Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Neocon who wrote (77995)	10/21/2003 1:53:54 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Knowledge and belief are two different things. Well, no. They are actually the same thing.

To: Neocon who wrote (77995)	10/21/2003 3:21:06 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

Can't argue with that. I was only trying to make the point that it is more rational to recognize that what one is experiencing is belief, not knowledge, given that knowledge in this arena is not achievable. It is less rational to expend a lot of life energy trying to find what is impossible and more rational to accept that you don't know and won't know, at least not in this life, and proceed accordingly. Nothing rational about hitting your head against a wall. Except for those few who find pleasure inherent in such activities. Sure, you can argue about which belief extreme is more rational than the other, but both pale compared to the rationality of accepting the futility of that effort.