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It's better to run in circles than to follow circular reasoning. I don't think either of us are too prone to that trap.
BTW, The very first day I posted here you complimented me. I've always wanted to tell you how much that meant to me. Thanks!
Charles Babbage? I had to look it up. Interesting; I had no idea. Thank you for helping me learn something new. (the quote is painfully appropriate to the times!)
ITguy: This forum is wonderful! If someone twenty years ago would have told me that networking between intelligent and thoughtful people would be doable and free I would have told them they believed in the tooth fairy.
Hey man, I'm old enough to have seen it in a real movie theater. When it first came out. I was/am a huge Kubrick fan, and Clockwork Orange was next up after 2001....
I'm thinking about rotating avatars every so often. Bogart might be next in his Casablanca trench coat.
YOUR avatar, though, totally rocks. I'm in awe. KUDOS!
Thank you for the last comment you left on my page. I loved it. You seem to enjoy good quotes as much as I do. I haven't pulled out some of my favorites yet because they would surely start a big fight. Not that I always avoid controversy, but I have to feel up to it. My very favorites will likely never see the light of TFP day, actually (sometimes it's more effective to make your point more gently).
Being "not constrained by the conventional wisdom of the day", as you put it, is something that I also highly value. It can be a lonely road sometimes. I'm very lucky that I finally found a place where I 'fit'. The community where I live is very liberal. I remember how out of place I always felt in Tennessee. I don't know how you do it. You are welcome to drop a note on my page whenever you need to remember that the whole world isn't colored 'red'.
BTW, I also have a degree in psych, a few years later than yours.
I went to see Space Odyssey late 1968 or early 69 with some guys from college. My buddy had been raving about it. At intermission I was pretty well blown away, and I remember telling him, 'Wow, you were right, that was insane. What the hell's going on! If I tilt my head my brains will pour out of my ears. He said, 'Oh, I get THAT part. It's the SECOND half that freaks me out.' I really got into it. Even bought a book by Arthur C. Clarke (Lost Worlds?) on the making of the movie. Very helpful and explained almost everything as I recall. Something was lost in translation, Kubrick went 'ultra' visual and hammered his enigmatic themes perfectly.
Just checked the bookcases and found an old copy of 'Clockwork Orange' with the orange paperback cover. 11th printing 1972. Sometimes it's good to be the pack rat.
Thanks for the comment!
It's better to run in circles than to follow circular reasoning. I don't think either of us are too prone to that trap. BTW, The very first day I posted here you complimented me. I've always wanted to tell you how much that meant to me. Thanks!
You are a good addition to the forum. Your posts are thoughtful and respectful. The opposite of Canaryinthecoalmine
Charles Babbage? I had to look it up. Interesting; I had no idea. Thank you for helping me learn something new. (the quote is painfully appropriate to the times!)
I always look forward to seeing your posts.
ITguy: This forum is wonderful! If someone twenty years ago would have told me that networking between intelligent and thoughtful people would be doable and free I would have told them they believed in the tooth fairy.
Hey man, I'm old enough to have seen it in a real movie theater. When it first came out. I was/am a huge Kubrick fan, and Clockwork Orange was next up after 2001....
I'm thinking about rotating avatars every so often. Bogart might be next in his Casablanca trench coat.
YOUR avatar, though, totally rocks. I'm in awe. KUDOS!
Thank you for the last comment you left on my page. I loved it. You seem to enjoy good quotes as much as I do. I haven't pulled out some of my favorites yet because they would surely start a big fight. Not that I always avoid controversy, but I have to feel up to it. My very favorites will likely never see the light of TFP day, actually (sometimes it's more effective to make your point more gently).
Being "not constrained by the conventional wisdom of the day", as you put it, is something that I also highly value. It can be a lonely road sometimes. I'm very lucky that I finally found a place where I 'fit'. The community where I live is very liberal. I remember how out of place I always felt in Tennessee. I don't know how you do it. You are welcome to drop a note on my page whenever you need to remember that the whole world isn't colored 'red'.
BTW, I also have a degree in psych, a few years later than yours.
I went to see Space Odyssey late 1968 or early 69 with some guys from college. My buddy had been raving about it. At intermission I was pretty well blown away, and I remember telling him, 'Wow, you were right, that was insane. What the hell's going on! If I tilt my head my brains will pour out of my ears. He said, 'Oh, I get THAT part. It's the SECOND half that freaks me out.' I really got into it. Even bought a book by Arthur C. Clarke (Lost Worlds?) on the making of the movie. Very helpful and explained almost everything as I recall. Something was lost in translation, Kubrick went 'ultra' visual and hammered his enigmatic themes perfectly.
Just checked the bookcases and found an old copy of 'Clockwork Orange' with the orange paperback cover. 11th printing 1972. Sometimes it's good to be the pack rat.
Your wonderful post on tax policy was quite a hit! People WERE listening. Check it out!
....and about that running for office thing.....you have MY vote!
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