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Is this the same debate (blocked in my country)? If it is, I was so shocked that nobody broke out laughing by the 1:30 mark as my coffee nearly shot through my nose. I'm at 9 minutes in and am thinking that a lobotomy sounds very nice.
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Stephanie
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Humanities
A placeholder for what though? Nothing--so it can't be representative of a placeholder. It is nothing. And for the record, 0 is even in my book. You half that sucker, two are still going to get the same amount--of nothing. But it'll be equal shares of nothing!
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Stephanie
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Humanities
And here I thought that this ad couldn't have been more perfect, Chris...That would have been even better, lol.
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Stephanie
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Apocalypse
Nope, pretty sure that Jell-O gets all the credit for saving us:
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Stephanie
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Apocalypse
Also - 11 years ago
I do find it rather ironic that one with whom I used to be associated with also happens to have authored books on the subject matter of 2012, psychedelics and consciousness, and quantum physics. These three subject matters were pretty much the thinking of the top of the Psychedelic/Creativity Movement of the 60's to the early 80's. I find it interesting in that there also seemed to be
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Stephanie
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Humanities
I've personally seen a few self-professed Christians adopt it. I think that's why the frequency of the belief is 1 in 7 because it goes outside of a specific religious ideology. Really, though, perhaps the ratio isn't that anomalous when one considers the percentage. 1 in 7 is really just 15% percent of the population. If you place it on a bell curve, that would be representati
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Stephanie
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Humanities
That, my dear, is apocalyptic thinking. You have a society in which the majority of people are Christian and believe that Armageddon will come. You have a world that, at times, seems to be on the verge of collapse due to one thing or another. I think it's less that 1 in 7 believe that the world is ending. I think it is more likely that 1 in 7 want it to end because that would be the easy
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Stephanie
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Humanities
Your analysis is about the same as mine, Paul. I would add that social media plays a massive role in the pervasiveness and spread of irrationality. Toss in a time factor, where it would seem that people feel short on time to the point where they no longer read articles fully. I've caught multiple acquaintances of mine forming knee jerk opinions simply based on the title of a news article
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Stephanie
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Humanities
Yeah, pretty much. It's amazing what one can do with words, isn't it?
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Stephanie
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Apocalypse
We're totally going to be celebrating this Dec 21, 2012 with a "We're Still Here" party that rolls into Dec 22nd. Can't pass up a chance for a New Years like party twice in one year, lol.
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Stephanie
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Apocalypse
Nah, I've already seen the date for apocalypse being bumped to 2013 as the time when everything really hits the fan. See, Jammer...the Mayan date is just when it is all, purportedly, going to "begin"...
lol.
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Stephanie
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Apocalypse
Considering the way that I've heard some people talk (firsthand and strangers no less! lol), you'd probably make a killing on such an idea, Jammer. No pun intended. It's kind of like the underground shelters that I saw that were selling like hotcakes apparently. Expensive things, too. Even if the purchasers didn't always acquire them because of some feeling of approaching ap
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Stephanie
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Apocalypse
Dreadful diseases crop up all the time. I caught H1N1 in 2009 and was within the high risk group due to a craptastic immune system and asthma. Although I did take a hit for sure healthwise, I lived. Had no insurance (uninsurable at the time) so was "on my own" throughout it post diagnosis but I was given a cute blue mask to help me prevent infecting others. Without a doubt though,
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Stephanie
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Laboratory
Birds don't just use magnetism to migrate. They also may use landmarks or even the sun to make their journies so even if the magnetism was thrown off, they would still survive. Perhaps that is why we do see such a mix of navigation techniques with birds. Those birds that relied solely on magnetism wouldn't have survived, leaving the birds that used alternate navigation techniques to
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Stephanie
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Laboratory
That's terrible. It's been over a decade since I learned anything about seismology but, from what I can tell (I still try to follow it), is that, although there has been significant improvements in earthquake detection, they still cannot be predicted with any degree of certainty. To be put on trial for an as yet still uncertain science is bad enough. To be imprisioned, patently horri
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Stephanie
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Laboratory
From what I recall learning about the subject (and not from Hancock), it was a transitionary type of period. So no, not tumult but a period of change/transition. No apocalyptic overtones were intended. The tumult is more a reflection on what is going on today, perhaps subconsciously motivated by the hype of a fabrication. Sorry if I blurred it there. Didn't intend it quite that way and p
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Stephanie
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Apocalypse
Yeah, though I think the only other really significant one that received any kind of media hype was 1999. Y2k and all that but most people, if I recall correctly, simply thought that computers might go wonky for a few. Tech ending but not necessarily world ending. Counter y2k against 2012, which has had repeated hyping, over and over again for the past few years (even a movie) and that could su
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Stephanie
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Apocalypse
Yep, it has happened before (economic crisis and mass unrest). I think the curious factor though is the fact that 2012 has been recklessly amped up within the media so that it kind of casts a subconscious pall on the year. Throughout the year, I've had people, often times strangers, state that "this was it" as I believe I mentioned in the 1 out of 7 thread a bit back. I think th
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Stephanie
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No, never found one. Wish there was, too, but I kind of treat these kind of videos as books on tape. Play them while I am cleaning or something, lol.
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Stephanie
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Ooo, makes me wish I lived in Pennsylvania because it looks like it's a really neat exhibit.
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Stephanie
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That could have an even more frightening color outcome instead, lol. Might turn out to be kind of a muddy black.
You know, this could bring a whole new meaning to saying one is "going green".
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Stephanie
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Humanities
Oddly enough all the old school geeks I know didn't and don't use Mac at all. They used Linux on pcs. You can't get up to hijynx very well with a Mac. And Tesla was "the Man".
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Stephanie
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Humanities
I listened to this a while back after having so many people remark privately to me that "something big was coming" along with what I've since dubbed "end time chatter". I find it very interesting to hear this because the individuals that have made these kind of statements have been very diverse, spanning differing levels of education, income, and religious belief (this k
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Stephanie
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Oh my, as a blonde, I would so hate this. Green hair or a cold shower--yikes! Expensive to fix, I'm sure.
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Stephanie
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Humanities
I personally doubt the efficacy of tin foil hats. The combined metal and conical shape would act more like an antenna to condense and more thoroughly disperse any incoming transmissions throughout the brain as opposed to providing any sort of shielding. Just think of the old days when wrapping an antenna with foil was a trick to repair a crappy display. Besides, as my late mind control toxoplas
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Stephanie
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Paper Lens
Distinct possibility but, at the same time, I've been disappointed by the quality of some mass produced books (Clive Cussler, I'm looking at you... ). Probably the bigger aspects is the lack of recognizability for the author's name and marketing to boot. Reading a book from beginning to start is a commitment of time. People don't have much of it so they are more likely to g
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Stephanie
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Paper Lens
Yep, pretty much. Our painting went through a cursory appraisal that indicated that a master may have had a hand in it (with a couple additions presumably by his student). Still wasn't enough to get a museum involved. A lot of it has to do with liability, hence the importance of an independent appraisal and it also avoids bias.
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Stephanie
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Humanities
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