tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post2094839417392863462..comments2024-03-28T00:02:35.850-05:00Comments on driftglass: Single Funniest Thing I’ve Seen in a Monthdriftglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09379167083253389153noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-78855369066263840442021-09-18T11:40:23.257-05:002021-09-18T11:40:23.257-05:00That Brooks piece is the very definition of a thum...That Brooks piece is the very definition of a thumb sucker. Amazing.steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-47843495813775482372021-09-17T18:59:16.701-05:002021-09-17T18:59:16.701-05:00David fckedup Brooks see himself as a pip of chick...David fckedup Brooks see himself as a pip of chickensht.<br />That is no mirage. <br />Meremarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09625496335637333544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-65060921447044096862021-09-17T15:53:11.038-05:002021-09-17T15:53:11.038-05:00Not sure if he considers self awareness with sanit...Not sure if he considers self awareness with sanity, one's own consciousness and ability to think for oneself critically.<br /><br /> There is a baseline required and many never established one and their vision cannot see any lines. Add that to not learning from experience and mistakes in life.<br /><br />He can ponder out loud that if he has Ass COVID. ZIs he aware enough in his mind that there is no Ass ventilator to save him?<br /><br /> No matter if he says he contracted it from a toilet seat.<br />Robthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15233719178495413876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-86289050294573280212021-09-17T15:14:30.662-05:002021-09-17T15:14:30.662-05:00I saw that thumbnail and almost immediately regret... I saw that thumbnail and almost immediately regretted the $4 I just sent the goddamn New York Times to retain access to Paul Krugman's weekly newsletter, but then I remembered that without that newsletter I would never have known about some of my favorite bands.<br /> I don't read DFB, so having him on the same website sort of counterbalances the fact that Rising Appalachia and Lucius are things that I know exist...<br /><br /> -Doug in Sugar Pinedinthebeasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941071534250216503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-3345889128073101882021-09-17T14:26:29.717-05:002021-09-17T14:26:29.717-05:00At the risk of incurring scorn here, I will say th...At the risk of incurring scorn here, I will say that Brooks seems to touch upon (though takes another tack, or maybe doesn't fully understand it) a very real concept, the most profound that I've ever contemplated.<br />In summary:<br />1. A brain is a prediction machine. <br />2. The human brain is a very powerful prediction machine, particularly due to complex social interactions.<br />3. It creates models to interpret and predict reality.<br />4. This continuum of endless and constant modelling creates the illusion of consciousness.<br />You can look this stuff up, and if you make the effort to understand #1-3, particularly the nature of the modelling, then you can make the jump in #4, and then hoo-boy. Worth the effort.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15477351041893148180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-49793396829892611442021-09-17T13:39:53.548-05:002021-09-17T13:39:53.548-05:00That piece is the very definition of a thumb sucke...That piece is the very definition of a thumb sucker. The. Idea that they pay him for that crap is mind wobbling.steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-80930238904039813412021-09-17T11:02:36.301-05:002021-09-17T11:02:36.301-05:00Brooks: Is self-awareness a mirage?
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The Universe...Brooks: Is self-awareness a mirage?<br />°<br />The Universe: Is irony dead?<br />ad astrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17464794047676494873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-36572777381556388222021-09-17T10:59:46.111-05:002021-09-17T10:59:46.111-05:00And if it is, how would we know? Brooksie? Yoohoo?...And if it is, how would we know? Brooksie? Yoohoo?<br />Mirages dissolve when approached. If self awareess disappears would I be awa.... oh, never mind.Li'l Innocenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12516526103367681109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-40513996492347319112021-09-17T10:08:03.293-05:002021-09-17T10:08:03.293-05:00i subscribe to the NYT (ok, my wife does...) but m...i subscribe to the NYT (ok, my wife does...) but my go-to regimen is to NOT read brooks but to read your commentary...<br /><br />saves a lot of time i could use better by sleeping or playing solitaire and a lot of wear and tear of enamel by not gnashing my teeth...<br /><br />brooks is the cooler...he is there to lugubriously cool the rich and centrist hooples...the enablers. there will be a trump 2,3 and 4 because it works and while lowering taxes, killing voter's rights and generally making life miserable for anyone who isn't rich brooks will regrettably use the votes of the january 6 patriots...what could a a kindler and more gentle fascist do?davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03152474098115324634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-36722742593182556222021-09-17T08:29:19.366-05:002021-09-17T08:29:19.366-05:00I saw the headline yesterday and was thrown into a...I saw the headline yesterday and was thrown into a few moments of total disorientation. It was freighting. Where am I? Is this all real? How can this be real? Was the NY Times playing a joke on us? No I decided. It's bigger than the NY Times. It's the cosmos itself playing this joke I'm convinced. I am also certain that if I read it my brain would break and I'd be strapped in a chair for the rest of my life. No thanks. Please don't tell us about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com