creepyhollows wrote:

If I went to school for computers, I could put one together, if I went to school for rockets, I could put one together. I can do art. I can write poems. I can program. I can lead. I can follow. I dont consider myself genius. I'm just human with a can do attitude. I can do a lot of things normal people can't do, even psychically heal someone. Which I never thought I could do. I know I'm not that special. But I do have a lot of quiet time in my brain and stay away from people who tell me I can't. Yes. I learned some things off others. While others I learned on my own. That information is already accessible in our brains. Just believe.

That's the point though. What if there was no school, no one to teach you, could you figure out how to build a computer if no one showed you how to do it? If you were just set in the middle of Silicone Valley would you have figured out how to use it? Would your brain naturally think how to build a circuit board?

You can go to school for anything, but you'd have to be taught by someone who already figured it out. Could you figure it out without any school at all?

That's the point. Think about it. What would you know, what would you naturally figure out on your own if no one was around to tell you? Someone, somewhere in the beginning of time figured out sleeping under a blanket trapped body heat & kept you warm. They didn't go to school to learn how to sew. Their brain evolved when they figured out how to make a hide a blanket.

Don't think about it in the terms if someone taught you, or you read a book. You have to go all the way back to square one and think about what you would know if you were dropped in the middle of a deserted island with absolutely nothing learned, your brain was a complete blank slate, what would you know how to do and how far could you get? No schools, no books, no one to teach you. How far would you evolve?

It's not a question of whether or not people want to believe in themselves, anyone can if they WANTED to. It's a question of the brains, whether they are rich or poor, young or old, a natural genius or idiot savant, and EVERYTHING in between! It's the minds who think, invent, improve, question, build, etc. They are the ones evolving. Not the ones on the sidelines moving along with those evolving.

You can dissect this down to as simple as you touch a hot pan, you burn your hand, you decide not to touch the hot pan again... that's evolution. So is developing an HD satellite. And, again, everything in between.

ash-mda wrote:I HAD AN INTERESTING THOUGHT THE OTHER DAY. AND AFTER TALKING WITH MAGNOLIA ABOUT IT THE IDEA GREW LIKE A HYDRA. HERE'S THE REALLY SHORT VERSION OF A FEW DAYS WORTH OF CONVERSATION, YOU'LL SEE HOW THIS CAN GO FURTHER & FURTHER.

WE, AS A HUMAN RACE, ONLY EVOLVE AS QUICKLY AS THE MOST INTELLIGENT PEOPLE ALIVE AT ANY GIVEN TIME. THAT GOES FOR ANYTHING; PHILOSOPHY, SCIENCE, ASTRONOMY, MATHEMATICS, ARTS, EVEN THE PARANORMAL.

HUMANS ARE GRANTED A VERY SHORT TIME ON EARTH, IN WHICH TIME YOU HAVE TO REACH YOUR MAXIMUM POTENTIAL TO BE ABLE TO "FIGURE THINGS OUT". IF YOU COULDN'T BUY A COMPUTER, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE ONE? PROBABLY NOT IN YOUR LIFETIME, OR EVEN IF YOU WERE GIVEN 100 LIFETIMES. I KNOW I COULDN'T. IT'S LIKE A CONSTANT SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE MOST INTELLIGENT OF THE HUMAN RACE LIVING AT ANY TIME; THE GUY IN SCIENCE MAY INSPIRE THE GAL IN THE ARTS, THE PHILOSOPHER MAY WRITE SOMETHING THAT GIVES THE ASTRONOMER AN IDEA, AND SOME ARE SOLO, BUT YOU SEE HOW WHEN ONE REVOLUTIONARY IDEA COMES UP IT TOUCHES MULTIPLE AREAS OF LIFE. AND THOSE ARE THE MOST INTELLIGENT AT ANY GIVEN TIME PICKING UP WHERE THE LAST MOST INTELLIGENT LEFT OFF. THEY BUILD ON THE LAST PERSON'S IDEA ON & ON UNTIL IT REACHES PEAK, OR STARTING THEIR OWN PATH THAT THEY TRY TO REACH IN THEIR LIFETIME & IF THEY CAN'T THEY LEAVE A SUCCESSOR, OR A SUCCESSOR IS BORN. EVERYONE ELSE IS ALONG FOR THE RIDE.

WALK AROUND YOUR HOUSE & FIND THE THINGS IN YOUR HOUSE THAT YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO INVENT HAD THOSE THINGS NOT EXISTED. DON'T DISCOUNT THE SILLY THINGS EITHER; PAPER CLIPS WERE REVOLUTIONARY. SOMEONE SOMEWHERE INVENTED THE OVEN MITT, OR WHAT ABOUT THE TOASTER, QUILT BLANKET, TELEPHONE, DESK WITH DRAWERS, LIGHT BULB, CANDLE, COAT RACK, IT GOES ON & ON. WE AS A HUMAN RACE MOVE AT THE PACE OF THE INVENTORS OF OUR TIME; WHETHER IT'S INVENTIONS OF IDEAS, SERVICES, PRODUCTS.

I TOLD MAGNOLIA IF I HAD THE SUPPLIES I COULD PUT A TOASTER TOGETHER, BUT IN ORDER FOR THE TOASTER TO WORK I WOULD HAVE HAD TO DISCOVER ELECTRICITY, AND THEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ANCIENT EGYPTIANS & MIDDLE-EAST WHOSE IDEAS WERE BUILT UPON BY FRANKLIN, TESLA & EDISON.

LET'S ASSUME THOUGH, THAT TOASTERS WEREN'T INVENTED & I MADE MY VERSION OF A TOASTER & I WAS EXCITED SO I SHARED IT WITH MY VILLAGE OF PEOPLE AND MAGNOLIA MADE A BLANKET AND BEFORE THAT EVERYONE JUST WORE LAYERS OF WHATEVER CLOTHES THEY HAD TO KEEP WARM (HEY, SOMEONE SOMEWHERE INVENTED THE BLANKET), AND CHAOS CAME OUT WITH CANDLES WITH WICKS SO WE COULD ALL SEE AT NIGHT & WE DIDN'T ALL HAVE TO LIVE JUST BY SUNLIGHT (CANDLES WERE INVENTED TOO), AND CRONE CAME OVER WITH SOME SMALL WOOD BOXES WITH DRAWERS SO EVERYTHING DIDN'T JUST HAVE TO BE SET OUT ON TABLES OR THE FLOOR. WE ALL EXCHANGED THESE THINGS, NOW WE'VE ALL JUST EVOLVED IN OUR LIFESTYLES, INSTANTLY BY THE INTRODUCTION OF THESE INVENTIONS INTO OUR LIVES.

IT GOES ON & ONE THE MORE YOU THINK ABOUT IT. IT'S REALLY INSPIRATIONAL IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SOME TESLA IDEA THAT CAN CONTRIBUTE, IT'S ANY INVENTION OF ANY KIND. IT MEANS YOUR BRAIN IS WORKING TO BETTER YOUR SITUATION & YOU AREN'T JUST THE "DAILY GRIND" KIND OF PERSON WHO LIVES LIFE LIKE A JELLYFISH BOBBING ALONG CONTENT IN THE WAVES. YES, TO BE CONTENT DOES HAVE ITS PERKS, BUT FOR THE MINDS WHO DON'T STOP THINKING, INVENTION IS YOUR EVOLUTION.

I DON'T MEAN JUST UNIVERSITY-EDUCATED EITHER, IT GOES FOR ANYONE WHO IS REVOLUTIONARY WHETHER THEY'RE 4 YEARS OLD OR 40. AND IT SEEMS LIKE LATELY THERE'S MORE & MORE & MORE.

HOWEVER, IF I TOOK MY NEIGHBORS AND RE-LOCATED THEM INTO THE 1400S THEY COULD LIVE & FUNCTION LIKE ANYONE ELSE AND WOULD LIVE & DIE IN THAT TIME PERIOD WITHOUT ANY CONSEQUENCE; NEGATIVE OR POSITIVE. IT'S NOT THAT MY NEIGHBORS ARE BAD, THEY AREN'T, THEY'RE VERY NICE PEOPLE, BUT THEY ARE "DAILY GRIND" PEOPLE. THEY WORK, EAT, AND WATCH TV ALL THE TIME. THAT'S THEIR LIFE & IT'S THEIR CHOICE, IF IT MAKES THEM HAPPY, THAT'S AWESOME. BUT, IT'S NOT EVOLVING THE HUMAN RACE WITH STRIDE. THEY COULD GO BACK TO THE 1400S WORK, EAT, AND DO SOME OTHER ACTIVITY LIKE HUNTING, KNITTING, TELL STORIES VIA FIRELIGHT. WHO KNOWS.

THE REALIZATION THAT WE ARE ONLY EVOLVING AT LARGE STRIDES BASED ON THE BRIGHTEST MINDS OF EVERY FIELD THAT EXISTS MADE ME REALIZE HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE US TO REALLY GET ANYWHERE. IMAGINE IF THOSE BRIGHTEST MINDS HAD 400 OR 500 YEARS TO LIVE. IMAGINE FOR A SECOND HOW FAR THE HUMAN RACE WOULD BE. THE HUMAN RACE IS HANDICAPPED BY THE LIMITED TIME WE HAVE ON EARTH. I THINK GOD DID THAT ON PURPOSE. WE CAN ONLY GO SO FAR WITH EACH GENERATION & IT'S UP TO THE NEXT TO CARRY THE TORCH; WHICH MEANS IT MAY NOT BE DONE THE WAY THE ORIGINAL PERSON WOULD HAVE DONE IT, WHICH MEANS IT LEAVES THE DOOR OPEN FOR MISTAKES THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN MADE BY THE ORIGINAL GUY OR GAL.

CHEW ON THAT & BEFORE YOU KNOW IT YOU'LL REALIZE HOW OMINOUS THIS TRAIN OF THOUGHT IS.

QuantumWater wrote:

ash-mda wrote:I HAD AN INTERESTING THOUGHT THE OTHER DAY. AND AFTER TALKING WITH MAGNOLIA ABOUT IT THE IDEA GREW LIKE A HYDRA. HERE'S THE REALLY SHORT VERSION OF A FEW DAYS WORTH OF CONVERSATION, YOU'LL SEE HOW THIS CAN GO FURTHER & FURTHER.

WE, AS A HUMAN RACE, ONLY EVOLVE AS QUICKLY AS THE MOST INTELLIGENT PEOPLE ALIVE AT ANY GIVEN TIME. THAT GOES FOR ANYTHING; PHILOSOPHY, SCIENCE, ASTRONOMY, MATHEMATICS, ARTS, EVEN THE PARANORMAL.

HUMANS ARE GRANTED A VERY SHORT TIME ON EARTH, IN WHICH TIME YOU HAVE TO REACH YOUR MAXIMUM POTENTIAL TO BE ABLE TO "FIGURE THINGS OUT". IF YOU COULDN'T BUY A COMPUTER, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE ONE? PROBABLY NOT IN YOUR LIFETIME, OR EVEN IF YOU WERE GIVEN 100 LIFETIMES. I KNOW I COULDN'T. IT'S LIKE A CONSTANT SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE MOST INTELLIGENT OF THE HUMAN RACE LIVING AT ANY TIME; THE GUY IN SCIENCE MAY INSPIRE THE GAL IN THE ARTS, THE PHILOSOPHER MAY WRITE SOMETHING THAT GIVES THE ASTRONOMER AN IDEA, AND SOME ARE SOLO, BUT YOU SEE HOW WHEN ONE REVOLUTIONARY IDEA COMES UP IT TOUCHES MULTIPLE AREAS OF LIFE. AND THOSE ARE THE MOST INTELLIGENT AT ANY GIVEN TIME PICKING UP WHERE THE LAST MOST INTELLIGENT LEFT OFF. THEY BUILD ON THE LAST PERSON'S IDEA ON & ON UNTIL IT REACHES PEAK, OR STARTING THEIR OWN PATH THAT THEY TRY TO REACH IN THEIR LIFETIME & IF THEY CAN'T THEY LEAVE A SUCCESSOR, OR A SUCCESSOR IS BORN. EVERYONE ELSE IS ALONG FOR THE RIDE.

WALK AROUND YOUR HOUSE & FIND THE THINGS IN YOUR HOUSE THAT YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO INVENT HAD THOSE THINGS NOT EXISTED. DON'T DISCOUNT THE SILLY THINGS EITHER; PAPER CLIPS WERE REVOLUTIONARY. SOMEONE SOMEWHERE INVENTED THE OVEN MITT, OR WHAT ABOUT THE TOASTER, QUILT BLANKET, TELEPHONE, DESK WITH DRAWERS, LIGHT BULB, CANDLE, COAT RACK, IT GOES ON & ON. WE AS A HUMAN RACE MOVE AT THE PACE OF THE INVENTORS OF OUR TIME; WHETHER IT'S INVENTIONS OF IDEAS, SERVICES, PRODUCTS.

I TOLD MAGNOLIA IF I HAD THE SUPPLIES I COULD PUT A TOASTER TOGETHER, BUT IN ORDER FOR THE TOASTER TO WORK I WOULD HAVE HAD TO DISCOVER ELECTRICITY, AND THEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ANCIENT EGYPTIANS & MIDDLE-EAST WHOSE IDEAS WERE BUILT UPON BY FRANKLIN, TESLA & EDISON.

LET'S ASSUME THOUGH, THAT TOASTERS WEREN'T INVENTED & I MADE MY VERSION OF A TOASTER & I WAS EXCITED SO I SHARED IT WITH MY VILLAGE OF PEOPLE AND MAGNOLIA MADE A BLANKET AND BEFORE THAT EVERYONE JUST WORE LAYERS OF WHATEVER CLOTHES THEY HAD TO KEEP WARM (HEY, SOMEONE SOMEWHERE INVENTED THE BLANKET), AND CHAOS CAME OUT WITH CANDLES WITH WICKS SO WE COULD ALL SEE AT NIGHT & WE DIDN'T ALL HAVE TO LIVE JUST BY SUNLIGHT (CANDLES WERE INVENTED TOO), AND CRONE CAME OVER WITH SOME SMALL WOOD BOXES WITH DRAWERS SO EVERYTHING DIDN'T JUST HAVE TO BE SET OUT ON TABLES OR THE FLOOR. WE ALL EXCHANGED THESE THINGS, NOW WE'VE ALL JUST EVOLVED IN OUR LIFESTYLES, INSTANTLY BY THE INTRODUCTION OF THESE INVENTIONS INTO OUR LIVES.

IT GOES ON & ONE THE MORE YOU THINK ABOUT IT. IT'S REALLY INSPIRATIONAL IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SOME TESLA IDEA THAT CAN CONTRIBUTE, IT'S ANY INVENTION OF ANY KIND. IT MEANS YOUR BRAIN IS WORKING TO BETTER YOUR SITUATION & YOU AREN'T JUST THE "DAILY GRIND" KIND OF PERSON WHO LIVES LIFE LIKE A JELLYFISH BOBBING ALONG CONTENT IN THE WAVES. YES, TO BE CONTENT DOES HAVE ITS PERKS, BUT FOR THE MINDS WHO DON'T STOP THINKING, INVENTION IS YOUR EVOLUTION.

I DON'T MEAN JUST UNIVERSITY-EDUCATED EITHER, IT GOES FOR ANYONE WHO IS REVOLUTIONARY WHETHER THEY'RE 4 YEARS OLD OR 40. AND IT SEEMS LIKE LATELY THERE'S MORE & MORE & MORE.

HOWEVER, IF I TOOK MY NEIGHBORS AND RE-LOCATED THEM INTO THE 1400S THEY COULD LIVE & FUNCTION LIKE ANYONE ELSE AND WOULD LIVE & DIE IN THAT TIME PERIOD WITHOUT ANY CONSEQUENCE; NEGATIVE OR POSITIVE. IT'S NOT THAT MY NEIGHBORS ARE BAD, THEY AREN'T, THEY'RE VERY NICE PEOPLE, BUT THEY ARE "DAILY GRIND" PEOPLE. THEY WORK, EAT, AND WATCH TV ALL THE TIME. THAT'S THEIR LIFE & IT'S THEIR CHOICE, IF IT MAKES THEM HAPPY, THAT'S AWESOME. BUT, IT'S NOT EVOLVING THE HUMAN RACE WITH STRIDE. THEY COULD GO BACK TO THE 1400S WORK, EAT, AND DO SOME OTHER ACTIVITY LIKE HUNTING, KNITTING, TELL STORIES VIA FIRELIGHT. WHO KNOWS.

THE REALIZATION THAT WE ARE ONLY EVOLVING AT LARGE STRIDES BASED ON THE BRIGHTEST MINDS OF EVERY FIELD THAT EXISTS MADE ME REALIZE HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE US TO REALLY GET ANYWHERE. IMAGINE IF THOSE BRIGHTEST MINDS HAD 400 OR 500 YEARS TO LIVE. IMAGINE FOR A SECOND HOW FAR THE HUMAN RACE WOULD BE. THE HUMAN RACE IS HANDICAPPED BY THE LIMITED TIME WE HAVE ON EARTH. I THINK GOD DID THAT ON PURPOSE. WE CAN ONLY GO SO FAR WITH EACH GENERATION & IT'S UP TO THE NEXT TO CARRY THE TORCH; WHICH MEANS IT MAY NOT BE DONE THE WAY THE ORIGINAL PERSON WOULD HAVE DONE IT, WHICH MEANS IT LEAVES THE DOOR OPEN FOR MISTAKES THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN MADE BY THE ORIGINAL GUY OR GAL.

CHEW ON THAT & BEFORE YOU KNOW IT YOU'LL REALIZE HOW OMINOUS THIS TRAIN OF THOUGHT IS.

Ok Ash I am sitting here now reading this and thinking....Ash must be in a very "special" Buddha state of mind to be writing this =)


Are we evolving? yes we are. God/The Devil/ Gods did the passing the torch thing through the generations as a fail safe so the Spiritual Council of 9 and other offices would be shadowing the voices of God.