Nice post!
Posted on 04/08/2020 8:00:50 AM PDT by babylon_times
Situated on mount Parnassus in central Greece lies the city of Delphi. While the city now is mostly ruins, for over a thousand years the ancient world referred to it as the Center of the World. Millions from around the ancient world would flock to the city to inquire of the Oracle. To a select few, the Oracle would sit in the temple of Apollo and give prophecies or answer questions of business, trade, and war. Alexander the Great was said to have visited the Oracle to inquire as to whether he would conquer the world.
While modernity can scoff at the ancient world’s religious practices and beliefs, our world is not far removed from Delphi.
Today, the world has its own class of Oracles. These “Experts” as they are called, are numerous in the fields of statistics, economics, medicine, media, etc. They are what Nassim Taleb calls the “Intellectual Yet Idiots”....
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Bkmrk
Theirs are the voices of the followers of blind King Dhritarashtra (to hash mythologies as well as metaphors). They have no idea what's going on and are too blind to care. They show only contempt for Truth--Truth for its own sake--presupposing truth to be whatever they say it is.
Their hatred for President Trump parallels their contempt for Truth. In fact, they're the same thing.
The banner at the bottom of the screen read, "Models show peak has arrived. Experts say worst is yet to come."
I immediately clicked over to YouTube and started watching the 1984 Talledega 500.
When the experts don't even trust the models, you know you're being played.
Also, I don't remember who won the 1984 Talledega 500 and if any of you homos tell me, I'll kill ya.
Netherworld: Discovering the Oracle of the Dead and Ancient Techniques of Foretelling the Future
This is a very basic component of how the elites control the population.
Entrenched beliefs are very powerful and equivalent to religious beliefs.
Well, share the Talledega link! You think I’ve got anything better to do sitting down here in the den with 4 dogs?
I thank you. My Aussie shepherds thank you. My rottie thanks you. Boogedy boogedy boogedy. Let’s go Talledega Winston Cup racin boys!
Nice post!
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3834159/posts?page=1149#1149
Yes. Excellent.
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