15 Apr 20
@indonesia-phil saidThe second greatest trick our minds 'learned' was to hide much of their true nature from ourselves to aid survival, but which aspects of religion and philosophy are to understand the first trick and which are to aid the second?!?
The greatest trick that our minds ever 'learned' was to make us aware of ourselves and our own existence, which makes us as a species unique in the animal world, and the great mystery is 'when did this happen?' All philosophy and religion starts from there.
@divegeester saidYou could start by citing the source.
An immediate thumbs down but no comment.
@divegeester removed their quoted postAs you know from our long conversations about it, I think all this stuff is generated by a heady blend of three things [1] narcissism [2] political impotence and paranoia, and [3] unrefined and unfiltered confirnation bias.
The narcissism is fed by having a conspiracy theory prism that gives you access to analysis that other people don't get.
And the fact that other people don't get it is perceived as evidence that their prism is onto the truth.
15 Apr 20
@suzianne saidThe first line of divegeester's post is enough, surely. When people like me call others out for not "citing their sources", it's where there is clearly plagiarism. Have you never been able to discern that?
Because people like you have made a habit of calling people out for not citing their source, yet you fail this time. One wonders why.
15 Apr 20
@fmf saidEveryone sees things differently...You could be right, then again you may be wrong depending on your thoughts on a certain Topic.
As you know from our long conversations about it, I think all this stuff is generated by a heady blend of three things [1] narcissism [2] political impotence and paranoia, and [3] unrefined and unfiltered confirnation bias.
The narcissism is fed by having a conspiracy theory prism that gives you access to analysis that other people don't get.
And the fact that other people don't get it is perceived as evidence that their prism is into the truth.
No one can be correct 100% of the time!!!
-VR
15 Apr 20
@very-rusty saidWhy do you post this kind of pointless tosh?
Everyone sees things differently...You could be right, then again you may be wrong depending on your thoughts on a certain Topic.
No one can be correct 100% of the time!!!
-VR
@divegeester saidSuzianne, did you really not read this?
It a genuine account of conversations between myself and a person I know very well.
@divegeester saidSuzianne, did you really not read this either?
As I said in the post, it is an unattributed (I’m saying who it is), abridged, derived and highly adapted from a series of real conversations with a highly intelligent and most excellent human being.
15 Apr 20
@divegeester saidAnd what about this Suzianne, did you really not read this before asking him for his "source"?
I know this person very well, it is a summation of expressions of their mindset and a notable part of their belief structure.