You Are Incredibly Logical |
Move over Spock - you're the new master of logic You think rationally, clearly, and quickly. A seasoned problem solver, your mind is like a computer! |
(h/t to Scientia Natura)
[T]he superstition that the budget must be balanced at all times, once it is debunked, takes away one of the bulwarks that every society must have against expenditure out of control. . . . [O]ne of the functions of old-fashioned religion was to scare people by sometimes what might be regarded as myths into behaving in a way that long-run civilized life requires.
You Are Incredibly Logical |
Move over Spock - you're the new master of logic You think rationally, clearly, and quickly. A seasoned problem solver, your mind is like a computer! |
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Hello, Mr. Bum.
ReplyDeleteExcuse me for going off topic, but would you or any of you readers care to help answer some questions about what makes great art from an atheist point of view?
If so, go here.
The context is a debate between Christopher Hitchens and David Allen White where I thought Hitchens agreed with too much of what White was saying. Mr. White said that great art needs a "higher vision," whatever that means (I think it's just code for great art should be religious/Christian). Hitch said, I think, that it should be transcendent (whatever that means).
I think the best art today is fairly realistic, but I'm looking for other opinions.
I don't know jack shit about art. Ask my wife.
ReplyDeleteAnd you can call me "Larry".
ReplyDeleteMe too!
ReplyDeleteI mean, I'm "incredibly logical" not "Call me Larry."
ReplyDeleteMe too! I mean, I'm "incredibly logical" not "Call me Larry."
ReplyDeleteCongrats James & sweetie. I doubted neither your ability to do well nor that you shouldn't be called "Larry".
ReplyDeleteMe too! (and you can call me Larry if you especially want to, but it might be a bit confusing).
ReplyDeleteHowever, to keep up my reputation for pedantry, I don't think it tests whether one can think quickly.
I think we've stumbled into a Monty Python skit!
ReplyDeleteLarry wrote:
ReplyDelete"I think we've stumbled into a Monty Python skit!"
Well then, Larry, you better call me Larry. And you too Larry.