Got a little lazy in updating...my fault. Quick update on things:
I have decided not to get to Vegas. I have no real desire to drive cross country again, a big part of the reason for moving was for warm weather, and there are some things here I want to pursue further first. So I will be in Boston for the summer, and am currently looking to get a place on the ocean for a few months and then re-eval at that point. Seems like a good idea to me, I get to enjoy the ocean, and no 45 hour drive =)
Business stuff is very interesting. I am really pissed still that my degree's only use is being a damn bookmark. I learned nothing from 4 years in school...or at least nothing useful for what I am doing now. I spend more hours per day trying to learn what I should have been taught in college. Seriously, in this day and age how have I not been taught Internet marketing? Pathetic...but that's what I've been doing a lot of...reading and learning.
The Askmeaboutanything.com site is doing OK right now. I still have some things to do to it before it fully goes launch...so I'm trying to get that stuff done sooner than later. I have also started another site which I hope to have done by the weekend. Websites are so easy to do, but so hard to do correctly. But about 20hrs later I have a site that I am 80% happy with...so when it's finished up I will drop a link to it. It's not really complex or anything, just another site to relax on, get some info you would like, and then go about your merry way. As much as I would like to create a 2p2 for another genre of people,...I just don't see that happening.
***(warning...rambling + stereotyping is ahead...proceed with caution if at all)***
Recent thoughts...logic. In writing my book I have been writing a little about logic, and thus have been doing quite a bit of reading and thinking on the subject. It is such an odd topic and I believe it is because people define logic in different ways. Some people think of logic strictly in terms of math problems...others in terms of philosophical issues...others like common sense...and some as a metric of intelligence. Well by definition, all of those are the truth. However, it never ceases to amaze me the thoughts people have about logic.
I read a very popular blog the other day that suggested that home schooled religious students should not be taught logic...rather their studies should focus on “the word of the Lord” and MAYBE teach some critical analysis (which is laughable because CA is actually a derivative of logic). And in reading this article (while admitting I am fully biased) I kept getting the feeling the reason they didn't want logic taught is because what logic would create in terms of future action. If you teach a child to be logical, they will grow up questioning. They will wonder why the sky is blue, they will want to know where babies come from, and they will inevitably question deeper thoughts like sociology, psychology, and of course religion. So why might these religious folk not want students being taught logic?
I'll take a wild stab and say because that same child will question religion. That same logical child will have the necessary skill-set to use clues, thoughts, and interpretations to get to a “logical assumption”. That same child will be confused and tainted for the rest of their lives. But here is an interesting thought...
Religious people, for one reason or another, tend to be very happy people. They tend to not over-think things....things just 'are' so long as there is belief. Belief keeps their lives stable, the knowing that said belief and certain actions guarantees a happy afterlife is a calming thing. But logical people...their brains will never stop. They will constantly question and rework thoughts, hypotheses, and arguments. Because logic is fairly useless in predicting the afterlife (rotting, floating, burning, or partying)...there is no “end-game” for them. Humans need an “end-game”. They feel comfort in knowing there is a beginning, a middle, and an end. Although any and all of those may be painful...psychologically it is imperative for all of those things to happen and be understood. So a religious person has a concept of beginning, middle, and end (god created, you lived, heaven/hell)...but what about a logical person?
Maybe more next time...just had the time to write this all down...enjoy and feel free to argue as you see fit. I would like to assume that I am logical...so I will shoot no thought down so long as there is reasoning behind it.
Enjoy!
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2 comments:
death seems like a pretty obvious end to me... but I'm a little biased as well haha.
however, I agree with you religious folks do seem very happy but for most of us (at least in the poker world), simply accepting something as a universal truth because we are told so is impossible.
def concur that poker players (the very logically minded ones) will have an insanely hard time just "accepting"...for better or worse of course.
i don't know in terms of death as an "end-game". While obviously death is the end of your life...we are not certain if that is truly "the end". It is that uncertainty that drive ppl's lives in certain directions, again, for better or worse.
imo
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