What's in a name, or an Avatar?
When I came to find Exoscience.com, longer ago than most all of you, I found the members to be very critical and quick to snap out an insult to the others. There was certainly less colorful language.
One misplaced letter or overly-creative punctuation(s) & would find Boris or Chris (Cris)
trying to psychologically evaluate him. To say nuthin of Tiassa ! !
But I liked Sciforums. Dave (porfiry) was just about the coolest cat on the web to own a site, to say nothing of the fact that it's a site devoted to science!
Whether the science subject has to do with the accepted sciences, or if the thresd is just offhand BS, sciforums has it all!
I might also take this paragraph to mention the fact that Dave created this particular "Free Thoughts" with me (largely) in mind, during the last major re-vamp of Sciforums. At the time, I half assed considered it to be an insult, but truly, Dave saw that there was a need for Sciforum lovers to blow off some steam and post somewhere that would not congest the other posts. There is also the real understanding that
occasionally, some Sciforum ideas just can't be classified into the accepted areas that have been set up by Porfiry.
I Wouldn't Change A Godamn Thing About Sciforums ! ! !. It's pretty damn perfect!
Since early 2000, I have gotten into some really incredible science discussions, that have literally spanned the proverbial spectrum of the accepted, as well as the not so accepted ideas_right here at Sciforums!
I have talked about various ideas all over the world to other people of great intelligence. At the same time, I have joked around and posted at threads of some of the craziest jokers that one can ever hope to meet....well maybe not meet the people in person:bugeye:
Anyhow, it is certainly true that the higher intellects do need to play more than the mundanes.
The human mind does not become creative....according to the rules!
There are those here, who have managed to gain favor, and now complain about the other posters. It's funny because it's these one's who are the main reason why Sciforums has become insubstantial and lacking it's previous luster.
You know, people, it's funny how the rule makers & enforcers always seem to gravitate to the positions of authority, even at a place where they are not needed, or desired.
What's in a name, or an Avatar????????????????????
One of the first things that I learned at ExoScience was that one may find himself "Type Cast" as being a religious nut, or as a believer in UFOlogy. I disliked this typecasting & became set on the idea of that I would be accepted differently if I was not known as being a zealot of one particular set of ideas.
See, I am generally open to any & all ideas. Even the so called proven ideas are still just theories, as far as I am concerned. NOTHING IS ABSOLUTE. If science history has proven nothing else, then any decent scientist, Pro or Amateur, should know this!
I don't have a problem with discussing anything with a person who may post under different handles, even in the same thread.
That's not fraud or deception, people! That's damn creative for a person to be able to see various sides of a discussion, or argument, and to be able to carry on a discussion based on the persona of the Avatar that (s)he decides to comment with at the time. It is not something to deride a fellow poster with.
The real problem that I have is with the anal retentive HUNS, who are now moderating and selecting what will be left on the Sciforums Archives & what won't be ! ! ! !
I am being quite honest when I say this. These person(s), I have watched with some sympathetic humor, for some time. The humor increased significantly, when I found that they had been elevated into positions of Sciforums Authority!
Though they will not be named here by me, I wiill say that "they" have yet to post even one decent, creative science post to date_at all! In fact, "they" have done more to stifle and bring down the original quality of Sciforums than anyone else! "Their" abilities seem to mainly be in bitching & complaining to Dave, much the same way as I found them from the first day that I read "their" first post at Sciforums!
FINALLY
The Evolution of Science Ideas Let us talk Darwin.
Some here don't like all of the different personalities & the many pointless threads. But I see this as the purest form of Evolution!
In all Darwin Ideas/theories, know this as the absolute observation on the whole of the Universe & everything within it:
That (he/she/it) which is successful, will continue forth & make generally successful copies of itself, while that (he/she/it) which is not successful will not make successful copies.. and will gradually fade into the extinct category. That which is successful, will continue.
I don't pull any Godamn punches here at Sciforums, unless I have a reason.
I want people to be rude to me. It is to be expected. If I want to feel good about myself, I'll go to some fucking touchy, feel good, liberal site ! ! !
If my ideas are wrong, by god this is the place to get the input from other minds!
When Sciforums becomes a place where everyone is SOOO fu**king nice that they won't even tell the other guy that he is wrong & why...................Then Howard & Elwood will truly leave the building, for good.
I miss Boris. <img src="http://www.sciforums.com/avatar.php?userid=909&dateline=990925548">I think I'll send an insulting Personal Message to him, for old times sake. Hey we're actually the best of friends, now people!!! It's an honest hate/friendship that I have with someone that I met here a few years ago. Actually, either of us would sacrifice his best arm to save the other. You get that by coming to know others and agreeing/disagreeing.
OH Yeah, I forgot about Cris & Bowser!
Haven't heard much about Bowser lately. Cris still has the same avatar as when I first joined, but he doesn't reply to me anymore....especially since he found out that I have actually smoked marijuana,,,,,and did inhale.. unlike the previous President.
So raise hell & Rock the House, Baby!
