tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post323221962269856914..comments2024-03-27T15:34:14.749-07:00Comments on dangerous idea: C. S. Lewis's Man or RabbitVictor Repperthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962948073162156902noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-66549229689850417832015-06-03T10:10:23.878-07:002015-06-03T10:10:23.878-07:00By the way, when I wrote "Peter O'Toole&q...By the way, when I wrote "Peter O'Toole" above, I meant "Michael Caine" - I always get those two confused.B. Prokophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10548980245078214688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-88222843618912337692015-06-03T09:49:16.956-07:002015-06-03T09:49:16.956-07:00Let's wait and see, shall we?Let's wait and see, shall we?Ilíonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-29624219638005698342015-06-03T09:47:34.501-07:002015-06-03T09:47:34.501-07:00Am I the placebo?Am I the placebo?B. Prokophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10548980245078214688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-90953642432192964232015-06-03T05:51:27.850-07:002015-06-03T05:51:27.850-07:00It's not completed yet (though, I have run it ...It's not completed yet (though, I have run it before, so I already know the result; I just didn't call attention to it before). And, yes, you must be unobservant, as you are participating in the experiment.Ilíonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-17874821702983247502015-06-02T11:19:21.640-07:002015-06-02T11:19:21.640-07:00I must be unobservant. I see no experimentation......I must be unobservant. I see no experimentation...B. Prokophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10548980245078214688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-65780090195281415872015-06-02T05:28:38.633-07:002015-06-02T05:28:38.633-07:00For the past couple of weeks (and continuing for a...For the past couple of weeks (and continuing for a while) I have been conducting a little experiment here at DI. The observant, those who *want* to grasp truth, will be able to see the conclusion/result.Ilíonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-44722711968888421892015-05-27T03:01:04.450-07:002015-05-27T03:01:04.450-07:00change "contra" above to "with"...change "contra" above to "with" Edwardtbabinskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13036816926421936940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-73138344979391425032015-05-27T03:00:04.056-07:002015-05-27T03:00:04.056-07:00Vic and I have tangled over this particular essay ...Vic and I have tangled over this particular essay before: <br /><br />http://dangerousidea.blogspot.com/2006/11/babinski-and-reppert-on-man-or-rabbit.html<br /><br />And I contrasted Eric Hoffer's view contra Lewis's in this essay: <br /><br />http://etb-biblical-errancy.blogspot.com/2012/04/c-s-lewiss-man-or-rabbit-and-eric.html<br /><br /><br />Edwardtbabinskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13036816926421936940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-80756149562009005632015-05-26T11:58:41.270-07:002015-05-26T11:58:41.270-07:00In my inbox overnight was a little note, out of th...In my inbox overnight was a little note, out of the blue, from someone (a name unknown to me) thanking me for my "contributions" (*). I presume he meant here, at this blog, though he didn't say. I seem to get one or two notes like that every year.<br /><br />* and, full disclosure, he also thought I'm a bit rough, but understandably so. The term he used was '<i>ad hominem</i>', but I expect he was misusing that in the way that almost every one does.Ilíonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-58305500182490851762015-05-26T11:49:23.082-07:002015-05-26T11:49:23.082-07:00In fact, dahr-thi'-li'-ohn sounds way cool...In fact, dahr-thi'-li'-ohn sounds way cool.Ilíonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-3978914908304673312015-05-26T11:46:46.162-07:002015-05-26T11:46:46.162-07:00"Darth Ilíon" does have a ring to it."Darth Ilíon" does have a ring to it.Ilíonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-69954110089691113372015-05-26T11:23:02.709-07:002015-05-26T11:23:02.709-07:00Peter O'Toole works. too.Peter O'Toole works. too.B. Prokophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10548980245078214688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-18959056023876005302015-05-26T11:22:04.730-07:002015-05-26T11:22:04.730-07:00Try Henry Kissinger. Kinda scary, but it actually ...Try Henry Kissinger. Kinda scary, but it actually works!B. Prokophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10548980245078214688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-12327758416452369392015-05-26T10:23:21.829-07:002015-05-26T10:23:21.829-07:00"Apparently, you all need to read what I writ..."Apparently, you all need to read what I write with an Oxbridge accent". <br /><br />What voice do you suppose they read you with now, Darth Vader's?Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09991410496107221875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-9360011985626579122015-05-26T01:27:23.406-07:002015-05-26T01:27:23.406-07:00Apparently, you all need to read what I write with...Apparently, you all need to read what I write with an Oxbridge accent, and then all the constant whining about what a meanie I am can laid to rest, where it belongs.Ilíonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-19810200171512936682015-05-26T01:12:42.036-07:002015-05-26T01:12:42.036-07:00I do wish they'd chosen a different, less &quo...I do wish they'd chosen a different, less "posh" narrator. Still, it least it isn't a voice that sounds prissy, like Richard Dawkins.Ilíonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-24024302900827925902015-05-26T01:10:41.337-07:002015-05-26T01:10:41.337-07:00Oh, this "ghost of Ilíon" is there from ...Oh, this "ghost of Ilíon" is there from the beginning. For example, consider the 1:59 mark -- "<i>If Christianity is untrue, than no honest man will want to believe it, however helpful it might be. If it *is* true, every honest man will want to believe it, even if it gives him no help at all.</i>"Ilíonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-55467521482099817452015-05-25T14:21:58.365-07:002015-05-25T14:21:58.365-07:00At 8 minutes 49 seconds in, the ghost of Ilion str...At 8 minutes 49 seconds in, the ghost of Ilion strikes!B. Prokophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10548980245078214688noreply@blogger.com