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Along an incremental path toward tyranny, one has to watch one's every step. Now this is one big step into foul-smelling dog mess if ever there was one. ... If the people of the US accept such a step then they fully deserve everything that follows.

@OP's second post. What good is this observation if it's only correlative when there's a much more causal one staring everyone in the face: child abuse as the origin of immorality? Not being able or willing to do complex calculations and gain an understanding of physics (high IQ doesn't necessitate being interested in physics either) in order to quantify the events of 9/11 and hence claim that it was an inside job does not really demonstrate the truth value of his argument that less intelligence = more evil. Perhaps another element to consider might be that evil is mostly either the product of malice or incompetence (not all bad parents are knowingly sadistic; many are just idiotic and blinkered.) If this is true then lower intelligence could account for many cases of evil where 'incompetence' or semi-conscious willed ignorance are to blame (as opposed to outright cruelty.) Is it possible to follow these points or have I put my ideas across badly?

Sorry just digging about in necrotic posts, but I just had this image of such a section becoming like a sort of naval vessel at sea, or a prison. There would be so few girls, so much competition and so many guys that we'd end up just saying "fuck it, we're both guys but wanna hook up anyway?" Ratios not good enough, bottom line at the moment.

No I can't

Applied for a place on the FB page. Looking forward to joining in!

Well done on the IFS stuff mate. It sounds very rewarding. I might be starting therapy quite soon but can't really partner up at this point as just haven't started seeing any therapist. Stopped seeing an ineffective therapist a while back and resultantly sceptical and hesitant about getting back into therapy. I'm currently reading IFS: Self Therapy by Jay Earley though, have you had a read of that or any of Schwarz's literature on IFS? If so, has it helped you in your therapy?

That was a stellar talk; just incredible. I am in such admiration of her, and I hope to be able to do similar things one day. It is my dream to open the sort of clinic she's talking about and spread the word in just the way she is. It's taken so long for anybody to notice Felitti's ACE study but as the information age makes this transfer more simple and instantaneous, and as we progress along the march toward psychogenesis, perhaps we will see more of these kinds of talks. It would be great to see Stefan have Nadine Burke Harris on the show for an interview. I would love to hear more about this practice she ran.

Well crap, navigated away from the page and lost my post... Since I don't have time to do the calculations myself I will leave it to you as you are interested in the topic. See here, that any layman with a calculator and some photographic evidence can square up the destructive effects of nukes; http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1367/4601340200_472a264c65_b.jpg http://tinypic.com/ka0935.jpg (not sure if these are the same crater) Calculating destruction: And the density of common stone types, being an important factor in making calculations based off of craters: http://geology.about.com/cs/rock_types/a/aarockspecgrav.htm Just figure out the volume of rock displaced, find density and multiply them, and see how far and high the material is thrown and you should have a rudimentary figure of how powerful nuclear detonations are. The radiation is another matter but there are countless examples of how intense and severe it can be. Here is a useful article with lots of good info: http://www.notpurfect.com/travel/nuke/nevada.html I'm surprised this is a discussion really, it seems too blindingly obvious that nukes are real. Reminds me of conspiracies around 'chemtrails', only nukes are so clearly devastating in their immediate effect and fallout.

Hahaha so this is one of the amazing illusions Stefan mentioned he gets people sending him. Awesome thing! It's been hung pretty well too, can't even see any wires or cables.

As a dyslexic I cannot say that I feel quite so ambivalent about this tech! But I understand where you're coming from. Even as a slow writer I'm not sure I'd use this. Just feels like it would be deceptive. If the person asked, I would have to tell them that I had used a machine and they wouldn't look at it the same way from there on.

That's a neat idea actually. If it's 4.5k for maybe 3 years then that's 13,500 dollars and given he's in the US it'd be 0.0042 cents per person (or ~0.007 given not all people in US pay taxes) and much of that may have been funded by money which didn't at that point exist and hence only a fraction of that actually belonged to the refundee. If you wanted to be nice you could just buy them a lunch and be done with it. I'd say that's pretty plain sailing. Nice, and morally acceptable too!

Hey I don't have too much to add just well done, and I hope you have a good one - I imagine it will be! Sorry you had to go through that !

Dw you're remembering it better than me, quite an old film after all. I ought to give it another watch. Yes, it's the same with the invention of lying... In the first scene his wife asks how she looks and he honestly answers terrible or something along those lines, of course it's all just skewed and it's dealing with how our truth-averse world would suddenly look if lying were to become impossible. It goes to show the writers' ignorance (or denial) of the importance of truth in the first place and how it would entirely change the context and setting of the film or skit in the first place.

Just wondering, if they pull the race card, why does that matter beyond the social disapproval, if at all? Not saying I would act any differently but what're your thoughts?

Funny, was thinking of posting this myself. If Stefan has lots to say about Frozen, something tells me he'll have even more to say about this. I thought it was pretty fascinating how there is a board of 'alters' with a host/commanding part in the centre. The altars all seem unique to the point where they have a strong character despite not having words. The father's altars looked very interesting. The two on the far left and right actually looked and acted a lot like children, perhaps borrowing from the concept of the inner child. I like that none of them really seemed to like the idea of 'bringing the foot down', but inevitably it occurred, and the trailer also displayed the 'women good, men bad' trope to a troublesome degree. The mum annoyed me right off of the bat when she said the part about looking at someone and wondering what is going on inside their head, like it has to be some kind of cosmic mystery. How about asking? This gives me a feeling that the movie will go about resolving this issue though. I think that there could be a lot of promise in this. All in all, the more I think about it the more excited I become! Time to watch it again

D'OH! I booked a class the other day which will be taking place on saturday... So I won't be able to make it. I've even been wanting to go to the science museum and see Interstellar recently. Shame... Have fun though! Sounds like it will be a blast.

If you are trying to incite anger as some people have suggested and railed against, I must mention that it had said intended effect on me but I am not upset about it. I don't see a problem with being made to feel angry about something disgusting. In fact, having been through a pretty peaceful childhood (but instead one full of the 'silent abuse' of neglect and very bad decisions by parents) it helps me to understand the rage and disgust people feel toward child abusers when they have experienced such abuse in their lives. That and, for some reason which I'm not sure of but I'd love it if anyone else has an idea and could tell me, I seem to get some satisfaction out of metaphorically floor slamming abusers and their supporters with very vindictive and on-point comments. It gratifies my 'Gus' violent/manipulative altar. Is that sadistic of me? The videos simply geared me up and are helping me flex my teaching skills. If I am to follow my desired path of psychology and helping spread the word of the abject horror and evil of child abuse and the way it is so entrenched in society then this kind of anger acts as a good motivator. Please though, if anyone is reading this and I am coming across in a particularly negative way I'd love to know.

Great article, thank you. I found this line, a part of the conclusion, interesting also: "This would fit with the finding that the teens who said their parents were more supportive tended to show the more striking inhibitory effect during criticism." Could it be an error in their self-reporting, or some kind of false praise of their parents (the worse the parents - the more nagging/criticism - the more capability for emergency shutdown - the more fear, the more contrived adulation and 'respect')... I wonder.

What!!? What a bunch of race baiting noobs, seriously. I haven't been following this case very closely but can't they get upset about something more important and more certain :/?

Haha fantastic edit. Top form.

Hey, I've been hoping to attend a meet up for a while - couldn't make the 13th September though it would have been ideal. But I'd love to make future ones. I am also on the FDR meetup.com page and was considering arranging a meetup but not sure what people might like to do or where to go. Any ideas?

Have you tried FDR meetups ? http://www.meetup.com/Freedomain-Radio/

He pretty much did. Unless I am remembering it wrongly, he has basically said twice or three times that he feels that if I end therapy I will simply 'drift', dead in the water, for years. Prior to therapy, and to an extent still now, I have been doing something a little like that in the wake of my father committing suicide. But since discovering FDR and self knowledge and beginning this journey I have been on the rise. He doesn't seem to think I can handle life, much as was the case last year, but I have come a long way and gained lots of wisdom. I feel let down/disappointed by his negative judgement, and perhaps that is another factor playing into my wanting to end the therapy... And feeling that we are not on the same 'wavelength'. Whoops! I can see how you would be confused. What I meant is that when I asked him 'how are you' or something close to that he'd simply not respond, or say "I'm not going to answer that" (something along those lines) I remember a particular instance where I asked him, maintaining eye contact, and didn't get an answer. Just a blank-faced stare, with a hint of polite smile. And I remember a vivid feeling of embarrassment. You make a very good point. That it's been a year and there are still these barriers, especially around openness, has to mean that it is not going to work... And while I am suspicious of myself, I also recognise that there must be some validity in what my emotions are telling me. You've articulated a point I didn't mention; I have felt as if I might be able to make a breakthrough. But if you are right and it really does work like one of those chinese finger traps where the more you struggle the tighter it becomes, which I don't doubt, then there is no point wasting any more time. Thanks for your answer, it was very helpful. I'm sorry if my reply seems a bit scattered, I am having fog-brain. I have therapy tomorrow so I will probably bring this up tomorrow with him in hopes of negotiating a final session. Then hopefully, if I'm in the right frame of mind, I'll post back here with an update.

Yeah, the discomfort is inevitable I guess. I've bought it up before but he's talked me down from leaving basically. I guess I will have to be clearer. I can relate to that a lot; the disconnect seems to have broadened. Thanks again, it has helped lots, yeah I may do that @bootoo yep, that's as clear a sign as you're gonna get. Someone I know has been in therapy for 6 years and literally advanced nowhere, it's pretty sad.

So I can't say that I fully understand IFS myself - my only understanding comes from beginning the book and the interviews Stefan has on the subject... ... but is the true self concept in IFS similar to the concept of the same name in other therapy models? i.e. that part of us which sort of verges on the spiritual side of things, and is supposed to represent the side of us which is untainted by trauma? Kind of like the soul? In which case, or otherwise, could you elaborate as to the reasons for your scepticism?