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edgineered

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6. The mind believes

Reply to Gravitycollapse (Original post)

Thu Jul 24, 2014, 10:36 PM

Jul 2014

what the eyes see and the ears hear. Once we learn not to trust our own views we can start to look at things from another perspective, like you just said.

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Reading DU too often is the antithesis of the novel experience. [View all] Gravitycollapse Jul 2014 OP

It is what it is. Xipe Totec Jul 2014 #1

Shit happens. Gravitycollapse Jul 2014 #2

This might ring true for you. A-Schwarzenegger Jul 2014 #3

On the opposite end of the spectrum, I'd suggest reading The Body in Pain... Gravitycollapse Jul 2014 #8

Well A-Schwarzenegger Jul 2014 #9

I wonder if it gets boosted when writing a novel, too. nt valerief Jul 2014 #10

As I recall, you may know! A-Schwarzenegger Jul 2014 #15

Yes, fellow author (well, I'm still an author-in-training, albeit an old one). valerief Jul 2014 #18

TV repairman trilogy! A-Schwarzenegger Jul 2014 #23

Yeah, I've cornered the market on early sixties TV repairmen novels. nt valerief Jul 2014 #24

It's what matters that counts. Throd Jul 2014 #4

what one loves, is what matters RobertEarl Jul 2014 #7

It's pretty much why I hardly post here anymore enigmatic Jul 2014 #5

^^this^^ Puzzledtraveller Jul 2014 #12

^^^+this^^^ FreedRadical Jul 2014 #14

well said. nashville_brook Jul 2014 #19

The mind believes edgineered Jul 2014 #6

Sometimes I add to it, hoping that it will collapse under the weight of it all. Puzzledtraveller Jul 2014 #11

I like this thread! lovemydog Jul 2014 #13

Sometimes noise is the objective. bemildred Jul 2014 #16

A political system can encourage entrenched positions muriel_volestrangler Jul 2014 #17

Thanks for the new website option. FreedRadical Jul 2014 #22

The elite have abused our trust to steer the Party away from its roots, toward a "Third Way"... Romulox Jul 2014 #20

tl;dnr Zorra Jul 2014 #21