On 12/4/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Al Brooks</b> <<a href="mailto:kerry_prez@yahoo.com">kerry_prez@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div>You're right. It was a joke. It's comical IMO to watch very smart people move their hands around in patterns with no real connection to what they are saying. Now, if you have someone who is very aware, they can plan their hand movements to fit their speech exactly
</div> <div>-- an architect can use hand gestures to depict the raising of a structure :)</div> <div>But what is your guess as to what Nietszche might have meant by 'rational grounds for abandoning rationalism'? One possible clue comes immediately to mind: living in an anomised society you might perhaps do better to go with the flow as they say and modify somewhat your thinking & behavior to match your surroundings.
<br></div></blockquote></div><br>that makes me think of the Beatles "Imagine" - a truly depressing picture of a homeostatic society where everyone is equal.<br><br>I wonder how much more likely one is to lose their identity completely once they're worn down to the point of acquiescence to the group mind?
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