- Do not feel absolutely certain of anything.
- Do not think it worth while to proceed by concealing evidence, for the evidence is sure to come to light.
- Never try to discourage thinking for you are sure to succeed.
- When you meet with opposition, even if it should be from your husband or your children, endeavour to overcome it by argument and not by authority, for a victory dependent upon authority is unreal and illusory.
- Have no respect for the authority of others, for there are always contrary authorities to be found.
- Do not use power to suppress opinions you think pernicious, for if you do the opinions will suppress you.
- Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
- Find more pleasure in intelligent dissent that in passive agreement, for, if you value intelligence as you should, the former implies a deeper agreement than the latter.
- Be scrupulously truthful, even if the truth is inconvenient, for it is more inconvenient when you try to conceal it.
- Do not feel envious of the happiness of those who live in a fool’s paradise, for only a fool will think that it is happiness.
Day: September 11, 2013
It’s a sad long story
But if you want a brief good death, you might want to consider it.
There was a LONG convo on facebook this morning about people always wanting to know how somebody died. I want to know so there wasn’t any suffering. However, some people want to know so they can shame the dead for asking for it. It was a really interesting conversation and I’m glad I participated. I just don’t want to say the wrong thing, yanno?
Fraser Health is coming by the shop tomorrow to inspect it. Good thing it’s clean and free of vermin.
I guess I have to announce a re-opening date. I will advise the inspector that this will entirely depend on what my doc says.
Got some mando time in, happy sigh….
Great, there’s a new, big, formal, scary climate change denying group of scientists. If they look right, they’re right, right? The basic tenet is that nothing humans can do can change the climate. Everything problematic about the climate is external to human beings. In a sense, they are right, I suppose. When it comes down, nothing humans can do will help, I spose.
Funniest thing about this is not the SKY DRAGON of bad climate science they want to slay, it’s the methane that’s going to come out of the ocean. So let’s worry about SEADRAGONS instead. Go on Jeff, I know you heard that the same way I did…