Comments on: The Weakest Link http://malcolmpollack.com/2008/05/03/the-weakest-link-2/ I go many places... Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:37:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: JK http://malcolmpollack.com/2008/05/03/the-weakest-link-2/#comment-85773 JK Fri, 16 May 2008 19:28:39 +0000 http://malcolmpollack.com/2008/05/03/the-weakest-link-2/#comment-85773 Oh Malcolm, Forgot why I originally came. Hopefully only a few come to your older posts, has to do with Chaiten. The photos your friend submitted were excellent but I've seen some that were taken from a source other than the one I posted from Nasa's Modius. Can't get into too much detail but this source requires certain clearances. Things're going slow I "believe" due to some trajectory "repositioning." There's an effort afoot to try to assist China. Anyway, I might be able to get some interesting views of all that earths' surface "apparent electromagnetic activity" as seen from some few hundred miles above. It's a Navy thing. I will, well only say I'm trying. Oh Malcolm,

Forgot why I originally came. Hopefully only a few come to your older posts, has to do with Chaiten. The photos your friend submitted were excellent but I’ve seen some that were taken from a source other than the one I posted from Nasa’s Modius. Can’t get into too much detail but this source requires certain clearances. Things’re going slow I “believe” due to some trajectory “repositioning.” There’s an effort afoot to try to assist China. Anyway, I might be able to get some interesting views of all that earths’ surface “apparent electromagnetic activity” as seen from some few hundred miles above. It’s a Navy thing. I will, well only say I’m trying.

]]> By: Malcolm http://malcolmpollack.com/2008/05/03/the-weakest-link-2/#comment-85774 Malcolm Fri, 16 May 2008 19:28:39 +0000 http://malcolmpollack.com/2008/05/03/the-weakest-link-2/#comment-85774 Hi JK, Yes, I did comment on this letter a couple of days ago, in <a href="http://malcolmpollack.com/2008/05/13/a-religious-ramble/" rel="nofollow">this post</a>. Thanks very much for your kind words. Much appreciated. Hi JK,

Yes, I did comment on this letter a couple of days ago, in this post.

Thanks very much for your kind words. Much appreciated.

]]> By: JK http://malcolmpollack.com/2008/05/03/the-weakest-link-2/#comment-85772 JK Fri, 16 May 2008 19:05:48 +0000 http://malcolmpollack.com/2008/05/03/the-weakest-link-2/#comment-85772 Malcolm, Likely you've already seen this on Einstein's "religious view". Kinda ironic due to his "God does not play dice with the Universe" thingy. However your site seems to generate perhaps the best commentary in the blogosphere and, I appreciate more than I can convey properly, your personal take on things. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080516/ap_en_bu/britain_einstein_letter JK Malcolm,

Likely you’ve already seen this on Einstein’s “religious view”. Kinda ironic due to his “God does not play dice with the Universe” thingy. However your site seems to generate perhaps the best commentary in the blogosphere and, I appreciate more than I can convey properly, your personal take on things.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080516/ap_en_bu/britain_einstein_letter

JK

]]> By: Malcolm http://malcolmpollack.com/2008/05/03/the-weakest-link-2/#comment-85087 Malcolm Mon, 05 May 2008 14:11:34 +0000 http://malcolmpollack.com/2008/05/03/the-weakest-link-2/#comment-85087 I do think, Jeanie, that the leisure to consider these questions is rather a luxury. I do think, Jeanie, that the leisure to consider these questions is rather a luxury.

]]> By: JO http://malcolmpollack.com/2008/05/03/the-weakest-link-2/#comment-85010 JO Sun, 04 May 2008 22:01:46 +0000 http://malcolmpollack.com/2008/05/03/the-weakest-link-2/#comment-85010 Malcolm, this brings me back to my thought that there is more than one "me". Where do I look for that decision made in a split second, with no reasoning and no time to consider the cause? No time to weigh the pros and cons-I am very interested in that choice made in reaction-someone tries to hurt my loved one and no thought of this happening beforehand. Has my mind, me, been weighing the possible reactions maybe in a part of my brain still hardwired for survival? Would I choose to freely will someone else's death in reaction to hurting my child right before my eyes? Since I don't know yet what I will do and must depend upon some aspect of me, it leads me to think that free will may get tangled up with the "plain" will-especially the will to survive or protect. Sorry, I'm reading the "Naked Ape" and it has really made me ponder how my brain and will have actually developed into a machine that even considers these concepts. Would you and I search for meaning if we had to make survival decisions just to get food? Does freedom or willful choice change in cultures where kill or be killed is still the daily mantra? Is it to these people, not a considered option but a survival hardwire? If it is, then I have primarily come back to I think that the decision is made already. Once again, I beg your forgiveness if this has digressed into my own mind too far. Jeanie Malcolm,
this brings me back to my thought that there is more than one “me”. Where do I look for that decision made in a split second, with no reasoning and no time to consider the cause? No time to weigh the pros and cons-I am very interested in that choice made in reaction-someone tries to hurt my loved one and no thought of this happening beforehand. Has my mind, me, been weighing the possible reactions maybe in a part of my brain still hardwired for survival? Would I choose to freely will someone else’s death in reaction to hurting my child right before my eyes? Since I don’t know yet what I will do and must depend upon some aspect of me, it leads me to think that free will may get tangled up with the “plain” will-especially the will to survive or protect.
Sorry, I’m reading the “Naked Ape” and it has really made me ponder how my brain and will have actually developed into a machine that even considers these concepts. Would you and I search for meaning if we had to make survival decisions just to get food? Does freedom or willful choice change in cultures where kill or be killed is still the daily mantra?
Is it to these people, not a considered option but a survival hardwire? If it is, then I have primarily come back to I think that the decision is made already.
Once again, I beg your forgiveness if this has digressed into my own mind too far.
Jeanie

]]> By: Malcolm http://malcolmpollack.com/2008/05/03/the-weakest-link-2/#comment-84990 Malcolm Sun, 04 May 2008 15:58:54 +0000 http://malcolmpollack.com/2008/05/03/the-weakest-link-2/#comment-84990 Hi Jeffery, Indeed I do make that distinction. I'm sorry to be bringing all this forth so slowly. I just have so little time each day, and I want to be careful. Hi Jeffery,

Indeed I do make that distinction.

I’m sorry to be bringing all this forth so slowly. I just have so little time each day, and I want to be careful.

]]> By: Horace Jeffery Hodges http://malcolmpollack.com/2008/05/03/the-weakest-link-2/#comment-84949 Horace Jeffery Hodges Sun, 04 May 2008 06:33:10 +0000 http://malcolmpollack.com/2008/05/03/the-weakest-link-2/#comment-84949 Just to check: Are you distinguishing between "cause" and "reason"? I'm interested in this issue, but I'm waiting until I've seen enough of your argument before I stake out a position. Jeffery Hodges * * * Just to check: Are you distinguishing between “cause” and “reason”?

I’m interested in this issue, but I’m waiting until I’ve seen enough of your argument before I stake out a position.

Jeffery Hodges

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