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Message 23 of 108 (376316)
01-11-2007 7:00 PM
Reply to: Message 9 by Hyroglyphx
01-11-2007 5:00 PM


NJ writes:
And then one day you may hear something, feel something, see something and all of a sudden these seemingly insignificant experiences may flood your mind in one instance. You can call this an epiphany or whatever else, but what once vexed you was made crystal clear. I can tell you from personal experience that it is one of the most sobering times in a persons life. And you begin to understand that of all of things correlate. And what was nonsensical makes sense. You start to see some engineering that could only be explained by the providence of....
This is exactly the way I've heard scientists and mathematicians describe the experience of making a new discovery!

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Message 24 of 108 (376318)
01-11-2007 7:07 PM
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01-11-2007 4:18 PM


Is there a cartographer in the house?
Jar writes:
Religions are Maps. There can be many Maps of the same Territory. Some Maps may be more or less accurate than others.
This is the most encouraging thought I've heard in a long time. Here I've been thinking that people were killing and torturing each other and going to war over the differences in their religions and the god(s) they believed in. But now I understand its all been over some small differences in some silly maps. The way to world peace is through cartography! We just have to make sure that our cartographers can beat up their cartographers.

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Message 28 of 108 (376333)
01-11-2007 8:28 PM
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01-11-2007 7:34 PM


Re: Is there a cartographer in the house?
How do I hate thee? Let me count the ways: Religion, ethnicity, religion, race, religion, I want your trade routes, and, uhm let's see, oh yes; religion.

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