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If Texas had open carry it would be about perfect.

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Heck, I've got a Che Guevara shirt.

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
Heck, I've got a Che Guevara shirt.

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Yeah... t-shirts w/ pictures of thugs who murdered innocent folks, for the pure enjoyment of it, that is soooo cool!

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Originally posted by SignyM:
Rappy, of course, is all for "freedom!". Unless somebody says something he doesn't want to hear. And then, not so much. Just like Wulf.

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Heck, I've got a Che Guevara shirt.

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Yeah... t-shirts w/ pictures of thugs who murdered innocent folks, for the pure enjoyment of it, that is soooo cool!

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Originally posted by SignyM:
Rappy, of course, is all for "freedom!". Unless somebody says something he doesn't want to hear. And then, not so much. Just like Wulf.

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
So you're saying he was just like Reagan, right?

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Yeah, we all know how free folks are in Cuba. Dissident opinions are not welcome. So why do you want to reproduce that HERE?

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You must first detach yourself from any and all context from the LSU story

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Contextual thinking is significant flaw in human learning (has been explored by many neurobiologists) and the fundamental mechanism how people can fully support two wildly opposing ideas at the same time. That is why you can say things like "freedom is crushed by democracy".

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You're speaking in very broad generalities, and ignoring the very real world details and significant points.

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You're speaking in very broad generalities, and ignoring the very real world details and significant points.

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If the points were significant, they wouldn't get lost in the shuffle.

So, let me ask you: What are YOUR "significant" points? The only thing I get out of your post is that you're happy that a mob ran off a vandal.

So?

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Yes, I'm very glad the students got vocal and shouted down this a-hole. That some ( how many, I don't know ) started getting physical, isn't good.

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You have to look at the course of events...
- OBL killed
- Americans celebrate
- SOME DIRT BAG STEALS AN AMERICAN FLAG ( not his own )FROM A MEMORIAL SITE, AND THEN BURNS IT
- Followed by another idiot who wants to burn ANOTHER flag ( this one his ) in protest...is denied because he didn't acquire the proper permit for burning, so he protests anyway
- Which, given the time line of events ( obl killed, Flag from memorial site desecrated ), has folks rightfully ticked off.
It was a stupid idea, at the wrong time, and served no real purpose, other than simply piss off those who were already upset over the 1st flag burning.

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Originally posted by SignyM:
"Two wrongs don't make a right.... BUT...."

Yanno what they say about the word "but"?

1) "Yes, but..." means "no".

2) Ignore anything before the word "but".



So, did you just reduce your post to insignificance?

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Hmmm... the use of the word "but" IS a rather fine point, innit?

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The Flaws Of Human Thinking

June 12, 2008 · 3 Comments

The New Scientist recently interviewed NYU psychologist and linguist Gary Marcus about the clumsiness of the human brain. Marcus describes the brain as “a clumsy collection of spare parts” — a kluge. “A kluge is a clumsy or inelegant solution to a problem that gets the job done, but not necessarily in the best way possible.”

When asked what the problem is with humans thinking of themselves as perfectly designed, rational beings, Marcus answers:

Economists make that mistake. They assume that humans are rational, but they aren’t necessarily. And I think that people almost always overestimate their own abilities. They overestimate the quality of their memory, and how careful they are at reasoning. That contributes to political polarisation, for example, where everyone is convinced that they know the truth and nobody else does. I don’t think that’s a very good thing for the species.

Marcus then offers ways to make our imperfect human brains work better:

In the long term we may be able to take control of evolution, to adopt new technologies or something like that. In the short term, what they say in Alcoholics Anonymous makes sense – recognition is the first step. We have to see what the limits are and try to work around them.

A good example is that we have this thing called confirmation bias, where we notice evidence that supports our own theories. You can counteract that by forcing yourself to systematically think about alternative hypotheses, and about the perspective that somebody else might take. We don’t do that naturally but we can train ourselves to do it.

Scientists are forced to do that to some extent. But everybody could do with a little bit more humility about their own intellectual powers, and realise that, if somebody disagrees with them, maybe they’re looking at the evidence in a different way; it’s not necessarily that they’re stupid and you’re smart. The more we can recognise that other people are working as best they can from their evidence, that could make us more sympathetic and perhaps we can get along better.

For all the clumsiness of the human brain, recognition of our own thinking is paradoxically elegant. Marcus calls recognition the first step, but I call it the foundation of enlightenment and more perfect thinking.

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Hi, my name is Rappy and I eat my own farts. I like glitter and ponies and pooped my pants once in a thunderstorm.

Sincerely AURaptor

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Niki

Is it the drugs which drives you to ramble on like that ? That's my first guess.

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Originally posted by TheHappyTrader:
AURaptor, you are outnumbered which must mean you are wrong, so I'm going to take a moment and follow their example. Let's see if mt arguments can measure up to the elegance of theirs.

Hey Doucherap, whatever we were talking about is not as important as how much you suck. Just so you know, your own words defeat you and I will prove it with an example.

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Hi, my name is Rappy and I eat my own farts. I like glitter and ponies and pooped my pants once in a thunderstorm.

Sincerely AURaptor

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You've got the name-calling part down pretty well, but you forgot to put in the bits about wanting to fuck someone's dead mother. Rappy's classy like that, he really is.

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