What would it take to make an intelligent person believe something extremely silly - Page 3

FortunaMaximus · 02-07-2012, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Alobar

The awareness that death is an inevitability.

Understanding one`s own mortality is a necessary step, of course. Without that century in meatspace, how do you learn the true value of life?

FortunaMaximus · 02-07-2012, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by funkyj

Ask the pope how he does this.

Ask that bloody Teuton idiot? No, ask a Farnese.

smrk · 02-07-2012, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Alobar

The awareness that death is an inevitability.

This is one of the things that I think intelligent people can be made not to believe

FortunaMaximus · 02-07-2012, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by smrk

This is one of the things that I think intelligent people can be made not to believe

Yes. There is protection. But you know, a population wants its myths, you have to cast the figures and explain.

Solace is pretty important. Like a cake has layers, quantum consciousness does.

Cheers.

Strubbs · 02-07-2012, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by FortunaMaximus

Understanding one`s own mortality is a necessary step, of course. Without that century in meatspace, how do you learn the true value of life?

Yes!

FortunaMaximus · 02-08-2012, 07:10 AM

I do admit to getting terribly distracted by a well-formed female posterior.

Other than that...