subfever -> RE: The Great Cancer Hoax: (6/12/2011 12:44:38 PM)
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The monetary system itself, which you defend, is the underlying cause of most of the lies, half-truths, and noise that we have to sift through endlessly in search of the truth Absolute bullshit. You've yet to make ANY causal case for this. It's not a "defense," but pointing out there's no argument. Your thinking on this is like "We live in an oxygen based system. This allows criminals to breath the oxygen, thus causing crime." It's. The. Resources. The rest is just numbers. And no, I'm not trying to discredit you at all, merely to keep you on the earth. You start with a decent case about introducing new ideas into orthodoxy, and because that's difficult, you jump to an evil conspiracy suppressing hope, and blame it on your favorite demon, the monetary system, which again, only reflects, vs. causes. The reason this is an issue for me? I work with people all the time who shut off all their options by exactly this type of thinking. It's what I did when consulting too--it's why I could help them succeed, despite all the forces they had decided were against them. It's what I do for college juniors and seniors, who get jobs and internships while still in the class. Push all that crap aside, and look at the real resources, the real underlying causes, and you can achieve all sorts of seemingly unimaginable results. But unwittingly, you are hindering exactly that you (and I) would like to see flourish. That's why. I hope you understand. (You are, generally, good at not taking things personally.) I'm quick to agree that until we change the current system, we certainly need to exist within it. If in your line of work you help others exist within the current system, then that's great. We all have to exist within the system too. However, we don't have to emotionally and intellectually support the system if we don't believe in it. And if I'm understanding you correctly, you're saying that we both wish to see the scientific method flourish. If so, I'm glad we have that common ground. From what I've seen of you in the past, you seem to seek and value common ground, and I admire this. Now I can't quite put my finger on it, and please don't take this personally, but of all the people I have engaged with here on this board in the past, I have found you to be one of the most difficult to understand and therefore engage with. For example, when you said... "Absolute bullshit. You've yet to make ANY causal case for this. It's not a "defense," but pointing out there's no argument. Your thinking on this is like "We live in an oxygen based system. This allows criminals to breath the oxygen, thus causing crime." ... I'm not really certain if you're saying that you're not defending the monetary system because it's as obvious as the air we breath that it is the underlying cause, and therefore there isn't even any argument about this; or if you're staunchly supporting the system and there is nothing to defend because I haven't presented any valid evidence which supports my position that even warrants an argument; or if I had bridged the causal gap instead, by saying... "The monetary system that you support, which breeds corruption and greed, is the underlying cause of most of the lies, half-truths, and noise that we have to sift through endlessly in search of the truth." ... that you wouldn't have felt compelled to respond. I suspect that our disconnect has been frustrating for you as well.
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