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by cousinbasil
Wed Apr 11, 2012 9:21 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Normal and paranormal:
Replies: 6
Views: 2231

Re: Normal and paranormal:

There's a reason physicists don't call much of Quantum Physics "paranormal", even though it's full of weird shit we don't fully understand. In a nutshell. Despite the antipathy I have seen at GF toward hard science - which is after all not philosophy - it remains true that those engaged i...
by cousinbasil
Wed Apr 11, 2012 9:09 am
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: The Mystic....
Replies: 249
Views: 187631

Re: The Mystic....

What do you know Basil? You know nothing. I think I have admitted as much. I know nothing. I will bet my nothing is bigger than your nothing. You'll come up with sentences and paragraphs that amount to zilch. Less than zero, in fact. And because you are intelligent and consistent, you are aware the...
by cousinbasil
Wed Apr 11, 2012 8:26 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: What is reality, what is a 2x4?
Replies: 405
Views: 64194

Re: What is reality, what is a 2x4?

Good link, Deebee - that one page sums up a lot of my own take on things.
by cousinbasil
Tue Apr 10, 2012 9:03 pm
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: The Mystic....
Replies: 249
Views: 187631

Re: The Mystic....

Dennis Mahar wrote:All is empty.
Every thought, feeling, sensation is a play of causality.
I'll thank you to speak for yourself.
by cousinbasil
Tue Apr 10, 2012 9:02 pm
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: The Mystic....
Replies: 249
Views: 187631

Re: The Mystic....

Dennis Mahar wrote:love to you dear.
apologies for hurt.
don't trivialise me.
I bite back.
we're in the same boat.
forget it.
How can it be possible to trivialise someone whose tonic note is that everything is meaningless? Your bite is meaningless, and so is your boat.
by cousinbasil
Tue Apr 10, 2012 8:29 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: What is reality, what is a 2x4?
Replies: 405
Views: 64194

Re: What is reality, what is a 2x4?

I have made it clear that my primary evidence is personal experience. Books and third party stories are simply corroboration of that personal experience, particularly useful for demonstrating that other people have had similar experiences. It is the same with me, Laird - the experiences always seem...
by cousinbasil
Tue Apr 10, 2012 8:24 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: What is reality, what is a 2x4?
Replies: 405
Views: 64194

Re: What is reality, what is a 2x4?

But what sort of mischievous spirits would communicate via a child's toy? Here's an idea - get a group of Asians who do not speak English and have them touch the glass - then have an English- speaking person query the spirits. Or have the group touching the glass be deaf-mutes who do not hear the qu...
by cousinbasil
Thu Apr 05, 2012 11:25 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: What is reality, what is a 2x4?
Replies: 405
Views: 64194

Re: What is reality, what is a 2x4?

Laird wrote:Your response, dear, wilful Diebert, has been entirely dreary: to focus not on the forest, but on the trees!
As always, what he's really doing is pawing around, sniffing out truffles.
by cousinbasil
Thu Apr 05, 2012 8:37 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Otto Weininger on MTV
Replies: 171
Views: 52387

Re: Otto Weininger on MTV

If a fool be associated with a wise man even all his life, he will perceive the truth as little as a spoon perceives the taste of soup. - That is rather pessimistic. SOME of what I say MUST get through. Even if no one lets on. I even think you are beginning to learn a little. The schlemiel spills t...
by cousinbasil
Thu Apr 05, 2012 8:28 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: What is reality, what is a 2x4?
Replies: 405
Views: 64194

Re: What is reality, what is a 2x4?

What I was trying to say is , that it is consistently documented [paranormal activity]. Whether it is true nor not, is not so much the point, as it being something humans have been experiencing for thousands of years, in all cultures. But humans have also been superstitious for thousands of years, ...
by cousinbasil
Thu Apr 05, 2012 2:59 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: What is reality, what is a 2x4?
Replies: 405
Views: 64194

Re: What is reality, what is a 2x4?

Kunga wrote:Dogs writing poetry is not a common occurrance. People seeing or experiencing ghosts or demons is very common, and has been reported/recorded throught history.
Yes, but you did bring up the coffee pot scenario - also not a common occurrence...
by cousinbasil
Wed Apr 04, 2012 9:08 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: What is reality, what is a 2x4?
Replies: 405
Views: 64194

Re: What is reality, what is a 2x4?

No. But my daughter had a dream, that one was trying to get inside her body, and the same night her children had the same dream. So what is your logical explanation ? To me it sounds like, A=A. Say K - you're a grandma? Congrats! But how and when was it determined that the dreams were the same? Rec...
by cousinbasil
Tue Apr 03, 2012 8:47 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Absolute Reality
Replies: 122
Views: 18556

Re: Absolute Reality

Jehu wrote:...and we can only enlighten ourself if we is mentally sound...
Sho 'nuff...

Sorry, Jehu, I couldn't resist.
by cousinbasil
Tue Apr 03, 2012 8:43 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Absolute Reality
Replies: 122
Views: 18556

Re: Absolute Reality

What does "right" mean in any of those 8 edicts? I first encountered these eight "rights" in college and thought them immensely helpful, primarily because they weren't edicts. They seemed so much more constructive - more like thou shalts instead of thou shalt nots. They also see...
by cousinbasil
Mon Apr 02, 2012 1:37 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Otto Weininger on MTV
Replies: 171
Views: 52387

Re: Otto Weininger on MTV

I do a few things here: One is to use your own rigidity and lack of understanding of the present to force myself to articulate 'essences' I consider more.relevant, i.e. more essential; and too attempt to build a bridge to your tendentious belief-system. One of the main reasons you likely resist thi...
by cousinbasil
Sun Apr 01, 2012 12:34 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Otto Weininger on MTV
Replies: 171
Views: 52387

Re: Otto Weininger on MTV

First of all, David - thanks for taking the time to see what I'm on about. I see you understand my problem: Okay, so basically you are having difficulty reconciling free will with causality. You believe they conflict with one another. To my mind, they don't conflict at all - but then again, I don't ...
by cousinbasil
Sun Apr 01, 2012 12:13 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Otto Weininger on MTV
Replies: 171
Views: 52387

Re: Otto Weininger on MTV

cousinbasil: Everything may be connected, but the A in A=A is not everything. If it were, the meaning would suddenly vanish. A=A implies and not something else. Which of course acknowledges that there is something else. Well let A equal oneself; in other words, there may be reasons aplenty for one'...
by cousinbasil
Sat Mar 31, 2012 11:36 pm
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: Youtube stuff
Replies: 420
Views: 193220

Re: Youtube stuff

Funny Farm "Hey Mack, ya know the way to Redbud"? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dD8oGkTYpwc Funny farm, a second visit with Mack. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2-kMyeR4pE "Hey Mac, this road go to Redbud?" "Been here 50 years, and it ain't moved yet." Pause- "S...
by cousinbasil
Fri Mar 30, 2012 9:08 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Absolute Reality
Replies: 122
Views: 18556

Re: Absolute Reality

Actually, enlightenment is dependent upon our abandoning who we think that we are, and surrendering to our true nature – as authentic human beings. An erroneous metaphysical view of the phenomenal world is all that keeps us from our goal. Once this "wrong view" is fully overcome, there is...
by cousinbasil
Fri Mar 30, 2012 8:38 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: What does it mean for a woman to be "strong and independant"
Replies: 10
Views: 4094

Re: What does it mean for a woman to be "strong and independ

I think it's because women are so anxious and insecure that they require all women to "play the game" - the game of being charming slaves to the ideal of womanhood. In this way, the shared illusions on which their happiness depends can be maintained. We should note here that you are using...
by cousinbasil
Fri Mar 30, 2012 7:57 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Otto Weininger on MTV
Replies: 171
Views: 52387

Re: Otto Weininger on MTV

Well yes, it is a type of acquiescence in that one is accepting the truth for what it is. But it isn't a passive act. Attaining that kind of acceptance requires a courageous act of heroism, as it involves completely breaking away from the human race and cultivating a true independence of mind. This...
by cousinbasil
Thu Mar 29, 2012 8:40 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: What is reality, what is a 2x4?
Replies: 405
Views: 64194

Re: What is reality, what is a 2x4?

However, in the latter event it is no longer useful to consider the original two events as independent, because they are dependent on each other as being two parts of a whole. It's not only useful but crucial to continue considering the events as independent. Otherwise Laird's main point, which is ...
by cousinbasil
Thu Mar 29, 2012 8:58 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Where's my offset?
Replies: 3
Views: 1920

Re: Where's my offset?

It hit a few nerves. Physically, in construction, what is the offset if it can be measured in meters? When you said "The cut/fill part isn't that important, I can reestablish that in seconds. The offset, however, is a different animal. It's not something I want to be liable for, so I use a lega...
by cousinbasil
Thu Mar 29, 2012 8:52 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Otto Weininger on MTV
Replies: 171
Views: 52387

Re: Otto Weininger on MTV

TA wrote:Jewish decensiveness about Gaza? Really? (*scratches head*). In whom did you notice that? ;-)
Any time a blue-eyed kraut (such as me) ventures a criticism to a Jew about any Israeli policy...

Some day I will tell you about the time I almost won an argument with a Jew...
by cousinbasil
Thu Mar 29, 2012 8:46 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: What is reality, what is a 2x4?
Replies: 405
Views: 64194

Re: What is reality, what is a 2x4?

Given two events, E1 and E2, each with a high probability, say 0.9 (a 90% chance), of having a supernatural explanation, the four possible scenarios and their probabilities are: E1 is supernatural and E2 is supernatural: 0.9 x 0.9 = 0.81 ; E1 is natural and E2 is natural : 0.1 x 0.1 = 0.01 Let me f...