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originally posted by: rickymouse
a reply to: Shakawkaw
The more you learn the more you need to learn to properly apply the knowledge.
Some of the best knowledge I received was from some of what society considers the dumbest people. Remember, you can also learn from people who do things wrong. You watch them make the mistake and learn not to make that mistake.
originally posted by: rickymouse
a reply to: wasaka
We spend a lot of our life trying to please people we do not need to please. Life can be so easy if we realize that.
He is right, all we need is a few good friends. We also need something to do because energy likes to be busy. Something to do does not have to cost money either. I can get exercise splitting firewood and I save money instead of paying to belong to a health club. I can get exercise walking down the side of a stream fishing and catch my supper.
It is nice to have acquaintances that you meet occasionally when you go to the store or a park, they don't need to be good friends though. You say hi and chat for a few minutes then both go your way. If you don't talk much it is hard to disagree about anything because the conversations are just chit chat.
originally posted by: DonVoigt
Who are they kidding, it has infected far more than half of humanity or maybe just because I live in Chitcago I just surrounded by a large concentration of them.
originally posted by: KnightLight
originally posted by: wasaka
It would explain, for example, why so many people who
vote democrat live on the coastal regions.
Just kidding. Sorta =(
Where I am from the entire coast is the most country part of the State, and Completely Red.. But I don't like democrats either.. I don't like anyone who thinks they are in a gang.. Belonging to groups is basically a way of not thinking...
I wonder when this virus first started infecting us? I have noticed over the last say 7 years.. That people's ability to write and speak has gone down.. Even in myself I have noticed it. There Their They're Your You're.. I don't think it's a cultural slide, it seemed to have happened too quickly..
Have you ever read A Brave New World by Aldous Huxley?
If you are smarter than your assigned job it leads to unhappines, stress, and boredom.. This leads to not following rules, becoming a savage..
So they controlled the intelligence of the people and had different teirs of intelligence they would create you as, for specific jobs in society..
Have you noticed smart people are unhappy in the world now.. They can see too well that Rome could be on the Fall..
The more common people are more happy to believe lies, and don't dig into government atrocities and all the rest..
Who knows, maybe someone created a Virus to help humanity cope?
Definitely a good conspiracy thread idea if anyone found any leads. Or it could be the world defending itself, hahaha.. Some sort of natural thing that happens, like having a fever to kill germs. I like thinking of crazy ideas like this.
originally posted by: CantStandIt
a reply to: gottaknow
Just because we recognize it as a separate organism these days doesn't mean we haven't been its host for centuries, I am thinking. Then there is the philosophical angle... assuming I started with an average cognitive ability (and some would question whether I did!), would it be a curse or a blessing if I lost 10% of that, but in doing so, recognized cultivated and relied more heavily on other aspects of me? Like... empathy? Artistic expression? Musical aptitude?
originally posted by: gottaknow
This, along with Toxiplasma Gondii , should be major concerns for our populations.
I've been reading snippets like this for over 5 years now, but - good luck finding treatment or a cure.
Ok, so we have these horrible brain-affecting diseases. Why aren't we going hardcore for cures for them? It's seriously disturbing for me(who has a terrible directional sense and poor memory) that this is taken so lightly.
originally posted by: DexterRiley
a reply to: gottaknow
Ok, so we have these horrible brain-affecting diseases. Why aren't we going hardcore for cures for them? It's seriously disturbing for me(who has a terrible directional sense and poor memory) that this is taken so lightly.
Big Pharma almost never tries to cure a disease. Cures are never as lucrative as on-going treatment. Since it appears from some of the information in this thread that this loss of cognitive power is associated with mental illness, look at the continuing increase in the use of medications for depression and ADHD. If the Pharmaco-Industrial-Complex can compensate for the symptoms, why cure the disease? There's no profit in depleting your customer base.
-dex
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