I get your point, Doug. I had to suppress the desire to roll my eyes when once I met someone who looked up at the sky and spoke confidently of chemtrails.
I'm reminded of something Joseph Campbell said - who looked as deeply into the beliefs of human beings across history as anyone. He said that the closer you get to something of distilled wisdom, the more crazies there are standing around. I try to keep that in mind when I'm tempted to throw something out while teasing the "signal from the noise". I once knew an anesthesiologist who patented a device and started a company around it. The thing located nerves accurately for surgeons. As an anecdotal aside, he told me that the places where nerves crossed each other tended to correlate with acupuncture points. One possibility. Regarding placebo, if we were talking about solar power, 30% efficiency would be a great starting point. Ron -- Ron Newman, Founder MyIdeatree.com <http://www.ideatree.us/> On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 12:13 PM, Douglas Roberts <d...@parrot-farm.net>wrote: > Well shoot, as long as we're talking about irrational belief sets, how > about if we throw chemtrails into the mix. There is a not insignificant > segment of the US population who fervently believe that "they" are > poisoning us, on purpose. But only on those days that the jets leave con > ... er ... chemtrails. No proof necessary, just *look* at those chemtrails. > > --Doug > > >
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