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very clever.. If you haven't figured it out.. there is no yes or no answer here. If the Barber does not shave himself, he must shave himself. If He shaves himself, he cannot shave himself.

I generally tend to believe in one or another version of reincarnation.. I have very real impressions of the last couple of lives.. and I would be just as happy to know that these are illusions.. one of them, I died in a war, with a picture of whoever was my sweetheart in my pocket. Must have been the 1800's. They didn't have that kind of technology before.. the background appears blue. Maybe that was the color I was wearing at the time.. another one, I was shot with a hand gun, because I slept with the bosses wife.. this was much more recent.. older past experiences, no. No remembrance.. Possibly. But it was what he observed.. they nested on the light on his front porch.. \ still. If she was hidden or not.. these birds had to fly out of the nest..

Nice to see you again Galen.. maybe the big question would be "does the Bible allow 'contradictory' or varying beliefs".. one of my math gurus today hit me with some universal truth.. the robin. They build their nest in a frenzy, defend and feed their young with as much fierceness as a bird can display.. and suddenly. The offspring are just strong enough to leave the nest.. the parents simply fly away. That's it.. What happens to the parents belief that they must defend, feed, and support their offspring.. I mean.. it's just gone, isn't it? Is there any love of god involved in this? It has to be..

It's not pigs in the parlor. It's unclean Squirrels in the parlor. casting them out does not work.. we were invited..

I dunno. If that were true.. his offspring would regard me as a brother, or a sister.. hasn't really happened here.. they would have asked me what I thought before trying to resurrect gramp's "ministry".. no, they didn't ask. sorry. as evil as he was, gramps was the one who opened the door here.. and somehow, da offspring has agreed with it..

I don't think our dear Mr. Cantor was subjected to.. Alopecia totalis

Weird, huh.. so what I am looking for.. why can't we have a GS Seance.. I am trying to understand Georg Cantor.

it takes a while. But I'm learning to ask these questions in a more subtle manner..

This kind of reasoning practically broke the intellectual back of the best that there was (is) hey, it challenges "reality".. the only possible reconciliation as far as logic and reality is concerned.. it bites off more than it can chew. i.e. there is no Barber who is responsible for all male citizens.. there is no MOG in charge of mindless masses, who can not be held unaccountable to themselves.. there is no set, that is not a member of itself.. interesting, I hope? this is really cool.. any time one stands up and says "I'm in charge.." immediately he is clubbed to death (or she) by Russel's Paradox..

No thoughts? let's put it in way terms. da mog is in in charge of all of those not spiritually in charge of themselves. Who is in charge of da mog? I love this.. it is mathematics at it's finest, and it is in plain, ordinary English.. maybe this is the "answer" to the "sowers" dilemma. You know, those put in charge. In charge of those who need to be held in charge..

How did twi disarm me? They claimed to be my family.

No answers yet? You must prove your claim..

You can be very inventive with answers. i.e. he is bald. But when one reaches this age, there is usually a profusion of ear and nostril hair. it still requires cosmetic removal..

So. The male citizens of Seville. Generally they are not unkempt (i.e., well shaved). The Barber shaves all those who do not shave themselves. Who shaves the barber? If the Barber is female, there is no problem.. but the Barber is male..

I dunno. I can look at such a question, have another glass of Cabernet, and not (or greatly) care.. it's like trying to trisect an arbitrary angle with a compass and straightedge, only.. don't even get me started.. there is a three-dimensional object, that you could fill with paint, but never find enough paint to cover it.. what is the point here.. I don't even know if there is a point. I can enjoy this kind of uncertainty.. just can't force it on others.. where is Rumrunner when you need him.. he breathed math..

wasn't that what it was that ruined Russel? something like.. what about a set that didn't include itself.. I'll need this for the next (last(?)) paper.. Naive set theory, it is described. Bites off more than it can chew.. It's the Barber of Seville question. The Barber shaves every man who does not shave himself. The Barber is a man. Who shaves him?

As much as I disagree with it.. I don't think it is pin-headed. It's a search for stability, or equilibrium.. what would you do.. if in one moment you found everything you (thought) you believed was just, plain, brutally WRONG.. that has happened to more than the religious crowd.. I dunno. So you write your book, and in one little innocent question, your book is ruined, a few days before (or after) publication.. its happened.. I'm just an amateur here.. I don't have that much to lose..

I dunno. Gullible? Maybe we were of the deception that agreements actually meant something.. actually I still think they do. Just because they don't choose to honor it.. it's their loss, not mine..

I was promised a family.. from those who were not my offspring or progenitors.. too much to promise. Especially if you can't deliver..

I don't think it was gullibility.. maybe we just expected too much.. or were promised..

Does the sentence fit the crime? I won't argue otherwise.. The system is entirely unfair. These examples of horror.. they get what. Three square meals a day. Of course, the cuisine isn't exactly what it used to be.. budget cuts and all. Free (?) roof over one's head, as long as the lawyering and appeals hold out.. do they get cable tv and internet still? what does it cost to house, clothe and feed them? It just seem taxpayers money could go to far better uses.. speaking of rehabilitation.. what kind of job is waiting for them outside of the gates? I mean.. consider they have years and years of somewhat of a life.. between appeals and all.. how is that supposed to be a deterrent to crime? "Justice" is far too slow. But how fast do we want it.. we like a free society.. and the security that a dictatorship could provide, snuffing out alleged criminals with no right of appeal.. sorry. Just thinking here..

I dunno. Maybe one has to define what the ancients thought was heaven.. was it the afterlife? Resurrection? What was it? Was it a topological space? Or theological space? Maybe the first step would be to define a few terms here..

Weird stuff. Take it as you will.. I remember some kind of agreement for this existence.. a couple of times (or more) I've taken this agreement, and told those whom I agreed with to go to hell.. you dumb "foot" bastards.. you have no clue of what kind of experience this existence involved.. so I was the numbnuts to take the dare.. friends? I don't think so.. I wish we were.. anybody else here talk to the "gods" like this? to quote a damned republican dumbass. If they can't help, tell them to stay out of the way.. Of course they won't, or can't help, for one reason or another.. It's only the second of July. Everybody is here, aren't they? I mean, really.. Well.. happy July the fourth.. :)

there is all kinds of nastiness to deal with.. I dunno. Maybe it's about humiliation. You can't humiliate one who who is dead, any longer, anyway.. death is an easy way out, for all parties involved..

the "coolest" thing that can happen to anybody. Take one, or a pair of the super magnets one has "harvested" from a hard drive. You take this magnet.. rub it along the surface of diamagnetic material, i.e. a block of copper.. no, there is no attraction like iron.. but it feels like you are moving the magnet through a pool of very thick molasses. As long as the magnet is moving, that is. it's a real hit at parties.. Once you experience it, you have to explain it..