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https://www.theatlantic.com/health/arch ... ans/380252
Wealthy L.A. Schools' Vaccination Rates Are as Low as South Sudan's
Hollywood parents say not vaccinating makes "instinctive" sense. Now their kids have whooping cough.
"I fancied myself as some kind of god....It is a sort of disease when you consider yourself some kind of god, the creator of everything, but I feel comfortable about it now since I began to live it out.” -- George Soros
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Another data point in my pet [conspiracy] theory that we have evolved to endure constant adversity.Doc wrote:https://www.theatlantic.com/health/arch ... ans/380252Wealthy L.A. Schools' Vaccination Rates Are as Low as South Sudan's
Hollywood parents say not vaccinating makes "instinctive" sense. Now their kids have whooping cough.
Lacking adversity, having to endure comfort, safety, wealth, and abundance, we create our own.
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Agreed. When reality fails to provide dragons to slay to prove one's self-importance, our imagination and intuitiveness never let us down.Colonel Sun wrote:
Another data point in my pet [conspiracy] theory that we have evolved to endure constant adversity.
Lacking adversity, having to endure comfort, safety, wealth, and abundance, we create our own.
To a creative mind, there is no safe space!!
check out my website, leeches-r-us.com for the latest in non-current medical technologies.
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Disagree. The personal ethos has changed from one of seeking self-satisfaction and accomplishment to fear of loss and humiliation.
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People have to much time on their hands. Back in the good old days when it was hunt or be hunted things were so much simplerSimple Minded wrote:Agreed. When reality fails to provide dragons to slay to prove one's self-importance, our imagination and intuitiveness never let us down.Colonel Sun wrote:
Another data point in my pet [conspiracy] theory that we have evolved to endure constant adversity.
Lacking adversity, having to endure comfort, safety, wealth, and abundance, we create our own.
To a creative mind, there is no safe space!!
check out my website, leeches-r-us.com for the latest in non-current medical technologies.
"I fancied myself as some kind of god....It is a sort of disease when you consider yourself some kind of god, the creator of everything, but I feel comfortable about it now since I began to live it out.” -- George Soros
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Simpler, perhaps, but not a life I'd care to experience.Doc wrote:People have to much time on their hands. Back in the good old days when it was hunt or be hunted things were so much simplerSimple Minded wrote:Agreed. When reality fails to provide dragons to slay to prove one's self-importance, our imagination and intuitiveness never let us down.Colonel Sun wrote:
Another data point in my pet [conspiracy] theory that we have evolved to endure constant adversity.
Lacking adversity, having to endure comfort, safety, wealth, and abundance, we create our own.
To a creative mind, there is no safe space!!
check out my website, leeches-r-us.com for the latest in non-current medical technologies.
May the gods preserve and defend me from self-righteous altruists; I can defend myself from my enemies and my friends.
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Interesting. How so?Nonc Hilaire wrote:Disagree. The personal ethos has changed from one of seeking self-satisfaction and accomplishment to fear of loss and humiliation.
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seems this argument is
paranoid of imaginary boogermen vs paranoid of missing out vs paranoid of losing it all.
which tends to suggest the primal paranoia is the core of it
paranoid of imaginary boogermen vs paranoid of missing out vs paranoid of losing it all.
which tends to suggest the primal paranoia is the core of it
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that's why we have so many zip codes in the US! With 320+ million, even 39,000 zip codes isn't enough to sub-catagorize the herd.noddy wrote:seems this argument is
paranoid of imaginary boogermen vs paranoid of missing out vs paranoid of losing it all.
which tends to suggest the primal paranoia is the core of it
you left out the very real paranoia of "I have virtual access to too many people so it is very difficult for me to feel special."
"the internet" is the biggest herd of all. How to stand out?
I think the assignment of Global Recognition Identification Numbers (GRIN) is the answer. I lay claim to GRIN # 1,234,567,890!!!! noddy can have 7,777,777,777. Mr. Perfect can have 6,666,666,666. The rest of all y'all better get on board fore all the good numbers are gone!
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for some, I have no doubt this is an accurate description. also how to stand out in the herd at Penn Central is another category.Nonc Hilaire wrote:Disagree. The personal ethos has changed from one of seeking self-satisfaction and accomplishment to fear of loss and humiliation.
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It starts with failure to identify and conquer frontiers. People today want to optimize their personal situation and maintain stability.Colonel Sun wrote:Interesting. How so?Nonc Hilaire wrote:Disagree. The personal ethos has changed from one of seeking self-satisfaction and accomplishment to fear of loss and humiliation.
“Christ has no body now but yours. Yours are the eyes through which he looks with compassion on this world. Yours are the feet with which he walks among His people to do good. Yours are the hands through which he blesses His creation.”
Teresa of Ávila
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If you can grow leeches, then there are microsurgery teams that would appreciate your businessSimple Minded wrote:Agreed. When reality fails to provide dragons to slay to prove one's self-importance, our imagination and intuitiveness never let us down.Colonel Sun wrote:
Another data point in my pet [conspiracy] theory that we have evolved to endure constant adversity.
Lacking adversity, having to endure comfort, safety, wealth, and abundance, we create our own.
To a creative mind, there is no safe space!!
check out my website, leeches-r-us.com for the latest in non-current medical technologies.
May the gods preserve and defend me from self-righteous altruists; I can defend myself from my enemies and my friends.
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Nor I. But perhaps SM....Colonel Sun wrote:Simpler, perhaps, but not a life I'd care to experience.Doc wrote:People have to much time on their hands. Back in the good old days when it was hunt or be hunted things were so much simplerSimple Minded wrote:Agreed. When reality fails to provide dragons to slay to prove one's self-importance, our imagination and intuitiveness never let us down.Colonel Sun wrote:
Another data point in my pet [conspiracy] theory that we have evolved to endure constant adversity.
Lacking adversity, having to endure comfort, safety, wealth, and abundance, we create our own.
To a creative mind, there is no safe space!!
check out my website, leeches-r-us.com for the latest in non-current medical technologies.
In any event I remember reading an article several years ago that new drugs were coming soon to medicate people to make it easier to deal with modern society. I wouldn't care to experience that either.
"I fancied myself as some kind of god....It is a sort of disease when you consider yourself some kind of god, the creator of everything, but I feel comfortable about it now since I began to live it out.” -- George Soros
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At least in science, there is no shortage of new frontiers to identify and conquer, but I suspect that is not what you have in mind.Nonc Hilaire wrote:It starts with failure to identify and conquer frontiers. People today want to optimize their personal situation and maintain stability.Colonel Sun wrote:Interesting. How so?Nonc Hilaire wrote:Disagree. The personal ethos has changed from one of seeking self-satisfaction and accomplishment to fear of loss and humiliation.
Can you be a bit more specific? Examples.
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In college and science the theme is now play it safe, get a good job or tenure. Why is AGW so successful? Science is political now.Colonel Sun wrote:At least in science, there is no shortage of new frontiers to identify and conquer, but I suspect that is not what you have in mind.Nonc Hilaire wrote:It starts with failure to identify and conquer frontiers. People today want to optimize their personal situation and maintain stability.Colonel Sun wrote:Interesting. How so?Nonc Hilaire wrote:Disagree. The personal ethos has changed from one of seeking self-satisfaction and accomplishment to fear of loss and humiliation.
Can you be a bit more specific? Examples.
“Christ has no body now but yours. Yours are the eyes through which he looks with compassion on this world. Yours are the feet with which he walks among His people to do good. Yours are the hands through which he blesses His creation.”
Teresa of Ávila
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May the gods preserve and defend me from self-righteous altruists; I can defend myself from my enemies and my friends.
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That's a bit of a broad brush. AGW certainly is as are some other fields.Nonc Hilaire wrote: ↑Fri Jun 14, 2019 10:12 pmIn college and science the theme is now play it safe, get a good job or tenure. Why is AGW so successful? Science is political now.Colonel Sun wrote:At least in science, there is no shortage of new frontiers to identify and conquer, but I suspect that is not what you have in mind.Nonc Hilaire wrote:It starts with failure to identify and conquer frontiers. People today want to optimize their personal situation and maintain stability.Colonel Sun wrote:Interesting. How so?Nonc Hilaire wrote:Disagree. The personal ethos has changed from one of seeking self-satisfaction and accomplishment to fear of loss and humiliation.
Can you be a bit more specific? Examples.
Tenure has always been a key goal, as long as tenure has existed.
I was discussing this topic with a colleague this past weekend and he wryly observed that movie stars, politicians, and other public personalities have nothing on scientists when it comes to craving attention and recognition, especially by one's peers.
Being published in a prestigious journal, feted in the popular press, etc. leads to a cascade of rewards.
The ultimate recognition being a Nobel award or Fields medal [math].
The pathological extreme is when scientists become activists, believing their own bullsh*t, aligning themselves with some popular and influential cults and using the power of such cults to carry out a contemporary form of Lysenkoism.
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Aeon | Suspicion makes us human
Conspiracy theories have always been with us, powered by an evolutionary drive to survive. How’s that working for us now?
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You mean I should be suspicious of bright orange stuff that dances?Colonel Sun wrote: ↑Mon Nov 04, 2019 8:16 pm Aeon | Suspicion makes us human
Conspiracy theories have always been with us, powered by an evolutionary drive to survive. How’s that working for us now?
"I fancied myself as some kind of god....It is a sort of disease when you consider yourself some kind of god, the creator of everything, but I feel comfortable about it now since I began to live it out.” -- George Soros
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Pro-vaccine immunologist, leader in the field, talks about side effects so he must be silenced. Business and politics trump science again.
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/11 ... cine-views
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/11 ... cine-views
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What if Trump laid an estoppel on all USAID funds until the programs produced an accounting?
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1196 ... 38091.html
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1196 ... 38091.html
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Is it the US Government's business what foreign leaders do with their retirement accounts?Nonc Hilaire wrote: ↑Tue Nov 19, 2019 9:16 pm What if Trump laid an estoppel on all USAID funds until the programs produced an accounting?
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1196 ... 38091.html
"I fancied myself as some kind of god....It is a sort of disease when you consider yourself some kind of god, the creator of everything, but I feel comfortable about it now since I began to live it out.” -- George Soros
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Paranoid Doomer Porn
SM this will make you laugh at around 5:08 in.
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SM this will make you laugh at around 5:08 in.
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"I fancied myself as some kind of god....It is a sort of disease when you consider yourself some kind of god, the creator of everything, but I feel comfortable about it now since I began to live it out.” -- George Soros
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Brilliant, even though I only watched the first 7 minutes, gotta save some for later. I like the cat's reaction at about 3:00.
Seems like this guy may be the primary source for Zerohedge.
I think, since you are a doctor, you should jump a plane to Sweden and check to see if Greta's hymen is still intact.