tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post1934225576380358551..comments2024-03-16T08:04:53.086-05:00Comments on Dredd Blog: Evolution We Can Believe InUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-70698761825067668172009-02-04T05:40:00.000-06:002009-02-04T05:40:00.000-06:00socrates,I mistakenly put your post up twice, so I...socrates,<BR/><BR/>I mistakenly put your post up twice, so I deleted the second copy so folks don't think you stutter.<BR/><BR/>My mistake folks.Dreddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15673418865926403671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-84183609071855529552009-02-04T05:26:00.000-06:002009-02-04T05:26:00.000-06:00Please notice the post on Saturn and the post on M...Please notice the <A HREF="http://blogdredd.blogspot.com/2009/01/saturns-many-mysteries.html" REL="nofollow">post on Saturn</A> and <A HREF="http://blogdredd.blogspot.com/2009/01/throw-textbook-out.html" REL="nofollow">the post on Mars</A>; then notice <A HREF="http://blogdredd.blogspot.com/2009/01/deceive-business.html" REL="nofollow">the quote from Chomsky</A> that we have been under the influence of propaganda which began to intensify about WWI.<BR/><BR/>Propaganda is used both passively and actively. Education has suffered from mainly passive but some active propaganda too.<BR/><BR/>Chomsky even makes the radical statement that "education is basically indoctrination".<BR/><BR/>So my efforts are posts that make us think about what we <I>think we know</I> and about what we think we believe.<BR/><BR/>One of the aims of propaganda is to confuse the two. To confuse belief with knowledge in the target population.<BR/><BR/>Once that is done it is easier to manipulate because one has lost the proper place to make a stand. We no longer "know" we really only "believe".<BR/><BR/>That is where the propagandist attacks. The weak spot of belief. Remember Rove stated openly that belief in the form of perception could become the reality if the people were pressed on it (pun intended). <BR/><BR/>That bullshit clown propaganda got us into a lot of trouble in the world and at home.<BR/><BR/>Since it is easier to change a belief than rooted knowledge, the two must first be confused.<BR/><BR/>Rove knew that he just could not get to people who were <I>grounded in the knowledge</I> that our constitutional law based systems were superior to his dogmatic fascist based ideology.<BR/><BR/>So those he reserved for his ire which he applied through the perversion of the DOJ, IRS, and the press.Dreddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15673418865926403671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-48737967874931301792009-02-03T20:59:00.000-06:002009-02-03T20:59:00.000-06:00This will do some impressive AI:The worlds fastest...This will do some impressive AI:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/feb/03/fastest-supercomputer-ibm-sequoia" REL="nofollow">The worlds fastest super computer</A> ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-84913277547154549002009-02-03T20:57:00.000-06:002009-02-03T20:57:00.000-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-48002436052529661752009-02-03T20:54:00.000-06:002009-02-03T20:54:00.000-06:00My take is that there was Descartes who based ever...My take is that there was Descartes who based everything on reason. Then there was David Hume, who said that if you don't experience something directly, then you can't know it's true. Then Immanuel Kant kind of took the best of both and said that there are things we can know a priori but that there are limits to pure reason.<BR/><BR/>Personally, my heart is with the counter-enlightenment. The emphasis on positivism has taken us to the brink of technological insanity. One of my heroes was Jean-Jacques Rousseau who spoke of the noble savage.<BR/><BR/>Basically I am admitting that your post went waaaayy over my head.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com