Gil223
Regular Member
An "opinion" does not have to be followed by an action. As a "personal view" it will always be correct for the individual holding that particular view, until it has been proven wrong to that particular individual's satisfaction. If anarchists acted upon their personal opinions (views) there would be far fewer politicians in this world. (Which, come to think of it, may not be a bad thing!)
No, that was probably a concept of your generation. When I attended public schools, you were judged/graded upon your ability to retain and regurgitate the "facts" as they were presented by the teacher. Apparently,Pluto was no more a "planet" back then than it is today - but it was taught as a fact. Establishing "facts" seems to be where the "experts" are occasionally exposed to the "Oh, SH*T factor". (A strong and widely-held belief doesn't always make a "fact" a truth, even if you can enlist the support of other "experts" in that belief.) When I attended public schools, there was no acceptance of other ideas about any subject. There was, however, the now unknown concept of failure, which was readily dispensed if you didn't satisfy the required minimum standard of achievement. If you attended public schools, you too were probably a victim of the 'cookie cutter' mentality. The cookie cutter itself has changed shapes in recent years, because some of the cookies had "less dough" than the others. The prevailing wisdom is now. "If some students can't make the grade, then let's lower the standard" and the amazingly stupid No Child Left Behind policy. (Some children don't have the mental horsepower to keep pace with the rest of the pack, and should be left behind.) I don't want to wander tangetially off into the manifest failures of our education system though, so suffice it to say that when I attended U.S. public schools, independent thought was greatly discouraged, creativity was just barely accepted (and then, only in art classes), and you were only recognized as being "right" if you could spew forth the facts as taught. However, college was a breath of fresh air.
Lacking your omniscience, I have no idea why you would claim anything, nor would I care to guess. However, you do have the right to claim whatever you wish. I also recognize that your opinions (which you have previously claimed not to have) are yours, and that they are at least partially based upon "the facts" as we know them to be today. I do not disagree with you on the "Laws of Thermodynamics" - I do question whether they are complete and all-encompassing. And, I further question that there is no possibility that some day there may be more incorporated into those laws.
Had I known in advance that you, in your omniscience, would have difficulty comprehending it, I would have endeavored to make it pre-pubescent. It was only a parenthetical expression, not a major idea. As I said before, "Conformity of thought is the final refuge of the unimaginative mind". Die gedanken sind frei! Pax... :banghead:
