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To: carranza2 who wrote (76388)	7/15/2011 12:00:44 PM
From: Maurice Winn	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218083

No, not you a CO2 alarmist. I wrote "like a CO2 Alarmist". <One must always be alert lest one turn into a cultist without realizing it. > The key to it is "not realizing it". When we imbibe enough slogans, swallow whole enough false premises, adhere to sufficient parables, we start to confuse our internal model of reality as being the real thing rather than a mere virtual representation of it. As a long time follower of Qualcomm, I must beware of becoming a Qualcommie. Gold, as real as it is, is not why people buy it. They buy it for the belief system which surrounds it. The belief system has lasted for thousands of years, so it's understandable that the cult would continue. Keep in mind though that the cult does have its ups and downs. $35 an ounce for much of a century, but then giant leaps to nearly $1000 an ounce in less than a decade. Followed by 20 years of depredations of the cultists who finally capitulated at $280 per ounce, only to see a soaring surge to $1500 over 10 years. The Reich is supposed to last 1000 years. But watch out. What if the OFDM equivalent comes along and turns it back into mere jewelry and electronic connector material? Mqurice