tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641260893029989837.post6515232755431369978..comments2023-11-30T04:02:28.515-05:00Comments on Daily Dirt Diaspora: ICE CAPS AND EARTHQUAKES - A SECULAR PROPHECY COME TRUEJerky LeBoeufhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06022293362312800819noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641260893029989837.post-76782555467718003562011-03-26T00:38:44.028-04:002011-03-26T00:38:44.028-04:00http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXFUUGeV1DIhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXFUUGeV1DIAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641260893029989837.post-83982093911496332342011-03-25T23:36:40.659-04:002011-03-25T23:36:40.659-04:00"Thought-stitutes." Now that right there..."Thought-stitutes." Now that right there is just damn brilliant!<br /><br />People are cognitive misers -- we just don't have a lot of cognitive energy to waste on things like reason and research, synthesis of perspective, and evaluation of information when there are toe nails to be picked and TV to be watched. As a result, we look for shortcuts, quick scripts that get us through interpersonal interaction. Some of those shortcuts might include e-mail bullet lists that our conservative friends forward to us. Politicians talk in talking points; we therefore have been programmed to think in talking points (Postman, 1995 or so makes a compelling argument that TV is to blame for this and he may be right).<br /><br />I have yet to hear a global warming debunker offer up information, or even an idea or solution that wasn't refined by a speech writer into a talking point for political purposes, broadcast and rebroadcast ad infinitum until the bloggers picked it up and continued to echo it in the e-sphere. <br /><br />Television becomes scripted in our minds. We've all heard someone parrot back as "their own" some bit of information they saw on TV that they don't realize that we saw too. I was watching Home Improvement back in 1996 and heard one of the characters talking about how men can't have babies, so they have projects and those projects become as important to them as children are to mothers. Thinking I was smart, I applied the concept to one of my own projects and parroted it off to my girlfriend at the time (who had a stinky pussy). She said "OK, so you've been watching Home Improvement." I was busted.<br /><br />I was trying to make a point with this but all my cognitive resources drained away in the first 12 hours of the day. Oh yeah -- global warming debate is, for the most part, the shadows on the wall of Plato's cave. The powers that be handed some scripts off to some reporters, Americans picked up those scripts, and are running wild repeating over and over a bunch of factoids that someone else came up with, and about 99.999% of the population has absolutely no clue what it's talking about -- zero interaction with global warming beyond those scripts floating around.<br /><br />So what was I trying to say? Oh yeah eggheads rule.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641260893029989837.post-62508787112031699872011-03-25T08:56:59.080-04:002011-03-25T08:56:59.080-04:00Jerky I think you might find that 1902 was a worse...Jerky I think you might find that 1902 was a worse year for earthquakes than the last two years. I will do more diligence on this. Gotta get in the shower for work right now. YOP Sundy.Robin Bankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14736010764265642238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641260893029989837.post-26324924773538444432011-03-24T01:43:31.855-04:002011-03-24T01:43:31.855-04:00PS - I know that I already ran Wu's comments a...PS - I know that I already ran Wu's comments as a Quote of the Day, but I figured this particular issue could use some fleshing out. As always, your comments and rebuttals are welcome, even desired!Jerky LeBoeufhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06022293362312800819noreply@blogger.com