Aaron
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|  Subject: Gods Debris  Tue Oct 02, 2007 3:19 pm | |
| This quote is from the book "Gods Debris" by Scott Adams (of Dilbert fame).
http://www.andrewsmcmeel.com/godsdebris/
| Quote: | After a certain age most people are uncomfortable with new
ideas. That certain age varies by person, but if you’re over
fifty-five (mentally) you probably won’t enjoy this thought
experiment. If you’re eighty going on thirty-five, you might
like it. If you’re twenty-three, your odds of liking it are very
good. |
I think we must all be very young (mentally) on these deist boards otherwise the discussions wouldn't interest us much.
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Helium
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| | Subject: Re: Gods Debris Tue Oct 02, 2007 6:29 pm | |
| | Quote: | | I think we must all be very young (mentally) on these deist boards otherwise the discussions wouldn't interest us much. |
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The Paineful Truth
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Location: : Arizona
| | Subject: Re: Gods Debris Tue Oct 02, 2007 7:39 pm | |
| "Some people die at 25 but aren't buried until they're 75."--attributed to Ben Franklin, but I can't verify it. If it was his, he'd have been an exception to his own adage. In fact, when I grew up, the common wisdom was that when you stopped learning you stopped thinking.
I'm a firm believer that brain atrophy is directly proportional to disuse. |
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CraigC
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| | Subject: Re: Gods Debris Wed Jan 09, 2008 2:27 pm | |
| God's Debris is a great book. Highly recommended. It's so good that when I loaned it out, I never got it back.
It's not necessarily a deistic book, but Scott Adams is an entertaining read. |
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The Paineful Truth
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| | Subject: Re: Gods Debris Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:44 am | |
| BTW, what's the thought experiment he's referring to?
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Aaron
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| | Subject: Re: Gods Debris Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:06 am | |
| The book I guess.
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