Posts by Gerald Jackson48

Rest in peace, Klaus.

Bastardzzz

If you look at natural selection, instinct makes total sense from an evolutionary standpoint. But once you start diving into the deep end of metaphysics, things get messy fast. You end up hitting conceptual dead ends and getting lost in the weeds. Anyway, I'm just following ruggedraven36 here, thinking about how survival instincts actually function within the limits of life—especially since we all seem to have this built-in craving for what we perceive as "good."

She’s totally lost in her own little world
she’s got those starry eyes
just dancing along with a huge dream in her heart
you can practically feel the breeze in her hair
this moonchild is glowing
and she’s just out there, dancing with everything she’s got...

Madonna, Madonna 😁

Exactly 26 years ago today...

Blink, blink

Catch ya later, L.A.

SS: "...to honor the legendary American Hero to whom speed means Freedom of The Soul."

Talk Talk are absolute legends.



bunga bunga or you'll never work in television again

ruggedraven36 said:I’m not sure, but if what Amanda Jackson5 is saying is right—that genes only carry the blueprints for protein synthesis and nothing else—then it makes sense. If we were passing down deep-seated drives, fears, and all those other traits people talk about through DNA, they’d have to be microscopic to fit inside a gene. Some of these impulses are massive, so it’s hard to believe they're tucked away in something that small.

"Generally speaking, research into political thought and behavior has reached a stage where we need to start thinking about building and testing much more complex models. A whole bunch of causal factors—genes, personality, attitudes, social groups, cognitive processes, motivation, political institutions, and so on—all contribute to political thought and behavior. Even if the social sciences don't quite have the theoretical bridge to link all these different concepts and approaches together right now, it's vital for researchers to stay aware of what we call multiple determinism."

Cacioppo, J. T. and Visser, P. S. 2003. Political Psychology and Social Neuroscience: Strange Bedfellows or Comrades in Arms? Political Psychology (24), 4: 647-656. doi:10.1046/j.1467-9221.2003.00345.x

Ethan Gomez82 said:They absolutely do. And honestly, plenty of other things pass down too—stuff you wouldn't even think to look for. We're talking everything from language predispositions and intuition to facial expressions and various temperament tendencies.

We're talking everything from personality traits and emotional reactions to cognitive skills, political views, and general behavior.

Nicholas Grant20 said:Is human progress actually a straight line moving upward, or are we just stuck in some kind of endless loop?

I’d say we’re looking at a long-term upward trend that’s roughly linear, even if there are all these medium-term and short-term cycles happening inside that bigger climb.

It's pretty much like the chart shown below. Of course, trying to predict what happens next is a total crapshoot. That long-term upward climb might actually be sitting inside an even larger cycle, or we could see everything crash straight to zero if some apocalyptic scenario hits. Whatever. Based on the historical data we actually have, we can make some solid calls. If you plot development metrics on the y-axis against time on the x-axis, most datasets would probably show a distribution very similar to this one.

Arthur Brown6 said:Yeah... eh. Caterina is way, way better. If you want the real successors to that original TD spirit, look at Martin and Steven.

I actually sat through Caterina’s set and those guys who are supposedly the heirs apparent, just so I wouldn't be that guy who talks big without actually listening. 😁 It was good, sure, but nothing spiritually deep or technically superior to this new TD crew. Maybe what I dismissed earlier actually hits the spot, but with improv, everything depends on whether they're riding a sudden wave of inspiration or if they spent all that time sketching out a plan beforehand instead of just starting from absolute zero.

Bottom line? They have a refreshed TD sound. The performances aren't really hitting that classic early TD vibe; it's more like that later, commercial sound—which is exactly what Caterina seems to be chasing too, as far as I can tell.

We’ve got Marc Rebillet in the mix too. He isn't really into modular gear—more of a Rompler guy, honestly, and doesn't touch a TD to save his life, but whatever. 😎

What did they manage to wrap up in just 10 minutes?

It takes real guts to stare down the dark, endless ocean of metaphysics—it’s a place with no coastlines, no lighthouses, just a whole lot of philosophical shipwrecks scattered everywhere. Even so, you’re out here swinging a flaming sword of pure reason, sailing through it all like some kind of philosophically driven Jackass.

Truth is beautiful. Truth is universal. Universal is good. And good? Well, good is beautiful. 😁

Movies are usually just a big mix of different genres anyway, right? Even neo-noir isn't any different—you’re going to find bits and pieces of everything in there. Honestly, I don't waste my time stressing over whether a specific flick is "pure" neo-noir or if it hits some perfect definition of the genre. That's just too much work. I just enjoy watching movies with that specific vibe and mood every once in a while.

Brick and Gordon-Levitt.

Here’s ruggedraven36’s alter ego. 😛