This is not germane to this thread; it should be raised in the Brave New World REvisited thread instead, but to briefly respond to this:
DrEvil:
Can you please piss off with your constant insinuations that people who disagree with you are brainwashed good little soldiers in thrall to the elites, and just once in your life try to argue in good faith?
I always strive to argue in good faith -- my intent is always to engage others in this forum to derive the closest approximation to 'truth', as objectively as may be possible (there remains the potential for known or unknown inherent bias interfering with the process). I welcome judgement from the RI collective in that regard. You, on the other hand, tend to be subjective and unwilling to challenge your belief systems.
To clarify, yours (the quoted bit above) is a mischaracterization, or misrepresentation: first, my output in that thread has nothing to do with 'disagreeing with me'. The 'Brave New World Revisited' thread is a broad commentary on our current cultural mindsets, the inherent programming/conditioning protocols in place, greatly facilitated by modern technology, and various means by which these mechanisms exacerbate division, compliance, and control (as well as confusion and ignorance). This is wholly separate and apart from 'disagreement with my views', as everyone -- including me -- are impacted by, and susceptible to, these protocols to various degrees.
In my last posting in that thread, I alluded to this 'moon hoax' thread because, increasingly and especially in the last ~2yrs, dominant narratives are accepted by default (by previously discerning minds), when it should now be clear such views (including long-held historical ones) should be minimally challenged, or otherwise assessed anew.
There has been significant dogmatic thinking on display -- I'm certainly not immune to it (though I generally loathe dogma in all its forms), but at the least, I can say I have a self-awareness and interest in recalibration that appears to be lacking in some others. But everyone's got their own path; some may live their entire lives without any interest or inclination to self-reflect or re-assess previously accepted concepts/belief systems.
Round and round we go.
