tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461626.comments2023-10-02T03:52:53.993-06:00The Ministry of LinusLinushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12917331849034683598noreply@blogger.comBlogger3540125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461626.post-74028102449383033842011-04-04T12:51:32.292-06:002011-04-04T12:51:32.292-06:00I'm jealous. I tried to escape. This place i...I'm jealous. I tried to escape. This place is a black hole.Wondering Numbershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13724645174812324730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461626.post-4507721870012374692011-01-22T02:20:51.419-07:002011-01-22T02:20:51.419-07:00Thanks, Mayren. It will be over soon, one way or a...Thanks, Mayren. It will be over soon, one way or another. :)Linushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12917331849034683598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461626.post-69480554700675117522011-01-21T12:42:58.609-07:002011-01-21T12:42:58.609-07:00(hugs) just (hugs)
My wish for you friend is a s...(hugs) just (hugs)<br /><br />My wish for you friend is a swift end<br />with the best results you want this coming<br />May. (silver lining on goal weight is kinda <br />cool as long as you stay healthy)Mayrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14908716319421159843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461626.post-24778455644297983962011-01-12T23:18:22.176-07:002011-01-12T23:18:22.176-07:00A decent job would be good too...A decent job would be good too...Linushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12917331849034683598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461626.post-53592952763087268892011-01-12T22:46:23.958-07:002011-01-12T22:46:23.958-07:00Yes! The frigid tundra. Leaving it. That. Yes!Yes! The frigid tundra. Leaving it. That. Yes!Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03590555131221894003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461626.post-15384518719682518602010-12-30T17:41:23.987-07:002010-12-30T17:41:23.987-07:00Thanks for your input, guys. I agree - too much em...Thanks for your input, guys. I agree - too much emphasis on one ideology, in the absence of due consideration of other, competing ideologies, generally leads to trouble.Linushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12917331849034683598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461626.post-46617726309962221062010-12-30T00:31:17.913-07:002010-12-30T00:31:17.913-07:00Science may have given us the bomb, but the guy in...Science may have given us the bomb, but the guy in charge of the button is often a little more religious than I would like.Claytonianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10427928164050640466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461626.post-86723406600748582762010-12-29T22:26:14.959-07:002010-12-29T22:26:14.959-07:00The arguments for the tools used for both reason a...The arguments for the tools used for both reason and miracle aside, faith really is the issue here. Neither side is willing to admit how large a role faith plays in each side of the field. If I choose the Christian faith, I cannot prove to you the existence of God. I may choose myself to believe it entirely, but my faith is my own. It is when faith becomes mistaken for irrefutable proof that the problem arises within the belligerent Christian (or any other theist) community.<br /><br />The same may be said of the militant atheist boat. The error is in the mistaking of humanly rationalistic ideal as undeniable proof that the existence of god is voided. No person with a destructively zealous objective can truly add the the bettering of the human condition.<br /><br />I know I may be just repeating many of your ideas, but I believe this to be one of the largest cancers that exists within this country. The "blankier-than-thou" mentality does nothing but destroy relationship between fellow humans. Judgment and angry fervor does not a healthy society make.Troyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12992741816689323207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461626.post-82538621030282709642010-12-29T21:41:37.858-07:002010-12-29T21:41:37.858-07:00I never suggested throwing out science. I simply p...I never suggested throwing out science. I simply pointed out that the ideology that goes with it is just as susceptible to abuse as theism. I'm not suggesting that these ideologies are separate but equal - I am pointing out that any world view that operates without due consideration of other world views is liable to commit atrocities. Theism has done much evil and it has done much good - the same is true of science. Any ideology, in the absence of balanced inquiry, can be used to inflame man's bloodier tendencies.<br /><br />I am guilty of conflating atheism and science, but for good cause. Most atheists that I have read or who I know personally are firmly grounded in a rationalist perspective. We are about to slip into Kantian waters here... he criticized rationalists for trying to push reason beyond it's abilities, trying to claim knowledge of those things that are necessarily beyond the realm of all possible experience (the short list of such things would include god, souls, and free will). He also criticized empiricists for ignoring reason in their claim that all knowledge is experiential. His conclusion, that both are needed for knowledge, leaves both the theist and the rationalist atheist out in the cold. Neither can prove what he wants to prove, and neither can prove the other wrong.<br /><br />So the point of the post was that both sides of this particular debate are spinning their wheels. The existence (or not) of god is a matter of belief that cannot be tested. Despite the claims of certainty from both sides, I have yet to see any actual proof of either position, and I'm not holding my breath for that to change anytime soon.<br /><br />When I suggest that it would be more fruitful to work on coexistence, I am not just being a liberal hippy. Both the impulse to know and the impulse to worship are pretty resilient in man - no sense in either side wasting time in trying to undo the other.Linushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12917331849034683598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461626.post-57255018219256982862010-12-29T20:45:59.701-07:002010-12-29T20:45:59.701-07:00First, the infinite or finite nature of the univer...First, the infinite or finite nature of the universe is still the topic of much discussion. What we can see appears to indicate an infinite universe, but we may not be able to measure the boundaries yet. Being kind of nitpicky there, but it's the fun of the universe. <br /><br />Also, I want to take on your characterization of the scientific method.<br />It's true that science and "reason" give us bigger and better ways to kill each other, but nowhere is it written that that is necessitated. They're tools which can be used for good or bad. Yes there are consequences, there always are. We could be living in a world with short pointy sticks and so on, instead of all this tech that helps kill people in large quantities, but we'd still "reason" - there's a whole magazine which shows that this term can be abused- ways to be killing each other in as large of numbers as we possibly could because of other irrational faiths in nationalism, xenophobia or whatever. <br /><br />Even with all that, it has no bearing on your point. It's a red herring, to connect it to your argument is meant to elicit an emotional response about the scientific method you mention later which is somewhat attached to the point but not really. <br /><br />The "scientific method" and science and reason are not the same. <br />If humans were fully reasonable creatures, in the fully objective sense, we'd not need a scientific method to temper that nor would we need a scientific method if all science was equivocal. There are different levels, you know this. <br /><br />The scientific method is a tool, it's imperfect, but it's the best we've got. It needs tweaking, it can be exploited or it can be used for good, but it is self correcting and it is universal. Someone in Russia can examine the same phenomenon and say why it applies or not or why the American/Western view of human populations past aren't that useful. One of the big sins or early sociology/anthropology, etc.<br /><br />The many other reasons we find to dislike one another can hide the evidence as long as possible, but the evidence will come out. <br /><br />To equate the creation of tools and who they're used by does not follow. If we didn't have guns it'd be harder to kill people, but you know damn well we'd still be lined up trying. <br /><br />I see this a lot and have heard this argument from other sociology people, but any tool, such as the methods of sociology has been exploited, but we somehow justify throwing out science, and its exploitation, as a bad of the secularists on the same level as religious fundamentalists while we "reason" our field to be more noble and justify keeping it around as the referee. <br /><br />I think this is why I find this middle, both sides are equal mentality problematic. We're now the referee on the middle line and we've been convinced we should toss out the best tool we've got to look at both sides, a tool in part developed by religious/spiritual folk wanting to understand their God's/deity's(ies')/ spirit's(s') creation, some have held themselves back, others wanted to know, whatever the end result may be. <br /><br />These positions aren't unequivocal, they're often talking about the same thing, but we've bought into this new language that claims they are separate but equal, which in my mind reeks of a mentality which says they can never actually meet a middle ground and I don't think this could put us any further developing any kind of civil discourse.Cerushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00824304187978658939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461626.post-6076981624003010372010-12-14T14:58:43.798-07:002010-12-14T14:58:43.798-07:00Thanks, ladies. I've always been an "angr...Thanks, ladies. I've always been an "angry young man." I'm just not so young anymore... ;)Linushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12917331849034683598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461626.post-17891042097038260552010-12-14T14:10:57.312-07:002010-12-14T14:10:57.312-07:00sorry for the sports reference and
the freakin gra...sorry for the sports reference and<br />the freakin grammar mistakes.Mayrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14908716319421159843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461626.post-83494140947480024752010-12-14T14:09:51.207-07:002010-12-14T14:09:51.207-07:00You are not a jackasss, amigo.
You're Lady is ...You are not a jackasss, amigo.<br />You're Lady is wise there. <br />Everyone has to process stuff and implement <br />stuff in their lives at their own pace. <br />At least you do grow, learn, reason, and <br />all that great stuff. You are a great person.<br />That's soooo much more than can be said<br />about the masses of unflavored Non-people <br />that clutter the planet. <br /><br />You're ahead of the game. Stop looking <br />for the touchdown and just enjoy running<br />the passes. (omg i used a sports reference)Mayrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14908716319421159843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461626.post-51256756456344640782010-12-14T10:57:43.773-07:002010-12-14T10:57:43.773-07:00You're not a jackass, love. You're just h...You're not a jackass, love. You're just hard on yourself - and you don't need to be. :)Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03590555131221894003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461626.post-89853873212421024062010-12-13T09:20:11.942-07:002010-12-13T09:20:11.942-07:00It's true. Friday is the real talent around he...It's true. Friday is the real talent around here - at least she has something to say almost daily. :)Linushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12917331849034683598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461626.post-21625598745678977842010-12-09T11:48:00.394-07:002010-12-09T11:48:00.394-07:00Whatever. I need my random Twitters from Friday. S...Whatever. I need my random Twitters from Friday. She's the star anyways. The Pontiff is just the background - handmade soap scrubbin - guy behind the curtain hanging out with the great and powerful Oz who also smells like Tibetan black Tea while they drink Yerba Matte in kilts and munch on apple butter. <br /><br />Just sayin...Mayrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14908716319421159843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461626.post-78952512886749559012010-12-07T11:01:37.324-07:002010-12-07T11:01:37.324-07:00Hi Becca,
We may be headed down to Denver during ...Hi Becca,<br /><br />We may be headed down to Denver during the holidays - I'll keep you posted. :)Linushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12917331849034683598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461626.post-61522237798252576322010-12-05T20:09:48.363-07:002010-12-05T20:09:48.363-07:00Facebook is blocked in China. So is blogger and a...Facebook is blocked in China. So is blogger and a lot of other things that helped me keep connected to people I love over the past few years (as well as wasting a lot of my time I'm sure). I think I read like 7 books in three weeks with all that time on my hands. I was glad to come home and get back to my computer. If you are feeling the need for some personal connections take a trip down to Denver and we can hang . . .beccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01989838476792854572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461626.post-30847765292752544872010-12-05T07:41:34.603-07:002010-12-05T07:41:34.603-07:00I did get here through the Facebook link. *shame* ...I did get here through the Facebook link. *shame* It is a time-suck, but not nearly as big a one for me as blogs. And it gives me the illusion of being a social person. :pRebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03590555131221894003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461626.post-7540864047846299152010-11-04T13:29:54.313-06:002010-11-04T13:29:54.313-06:00Limited stimpaks is cool, and the faction politics...Limited stimpaks is cool, and the faction politics are interesting, but so far I'm unmoved by the main story. I was much more interested in finding my father and bringing fresh water to the DC wastes than I am in finding out who shot me and why...Linushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12917331849034683598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461626.post-17447607501709121692010-11-04T08:16:50.736-06:002010-11-04T08:16:50.736-06:00See, I've actually really been enjoying New Ve...See, I've actually really been enjoying New Vegas. I appreciate the scarcity of stimpaks and how that's making the game more challenging, and I also like all the different factions. But then again, my way of playing Fallout has ALWAYS been to stumble around like an idiot and make deliberately stupid decisions, so I'm probably not the best critic.Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03590555131221894003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461626.post-9960640820086632552010-10-27T13:18:55.606-06:002010-10-27T13:18:55.606-06:00Thanks, Mayren. This is just one option - the othe...Thanks, Mayren. This is just one option - the other is a PhD in Education... we'll just have to see. :)Linushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12917331849034683598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461626.post-49611732191740702622010-10-25T14:32:49.282-06:002010-10-25T14:32:49.282-06:00For what it's worth - I can completely picture...For what it's worth - I can completely picture you as a teacher/Prof. I think you'd be good at it too. (hug)Mayrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14908716319421159843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461626.post-2298929742742504132010-10-22T11:49:35.973-06:002010-10-22T11:49:35.973-06:00It's true - you only need to pass the test, bu...It's true - you only need to pass the test, but it is difficult to get a permanent job without the certification. Alas, we live in a credentialist society...Linushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12917331849034683598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461626.post-67760189832497317612010-10-22T11:34:15.844-06:002010-10-22T11:34:15.844-06:00Do you need a certification before you can teach? ...Do you need a certification before you can teach? I don't know about Wyoming, but in CA, all you need to do is pass the state test. I imagine you're more than qualified to do that now.Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17552014616258893697noreply@blogger.com