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"Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be."
— Shel Silverstein
"For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on—whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man—for precisely the same reasons."
-Doudlas Adams

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  A comment on Conversation: What is your favourite quote and why?

  Mar 11 2012: "Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius."
  Mozart

• A reply on Conversation: Is it time to accept literal religious belief systems are intellectually bankrupt?

  Mar 4 2012: "Sorry, but adults believing that such fantasies as those in the bible are literally true cannot but be intellectually bankrupt."
  You are right about that. No one believes anything as an adult you can only believe something the right way with the determination to believe it like a child. Intellect only gives the thieves who want it most momentary illusions of grandeur but anyone who knows anything about themselves knows they want a lot more out of life than to just understand something intellectually. Reason may do well for a lot of things but like everything else in life there still remains the issue of practicality.
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  A comment on Conversation: Is it time to accept literal religious belief systems are intellectually bankrupt?

  Mar 2 2012: There are atheist and theists who have tremendous respect and admiration for each others "intellect".And neither would presume the other to be intellectual bankrupt at all and these minds are the best of the best. Even the great Bertrand Russell said of G.K Chesterton (a catholic theologian and journalist) "This is a man of colossal genius". Modern day theologians/apologists such as Timothy Keller and Ravi Zacharias are highly respected by their peers and defend the case for theism in very well known academic settings all over the world. Maybe I have just misunderstood what you mean here. Please elaborate?

• A comment on Conversation: We are in a Creative Depression. What follows is an audio record touching on this idea, and asking us: "What will we tell our children?"

  Mar 1 2012: Hey Thomas! Is the recording the "related talk by Ken Robinson" or is there another link?

• A comment on Conversation: Is it time to accept literal religious belief systems are intellectually bankrupt?

  Mar 1 2012: Hmmm, interesting topic! I just want to chime in on the idea that religion is either on the decline or will just plain disappear with the continuous advancement of scientific discovery. Personally, I just cannot see this ever happening. Ever. However, if anyone basis that hypothesis on what has happened so far in some of the most well documented history both of the eastern and western world they will surely find that religion has not only thrived a little bit -it has greatly flourished and spread through every turn of the century and still continues to effect most peoples view of the modern world. So what is all this talk about anything declining?

• A comment on Conversation: Western European states only dominate in the last 200 years, and only because China did not want to.

  Mar 1 2012: If anyone is interested in an entertaining, funny and educational standpoint on the subject. I highly recommend http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Planet-China-Understand-Comfortable/dp/076792200X.

• A comment on Conversation: How can I launch my app in SXSW without networks in the US?

  Feb 28 2012: If you are serious about getting this into the right hands then I would invest in some backstage /all access passes.

• A comment on Conversation: How can I launch my app in SXSW without networks in the US?

  Feb 28 2012: I'm not sure what kind of app this is or what it does or what network of people it wold appeal to so its kind of hard to give advice? If you are looking to market it to a young/urban/ trendy crowd then SXSW is the place to go. The most influential people(regarding trends) at SXSW will be the bands and comedians that are preforming as well as several very large radio stations. So there is a place to start. The more exclusive you make it seem the better- at those sort of events. Good luck.
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  A comment on Conversation: Is Abortion good or bad???

  Feb 25 2012: It's impossible to say for me. I have never been pregnant. I have never been a women. I have never had or considered an actual abortion. Moving on.
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  A comment on Conversation: Can we prove Aristotle�s �Prime Mover�:Everything that happens is caused by something else?Then what caused the first cause?

  Feb 23 2012: I think it's safe to say no one can really answer that. There is more than one way to understand reality as a concept and this does not have to only be an intellectual endeavor (because everything has limits) Besides, all the new discoveries of science we are now" understanding" even less of what we thought was possible concerning the nature of this wild and wonderful universe and that is exactly how it should be if you ask me.