Comments on: Findings on the Internets: Various Items of Interest http://jeffsaddmind.com/out-in-the-blogosphere-various-items-of-interest-546.htm If ADD Is A Gift...Can I Return It For Something Else? Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Scott Hutson http://jeffsaddmind.com/out-in-the-blogosphere-various-items-of-interest-546.htm/comment-page-1#comment-21576 Scott Hutson Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:08:44 +0000 http://jeffsaddmind.com/out-in-the-blogosphere-various-items-of-interest-546.htm#comment-21576 BTW Jeff, I love the "Light travels faster than sound. That is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak." Murphy other laws.....Fit me perfectly ;) BTW Jeff, I love the “Light travels faster than sound. That is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.” Murphy other laws…..Fit me perfectly ;)

]]> By: Scott Hutson http://jeffsaddmind.com/out-in-the-blogosphere-various-items-of-interest-546.htm/comment-page-1#comment-21512 Scott Hutson Sat, 16 Jan 2010 02:13:36 +0000 http://jeffsaddmind.com/out-in-the-blogosphere-various-items-of-interest-546.htm#comment-21512 I don't know the answer, but I look for it. These days are no different than the earliest recorded history of civilization. It's just hitting closer to home now. One step foreward, two steps back lately. I don’t know the answer, but I look for it. These days are no different than the earliest recorded history of civilization. It’s just hitting closer to home now. One step foreward, two steps back lately.

]]> By: Jeff http://jeffsaddmind.com/out-in-the-blogosphere-various-items-of-interest-546.htm/comment-page-1#comment-21042 Jeff Tue, 12 Jan 2010 09:13:27 +0000 http://jeffsaddmind.com/out-in-the-blogosphere-various-items-of-interest-546.htm#comment-21042 Betsy, Your last comment (re: civil liberties) reminds me of a joke that was circulating during the earlier years of the Iraq war (invasion? occupation?). When the Iraqi parliament was struggling with creating a new constitution, someone suggested that we give them ours. After all, we're not using it anymore. ;) Betsy,

Your last comment (re: civil liberties) reminds me of a joke that was circulating during the earlier years of the Iraq war (invasion? occupation?). When the Iraqi parliament was struggling with creating a new constitution, someone suggested that we give them ours. After all, we’re not using it anymore. ;)

]]> By: betsy davenport, phd http://jeffsaddmind.com/out-in-the-blogosphere-various-items-of-interest-546.htm/comment-page-1#comment-21040 betsy davenport, phd Tue, 12 Jan 2010 08:59:42 +0000 http://jeffsaddmind.com/out-in-the-blogosphere-various-items-of-interest-546.htm#comment-21040 Yes, I read it. I find it bizarre and outrageous that while the systems that didn't keep the guy off the plane were at fault, the hue and cry is all about body scanners. Yoo-hoo! That is not where the problem is. Sheesh. And yes, the statistical chance of beingon a plane with someone dangerous in that way is infinitesimally small. Mostly, a non-issue. Not on my radar. While ON my radar is the pain-in-the-butt way we have to go through airports these days. It is really a deterrent to the occasional traveler. And civil liberties, anyone? Oh that's right, I wasn't using them anyway. Am I off-topic? Yes, I read it. I find it bizarre and outrageous that while the systems that didn’t keep the guy off the plane were at fault, the hue and cry is all about body scanners. Yoo-hoo! That is not where the problem is. Sheesh.

And yes, the statistical chance of beingon a plane with someone dangerous in that way is infinitesimally small. Mostly, a non-issue. Not on my radar. While ON my radar is the pain-in-the-butt way we have to go through airports these days. It is really a deterrent to the occasional traveler.

And civil liberties, anyone? Oh that’s right, I wasn’t using them anyway.

Am I off-topic?

]]> By: Jeff http://jeffsaddmind.com/out-in-the-blogosphere-various-items-of-interest-546.htm/comment-page-1#comment-20926 Jeff Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:37:08 +0000 http://jeffsaddmind.com/out-in-the-blogosphere-various-items-of-interest-546.htm#comment-20926 Betsy, The problem, as I see it, is two-fold. First, you have people and some politicians that allow fear to cloud their judgment. Second, you have those that use fear to their advantage ("intentionality" is a whole different discussion), turning it into an opportunity to pass laws and other changes that would never have passed otherwise. Here's a statistic that's never cited because it is does not fit the "fear" mentality. "[T]he odds of being on given departure which is the subject of a terrorist incident have been 1 in 10,408,947 over the past decade. By contrast, the odds of being struck by lightning in a given year are about 1 in 500,000. This means that you could board 20 flights per year and still be less likely to be the subject of an attempted terrorist attack than to be struck by lightning." (See: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2010/01/nate_silver_on.html) And here is a clear-headed look at airport security: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rabbi-shmuley-boteach/in-lockdown-at-newark-air_b_410016.html Betsy,

The problem, as I see it, is two-fold. First, you have people and some politicians that allow fear to cloud their judgment. Second, you have those that use fear to their advantage (“intentionality” is a whole different discussion), turning it into an opportunity to pass laws and other changes that would never have passed otherwise.

Here’s a statistic that’s never cited because it is does not fit the “fear” mentality. “[T]he odds of being on given departure which is the subject of a terrorist incident have been 1 in 10,408,947 over the past decade. By contrast, the odds of being struck by lightning in a given year are about 1 in 500,000. This means that you could board 20 flights per year and still be less likely to be the subject of an attempted terrorist attack than to be struck by lightning.” (See: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2010/01/nate_silver_on.html) And here is a clear-headed look at airport security: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rabbi-shmuley-boteach/in-lockdown-at-newark-air_b_410016.html

]]> By: betsy davenport, phd http://jeffsaddmind.com/out-in-the-blogosphere-various-items-of-interest-546.htm/comment-page-1#comment-20916 betsy davenport, phd Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:53:46 +0000 http://jeffsaddmind.com/out-in-the-blogosphere-various-items-of-interest-546.htm#comment-20916 Regarding the Pantsman: his freaking gizmo didn't even work. The response around the nation is exactly what terrorism is for. To terrorize. What mystifies me - and has done since 9/11, is how everybody is so terrorized. I am not. I wasn't. I also didn't sit in front of my television set and traumatize myself repeatedly, watching the footage. People in this country are whacked out. Wanting to watch it? I think people actually get a thrill out of feigned hysteria. Like, it's more fun than keeping our civil liberties. Now THAT scares me. Regarding the Pantsman: his freaking gizmo didn’t even work. The response around the nation is exactly what terrorism is for. To terrorize. What mystifies me – and has done since 9/11, is how everybody is so terrorized. I am not. I wasn’t.

I also didn’t sit in front of my television set and traumatize myself repeatedly, watching the footage. People in this country are whacked out. Wanting to watch it? I think people actually get a thrill out of feigned hysteria. Like, it’s more fun than keeping our civil liberties.

Now THAT scares me.

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