Members Hamid Rehman

Sep 3 2010: Excellent illustration of how leadership works.
One other point this makes is to not let your ego get in the way.

For person 1: Ego doesn't want to bear ridicule so it will keep the person from acting out his/her passion. He must overcome this strong resistance from the ego to be the leader.

For person 2: Ego doesn’t want ridicule, it also doesn’t want to be a follower. Both these impulses need to be fought to make person 1 a leader and get the cause rolling forward. This makes person 2’s job perhaps the hardest as he/she has to fight through the most ego resistance.

For person 3 – n: Ego fight gets progressively easier until the tipping point is achieved.

For person n – x: For these people there is not ego resistance but ego support to join the cause. Joining the cause is ego enhancing at this stage.

Jul 16 2010: I felt that I became a little better person by the end of the talk. Thank you.

Jun 18 2010: I find his total acceptance of the 911 commission report without being “skeptical” of it very telling. I personally do not care to argue the political and economical goals of the "conspiracy" or who did it? However, I do care a great deal about observable scientific discrepancies. Michael Shermer in his appearances on debunking documentaries offers the following as his strongest argument:
- The incompetent Bush administration could not have coordinated such a massive plot and subsequently kept a lid on its involvement from leaking out.
He jokes about it in this talk also. Where is his skepticism when laws of physics and engineering are violated? I also find the term "truthers" very unsettling. When did the truth become a pejorative?
Shermer you find a water dowsing device as a worthy idea to be skeptical about. Really? I would imagine that an audience intelligent enough read a publication worthy of being named "Skeptic" would be investigating ideas a little less obvious than a WDD.

Feb 3 2010: I gotta go to the hospital; I think I tore my ribcage!
Brilliantly funny.

Feb 3 2010: Very beautifully woven thoughts and feelings!
She expertly summarized the height of human experience: strength from failure, imagining beyond self, and sincere friendships. I am glad to see that her wealth has not corrupted her humanity. Kudos!