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crashfrog
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Message 46 of 49 (583140)
09-24-2010 8:27 PM
Reply to: Message 42 by Yrreg
09-24-2010 5:23 PM


Re: About thinking outside the box, consider that there is the biggest box anyone...
That is a box which you should not box yourself in because there are things which an intelligent mind is certain of even if you cannot produce empirical evidence to support them.
What you're saying is that if I insist on evidence for things before I believe in them, I'm closing my mind off to things that are true but for which there is no evidence.
And that may very well be the case. But what else am I closing my mind to? I'm closing my mind to all the things for which there is no evidence because they're false; that is, by insisting on a rigorous standard of evidence - which around here just means "any" - I'm closing myself off to a lot of lies, misrepresentations, fabrications, nonsense, and other things that corrupt and dilute the power of reason.
So, on balance, I think it's a net good to close yourself off from propositions for which there is no evidence. As they say it's good to have an open mind, but not so open that your brains fall out. Going around believing any old thing at all just leads you to confusion, poor knowledge, and a general paralysis of reason because you can't know how anything actually works.

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frako
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Message 47 of 49 (583141)
09-24-2010 8:39 PM
Reply to: Message 42 by Yrreg
09-24-2010 5:23 PM


Re: About thinking outside the box, consider that there is the biggest box anyone...
For example, if you think intelligently and not be boxed in by empirical evidence, you will have certainty that there is something outside the box that is the existence extending from the point of the socalled big bang and the ballooning edge of the observable universe.
shure but im not gona go crying thers god on the other side of the edge cause it could be that never never land lies there whit peter pan if you dont have something pointing at what might be there it could be anything or nothing or everything

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lyx2no
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Message 48 of 49 (583225)
09-25-2010 1:34 PM
Reply to: Message 42 by Yrreg
09-24-2010 5:23 PM


Ask an Attendant
I think I'm getting through the language barrier: You seem to be asking how to get your Ouija board out of the box so that you can make it work.
I was confused by this myself for quite a while. I'd put my hands on the shuttle and ask the questions yet nothing ever happened. Was I asking the right questions? Did the spirits not favor me? I didn't know.
And then one day I realized that the board and shuttle I was touching was merely the photo advertising the contents of the box. After that it was only a matter of days before I could find someone who would explain to me how the cellophane could be removed. Then it was only a matter of time before I stumbled, dropped the box, and the lid fell off all by itself spilling the contents onto the floor of the day room.
Talk to one of the attendants, Yrreg. They can be very helpful if you approach them nicely.
Edited by lyx2no, : Change subtitle.

"Mom! Ban Ki-moon made a non-binding resolution at me." Mohmoud Ahmadinejad

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ringo
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Message 49 of 49 (583230)
09-25-2010 2:54 PM
Reply to: Message 48 by lyx2no
09-25-2010 1:34 PM


Re: Ask an Attendant
So the problem is really one of getting into the box. I know there are some people, like Yrreg, who are so far out of the box that they can't even find the box. When you're trying to communicate with other humans, though, it's useful to be familiar with the box.

"It appears that many of you turn to Hebrew to escape the English...." -- Joseppi

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