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Post #164,301 by Ashton 7/13/04 7:52:06 PM Reply	Norman, Norman -n [If you imagine you are 'studying Econ' - you might -at very least- begin from an understanding of WHY that topic is permanently Guaranteed to remain: extremely IFFY - as regards any concept of that popularly abused idea of there being CAUSALITY! of any knowable sort.] Despite ChrisR's heroic, meticulous and time-consumingly linked Clue-by-fours: it is pointless !=[], with you. You are the textbook-proof Example that, a course in Boolean Logic is as unrelated to possession of a working sense of Reason as :: [toughie] maybe.. possession of a Bible guarantees some knowledge of metaphysics? possession of a car " " " physics? possession of an egg " " " ovulation? possession of a brain " " " a mind? possession of a mouth " " " sentient sentences? Your obsession with 'fact'oids "proving" some 'theory' you've recently had PowerPointed into cache-memory - in a class intended to force-feed MBA-sounding words into a group suffering from National attention span deficit: merely clarifies your confusion about what fact, theory or process* might even mean/connote/suggest... in human mentation. When explored to any depth, none of these concepts (nor many other common ones) long avoid circularity in their cross-pollination of "definitions". You are in philosophical territory and you didn't even see the Toll Booth -- that one saying: GO READ, absorb, ponder, experiment: before your Visa can be stamped. Regurgitating predigested pap, slogans especially re Econ !! - punctuated with sentences ending in? - is a sure way of obtaining new flights of Flame constructs.. from others with quite less patience than the estimable (and evidently Informed) ChrisR. You are in Philosophy and you Want: Literalness at a 8 yo level. As always. GO READ a couple hundred non-VB-related BOOKS (or any other \ufffd-stuff) from Aristotel to Zoroaster; digest, explore, train-from-scratch a whole ~~regiment~~Grand Army of new neuronal connections and, and... Your Non-style perpetual [sick, broke, needy, unconscious-but-got-a-keyboard] mewling Pisses Me Off, at certain times. Especially These Times, as we wait to see the Verdict: How many of The Murican Peepul are Just Like You cha cha cha ??? [incorrigible] This just in, kid: the mere fact that it's written down and believed in by millions of simpletons does not make something true. "This is not a book to be set aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force." Dorothy Parker "Reality is that which, when you cease to believe, continues to exist." Phillip K Dick After personal optimization sets in, you have a population with very few abilities and a great many needs. B Tilly, maybe
Post #164,315 by ben_tilly 7/13/04 8:23:21 PM Reply	OT: I can confirm the quote you attribute to me I came up with that as an explanation of why, "From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs." does not work well in practice.\r\n\r\nCheers,\r\nBen To deny the indirect purchaser, who in this case is the ultimate purchaser, the right to seek relief from unlawful conduct, would essentially remove the word consumer from the Consumer Protection Act\r\n- [http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?NewsID=1246&Page=1&pagePos=20\|Nebraska Supreme Court]
Post #164,829 by orion 7/17/04 1:09:16 AM Reply	Ashton Ashton I expected better of you than this. I am reading Non-VB books, I average about 700 pages in five weeks. I am at the top of my class with a 3.9 GPA. I am not going for an MBA, yet, how little you know of me. I have yet to see you state one true fact or piece of evidence to prove the contrary. All I ever get from you is boring Ashton speak, full of lies on the Microsofian level. Your inferiority complex is far greater than mine. You are a textbook example of what happens when you depend on the "Group Mind" to think for you. Apparently you couldn't fight your own battles, so you had 9 other people of the "Group Mind" attack me. You, and the other members of this "Group Mind" believe conspiracy theories, and have yet to show any crediable evidence to prove even one small yarn of it. I exist to fight the "Group Mind" and show that we should use individual thinking instead. So I create arguments to counter the "Group Mind" and use the same tactics that it uses, to show how silly it is. If you disagree with my tactics, then you must disagree with the "Group Mind" tactics as well. I learned how to lie and manipulate from the "Group Mind". Notice my change from a Democratic Computer Nerd, into a Republican Business Manager. The "Group Mind" thinks that I am this way, and thus I start to act the way the "Group Mind" seems to think I should be acting like. I have a polymorphic personality, and on other forums I act and post differently. On one forum, I am arguing against Bush, because the "Group Mind" there is for Bush. I become what others think I am, so in each forum I exist on, I have a different personality. I see that your failure to understand economics, and failure to respond to my posts in a civilized manner, you have resorted to flames. Apparently the personal attack fallacy is quite common with you? If you cannot baffle them with bullshit, drag it into the flame forum, seems to be your motto. *"What's the use of saving life when you see what you do with it?" - Corbin Dallas "The Fifth Element"* [link\|http://www.xormad.com:4096/district268\|I am from District 268].
Post #165,665 by Ashton 7/22/04 7:46:11 PM Reply	Thereareno 'true facts', only conjectures. Go play chameleon
Post #167,229 by orion 8/3/04 2:34:48 AM Reply	Reality is a lie we are all programs in a giant super computer. When the computer crashes, it recovers from a backup and restores our memory so we never knew that it happened. Some sensitive people experience a Deja Vu, others have no clue. I do not exist, I am only a figment of your mind designed to annoy you and others who share the hallucination that is me. *"What's the use of saving life when you see what you do with it?" - Corbin Dallas "The Fifth Element"* [link\|http://www.xormad.com:4096/district268\|I am from District 268].
Post #167,397 by Ashton 8/3/04 9:51:47 PM Reply	Now that you've attained self-knowledge no more need be said

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