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Postby keirsey on Thu Apr 07, 2011 10:21 am

Hey, I warned you.
Curiosity killed the Keirsey cat. (or was the Schrödinger's cat)

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A Scientist is a drunk who looks for his lost keys under the street lamp, because the light is there.

A Mathematician is a drunk who looks for his lost keys in the pitch dark parking lot, because his car is there.

A Believer is a drunk who is still looking for solace in the bar, he hasn't figured out he lost his keys.

The rest of humanity are drunks in the bar looking for companionship: they don't have keys, so they wouldn't look for keys.
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Postby shytiger on Thu Apr 07, 2011 10:46 am

How about "A Mathematician is a drunk who tries his keys in all the cars in the lot because he doesn't know what his car looks like."?
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Postby keirsey on Thu Apr 07, 2011 10:55 am

shytiger wrote:How about "A Mathematician is a drunk who tries his keys in all the cars in the lot because he doesn't know what his car looks like."?


I like it. It captures another blind "search" aspect of Mathematics.
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Postby stellarrenegade on Thu Apr 07, 2011 11:34 am

What is the key supposed to symbolize?
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Postby Quinta on Thu Apr 07, 2011 11:48 am

:lol: :lol: :lol:
. a mania for drawing the shapes of things.. published a universe of designs.. all I have done before the the age of 70 is not .. At 90 I shall have cut my way deeply into the mystery of life .. At 110, everything I create.. will jump to life ..
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Postby keirsey on Thu Apr 07, 2011 1:33 pm

stellarrenegade wrote:What is the key supposed to symbolize?


An astute question... Hmm.. I thinkin' lost key. How about a piece of hidden reality that can unlock more of reality (the car?)?
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Postby mkb32 on Thu Apr 07, 2011 1:48 pm

keirsey wrote:
stellarrenegade wrote:What is the key supposed to symbolize?


An astute question... Hmm.. I thinkin' lost key. How about a piece of hidden reality that can unlock more of reality (the car?)?


Dig It ...
Its all in the search ...

Hidden reality ... delicious
you really don't want to leave the keys with me ... screw the car, I'd rather walk, run, skip, stroll, STOP and observe, flow, float, fly above ... and I don't have to get drunk to "be" THERE
I shall be Phoenix ... just for the record ... I can raise the house...
ANNNND I really do want to get a hold of that Wolverine guy...
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Postby Goodrum on Thu Apr 07, 2011 2:14 pm

The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or the Americans.

On the other hand, the French eat a lot of fat and also suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or the Americans.

The Japanese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or the Americans.

The Italians drink excessive amounts of red wine and also suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or the Americans.

Conclusion: Eat and drink whatever you like. It's speaking English that kills you.
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Postby keirsey on Thu Apr 07, 2011 2:30 pm

Goodrum wrote:The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or the Americans.

On the other hand, the French eat a lot of fat and also suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or the Americans.

The Japanese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or the Americans.

The Italians drink excessive amounts of red wine and also suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or the Americans.

Conclusion: Eat and drink whatever you like. It's speaking English that kills you.


Whew!! Luckily I spoke LISP for much of my career. And by the by, I speak Californian and a bit of 60's speak -- does that help?
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Postby Goodrum on Thu Apr 07, 2011 4:52 pm

Prometheus the Viking is eternal.
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