Be Excellent To Each Other

The correct answer to that is always "No Entry".

Best thing ever. If you'd closed the thread immediately after posting this, even bester thing ever.

One of the wonderful things about the human brain is to be able to believe in two different, mutually exclusive realities while knowing that they're both mutually exclusive.

For example, I am hardcore sceptic who believes science has the only answers in terms of everything that happens. I also believe, as I said, that other dimensions of strange beasts and beings of all kinds can intermingle can and do intermingle with our own reality.

One worldview is testable, verifiable, useful and should be taught in schools, the other is a personal fancy which I believe or disbelieve depending on what I want to believe on any given day.

I love Rev Owens' posts.

How about looking at the brain in two ways. Logical and Illogical. They are separate but co-exist in most peoples' brains. Illogically, many people feel the absolute NEED to be creative (right, Mimi?) but really, this is illogical as it isn't a need at all. Eating, drinking water, sleeping etc - we NEED to do them (says the logical brain), but the creative brain doesn't give a shit. It is how I look at the music I create - it is incredibly important but at the same time has no importance what-so-ever. Two very contradicting interpretations, but both correct in their own context. Duality of this sort is very overlooked in western culture, but is a cornerstone of thought in Far-Eastern Cultures.

If you're going to be cheered up by something imaginary, at least make it something brilliant, like flaming unicorns fighting zombies with shotguns.

Also, I do horoscopes. £15 and I'll do yours, Shinny dear.




Contacting the dead is definitely bollocks. It's all cold reading and bullshit, as Mimi said. Nobody's ever proven any ability to do anything of the sort. Ghosties too, more than likely - there's never been anything remotely scientifically credible to prove their existence. At most, there have been curious happenings. That doesn't mean ghosts any more than it means pixies.

If someone claims to be psychic or know your future, try this: lie to them. Give them false positives and see what kind of bullshit they come up with. Better yet - say nothing. Confirm absolutely nothing that they ask you, and don't move. Don't even change your expression. If they're fucking psychic/talking to the dead, they shouldn't need to ask you anything. They'll draw a complete blank, because it's all cold reading bullshit. All they do is throw out lots of vague possibilities and probabilities based on your age and appearance and body language, and get you to confirm any hits. It's been documented hundreds of times, and many honest showmen like Penn and Teller and Derren Brown have exposed it publically countless times. 'talking to the dead' people in particular are fucking scum because they cash in on other people's misery when they're at their most vulnerable, and fuck up the grieving process no end.

How about looking at the brain in two ways. Logical and Illogical.

If I was psychic I'd be wealthy beyond all measures from winning every bet I ever made. Not smelling of sandalwood and living in some 1930s semi in a faceless part of town.

And also, stating something is outside the understanding of science is somewhat pointless if you're not addressing a scientific question. For example, science has nothing to say on why the Mona Lisa is so much better than an impressive portrait produced by a sixth-form art student, because art appreciation is not an investigation into how the world works.

I honestly don't know, Pupil. I have never thought of whether creativity, for me, is a need. I am trying to think it through now, but i am not sure - it's not something I have honestly ever considered.

I don't remember a time when I wasn't being in some way creative, see? When I was a kid, very young, I'd be surrounded by toilet roll tubes, coloured paper, glue and pens and I'd make all sorts of random things - these weer just the 'toys' that people gave me and I enjoyed. i think now it is just something I do.

I walk into a room and thing - hmm, I will draw/sew/knit/design/paint/build something, and just do it.

I'm a simple kind of creature, I've never really considered the thought process before, but now you have mentioned it I would be very distressed if someone took away all of my art materials and I couldn't create things, so maybe you are right.

It is though, because it's an investigation into how the mind and body works...

Best thing ever.

At least jonarob appreciates me.

That made me laugh aloud, I love the clangers. You just don't see them anymore

You WOULD be the exception that proved the rule.

OK, if you're children were born between January 24 and February 23 you can't fucking have my videos.

OK, if you're children were born between January 24 and February 23 you can't have my fucking videos

I always was a special child mummy said [/color]

How-I-read-this-FTFY.

Also, what, precisely does Fixed That For You mean? I keep seeing it but cannot grokk it.

I'm very good at getting Your, you're, their, there and they're buggered up. I know the difference i just type too fast.

No, then anyone could just come in and pretend to be One of Us.

I think he's actually implying that you're pushing your home-made porn onto children.

Every time you see an acronym or abbreviation you don't understand type it into Google.

Go on, type FTFY into Google now.

You and the other 1/12 of the population born under Aquarius!

Every time you see an acronym or abbreviation you don't understand JFGI

Go on, type JFGI into Google now.

FTFY

The Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis?

Was there sex after this?
OR before?
Surely it was involved somewhere.

And the world turns.

Um...how to answer this-I think I won't,

No, calling him a petulant child instead should make things much better, love.

Hah. Things meander off and on topic here — don't worry about it.

I just hate the attitude of "I don't understand something, so instead of learning, I'll make up my own explanation."

Probably fine on a very small scale, but things rarely stay that way. Look at how much damage religion has done to the world, all based on lunacy.

It upsets me how in such advanced times, people still believe such tripe, and the leaders of countries base their actions on it all. I thought we'd have got past this a few thousand years ago.