tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141773058444547921.post8162116145594215574..comments2024-03-28T22:57:59.129-07:00Comments on Ingenious Pursuits: AnonymousCatmandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12313870265499015076noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141773058444547921.post-55567075473029515522016-12-25T13:50:17.576-08:002016-12-25T13:50:17.576-08:00I am sorry I failed to reach the ideals you hold. ...I am sorry I failed to reach the ideals you hold. I realised I was being dragged along not by the evidence but by the excitement of potential heresy. I have little doubt that many have felt that excitement in the course of 2016. As for wanting to be on the right side, I was young and callow then, I'm older than that now.<br /><br />I try to apply authentic critical thinking nowCatmandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12313870265499015076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141773058444547921.post-41985545645176774682016-11-01T14:35:01.291-07:002016-11-01T14:35:01.291-07:00"The easiest person to fool is yourself."..."The easiest person to fool is yourself."<br /><br />You've done a great job of it. <br /><br />"I wanted de Vere to be the author that it tainted my thinking for a couple of months. It was just as it was when I read Erich von Daniken when I was at school (second year, now year 8, silent reading on a Friday morning."<br /><br />How charming. When are you going to grow up and realize that making the same choice twice doesn't make you smart. It just makes you boring. <br /><br />"By checking these ideas against other books, or my own observations, I came to a deeper understanding."<br /><br />Do you hear how pompously abstract you sound? What ideas? What other books? O, you just want us to trust you. Sorry, this reader doesn't trust you at all. You sound like a person who is so concerned with being on the "correct" side that you've completely forgotten how to apply any authentic critical thinking. You go through the motions, but it ain't the same thing.doc stritmatterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08505890938637513080noreply@blogger.com