El Zapato

that's funny, good story indeed.

The weirdest damn thing, I have had the name Marcus Aurelius bouncing around in my brain for the last couple of months for no discernible reason, until now. So, of course, I voted for him. I'm not sure I would agree with Lao Tzu musings.

ok, sounds reasonable

Plenty dang good...I would prefer the colors somewhat richer though.

Oh come on, ru serious? The ant, of course...

I love this lady:

This scientist has an enlightened view of how to speak about such theories. He places them in such a perfect perspective that it is hard not to admire his expertise.: The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has today decided to award the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Svante Pääbo. Dr. Pääbo is an excellent speaker, who thoughtfully discusses uncomfortable truths, while not bowing to the European subconscious bias to feel superior. In simple words, the man is a great thinker. So, to the point, recent advances suggest that Africans may have been introgressed by a 3rd archaic human subspecies that split off from the Homo Sapiens Sapiens branch before the split of the Neanderthals and Denisovans. This is where one needs to be careful about assumptions and presentation. On Youtube there is a group (more than one is active) that is spreading propaganda regarding human origins by 'suggesting' that the 'Ghost' population was Homo Erectus, while not an invalid possibility, they also imply that Homo Erectus was less 'refined' than the other two archaic groups. Ok, if one wishes, however, they neglect to include the facts that Homo Erectus was vastly physically more capable and had a larger brain pan than either the Neanderthals or Denisovans. But there is no defining data that requires that 3rd archaic group to be truly Homo Erectus. As a further point, most modern anthropologists when discussing the ongoing shrinking of modern man's brain capacity they quip that in that light our next stop might be Homo Erectus. For starters, the initial claim is inaccurate, Africans DO possess Neanderthal genetics, I suppose the origin of it could be debated but they are twisting the realities in general.

It will make a sound but no one will hear it...well, maybe a sentient ant or two...they are everywhere the damn pesky things.

@LoseYourvelf oh, yeah...

That is really what is going on...egoistic structure. If I'm right, no make that, if I'm correct...I'm good. It is incumbent upon me to convince everyone else that they are wrong...that is a whole lotta work, and I ain't up to it. I'm happy being perfect and so be it.

Wow, you got it goin' on, man...jolly good show!

Ach du Lieber, so I have been told ... It occurred to me that I should explain that I am a totally benign human being with a slight penchant for slapping ideas around. I've been told that also...

lol, John Bradshaw was enlightening for me...

As my daughter was growing up, I occasionally read her excerpts from a book called, "The Myth of the Happy Child". I was careful, but I wanted her to be aware of 'reality' in an age-appropriate fashion.

energy is motion, motion creates heat, emotionally heat is love, potentially of all types.

Terrible!

I think it is because in the non-dual state, all that exists is energy = warmth = love. It makes sense?

lol, that is certainly what I thought. It was like a bad case of vertigo...

yes, I could feel myself going into that state and mentally would just say no, I don't want to do it. I have seen myself lying on my bed ... etc.

I never found them pleasant to the point where I consciously chose to stop. I have had along with good evidence OBEs I merged into an airplane, met a person got her name and then met her for the first time on a phone call shortly thereafter.

Online, I'm around 1700-1800, but typically closer to 1700. If anyone wants to join a team let me know. Our team has been traditionally No. 1 on GameKnot

@Joshe I've been considering what the election results will be in the final tally. Logic dictates that Harris will win handily, but the right doesn't function on logic; it functions on fantasy, so anything is possible.

Oh no, not Mearsheimer...that guy is lost in his alternate universe.

With luck, it would go away with him. To me, it is very similar to Texas' closest-to-the-heart dream to secede from the Union.

How can you disprove something that cannot be proven within the same discussion framework? Or do you look for the higher; more philosophical, and less scientific conclusion? I have one thing that I feel is unassailable from any angle...faith through personal experience. Phenomena exists that transcends what one can sit on, What are we gonna do if we can't sit on it and examine it from an empirical perspective? There are neurological components that indeed can be examined, but in my opinion, those characteristics, in and of themselves are non-judgmental. But, no one has the right to infringe on your rights to be you, as long as you don't annoy me.