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  1. Rocky
    Exercise. Modification of dietary intake. Anyway, you cogently make the point about aging. I very much relate to what you said and how you said it. I have recently had to get some physical therapy for aging related changes to my leg and back muscles. My prostate has been an irritant for most of the last 25+ years. A nurse practitioner recently told me she considers prostate issues to be essentially male menopause. I went to my local community college fitness and wellness center to work out earlier today, got home about an hour ago.
  2. Rocky
    I can't (and don't) speak for T-Bone but mySELF is here because I am here.
  3. Rocky
    What do you mean by that expression?
  4. Rocky
    TWI is a closed society which has informal government, a totalitarian government of, by, and for the unwritten laws which serve "leadership."
  5. Rocky
    That's WAY too small of a box into which to stuff free speech. Free speech is about uncomfortable artistic human expression. It challenges any and all societal norms and mores. Some of which (norms/mores) push back and survive, some fall by the wayside.
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  7. Rocky
    To whom are you addressing this question about concerns with the Bible?
  8. Rocky
    Movie opens before Christmas. Director Sarah Polley talks about it with Stephen Colbert. I figured there might be some women survivors of twi who might find this story resonates.
  9. Rocky
    Isn't that what we all could (and maybe should) do with our twi experience?
  10. Rocky
    Posted on TikTok by @stew904 and on Twitter by @AuntBunny and retweeted by @RexChapman is the wonderfully awkward way productions doing "The renewed mind is the key." Maybe this link will work... if it doesn't, GSC doesn't like an emoji included in the tweet. try this... after twitter dot com insert the following without the quotation marks. "AuntBunny731/status/1597219864867131392" The twitter code doesn't work here, the following is from YouTube... but many of you have seen it on YT. But if you are on twitter or TikTok and want to see the masses making fun of twi...
  11. Rocky
    Truth?
  12. Rocky
    You pay him no attention, but you make allegations without being able to back up your claims. THAT takes it outside the boundaries of acceptable on GSC. His focus, if you had read Sapiens, is history. And he's hella smarter than me or you.
  13. Rocky
    I'm flattered to be included in the group of folks this wanker criticized. But flattery will get him/her nowhere, really. I also wonder about the dates of the blog posts. Nevertheless, I wish him/her peace.
  14. Rocky
    Now THAT makes sense. Whereas, Mike's arguments are shallow and simplistic, at best. I can appreciate that Mike has taken a lifelong learning approach and attitude on some things. However, it's still overwhelmingly clear he has serious blind spots. Additionally, listening to podcasts may not approach the level of depth necessary for him to either understand the subject inherently, or to communicate what he might actually know with clarity.
  15. Rocky
    Not necessarily true. Some people who were, for a time, "tied to" twi, built the websites.
  16. Rocky
    I agree, that I don't have skin in your game. Nevertheless, conceptually and according to research... significant emotional event. It's not up to me to spell out what events may or may not strike you significantly enough for you to recognize reality. Cheers B. Hope you have Happy Holidays.
  17. Rocky
    In case Mike still looks in on this thread, I just listened to a very enlightening 30 minute YouTube video of Yuval Noah Harari, a guy MUCH smarter, I'm confident, than any of us who have posted on this subject. Professor Harari, author of the very intriguing books, including Sapiens: a Brief History of Humankind, convinced me, though I didn't ask him to do so, that the question of free will vs determinism is probably the WRONG question to be asking. The issue Harari lectured on was The Politics of Consciousness. He doesn't suggest the answer. Rather, he defines some parameters for exploring the topic. Anyway, if anyone reading this may be interested, the video is easily found on YouTube by searching on his name and the topic (highlighted above). To me, the question of defining consciousness seems much more relevant than this thread ever did, at least to me.
  18. Rocky
    She likely IS around 70 now. But also, Valerie52 may or may not look in on GSC anymore.
  19. Rocky
    A laptop, brand doesn't matter. But I did buy the extended warranty this time. Windows 11. Will take a little getting used to.
  20. Rocky
    I'm substantially more patient than I was in my youth.
  21. Rocky
    Why? What's the point of that? Btw, my computer crashed the other day. Got a new one today.
  22. Rocky
    The "greatest secret in the world today" is how did Mike learn to so efficaciously push the buttons of GSC netizens to keep wasting time on vain babblings (useless/fruitless interaction) on a topic that even trained philosophers and/or scientists will likely never resolve... let alone a handful of disgruntled PFLAP grads.
  23. Rocky
    Isn't that expression simply a way to use words to say NOTHING of substance?
  24. Rocky
    I hesitate to ask the obvious question here. IF animals can make decisions... Speculations, at best? I think? Don't you mean that you speculate? "Really?" WTF? Dude, you conflate a LOT. You don't seem to have language/vocabulary to REALLY communicate with humans. It's all hogwash, if we were to take your words at face value.
  25. Rocky

    Why PFAL sucks

    Rocky replied to T-Bone's topic in About The Way

    "One of the most salient features of our culture is that there is so much bull$hit. Everyone knows this." from Goodreads' blurb on Harry Frankfurt's essay. Brava Twinky! Eloquently stated indeed.
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