Brian, your problem is rooted in fantasy.
You profess to critical thinking yet you don't even know how to define
such a cognitive asset, let alone practice it.
There are several dimensions which taken together, comprise critical
thinking. You display none of them.

Tolerance: Critical thinkers relish divergent views & therefore enjoy
a real debate. You attempt to shut down any divergent views (that is,
views which don't align with your way of thinking if it can be in fact
called "thinking). You therefore do not enjoy a *real* debate.

Tolerance is the firstmost & foremost dimension of critical thinkiing.
You have none.

Analytical skills: Critical thinkers don’t accept just any kind of
talking. They want properly constructed arguments that
present reasons and draw sound conclusions.

In other words, they want *argument* in the classical sense, not
necessarily syllogistic, but nonetheless argument - conclusions based
on premises. You abhor argument or perhaps don't understand what an
argument is. Therefore, you are incapable of analysis, & therefore do
not possess analytical skills.

Truth seeking: Critical thinkers are on mission - seek *objective*
truth.
Even if the *objective* truth turns out to undermine their own
previously held convictions & long-cherished & is flat out against
their own self interest.

You have concrete *subjective* views on everything developed in
isolation & therefore devoid of others' constructive criticism &
correction. You wouldn't know objectivity if you fell over it.

You, sir, are therefore not a critical thinker & never will be.
Continue to dwell in your own delusional world while the universe
marches by - sooner or later, your illusion will come crashing down &
there will be no one there to cushion it for you.

You know this is true.

On Saturday, April 29, 2023 at 5:46:56 PM UTC-7, o'Mahoney wrote:
> Brian, your problem is rooted in fantasy.
> You profess to critical thinking yet you don't even know how to define
> such a cognitive asset, let alone practice it.
> There are several dimensions which taken together, comprise critical
> thinking. You display none of them.
>
> Tolerance: Critical thinkers relish divergent views & therefore enjoy
> a real debate. You attempt to shut down any divergent views (that is,
> views which don't align with your way of thinking if it can be in fact
> called "thinking). You therefore do not enjoy a *real* debate.
>
> Tolerance is the firstmost & foremost dimension of critical thinkiing.
> You have none.
>
> Analytical skills: Critical thinkers don’t accept just any kind of
> talking. They want properly constructed arguments that
> present reasons and draw sound conclusions.
>
> In other words, they want *argument* in the classical sense, not
> necessarily syllogistic, but nonetheless argument - conclusions based
> on premises. You abhor argument or perhaps don't understand what an
> argument is. Therefore, you are incapable of analysis, & therefore do
> not possess analytical skills.
>
> Truth seeking: Critical thinkers are on mission - seek *objective*
> truth .
> Even if the *objective* truth turns out to undermine their own
> previously held convictions & long-cherished & is flat out against
> their own self interest.
>
> You have concrete *subjective* views on everything developed in
> isolation & therefore devoid of others' constructive criticism &
> correction. You wouldn't know objectivity if you fell over it.
>
> You, sir, are therefore not a critical thinker & never will be.
> Continue to dwell in your own delusional world while the universe
> marches by - sooner or later, your illusion will come crashing down &
> there will be no one there to cushion it for you.
>
> You know this is true.
hasta la vista to gordon lightfoot.
if you could read my mind you wouldn't be here ha ha

On Tue, 2 May 2023 07:08:52 -0700 (PDT), chris rodgers
<allreadydun@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Saturday, April 29, 2023 at 5:46:56 PM UTC-7, o'Mahoney wrote:
>> Brian, your problem is rooted in fantasy.
>> You profess to critical thinking yet you don't even know how to define
>> such a cognitive asset, let alone practice it.
>> There are several dimensions which taken together, comprise critical
>> thinking. You display none of them.
>>
>> Tolerance: Critical thinkers relish divergent views & therefore enjoy
>> a real debate. You attempt to shut down any divergent views (that is,
>> views which don't align with your way of thinking if it can be in fact
>> called "thinking). You therefore do not enjoy a *real* debate.
>>
>> Tolerance is the firstmost & foremost dimension of critical thinkiing.
>> You have none.
>>
>> Analytical skills: Critical thinkers don’t accept just any kind of
>> talking. They want properly constructed arguments that
>> present reasons and draw sound conclusions.
>>
>> In other words, they want *argument* in the classical sense, not
>> necessarily syllogistic, but nonetheless argument - conclusions based
>> on premises. You abhor argument or perhaps don't understand what an
>> argument is. Therefore, you are incapable of analysis, & therefore do
>> not possess analytical skills.
>>
>> Truth seeking: Critical thinkers are on mission - seek *objective*
>> truth .
>> Even if the *objective* truth turns out to undermine their own
>> previously held convictions & long-cherished & is flat out against
>> their own self interest.
>>
>> You have concrete *subjective* views on everything developed in
>> isolation & therefore devoid of others' constructive criticism &
>> correction. You wouldn't know objectivity if you fell over it.
>>
>> You, sir, are therefore not a critical thinker & never will be.
>> Continue to dwell in your own delusional world while the universe
>> marches by - sooner or later, your illusion will come crashing down &
>> there will be no one there to cushion it for you.
>>
>> You know this is true.
>hasta la vista to gordon lightfoot.
>if you could read my mind you wouldn't be here ha ha

Fuck me, I didn't know he'd died.
What a loss.
Just watched a documentary on him a week or so again - without knowing
he'd died this month - very enlightening. He looked frail.

If You Could Read My Mind Documentary (2019)

Here's the magnet (torrent):

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DL your torrent client here:
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