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@Mel Hopkins I like to know things and understand dynamics. I don't mind making a mistake but wronging a person is an entirely different matter. In a storm grass bends and trees fall. So I am not trying to confuse strength with rigidity.

And this is why Black Americans will be kept on the bottom.

I remember another time I was wrong. I had said something that upset you. I talked to my partner and she explained how it sounded to her and I apologised to you. One of the things I often say is everyone believes they are right until they know that they are wrong. I am interested in the exoteric and the esoteric. I have been interested in math and magic for as long as I can remember. I think part of the reason I am attracted to you, @Troy @Cynique is that you all have an openness to try and understand what is being said, and then you engage. I have lost the interest in trying to persuade someone to widen their viewpoint. That was disappearing when Cynique when into semi-retirement. Although yesterday I had various discussions with an avid Trump supporter. We generally have opposing viewpoints. Although I think I made one point that he felt and then understood. You can't judge people's choices unless you are in that situation. Interestingly that lead to this was him talking about Harlem gangsters. I had two personal stories of close contacts having interactions with well known Harlem Drug Lords.

I doubt that there will be more female than male responses.

@Richard McCarthy in my lifetime that has been my experience. You are fortunate to have a different one .

Communication is either propaganda or manipulation.

@Cynique @Troy @Mel Hopkins @ProfD @Chevdove I don't always agree with you but I enjoy your presence.

It's not your fault that I'm persnickety. However I am grateful for the forum. That means the World to me to be heard and seen.

I try to have rational arguments, hence my general inactivity.

Another tasty piece of writing.

@Troy Good luck with the "righter"

Between bots and blockheads ...

This is from The Secret Lore of Magic by Idries Shah. Who in addition to writing about Sufism was also interested in Magic. Therefore Plato said for a good cause that he which is not very cunning in logicke and wise in the vertues of naturall things likewise the aspects of the starres, shall not see the causes of marvellous things, nor know them, nor participate of the treasures of the Philosophers. XVII. Therefore I know that every thing hath that which is his owne of heat and colde, of which it maketh another thing effectuall by accident, directly and indirectly, and it hath all his vertues of the starres, and the figure of his generation, which it worketh in mortality, construction and greeting with other.

What's the gain?

https://www.timesunion.com/business/article/Siena-survey-finds-consumers-not-thrilled-to-17067611.php

You can turn off predictive text.

https://cajundiscordian.medium.com/is-lamda-sentient-an-interview-ea64d916d917

So everything in predictive text is helping to improve AI. If you can predict my next word how many steps does it take to predict my next thought.

It can be done like the index of consumer confidence

Just because they are working in Chinatown doesn't mean they live in Chinatown. So even though crime isn't high there are other systemic problems. Part of why I mentioned stability as separate from crime.

Because it has lost its magic. It's a hard city but you could have inexpensive fun. Now rents are so high there isn't much that is inexpensive. I friend told me no Chinese people live in Chinatown. That was a few years ago. It's like watching the strangling of the golden geese. Do any informal poll and ask Folks if they feel hopeful. It are they considering leaving. You left because it wasn't worth it to you to stay.

My guess would be draw a 30 mile radius around Oakland.

If I thinnof New York City in my experience. I would classify it as stable and unstable. Currently I think it is safer than in the 70's or the 80's but it is more unstable.

While I heard mentions of various connections between astrology and philosophers, I felt most were apocryphal. Currently looking at Porphyry, Iamblichus and Plotinus.

Perspective is the only separation from the One.