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Old 05-23-2007
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lol sometimes i think people may be embarraced by thiers.. and dont want to admit to themselves such things in ther personality.. or perhaps with age we grow out and learn to cope with negative aspects of ourselves and learn to adapt in order to more easily get along with everyone else..

well if its wrong its wrong.. im sure you found it atleast mildly entertaining though, a curiosity.
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...A long list of vague personality attributes that can really describe anybody? And some of the things on that list sort of describe me?? Coincidence??? I think so.
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lol sometimes i think people may be embarraced by thiers.. and dont want to admit to themselves àsuch things in ther personality.. or perhaps with age we grow out and learn to cope with negative aspects of ourselves and learn to adapt in order to more easily get along with everyone else..

well if its wrong its wrong.. im sure you found it atleast mildly entertaining though, a curiosity.
In my case it's just wrong. The "negative aspects of myself" are rather that I am not enough like the description in some respects
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I admire the skill of the illusionists and am happy to allow them to confound me - if they claim to do nothing more. The fraudulant who would have me believe that what they are about to tell me is the truth need not apply.
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There were too many contradictions in the analysis of my person. I was very social in the first part but in the second part it said i had the urge to isolate myself.

I dont believe in this. I kept an open mind but its just nothing. Also why are 95% of my attributes positive?
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Isn't this just basically a horscope?

I mean if it's numerology, from where are they drawing all these conclusions? There doesn't seem to be a statistical or emperical basis for them.

Horoscopes and Astrology have been around a long time. You could call this astrology, Horoscope, readings, or numerology. It all seems like the same thing to me.


I see nothing new here as it boils down to telling people what they want to hear about themselves.... even if it doesn't quite apply.
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My take on it is that everything is based on numbers, everything, mathematically speaking, and for that reason, there is probably some credence to the study of numbers.

Hey drgoodtrips, try picking up one of those astrology relationship books, they'll blow your mind. Every time my wife reads a passage from one, it's a little creepy.

Numbers and words have great power, if they didn't, we wouldn't use them.
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So does farming but I'm not about to consult a farmer about my life story.
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Hey drgoodtrips, try picking up one of those astrology relationship books, they'll blow your mind. Every time my wife reads a passage from one, it's a little creepy.
Recommend one or more, and I'll happily read them. I'm a definite skeptic, but not a skeptic with a closed mind.
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My take on it is that everything is based on numbers
I just noticed this. Would you care to expand? You have piqued my interest with this statement...
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I just noticed this. Would you care to expand? You have piqued my interest with this statement...
Just about everything in science is rooted in mathematics, mass, volume, velocity, gravity, energy, inertia, etc. It just seems likely that everything can be boiled down to numbers. Who know, maybe even our contentiousness.
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Just about everything in science is rooted in mathematics, mass, volume, velocity, gravity, energy, inertia, etc. It just seems likely that everything can be boiled down to numbers. Who know, maybe even our contentiousness.
Well....

Now you're ringing my bell Everything in "science" is "based on numbers". Fair enough. But, then you went on to say that even our consciousness is based on numbers. Are you suggesting that humans are nothing more than complicated computers?
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Well....

Now you're ringing my bell Everything in "science" is "based on numbers". Fair enough. But, then you went on to say that even our consciousness is based on numbers. Are you suggesting that humans are nothing more than complicated computers?
In a sense.

I've always wondered about the energy that powers our bodies, makes our hearts beat, our brains function, etc. We fuel our body with nutrients which contain energy which is processed and converted into usable energy to power our body and mind. Energy inherently is either positive or negative, like a magnet. It's what holds molecules together, without it, we'd be cosmic dust.

Gravity has always fascinated me, it's a magnetic force which pulls us towards it. This means that we are influenced by the forces of energy, which can be measured with numbers.

I think that it is possible that minute variances in magnetic fields may influence our lives; say from the planetary alignment of any given time.

My three year old daughter is a Virgo, I'm a Virgo, my wife's grandmother is a Virgo, and we all exhibit similar character traits that other family members do not. Is it group think, or could it be that the magnetic fields in the universe influence how our brains are wired? Our brains are extremely complex and highly sensitive, to me it doesn't seem so far fetched.

My one year old daughter is a Capricorn, not quite speaking yet, so it's a little soon to tell if my neurosis is being imprinted on her just yet, but I'll bet she will be much different than her older sister.

Here's the book I recommend: The Secret Language of Relationships ISBN: 0-670-87527-9. It's uncanny, heck you can get a copy used for less than $8.

Whether it's a particular moment in time, which corresponds to a particular magnetic resonance, or a name that when spoken corresponds to frequencies of sounds, it all comes back to numbers.

Not to mention visual stimulation
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In a sense.

I've always wondered about the energy that powers our bodies, makes our hearts beat, our brains function, etc. We fuel our body with nutrients which contain energy which is processed and converted into usable energy to power our body and mind. Energy inherently is either positive or negative, like a magnet. It's what holds molecules together, without it, we'd be cosmic dust.

Gravity has always fascinated me, it's a magnetic force which pulls us towards it. This means that we are influenced by the forces of energy, which can be measured with numbers.

I think that it is possible that minute variances in magnetic fields may influence our lives; say from the planetary alignment of any given time.

My three year old daughter is a Virgo, I'm a Virgo, my wife's grandmother is a Virgo, and we all exhibit similar character traits that other family members do not. Is it group think, or could it be that the magnetic fields in the universe influence how our brains are wired? Our brains are extremely complex and highly sensitive, to me it doesn't seem so far fetched.

My one year old daughter is a Capricorn, not quite speaking yet, so it's a little soon to tell if my neurosis is being imprinted on her just yet, but I'll bet she will be much different than her older sister.

Here's the book I recommend: The Secret Language of Relationships ISBN: 0-670-87527-9. It's uncanny, heck you can get a copy used for less than $8.

Whether it's a particular moment in time, which corresponds to a particular magnetic resonance, or a name that when spoken corresponds to frequencies of sounds, it all comes back to numbers.

Not to mention visual stimulation
How would the following corrections to your "physics" impact on this idea?

1. Energy does not have polarity (positive or negative).
2. Gravity is not a magnetic force. It is a function of mass.
3. Magnetic flux needs to be very large to influence electrical currents in our brains at interplanetary distances. Larger than the fluxes actually present.
4. Sound waves that change the "wiring" in our minds would need to be of very high energy. The effect would be more destructive than formative.
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How would the following corrections to your "physics" impact on this idea?

1. Energy does not have polarity (positive or negative).
2. Gravity is not a magnetic force. It is a function of mass.
3. Magnetic flux needs to be very large to influence electrical currents in our brains at interplanetary distances. Larger than the fluxes actually present.
4. Sound waves that change the "wiring" in our minds would need to be of very high energy. The effect would be more destructive than formative.
I don't know, I'm just a college drop out.

1. I should have said electrical energy.
2. Gravity may not be magnetic, but it is a force which attracts mass, similar to a magnet.
3. I didn't say magnetic flux necessarily influences electrical currents in our brains, but more like it may influence the molecular structure of our neural networks or other such structures.
4. I didn't say anything about sound changing the "wiring" in our minds. More like sounds may illicit primal responses, or emotions. Try communicating with your significant other without words, but with emotive sounds.
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