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Originally posted by rainbowbear
when you say "you people" you mean the OP, right?
Your threats you mention have zero evidence to do with the occult i.e illuminati the end
Originally posted by rainbowbear
OK, so this was a generalized rant at a very small minority. ATS may make it seem like the world is full of "these people" so i needed to check your aptitude. I wanted to make sure you did not feel like the conspiracy prone are the majority.
got it, thanks
Originally posted by coyotepoet
Did any of you skeptics give valid consideration to your opposing point of view? From where I sit I'm thinking, no-you judged and mocked from right out the gate.
Originally posted by IsraeliGuy
Furthermore, nothing has happened and instead of admitting you made up a stupid prediction based on a teenager's YouTube video about triangles and eye shaped figures, you have a guy that claims nothing has happened because of him and others that "spread the word"?
Are you that insane?
Originally posted by coyotepoet
I've at least considered the valid possibility that you are correct and nothing was ever intended to happen and then made my choice based on the available evidence.
You can't show anybody anything they are unwilling to consider and all of you have made your stance very clear.
The world is a complex and chaotic place, and our ability to make sense of it all is limited by comparison. We like, however, to have a sense of control, so we look for patterns and ways to predict what will happen in this chaotic world. Superstitions are one way to deal with the chaos, and conspiracy theories are another. They are both forms of pattern seeking behavior. The illusion of pattern that leads to the illusion of understanding and therefore control is psychologically appealing. But it is all a neuropsychological illusion.
The Aneristic Principle is that of apparent order; the Eristic Principle is that of apparent disorder. Both order and disorder are man made concepts and are artificial divisions of pure chaos, which is a level deeper than is the level of distinction making.
Rigorous logic and empirical methods need to be applied to let us distinguish real patterns from fake or coincidental ones. Conspiracy thinking is the opposite of rigorous logic.
Maybe your girlfriend dumped you because you bought a rubber doll. Maybe Mom read you the riot act because you're still living in her basement. Maybe you ran out of porn. Whatever the reason, try real hard to grasp this fact ~ we have been right and you have been wrong yet again..
Originally posted by coyotepoet
reply to post by denver22
'Nuff said. I'm out.
edit on 28-8-2012 by coyotepoet because: (no reason given)
It's not fair how I cannot convince those with an opposing point of view of my absolute righteousness as a psych-something/high priestess initiated into the Sacred Happy Lucky Golden Order of Immortal Arsehattery. So, unused to people mocking me and my special powers of whackjobbery honed to a hair-popping edge over the past two decades, I hereby spit the dummy ("pacifier" in US English) and undertake to take my bat and ball and go home. Give me a break...
Originally posted by coyotepoet
reply to post by nottelling
It's not fair how I cannot convince those with an opposing point of view of my absolute righteousness as a psych-something/high priestess initiated into the Sacred Happy Lucky Golden Order of Immortal Arsehattery. So, unused to people mocking me and my special powers of whackjobbery honed to a hair-popping edge over the past two decades, I hereby spit the dummy ("pacifier" in US English) and undertake to take my bat and ball and go home. Give me a break...
And if not trying to convince someone of your righteous perspective what do you and yours think you are trying to do with this thread?
Because mocking is so much better.
Unsurprisingly and predictably the point has been missed and mocking has been the immediate go to.
Classic.
edit on 29-8-2012 by coyotepoet because: (no reason given)