Common Sense

[Fnord]

Sit up straight.

 

[Architect]

I see that, despite my absence for something approaching 72 hours, our friendly local fraud and coward 28th has failed to move this discussion on any.

Perhaps he's PMed me with his response to the Edinburgh and Sheffield papers........

 

[JonnyFive]

Perhaps he's PMed me with his response to the Edinburgh and Sheffield papers........

I see your stint in the hospital hasn't dulled your sense of humor any.

Welcome back.

 

[aggle-rithm]

Some people, however, DO have phenomenal memories, or at least better memories than other people. My memory, though far from infaillible, is, for some reason, excellent with details, even 20 years after the fact. Important stuff, however, is another matter.

That's the thing, though...without corroborating evidence, we don't KNOW whether we have great memories or not. We might THINK we do, but then when we look at the evidence, we may realize we've gotten it spectacularly wrong.

I've always thought I had an excellent memory, and I guess I do. I have learned, however, not to be surprised if I find out my memory is in error. A good test is watching a movie that has some good lines in it, and seeing how well your memory of the lines matches the actual dialogue.

 

[aggle-rithm]

Wait a minute! What's that supposed to mean? Darn kids, making fun of us old guys again.

What were we talking about again?

I was talking to a doctor who was in his fifties, and he complained that he couldn't remember things as well as he once could. I told him about a theory I had heard, that memory problems with age are actually a sign that the brain is fine-tuning itself, learning to weed out memories that aren't vital to survival.

He just smiled and said, "I wish that were true. But it just isn't."

 

[CurtC]

So these two older guys were talking about their medical conditions, and one told the other that "you need to see my doctor about that. I had that, and he fixed me right up."

The second man asked "What's the name of your doctor?"

The first thought, then turned around to ask his wife, but hesitated, and then turned back around and asked the first man, "what's the name of that flower that's red and the stem has thorns?"

The second man said "rose?"

The the first said "yeah, that's it." Then turned back towards his wife and said "Hey Rose, what's the name of that doctor that fixed me up so well?"

 

[JimBenArm]

So these two older guys were talking about their medical conditions, and one told the other that "you need to see my doctor about that. I had that, and he fixed me right up."

The second man asked "What's the name of your doctor?"

The first thought, then turned around to ask his wife, but hesitated, and then turned back around and asked the first man, "what's the name of that flower that's red and the stem has thorns?"

The second man said "rose?"

The the first said "yeah, that's it." Then turned back towards his wife and said "Hey Rose, what's the name of that doctor that fixed me up so well?"

OK, buddy, you're on my list!

Soon as I remember where I put it...

 

[Horatius]

The second man said "rose?"

The the first said "yeah, that's it." Then turned back towards his wife and said "Hey Rose, what's the name of that doctor that fixed me up so well?"

I resemble that remark!

Last Tuesday, I was at my dojo, and at one point, was reciting a short list of katas, and the order they appear in the set we were doing. After saying three of the names, that we'd be practicing in the next few minutes, I went back to the first - and couldn't remember the name! That I had just said 10 seconds earlier! I couldn't remember it until after I had done the kata. Something about the body-memory clicked it back into place.

Yukichigai, just in case you're wondering.

Memory is infallible, they say?

 

[notheist]

Not all Artist are Fuzzy Thinkers

The reason none of you left-brain radicals have any common sense, is because you lack imagination, which is at the heart of functioning common sense. (sadly, for you guys/gals - this creative component of imaginary lives in the right-side of the brain)

********! I have made a living as an artist for most of my life and one of my strongest abilities as an artist is to visualize complex subjects. See some of my stuff at motorsportsartist.com

I can tell you in fact most of the conspiracy theorist I see or meet are totally lacking in imagination and ability to visualize outside the narrow political agenda they have embraced. They sure know how to play the part of the creative type. I also see in many of my fellow artist an anti-science sentiment, and a gullible acceptance of counter culture Woo Woo, Some are quite shocked after seeing some of my paintings to find out what a rationalist I am and how I make no bones about poking holes in such mushy thinking as UFOs, astrology, 9/11 Truthers and whatever delusion de jour happens to be the IN thing. Fuzzy thinking does not make you more creative, just stupider. Somehow I think Leonardo da Vinci would not be fooled by the conspiracy theorist.

Why didn't NIST (in their 3+ years of reporting) take the time to show us something as critical and important as how the falling upper mass caused the core columns to break and fall within the symmetrical progression of the collapse? And, by show us... I am, of course, referring to imaginary - and not a mesh of complex and contradictory terms (linguistic symbols) that only serve to dilute our thoughts (minds) down into a dark abyss of disillusionment... well beyond the light and sounds of a sensory experience i.e. REALITY

So basically NIST has to create a nice cartoon because YOU lack the imagination to visualize it yourself? Dumb it down to pretty pictures for you to understand. I have no problem at all comprehending what happened, and visualizing it in my head. You see the towers as these super strong buildings, something like bigger versions of the buildings you made as a child with Tinker Toys, You can’t visualize that at the massive sizes the WTC were built your normal size perceptions wall apart and must yield to the physics at play at that scale. HELL! I bet you could even visualize the towers falling over like a tree and have no comprehension exactly why that is impossible.

Now it could be because not only being an artist I read a lot of technical and science related stuff. You need to pick up some good science books and stay away from the pretty pictures and movies. Expand your knowlage and creativity will follow.

Remember too this report was created for the type of people with the expertice to undstand what is happening, not the general public, They assume you know a little something to begin with and don’t need every little detail explained to you. You want a comic book.

 

[T.A.M.]

Horatius:

Boy do I have a cholinesterase Inhibitor for you...lol

TAM

 

[notheist]

My Picture on How the Firemen see the Truthers

Please, have your family watch 9/11 Press for Truth, and other 9/11 documentaries. I implore you... you can help save the world. And, please tell your FDNY family members, that I admire them... and God Bless.

911truthiness.org

Some Men ARE Heros

Made as a reaction to that awful FDNY Firemen and GWB picture.

 

[Horatius]

Horatius:

Boy do I have a cholinesterase Inhibitor for you...lol

TAM

Do I want to know what that is?

Of course, that's just the most recent example of my mind going. I've got others, like the time I forgot my buddy's name for like, two months!

Lucky for me he was in a different city at the time.....

 

[T.A.M.]

Alzheimers meds...lol

TAM

 

[Horatius]

911truthiness.org

Some Men ARE Heros

Made as a reaction to that awful FDNY Firemen and GWB picture.

I like how Bermas has his mouth wide open. You really captured the essence

I also like this one from the site you posted earlier:

http://www.motorsportsartist.com/na_page14.html

But of course, most people here could probably tell I'm a cat person.

 

[Horatius]

Alzheimers meds...lol

TAM

Well, it does run in the familiy. It could also be the tens years of kendo, though.....

 

[Arus808]

Some Men ARE Heros

 

[T.A.M.]

Note to self. Refrain from engaging in any leisure activity that allows another person to beat me over the head with a big stick.

tAM

 

[LashL]

http://http://www.911truthiness.org/

Thanks, notheist

 

[LashL]

OOPS - that link is wrong, sorry. Here is the correct one (too late to edit my prior post):

http://911truthiness.org

 

[Horatius]

Note to self. Refrain from engaging in any leisure activity that allows another person to beat me over the head with a big stick.

tAM

But on the plus side, you do get to beat them back. And then they thank you for it!

And there's all that yelling....