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JUPITERASC

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JUPITERASC

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“If you claim to be a skeptic
and have not read The Ethical Skeptic, you risk echochamber IRRELEVANCY" :smile:

“The pageantry of pseudo-skepticism is abused to belie
its truly corrupt core.
What we lacked are the frameworks necessary
in pinpointing the very flaws and deceptions
many of us have sensed, but have been unable to articulate.
That is, until now.”

“I am a military intelligence instructor.
Honestly, your knowledge structure of deception
ought to be standard teaching inside graduate level US military intelligence courses.

“I was asked by a colleague
whom I regarded to be a signature philosopher of our time
as viewed say a century into the future
I responded, ‘I don’t even know his name
other than ethical skeptic’.”

There exists a pro-science, educated and rational movement
of conscience, on the part of people just like you and me.
Professionals who apply skepticism daily in their STEMM disciplines
who nonetheless are raising a warning flag of concern
mission is to promote the wonder of science
through a contrast of authentic skeptical discipline
versus its distorted, pseudo-intellectual
and socio-politically motivated counterfeit.
I am a graduate level science and engineering professional
who laments the imprisonment of science
by control-minded special interests
and bullying dogmatic social epistemologists
mission is to foster foremost a discerning perspective
for us all on the Cabal of pretenders who abuse and seek control
in the name science.
Science based upon a flawed philosophy called social skepticism.
https://theethicalskeptic.com/the-tree-of-knowledge-obfuscation/
 

JUPITERASC

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This is Charlie Chaplin at age 26, photographed 100 years ago.
It’s believed he wrote the poem below at age 70.
He pretty much said it all with this one :smile:



As I began to love myself
I found that anguish and emotional suffering
are only warning signs that I was living
against my own truth.
Today, I know, this is Authenticity.

As I began to love myself
I understood how much it can offend somebody
if I try to force my desires on this person,
even though I knew the time was not right
and the person was not ready for it,
and even though this person was me.
Today I call this Respect.

As I began to love myself
I stopped craving for a different life,
and I could see that everything
that surrounded me
was inviting me to grow.
Today I call this Maturity.

As I began to love myself
I understood that at any circumstance,
I am in the right place at the right time,
and everything happens at the exactly right moment.
So I could be calm.
Today I call this Self-Confidence.

As I began to love myself
I quit stealing my own time,
and I stopped designing huge projects
for the future.
Today, I only do what brings me joy and happiness,
things I love to do and that make my heart cheer,
and I do them in my own way
and in my own rhythm.
Today I call this Simplicity.

As I began to love myself
I freed myself of anything
that is no good for my health –
food, people, things, situations,
and everything that drew me down
and away from myself.
At first I called this attitude a healthy egoism.
Today I know it is Love of Oneself.

As I began to love myself
I quit trying to always be right,
and ever since
I was wrong less of the time.
Today I discovered that is Modesty.

As I began to love myself
I refused to go on living in the past
and worrying about the future.
Now, I only live for the moment,
where everything is happening.
Today I live each day,
day by day,
and I call it Fulfillment.

As I began to love myself
I recognized
that my mind can disturb me
and it can make me sick.
But as I connected it to my heart,
my mind became a valuable ally.
Today I call this connection Wisdom of the Heart.

We no longer need to fear arguments,
confrontations or any kind of problems
with ourselves or others.
Even stars collide,
and out of their crashing, new worlds are born.
Today I know: This is Life!
 

JUPITERASC

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Imagine making a decision - just one decision
- that would haunt you for life and rip away everything you loved.
Back in 1991, Sandy Dawkins and Megs Clinton Parker
discovered that their two-year-old sons had been switched at birth
that they were each raising a child that was not biologically their own.
They could have swapped the boys over then and there.

But they didn't :smile:

For the next two decades we watched
as Sandy and Megs tried to make their bizarre relationship work.
But, perhaps inevitably, it all fell apart.
Now, 23 years later, there's been yet another
and even more extraordinary twist in this bitter family saga.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIdDXBHKejw
 
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