To: E. Charters who wrote (20212 ) 9/5/2006 3:46:37 PM From: koan Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 78408 Well, that is pretty good EC, except for a few projections on your part. First, there is no way of saying I can see reality is an illusion without you saying (see he thinks he is smarter than others). "Reality is an illusion so highly established it takes on the form of massive hallucination"-lol. I have never thought of it that way EC. I do not see myself as smarter, I see myself as lucky! I am one of the few in the world to never have been indocrinated as a youth (my parents never indoctrinated me), so I was free to just look at the universe like a little kid, read the books,, learn the science and see what little bit of that illusion one can see. I am able to look at our society, world and universe like a little kid without preconceived notions. And what I see, is/ has been backed up by science. And sometimes it is a deduction from the science and other times it is a confirmation by science. Take evolution. That is about as easy a concept there is, yet the majority of the people, in the US do not believe it. Not because they are not smart enough--good grief. It is becasue they were made intellecutal prisoners at a young age. Or take Islam and Christianity. They are exactly the same trip and both maintain they are 100% correct and neither can see they are both doing the same thing. That is no more than a high school concept. I mean why do all the Christians come from Christian families and countries; and all the Muslims come from Muslim families and countries. That is pretty much 2+2 to me???? Yet, the vast majority of even our best and brightest cannot see that simple little truth. Probably my one inherited talent is seeing bush for what he is is as easily as I see the trees in my front yard. And wondering why so many truly intelligent people cannot see Clinton was basically a good and smart man and Bush is basically a bad and ignorant man-lol.