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    New bird believes...

    in FATE, LUCK and SUPERSTITION??

    How do I deal with this???

    Apparently, I'm lucky to get a new contract?

    It's not the decades of experience, good networking skills, execellent resume and FOUSANDS I've spent on proper training!!

    I should have just stayed in bed as it was meant to be!


    An odd way of looking at life??

    It ain't all bad - she's good at ironing!




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    #2
    Originally posted by Sands of Time View Post
    An odd way of looking at life??
    Maybe.

    But do you really think that decisions you make are made by "you"? I don't think so.

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      #3
      Originally posted by Sands of Time View Post
      It ain't all bad - she's good at ironing!

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      • Ironing - Check
      • Cooking - ?
      • Making tea on demand - ?
      • Making tea preemptively - ?
      • Knows when to STFU during TV programs -?
      • Bedroom gymnastics - ?
      • Has a stunning best friend - ?
      How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think

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        #4
        Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
        Maybe.

        But do you really think that decisions you make are made by "you"? I don't think so.

        Really?

        Who are they made by?

        The Matrix?



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          #5
          Originally posted by Troll View Post
          • Ironing - Check
          • Cooking - ?
          • Making tea on demand - ?
          • Making tea preemptively - ?
          • Knows when to STFU during TV programs -?
          • Bedroom gymnastics - ?
          • Has a stunning best friend - ?

          Early daze...

          I'm working through my own spreadsheet list...


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            #6
            Originally posted by Sands of Time View Post
            Really?

            Who are they made by?

            The Matrix?



            Tone
            What makes you think you decide what conscious decisions you make. Do you think conscious thinking controls conscious thinking and that it's turtles all the way down?

            No. When "you" make a decision, it is either a deterministic one or random. What other choice is there.

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              #7
              Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
              When "you" make a decision, it is either a deterministic one or random.
              You still have to make the decision though. How you think about the decision making process influences how you make decision, or don't as the case may be, and hence influences the outcome.
              While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'

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                #8
                She's got bad luck.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Sands of Time View Post
                  in FATE, LUCK and SUPERSTITION??

                  How do I deal with this???
                  Always use a condom. Do not leave it to fate, luck or superstition.
                  nomadd liked this post

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by doodab View Post
                    You still have to make the decision though.
                    Is it "you" consciously who makes decisions though, or how you are wired up that makes the decision?

                    How you think about the decision making process influences how you make decision, or don't as the case may be, and hence influences the outcome.
                    Your memory stores past decisions, good or bad, to use again. Perhaps that's your consciousness.

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