Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Patriots

Waving flags and pointing guns does not make you a patriot, even if you do it with the image of an eagle or a cross somewhere nearby.

Don't Look Back Due To Fear

To believe is to look backwards in fear of the future. To think is to seek knowledge with delight in what's to come.

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Missing Time And UFOs

"Missing time" that has been reported by some in relationship to UFOs is likely a form a common temporary amnesia, called Transient Global Amnesia (TGA). In this, people will suddenly stop recording what is going on and not be able to recall it later. It is rather common and real, which means that those who experience it will pass a lie detector test when asked if they don't remember a certain length of time that was "lost." The catch is that some people can't live with this hole and, therefore, fill it with something. That something is where UFOs (or other phenomenon) come in to the story.

Friend, Foe or Food?

All animals must ask of others: Friend, foe, or food?

No Default Religion

Religionists who attack science mistakenly believe (not think) that if a hole is found in a scientific position that it automatically reveals religion underneath.

What Difference Does A Dominant Eye Make?

We know that each eye is connected to the opposite hemisphere of the brain, with each of those hemispheres responsible for different types of thinking. When people have an over-dominant eye through which they read or otherwise receive visual information, does that have an effect on how that information is deciphered and interpreted?

Is Rationalizing Similar To A Type Of Brain Damage?

Brain damaged patients, especially those with right hemisphere damage, can often not determine if parts of their body are even theirs. When put in front of a mirror and asked to move a limb, they might say something like "What do you mean 'move it'? It's not even mine," rationalizing away the obvious contradiction.

This might also be the same thing that happens when anyone rationalizes away any irrefutable facts. Rationalization could be a type of mental defect, or a type of illogical response used by those with mental irrationalities of all forms.

"Off The Books" View Of Capitalism

When proponents of capitalism tout its success they often act as like a shady accountant who puts bad information “off the books.” In order to fully rate capitalism its effects on every country where there are ties needs to be included.

Pundits will generally only include figures from the U.S., for example, leaving out the information from the countries that supply goods at piss-poor wages and awful working conditions. If the information from those places were included, a more accurate--and less positive--picture becomes apparent. By keeping these other countries “off the books,” the proponents of unrestricted capitalism get to claim a false positive picture of the economic system.

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Military Cult

How diferent really is a member of a religious cult and a zealot member of the military?

Beliefs Bound To Fail

Every belief system is going to be contradictory, incomplete and full of holes because it is a belief system. Beliefs are positions accepted without verifiable facts, sometimes not even investigable ones. When new contradictory findings are discovered (and inevitably they are), the belief system crumbles. For people who have tied their self-identity to a belief system, it will still be defended in an attempt at self-preservation, even when the belief system fails. The entrenched believer is not a virtuous being. It is a sad state at self-preservation based on a falsehood.