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OT - A new series of critical thinking for troll-friday
nolaegghead
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"The pig is an amazing animal. You feed a pig an apple and it makes bacon. Let's see Michael Phelps do that" - Jim Gaffigan
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Critical thinking at its very best.
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Some more critical thinking.
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This should go well."I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike
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The buffalo is in sight.JohnInCarolina said:This should go well.Location- Just "this side" of Biloxi, Ms.
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Prolly havta start a new thread before the drinking starts. This one will be dead before 5 EST.
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I don't think I'm waiting til 5. Been in training all week, they tell us we might finish by 2 or 3.theyolksonyou said:Prolly havta start a new thread before the drinking starts. This one will be dead before 5 EST.They/Them
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Many years ago I read a book called "Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes" by a fellow named Jaques Ellul. Written around 1962, translated into English around '73. I read it maybe '83. There were several things that stuck w. me.
Primarily, modern propaganda is based on the use of psychology to subvert the capability for rational thought. This is done by manipulating symbols that elicit feelings strong enough that activities are set in motion which would not have happened if the propagandized had spent time to think things thru.
Secondarily, propaganda is deeply addictive. Populations which have been sufficiently propagandized will become distressed, depressed, agitated, alienated, if they stop receiving a regular presentation. In the long run, the effect is that the population becomes hostile to any rational thought. (I.E. "Don't try to confuse me with facts.") , and probably incapable of it.
He proposed a useful exercise. Noting that the best propaganda has little if any use for clear information, take news articles, etc and cross out all characterization and typification, and deprecate any factual modifiers. Reduce the narrative to its bare bones, if you will. The bonier the presentation, the greater the likelihood that there is something that will allow a useful appraisal.
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"Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community [...] but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots."
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"Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community [...] but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots."
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@GATraveller- for my own peace of mind and survival, SWMBO and I have been living in the parallel universe for quite some time. And that's without any great scientific intervention
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Speaking of critical thinking skills...
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"I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike
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"Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community [...] but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots."
-Umberto Eco
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Buffalo test.......
Location- Just "this side" of Biloxi, Ms.
Status- Standing by.
The greatest barrier against all wisdom, the stronghold against knowledge itself, is the single thought, in ones mind, that they already have it all figured out. -
All ready went:
Location- Just "this side" of Biloxi, Ms.
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I love science.GATraveller said:
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I binge-watched Christopher Hitchens for about a week recently. Nothing earth shattering for me, as i figured out most of his points on my own when I was a teenager.
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I miss him.nolaegghead said:I binge-watched Christopher Hitchens for about a week recently. Nothing earth shattering for me, as i figured out most of his points on my own when I was a teenager.
"Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community [...] but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots."
-Umberto Eco
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Bravo @Lit
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He was quick, sharp, critical, funny....I didn't agree with everything he said, but he pwns everyone on the magic argument.
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Wish I could start a thread about that argument that wouldn't sink, and that had someone, anyone, that wanted to actually debate it.
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I agree with all but the last line.nolaegghead said:He was quick, sharp, critical, funny....I didn't agree with everything he said, but he pwns everyone on the magic argument.
"Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community [...] but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots."
-Umberto Eco
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It's hard to open a mind to see his debates on the existence of god as logically superior if one's mind was molded by years of magical training. We all have points of view, nothing wrong with that.GATraveller said:
I agree with all but the last line.nolaegghead said:He was quick, sharp, critical, funny....I didn't agree with everything he said, but he pwns everyone on the magic argument.
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That's why I find him so interesting. I don't find fault in or point fingers at those who don't believe - not in my control.nolaegghead said:
It's hard to open a mind to see his debates on the existence of god as logically superior if one's mind was molded by years of magical training. We all have points of view, nothing wrong with that.GATraveller said:
I agree with all but the last line.nolaegghead said:He was quick, sharp, critical, funny....I didn't agree with everything he said, but he pwns everyone on the magic argument.
I am a believer but I do try and keep an open mind as well as question and study why I believe what I believe....instead of just saying I do based on "faith". Blind faith is dangerous at best.
"Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community [...] but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots."
-Umberto Eco
2 Large
Peachtree Corners, GA
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