Cetaceans and Secretions
Jul. 13th, 2008 10:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vovatPenn admitted that he and Teller were kind of slacking off with the latest Bullshit! episode, and it did seem that way. It was about the weird beliefs that some people have about dolphins, like that they can communicate telepathically, heal people, and assist in making significant life decisions. As you can guess, they didn't have to do all that much to debunk these beliefs. I did, however, find their claim (which I assume is true) that dolphins kill porpoises for no real reason to be interesting, if disturbing. Also, I hear that Ecco the Dolphin is an incredibly hard game, even harder than BattleToads.
Another New Age sort of thing that![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
bethje and I looked up last night on a whim was The Secret, one of the latest additions to the vast array of books on the power of positive thinking, and all of the metaphysical mumbo-jumbo that goes with it. Apparently our thoughts and feelings produce vibrations in the Universe, which then brings the things we desire to us. According to this guy, "we have an absolutely unlimited power within us," which I guess means that we can, say, fire lightning bolts from our fingers if we want it enough. The fact that no one (at least as far as I know) can do this is a result of our negative thoughts and emotions. And since we attract bad things to ourselves via negative thinking, I suppose homeless people, rape victims, and people in the World Trade Center on September 11th only have themselves to blame. And Oprah, who was molested, is promoting this philosophy? To say that this is disturbing is putting it mildly.
Another New Age sort of thing that
bethje and I looked up last night on a whim was The Secret, one of the latest additions to the vast array of books on the power of positive thinking, and all of the metaphysical mumbo-jumbo that goes with it. Apparently our thoughts and feelings produce vibrations in the Universe, which then brings the things we desire to us. According to this guy, "we have an absolutely unlimited power within us," which I guess means that we can, say, fire lightning bolts from our fingers if we want it enough. The fact that no one (at least as far as I know) can do this is a result of our negative thoughts and emotions. And since we attract bad things to ourselves via negative thinking, I suppose homeless people, rape victims, and people in the World Trade Center on September 11th only have themselves to blame. And Oprah, who was molested, is promoting this philosophy? To say that this is disturbing is putting it mildly.
