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Nice history.

Agree with Foucault about conformity.

One of my fav movies was King of Hearts starring Alan Bates .

Asylums do protect society from the criminally violently insane however and it is this meaning I expressed.

Who is to protect us , certainly not the military!

A question going unanswered at the Universities of Delusions with their oppression of students protesting Genocide.

King of Hearts is a pleasure to watch.

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For me the genius of Robert Allen Zimmerman is that he always leaves a back door out if what he has said.

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Some observations withstand the test of time: People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.

Otto von Bismarck

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I have a friend who I leave out the truth about the world he doesn’t see.

Harmony as is humour is a virtue.

Those who fool those seeking social harmony with lies of violence used to be locked into an asylum.

A worthwhile goal for the fate of our present leaders to protect our social harmony from mayhem.

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Thank you...

The Masters i met in my life all pointed out, that:

1. You cannot express REALITY in words.

2. There is no "Universe" (or "World"). That is an illusion. Maya ( माया ).

3. There is no one running your life. That is a virtual mirage claiming it is doing that, while it all just happens, effortless and spontaneous in the only one moment that is real...

Being ActuallyAutistic, 1. was very clear to me from the beginning.

Following Quantum-Physics and Quantum-Field theory, after the discovery of the Higgs field, 2. was clear to me too. The Big Bang is a projection (4D) caused by "Consciousness" from a "Hologram" of Quantum-fields, which is the one, only reality, some might call it Brahman, Ain Soph, or "God".

3. Became obvious to me after i did introspection while i was in Hyperfocus (also known as "Flow") and named by Scientist: "Transient Hypofrontality" (in Bicycle-flooded Holland kids would scream: "look mom: without hands" when they found out they could steer without using their bicycle handlebars).

And yes, the attempt at trying to use Language to communicate "TRUTH", is like trying to write down the exact value of π...

->https://static.scientificamerican.com/sciam/cache/file/136B824E-D306-4855-AF5EC22E68ACC4D8_source.jpg

Sander

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Julian, I just tried to buy you coffees but the payment system doesn’t appear to be working. Sorry.

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Shortly after 7 October 2023 Seymour Hersh wrote an article whose source was an IDF officer that predicted the demise of the Hamas force within the next two weeks. His reports on things Gaza, Israel and Iran have not improved in the meantime.

What does confuse me about Hersh is the timeline of Israel's history. I am 71, Israel as a state was a done deal before my birth. As a child I was basked in propaganda about the righteousness of Israel and the valor of the IDF. Hersh is 87. I am surprised that he did not develop a skepticism of Israeli propaganda a long time ago.

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The amount of mindless celebratory 5-star reviews for the Google Critter's book are deeply disappointing (who doesn't love it when an economist points out the obvious and believes he is somehow insightful). Good reminder for people who use online reviews to make purchasing decisions: Ignore the 5-star reviews, pay more attention to the 4-star and 2-star ones... Less likely to be fake and more likely to articulate what they actually think.

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