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Old 09-17-2007, 04:53 PM
 
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Has anyone received any enlightment, discoveries, realizations, or revelations (No Bible or religion stories) about Life, the World, or the Universe., etc., which they would like to share, so that perhaps, the rest of us can acquire more knowledge, and learn more about about the World in which we live.

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Old 09-18-2007, 02:15 AM
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Location: Central Connecticut
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In my years I've observed that sometimes smarter is dumber, and dumber is smarter.
Sometimes the "smart" person will question authority until they discover on their own that the authority was right from the very beginning.
And sometimes the "dumb" person will blindly follow authority and will be immensely better off for never having even considered questioning authority at all.
Now that doesn't mean that authority should never be questioned, or that everyone should always blindly follow authority.
But it does mean just what it was intended to mean, that sometimes, it's just plain smarter to be dumber! Now if those who are smarter would just dummy up a little, maybe it would help the dummies to be able to smarten up some more, and the world would be a better place where people could actually share the world's pain and suffering a little more equally.
After all, it's not very fair that the dummies get to be smarter more often and are better off because of it, while the smart ones usually get the dumb end of the stick and suffer more for it.

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Old 09-18-2007, 06:41 AM
 
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In my years I've observed that sometimes smarter is dumber, and dumber is smarter.
Sometimes the "smart" person will question authority until they discover on their own that the authority was right from the very beginning.
And sometimes the "dumb" person will blindly follow authority and will be immensely better off for never having even considered questioning authority at all.
Now that doesn't mean that authority should never be questioned, or that everyone should always blindly follow authority.
But it does mean just what it was intended to mean, that sometimes, it's just plain smarter to be dumber! Now if those who are smarter would just dummy up a little, maybe it would help the dummies to be able to smarten up some more, and the world would be a better place where people could actually share the world's pain and suffering a little more equally.
After all, it's not very fair that the dummies get to be smarter more often and are better off because of it, while the smart ones usually get the dumb end of the stick and suffer more for it.
Hmmm...interesting and true...that's a good one.
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Old 09-18-2007, 11:31 AM
 
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I've learned to listen more than I speak. It has regularly saved me from "opening mouth.. inserting foot".
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Old 09-18-2007, 02:17 PM
 
Location: Mississippi
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I've learned that the harder you work, the more work will be dumped upon you because you are reliable. Yet, the less you work, the less will be asked of you because you are not reliable, and yet chances are the hard worker and the lazy worker will get paid the same amount. Why get stressed?
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