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This is the first of ten theories
1. There are no mysteries, just misinformation and incomplete investigation.
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Cuneiformist
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Posted - 01/22/2010 : 13:42:17 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by cantbe323
This is the first of ten theories
1. There are no mysteries, just misinformation and incomplete investigation.
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Also, the sky is blue. |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
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Posted - 01/22/2010 : 13:51:32 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by cantbe323
This is the first of ten theories
1. There are no mysteries, just misinformation and incomplete investigation.
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So, what?
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist! 
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Posted - 01/22/2010 : 14:43:39 [Permalink]
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1. There are no mysteries, just misinformation and incomplete investigation.>> cantbe323>>
Also, the sky is blue. >>
You're lucky. Our sky is raining...
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Paulos23
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Posted - 01/22/2010 : 15:34:52 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by cantbe323
This is the first of ten theories
1. There are no mysteries, just misinformation and incomplete investigation.
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Does mysteries mean the unknown?
Does misinformation mean incorrect information?
And what does incomplete investigation mean?
A better way to phrase what I think your trying to say is:
Everything is knowable, but people don't always fully understand and don't investigate fully.
In which case I would have to agree with the first part only if time is infinite, and investigations never stop until the end of time.
In really you don't have time for eternal investigations, or for hunting down every mystery out there. As long as we don't know everything there is mystery to investigate. And there is so much knowledge now it is hard to understand every mote of it.
But I have a feeling you are not interested in testing or debating a theory that is stated more like an assumption. In fact it is an assumption and not a testable theory. |
You can go wrong by being too skeptical as readily as by being too trusting. -- Robert A. Heinlein
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cantbe323
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Posted - 01/23/2010 : 11:11:13 [Permalink]
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This is the first of ten theories
1. There are no mysteries, just misinformation and incomplete investigation. >>
So, what? >>
It's okay to be grouchy as long as we're still friends.
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
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 Posted - 01/23/2010 : 12:34:42 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by cantbe323
This is the first of ten theories
1. There are no mysteries, just misinformation and incomplete investigation. >>
So, what? >>
It's okay to be grouchy as long as we're still friends.
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Whaddya mean; "still?"
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist!
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cantbe323
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Posted - 01/23/2010 : 19:55:32 [Permalink]
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1. There are no mysteries, just misinformation and incomplete investigation. cantbe>>
Does mysteries mean the unknown? >>
That as well as ghosts, goblems, all other imaginary things
Does misinformation mean incorrect information? >>
incorrect, exaggerated, handed down from generation to generation...
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Posted - 01/23/2010 : 20:01:45 [Permalink]
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It's okay to be grouchy as long as we're still friends. cantbe323>>
Whaddya mean; "still?" >>
Okay, Friendly enemies then. I hold no grudge.
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Posted - 01/30/2010 : 14:30:14 [Permalink]
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1. There are no mysteries, just misinformation and incomplete investigation.
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Does mysteries mean the unknown?
Does misinformation mean incorrect information?
And what does incomplete investigation mean?
A better way to phrase what I think your trying to say is:
Everything is knowable, but people don't always fully understand and don't investigate fully.
In which case I would have to agree with the first part only if time is infinite, and investigations never stop until the end of time.
In really you don't have time for eternal investigations, or for hunting down every mystery out there. As long as we don't know everything there is mystery to investigate. And there is so much knowledge now it is hard to understand every mote of it. >>
Here's the rest of them...
2. Realization that nothing appears out of nowhere, that there is a long sequence of related events leading up to every situation.
3. Realization that everything begins with an event we have no control over. Sometimes we react to it, sometimes we don't, depending on how important it is to us.
4. Realization that buzzwords can make us react, even though they are only words.
5. Realization of the way things are, not the way we want them to be.
6. Realization of our weaknesses and strengths.
7. Realization that we can't control, we can only lead or suggest.
8. Realization that we CAN be manipulated by those we assume are more intelligent or more sophisticated than we are.
9. Realization that we're ALL actors, but some are more convincing than others.
10. Realization that all important decisions are made on the basis of insufficient information.
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dglas
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Posted - 01/30/2010 : 15:14:50 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dave W.
11. Realization that sentences no verb.
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That beneath you, Dave. :D |
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cantbe323
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Posted - 01/31/2010 : 12:30:30 [Permalink]
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11. Realization that sentences no verb. >>
Picky, picky, I never claimed to be a professional writer.
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Dave W.
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Posted - 01/31/2010 : 14:14:27 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by cantbe323
Picky, picky... |
There's nothing else to do with what you've written but pick at it. None of it is written with antecedent or consequent, so it's all just a big ball of meaning-free fluff. The ideas for which I can supply my own meaning are simply restatements of the obvious. But I'm sure you think it's all somehow profound. |
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Evidently, I rock!
Why not question something for a change?
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Posted - 01/31/2010 : 14:32:58 [Permalink]
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None of it is written with antecedent or consequent, so it's all just a big ball of meaning-free fluff. The ideas for which I can supply my own meaning are simply restatements of the obvious. >>
Thanks I appreciate your feedback. Your statement that everything I wrote is obvious means that you have more experience than I first thought. I'm not sure but isn't this the first time you didn't ask me to prove something?
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Dave W.
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Posted - 01/31/2010 : 17:35:05 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by cantbe323
Your statement that everything I wrote is obvious... |
You misread my statement.| ...means that you have more experience than I first thought. |
Seems like a pretty low bar.| I'm not sure but isn't this the first time you didn't ask me to prove something? |
Nope, you're mistaken in that, also.
How about that debate? Have you picked your subject? |
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