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Goedel's mathematics was cool. It allowed people from past or future lives to send messages (i.e. ghosts) to him.. He proved that the continuum hypothesis and most of set theory was consistent.. This was one of Hilbert's big open questions. Still not proved, or disproved. We know so little.. I dunno. Theologically.. you might describe all of this as the *created* trying to explain the creator.. The one who finally can, wins the Boobie prize. Don't be too anxious. You will be left holding the bag.. so has anyone figured out the Barber of Seville thing? maybe this is how a Trinity works.. It would be a fate, worse than proving Fermat's last (big) theorem..

Very, very inventive and cunning. But there is only one barber. and the Barber is male.

If they would legalize recreational use of marijuana..I dunno. There is only one drug I would take again.. Maybe the CIA has some left over.. I

a couple of lifetimes, I didn't "get away with it".. this one,.. I got frigging damned tired of ripping people off.. how many times do you want to do that..

Maybe he got away with it, one lifetime after another..

I would agree. there is not one single "friend" that even attempted to look me up. I am really tired of trying to chase people down.. can't they try to look me up for a change? Well, it would be nice.. I'm ok either way..

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..