tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182962435875556601.post2848175166559738388..comments2023-09-24T08:04:06.909-04:00Comments on FSK's Guide to Reality: Reader Mail #97FSKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11903396202330950362noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182962435875556601.post-1614653368926085562009-06-02T09:15:37.738-04:002009-06-02T09:15:37.738-04:00On your response to my 'blinking one eye...' comme...On your response to my 'blinking one eye...' comment, you wrote.<br />Dogs/cats are not a valid comparison...and, it's possible that birds...<br />You would be better off researching birds, etc. Likewise, you assume that because an animal is domesticated that it is 'pro-state brainwashed.' You might look into the history of animal domestication. The first dogs/cats were animals that fed off of the scraps of human consumption. It is not likely the state had anything to do with that. When you associate the state 'carte blanche' with everything, you use the same 'straw man fallacy' that you yourself frequently argue against. <br /><br />Again, the reason your 'blink one at a time' hypothesis makes little sense, is because you have made a statement without comparing it to anything in reality. I strongly encourage you to compare your 'hypothesized blinking pattern' with some other animal. Dog, cat, monkey, cow, whatever, I seriously doubt that the relationship between an animal and a human affects its instincts severely to the point of affecting its blinking habits. Do you see how ridiculous this is? It's like saying that pro-state brainwashing <I> directly </I> affects the volume of air that the lungs can hold. Now, wouldn't breathing and exercise make more sense? In the same way...<br /><br />If you want to say that you are no longer afraid of looking people in the eye, because you are releasing yourself from habits and thoughts from your history, I understand that. That makes sense! Because you are comparing your past behavior to your current behavior, or because you compare your behavior to others, like you did when you mentioned people frequently blinking. You have a point on the blinking. I find that it is people's own awareness of either the fact that they are full of **** and are trying to take advantage of you, or they have prejudged you with a stereotype and are uncomfortable around you. There is absolutely nothing wrong with theorizing and I am not offended, however in its current state, your hypothesis on blinking has no correlation to reality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com