuroplasticity or look for information on the "plastic brain": https://sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/02/26/brain-plasticity-how-learning-changes-your-brain/ From my own experience, looking back, combined with the increasing insights in the plasticity of ...
by Diebert van Rhijn
Sat Feb 15, 2020 6:29 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: brain power
Replies: 2
Views: 15511

Re: brain power

Why do you think there's more power in store to access somewhere? Like with muscles there are things you can train for: memory, focus, moods or endurance by simply frequency, repetition or using some trick I suppose. There are methods to memorize large amounts of data for example like a speech or a ...
by Diebert van Rhijn
Fri Feb 14, 2020 4:53 pm
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: Trump
Replies: 352
Views: 1417890

Re: Trump

This article is interesting as it relates what a once staunch serious lefty Democrat experienced at Trump’s rally in New Hampshire . Now I do think this article steps way too lightly around the topic of the many "imperfections" of Trump but it does show the role of energy and feeling, incl...
by Diebert van Rhijn
Fri Feb 14, 2020 4:43 pm
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: Trump
Replies: 352
Views: 1417890

Re: Trump

Oh, and by the way, some red thing came up a while back, if that was about something I wrote poorly allow me now to apologize if anyone was offended, i don't recall what i wrote, probably trying to be funny at someones expense, forgive me please. I've no idea, Phil. It probably was the automated fo...
by Diebert van Rhijn
Sat Feb 01, 2020 5:32 pm
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: Trump
Replies: 352
Views: 1417890

Re: Trump

... apart from Tulsi Gabbard who's Bernie-lite, they're all status quo centrists who haven't understood that Hillary lost because she was a status quo centrist. US elections are increasingly decided by influencing independent, non-committed voter blocks without affiliation or many of the usual conc...
by Diebert van Rhijn
Sat Feb 01, 2020 5:26 pm
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: Trump
Replies: 352
Views: 1417890

Re: Trump - Definition

An Impeachable Offense is: Anything the President does that makes 67 or more Senators dislike him/her so much that they no longer will serve under him/her, and consequently force him to resign (in practice - since no president will stick around to be impeached). You are confusing impeachment with c...
by Diebert van Rhijn
Sat Jan 25, 2020 9:37 pm
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: Trump
Replies: 352
Views: 1417890

Re: Trump

Some articles of interest from the news and opinion pages (is there a difference still?). In general I like to see many different viewpoints written from all perspectives.This is about the internal dialectic, which is always a healthy sign to see included. The world is now simply too complex for sin...
by Diebert van Rhijn
Sat Jan 25, 2020 9:10 pm
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: The Real Climate Debate
Replies: 25
Views: 44912

Re: The Real Climate Debate

Indeed a lot more needs to be done if we want to live with billions of people on this globe in a highly industrialized, consumer like fashion. However, some degree of positivism is justified and even required. All good developments in history came from a serious positive attitude (can do). For examp...
by Diebert van Rhijn
Mon Jan 20, 2020 9:49 am
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: Trump
Replies: 352
Views: 1417890

Re: Trump

They are crimes. BTW, *both* in a general-ethical sense and under US law. You mean charges of course, but never mind that. High crimes and misdemeanor are really about gross misconduct , if the Senate decided they, in fact, are deserving of the term. Until then, there are no crimes whatsoever at le...
by Diebert van Rhijn
Mon Jan 13, 2020 6:49 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Jupiviv v QSR
Replies: 16
Views: 50087

Re: Jupiviv v QSR


Are you really hiding your increasing lack of style and substance with bromance humor borrowed from Alex? I guess someone has to fill up that slot.
by Diebert van Rhijn
Fri Jan 10, 2020 7:19 am
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: Trump
Replies: 352
Views: 1417890

Re: Trump

What do I do, just type like this between your paragraphs and the system takes care of the rest? Read this because it's hard to read if quotations do not appear to separate the people. If quoting fails, better perhaps not to quote at all and just repeat or rephrase instead, in my opinion. Incidenta...
by Diebert van Rhijn
Thu Jan 09, 2020 11:51 pm
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: Trump
Replies: 352
Views: 1417890

Re: Trump

Hi Phil, could you introduce your self perhaps a bit? You sounded familiar with the forum before. here is a long range secret Plan in the works for the nations and peoples of the world. One can imagine what it might be. If they told you about there being a plan, it's not really a secret plan any mor...
by Diebert van Rhijn
Wed Jan 08, 2020 7:33 pm
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: Trump
Replies: 352
Views: 1417890

Re: Trump

Dan, could you help poor me to understand what is your issue with that example? I just don't get it and perhaps unlike you, I actually do meet in life personally and professionally daily with people from different countries and cultures, including oriental, Islamic, Middle Eastern and African. Most ...
by Diebert van Rhijn
Sun Jan 05, 2020 9:41 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: religious science
Replies: 3
Views: 16383

Re: religious science

Hi Flanker, welcome. Faith in the power of science and wisdom of markets can indeed behave exactly like a religion: like misunderstood stars in the sky to woo, to worship and to cite, to channel for those dwelling on the surface looking for some light. But I'd like to ask you, if you don't live for ...
by Diebert van Rhijn
Tue Dec 31, 2019 11:39 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Jupiviv v QSR
Replies: 16
Views: 50087

Re: Jupiviv v QSR

Thanks Dan, this is potentially a very interesting exploration. For now I'd only want to zoom in at one element, for clarification. You are correct in observing that this dynamic is not how people normally [statistically] work, but that observation seems like an excuse rather than an argument as to ...
by Diebert van Rhijn
Tue Dec 31, 2019 9:50 pm
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: Trump
Replies: 352
Views: 1417890

Re: Trump

The charges made against Trump are supposed to be "high crimes", but they aren't even crimes - even if the charges were true - which they don't appear to be. The term high crimes and misdemeanors has a bit of different origin and intent. They are different from the usual definition of &qu...
by Diebert van Rhijn
Tue Dec 31, 2019 9:31 pm
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: Trump
Replies: 352
Views: 1417890

Re: Trump

If had nothing the frig to do with anyone 'preferring' their own country (3 were born in America, another emigrated as a child). It was 100% racist dog-whistling to his 'deplorable' base. And it was, and is, quite deplorable. As are banal attempts to justify it. Are you just calling people disagree...
by Diebert van Rhijn
Mon Dec 30, 2019 4:26 am
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: The media is broken
Replies: 1
Views: 11642

Re: The media is broken

After looking through the NYT comment section for the article linked to above, some insights can be obtained on how at least some of the mostly liberal leaning readership viewed the issue. And it's not that surprising to me that most don't seem get the main point or try to demolish it with a simple ...
by Diebert van Rhijn
Sat Dec 28, 2019 6:37 am
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: The media is broken
Replies: 1
Views: 11642

The media is broken

Classic news media was built on the assumption we still, with minor differences, were discussing the same events and principles. From what can be gathered, this seems to be less and less the case. Even journalists start wondering about it more. The Media Is Broken - And not for the reasons you think...
by Diebert van Rhijn
Fri Dec 27, 2019 7:50 am
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: Trump
Replies: 352
Views: 1417890

Re: Trump

Another hot item which might be solvable by reading and logic alone. But Steven Cortes (CNN, CNBC, Fox, Bloomberg) does a fine job: Trump Didn't Call Neo-Nazis 'Fine People. This story underlies my belief that news and political discourse have grown so much closer to hysteria. Everything's super-cha...
by Diebert van Rhijn
Fri Dec 27, 2019 7:30 am
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: Trump
Replies: 352
Views: 1417890

Re: Trump

One recent noteworthy example is telling immigrant Congresspeople to go back to their countries of origin if they don't like the US. That is classic racist language and extremely dangerous for all immigrants in the US, including my own friends and relatives. Yes, a vicious, foolish remark aimed at ...
by Diebert van Rhijn
Sun Dec 22, 2019 9:01 pm
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: Trump
Replies: 352
Views: 1417890

Re: Trump


A bit of humor I came across, no fact intended: "66% of impeached presidents were impeached for humiliating Hillary Clinton".