New Year's Resolutions Pertaining to Politics.

[CatHedral]

The saying is about how people act.

Determinism is an illusion. What Einstein describes as insanity is, according to quantum theory, the way the world actually works.

I agree. Quantum math robbed those who wanted to calculate the future.

 

[CatHedral]

The saying is about how people act.

Determinism is an illusion. What Einstein describes as insanity is, according to quantum theory, the way the world actually works.

I always took it to be a bit narrower: how people act when exploring the objective. That is a fraction of what we experience, think and feel.

 

[Budley Doright]

@Fogdog I raised two girls (well ok mom did most raising) and there was a point that if I heard the question “why” or “how come” once more, I was gonna shoot myself in the face (yes a gun is an easy way out). It seems to me some adults are just too stupid to learn the why, or how come .

 

[CunningCanuk]

The saying is about how people act.

Determinism is an illusion. What Einstein describes as insanity is, according to quantum theory, the way the world actually works.

Right on.

Not using it again.

 

[Budley Doright]

Right on.

Not using it again.

So your “culling” it from your vocabulary …… that’s very “determined” of you .

 

[CatHedral]

So your “culling” it from your vocabulary …… that’s very “determined” of you .

Voluntarily even.

 

[CunningCanuk]

So your “culling” it from your vocabulary …… that’s very “determined” of you .

Cool discussion about it though. It’s why I visit.

 

[Fogdog]

@Fogdog I raised two girls (well ok mom did most raising) and there was a point that if I heard the question “why” or “how come” once more, I was gonna shoot myself in the face (yes a gun is an easy way out). It seems to me some adults are just too stupid to learn the why, or how come .

I was raised by parents who treated questions as a punishable offense. I'm glad that I learned from them what not to do. I learned from my kids why my parents did what they did.

 

[HGCC]

Some of the only conversations I enjoy anymore are based on weird ass questions my kid asks, I like to talk about the why and how come of things.

 

[Budley Doright]

I was raised by parents who treated questions as a punishable offense. I'm glad that I learned from them what not to do. I learned from my kids why my parents did what they did.

It amazes me how much my kids were able to teach me and me them. That’s the way it’s meant to be. It all falls apart when there is no real teaching, just telling.

 

[Budley Doright]

Some of the only conversations I enjoy anymore are based on weird ass questions my kid asks, I like to talk about the why and how come of things.

How old are they?

 

[Roger A. Shrubber]

Where’s the money in ruined credibility and professional ostracism? Also I doubt they’re stupid if they are qualified doctors.

selling snake oil to idiots...a very lucrative field, i've observed...

 

[CunningCanuk]

selling snake oil to idiots...a very lucrative field, i've observed...

Gaining notoriety can also be very lucrative these days.

 

[HGCC]

How old are they?

9, he's crazy smart and inquisitive.

 

[Budley Doright]

9, he's crazy smart and inquisitive.

Oh yes that’s a pretty cool age. It’s the 16ish period that they look at you and roll their eyes lol.

 

[Fogdog]

Oh yes that’s a pretty cool age. It’s the 16ish period that they look at you and roll their eyes lol.

Doing the Covid epidemic with a 16 YO and and 18 YO (last year) was epic.

That curse -- May you live in interesting times. Is real.

My New Years resolution is to not do that again.

 

[CatHedral]

selling snake oil to idiots...a very lucrative field, i've observed...

I have never seen a snake that needed oiling. Deep fried rattler is an exempt category.

 

[Roger A. Shrubber]

I have never seen a snake that needed oiling. Deep fried rattler is an exempt category.

well, of course not, if snakes actually needed oiling, snake oil salesman would be a respected profession, and we would have to refer to grifters like trump as ...moose musk salesmen...eel oil salesmen...republican ethics coaches...

 

[Budley Doright]

well, of course not, if snakes actually needed oiling, snake oil salesman would be a respected profession, and we would have to refer to grifters like trump as ...moose musk salesmen...eel oil salesmen...republican ethics coaches...

Actually Rodger, moose musk is a highly prized commodity around here so anyone brave enough to collect it and sell it is a hero to Canadians. Please don’t mention Trumps name when talking about a career that is right up there with the mounted police.

 

[Budley Doright]

I have never seen a snake that needed oiling. Deep fried rattler is an exempt category.

I watched a movie once where the snake was oiled !