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Wednesday, May 02, 2007
my right brain doesn't work properly or they are just idiots
I don't know how they came up with the image of the Philippines looking like a broken rosary but that's how they describe it. And when I say they I mean my geography teacher in grade school. And this is how she said it (well, something like this): "Ang Pilipinas hawig ng sirang rosaryo. Tignan nyo, mukha ngang sirang rosaryo, di ba?" And we, ass kissers that we were, agreed that yes, the Philippines indeed look like it.
Nah!
It doesn't even come close to being a rosary, much less a broken one. Maybe I just don't have enough imagination in my mind. I know my right brain is a little defective because my creativity stinks so maybe that's it. But then again, a lot of people also don't get the images the constellations show. I mean, how on outside earth did a group of scattered stars look like a lion? It's supposed to be connect the dots but what about the spaces outside? How did they know which stars to connect and which not to? Which star is the end of the line and which star connects two others? If it's just connect the dots (and I mean all the dots) then it would certainly look like an amoeba. Certainly not something you want to look up to. Whoever discovered/invented/named those certainly had a very wild imagination and very clever. He was able to fool everyone into seeing things that are not there.
optimists vs. pessimists
It's a secret no more. The positive thinking scheme that has plagued youtube and various tv talk shows has been raising debates from the believers (and the wannabe believers) and the skeptics. And like any other scheme or new idea especially the most bizarre ones, cynics and doubters alike would suddenly pop up for good measure. They claim that the author's idea is so absurd that science and/or religion say that it is impossible for such a thing to occur. They would give proofs to disprove the abnormal conclusions. They would do anything to stop the author from earning millions. Examples are Chariots of the Gods and Da Vinci Code (also this one is in a fictional setting). They are fun to believe in (especially Chariots) and yeah, they are hazardous to the minds of the gullibles. And this would certainly raise another fun-filled topic for debaters out there so I would not tackle why or why not should this much contested facts reach the general public. But I digress...
So now the new one to hit the fools like storm, the secret. I say that real or not, why not? Hehe... (just thought that sounded clever) But seriously, the book just promotes positive thinking and visualizing dreams into realities. So? What's the harm in that? I have watched a clip in youtube yesterday about the secret being bullshit. That you cannot attract things. The clip was just composed of texts that go on and on saying you cannot attract (wealth, bad luck, good luck etc.). Haha. It's so funny because it's not that I don't believe in the secret (I'm one of the many who is gullible enough to believe) but the antis are so childish. Really. The secret is promoting positive thinking and they are promoting negative. It's just like my yin to your yang or black and white or heaven and hell. And they are so predictable attacking like that.
Granted that the promoters earn millions for distributing "the secret" but so what? It may be something already obvious and common sense but really, how many of us practice that? So let those who are smart enough to fool people fool people. And let the fools be fooled more. And the earth is a happy place. Don't you think so?
050207 Wed 12:58pm
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