All this contrasery over the sigh. I think sigh and sighing is a good thing it can lead to interesting conversations. :P
On 4/4/13, Ron Newman <ron.new...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >> >> >> > ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
