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Like I said...my weird mind. Anyone else think like this?
1 posted on 07/22/2010 6:59:57 AM PDT by MestaMachine
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To: MestaMachine

Jesus Christ is the answer.


2 posted on 07/22/2010 7:03:06 AM PDT by Mere Survival (The time to fight was yesterday but now will have to do.)
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To: MestaMachine

Yes.


3 posted on 07/22/2010 7:03:19 AM PDT by null and void (We are now in day 544 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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To: MestaMachine
Mensa Syndrome is a real problem. A million people in lofty places, suffering from Aspergers Syndrome, disagree.
6 posted on 07/22/2010 7:07:35 AM PDT by Earthdweller (Harvard won the election again...so what's the problem.......?)
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To: MestaMachine
Yep.

Take a course in Corrective Phrenology. Works wonders for those afflicted with your MENSA syndrome. While at first the effects may seem palliative, repeated courses of treatment invariably yield acceptable results.

8 posted on 07/22/2010 7:11:14 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (III, Alarm and Muster)
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To: MestaMachine

We are repeating history from 70 - 80 years ago. Unfortunatelu, there are always some that want to be the “master race”, and also there are enough useful idiots that help them along. We are fast approaching one of your listed results, or both.


9 posted on 07/22/2010 7:13:00 AM PDT by 05 Mustang GT Rocks
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To: MestaMachine

We are Borg

We are Mensa

Same?
Happening now?
Hmmmm....


13 posted on 07/22/2010 7:17:43 AM PDT by libertarian27 (Ingsoc: Department of Life, Department of Liberty, Department of Happiness)
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You need some time on my quiet porch. ... BTW, we're not tipping into chaos, we're being herded into it via the wide road, toward the broad gate wherein lies destruction.

And still no citizens are building the necessary guillotines ...

15 posted on 07/22/2010 7:18:13 AM PDT by MHGinTN (Mormons, believing they cannot be deceived, it is impossible to convince them when deceived.)
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To: MestaMachine
Well, smart people quit Mensa very quickly when they realize paying a substantial annual fee gets them virtually nothing but the chance to stand around at informal gatherings with a lot of underemployed whiners who constantly complain that the world refuses to recognize their brilliance. :)

Mr. Jeeves - Former Mensa member (25 years ago..)

18 posted on 07/22/2010 7:23:36 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ( "The right to offend is far more important than any right not to be offended." - Rowan Atkinson)
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To: MestaMachine

The other day a freeper pointed out that if we were to abolish federal involvement in education, and let it be handled on a more local level, the quality of education would improve dramatically and from that generation on, we would begin to regain our strength.


21 posted on 07/22/2010 7:25:30 AM PDT by Do Be (The heart is smarter than the head.)
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Any kid with common sense and an iota of curiosity will look at stats re: academic success vs. “real world” success. A stubborn kid will persevere under any circumstances. A curious kid will learn that the “C” students are the ones who have been historically successful in business. A kid w/o hardwiring problems will try to follow a path that will leave the world a better place. An observant kid will notice that the people who profess to know it all are surrounded with chaos and leave a trail of disaster wherever they go.
Don’t underestimate the kids.


22 posted on 07/22/2010 7:26:21 AM PDT by Silentgypsy (Employing freedom of speech/expression in order to condemn freedom of speech/expression—go figure..)
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To: MestaMachine

This condition is easily treatable with:

Dontnoital (psychonutbgon HCl)


23 posted on 07/22/2010 7:27:12 AM PDT by nhoward14 (I'm starting The 595 Club... A discount from 700)
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To: MestaMachine
Allow me to paraphrase:
"You think you're so smart that the first thing that flies into your head is the final answer to any problem."
I've met people like that. In defense of MENSA I must say most of them would probably not qualify.
How easy things would be if Smart equaled Right.
I suspect it might be related to the Hollywood Syndrome where they believe Famous equals Important.

26 posted on 07/22/2010 7:29:40 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
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To: MestaMachine
"If no one ever believes they are wrong, how will anyone know what is right?"

CS Lewis addressed this quite effectively in his discussions of Moral Law in Mere Christianity (and in numerous other writings). People for the most part have an inherent code of right and wrong based on universal moral absolutes. Some people spend time contemplating these and trying to abide by them, and others are immersed in systems that try to downplay, ridicule and ignore those that believe in such things...but in spite of their efforts, they simply don't go away.

Human fashions and trends are very fickle things, and even though right now, it is in vogue to defy and spit in the face of people who believe in moral absolutes, those principles will by far, outlive this passing phase and its adherents.

Atheist will typically tell you they feel uncomfortable when they lie, and nobody admires or esteems cowardice over valor. They may try to represent cowardice as valor, but they are not contesting the value of courage itself. Now, those not studied in, or at least having given some thought to such things generally can't explain why they feel some things are naturally right or wrong, only that they "feel" or "know" that they are. Some things are immutable and inalienable regardless of human efforts to downplay them or represent them otherwise.

Having said all of that, I'm not trying to minimize the damage these people might do, and the indoctrination they are trying to impose on society at large...the road to rediscovering and re-embracing Natural law could be a very difficult and painful one, indeed.

33 posted on 07/22/2010 7:40:13 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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Erroneous belief that one is somehow more superior to all others [...]

You mean they consider themselves to be not merely superior, but rather more superior to everyone else?

Regards,

34 posted on 07/22/2010 7:40:20 AM PDT by alexander_busek
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I think the syndrome you describe is an element of the thesis presented by Friedrich Hayek in The Fatal Conceit.
41 posted on 07/22/2010 8:12:22 AM PDT by Erasmus (Personal goal: Have a bigger carbon footprint than Tony Robbins.)
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To: MestaMachine; null and void
They suffer from pronoia.

"the suspicion the Universe is a conspiracy on your behalf.

You only think you think differently.

null and void is sure.

57 posted on 07/22/2010 9:57:56 AM PDT by Cyber Ninja (Live and let live; is not working...)
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