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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 432753" data-attributes="member: 2189"><p><span style="color: royalblue">No argument there either. There was an old Sci-Fi movie from back in the early 80's (Dune) and there was a line form that movie I always found of interest. <strong>"Fear is the mind killer"</strong> and I found it interesting because when fear becomes the predominate force, rational and logical thought can easily get tossed to the side. Your description of "hand in the fire" ironically pictures a scene from the movie that pertians to a mindtrick with a hand in a box where sight based on false visual input causes the sense of feel to be tricked and thus evoking an emotional repsonse based on a original false premise. Even though you knew from logic what you saw was false, the emotions of fear made the pain seem real and therefore clouded your judgement as to the course of action. </span></p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #4169e1">I honestly believe our recent election was just such an exercise as people on bothsides voted as much or moreso out of fear than on positive ideals and principles or in this case logic and rational thought. I think in many respects fear won the day but can they now make us precieve the pain as something good and openly accept it and in fact welcome it. I do believe sadly they will be successful in such endeavors.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 432753, member: 2189"] [COLOR=royalblue]No argument there either. There was an old Sci-Fi movie from back in the early 80's (Dune) and there was a line form that movie I always found of interest. [B]"Fear is the mind killer"[/B] and I found it interesting because when fear becomes the predominate force, rational and logical thought can easily get tossed to the side. Your description of "hand in the fire" ironically pictures a scene from the movie that pertians to a mindtrick with a hand in a box where sight based on false visual input causes the sense of feel to be tricked and thus evoking an emotional repsonse based on a original false premise. Even though you knew from logic what you saw was false, the emotions of fear made the pain seem real and therefore clouded your judgement as to the course of action. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#4169e1]I honestly believe our recent election was just such an exercise as people on bothsides voted as much or moreso out of fear than on positive ideals and principles or in this case logic and rational thought. I think in many respects fear won the day but can they now make us precieve the pain as something good and openly accept it and in fact welcome it. I do believe sadly they will be successful in such endeavors.[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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