I'm making a religion based on Emergence.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Without delving too deeply into the text (sorry Kai.  I swear it's in the queue), I understand it to be that if a large amount of one-process "things" get together, a new process will spontaneously emerge.

Sort of like the Department of Motor Vehicles?  That's when you smash 300 functionaries into one building, and they spontaneously generate new and largely undocumented processes?

[LMNO]

I'm gonna say, "kinda", but since I'm not the expert on this, I'll leave it to Kai to spit his coffee on his keyboard.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

I'm gonna say, "kinda", but since I'm not the expert on this, I'll leave it to Kai to spit his coffee on his keyboard.

You have to examine these sorts of things.  People like Jesus and James Madison counted on common sense, and we all know the results.

[Kai]

I just sorta want to let the thread die a quiet death at this point.

I get these ideas sometimes. I bring them here and run with them. People here are good at what they do, which is tearing things apart to see how they work.

Then I walk away with a better understanding of what I was talking about.

Maybe I'll actually get the courage to make an Emergence religion someday.

[Cramulus]

eristic destruction ITT

[The Good Reverend Roger]

I just sorta want to let the thread die a quiet death at this point.

I get these ideas sometimes. I bring them here and run with them. People here are good at what they do, which is tearing things apart to see how they work.

Then I walk away with a better understanding of what I was talking about.

Maybe I'll actually get the courage to make an Emergence religion someday.

Cowboy up, Kai.  You aren't going to let MONKEYS shove you around, are you?

[Kai]

I just sorta want to let the thread die a quiet death at this point.

I get these ideas sometimes. I bring them here and run with them. People here are good at what they do, which is tearing things apart to see how they work.

Then I walk away with a better understanding of what I was talking about.

Maybe I'll actually get the courage to make an Emergence religion someday.

Cowboy up, Kai.  You aren't going to let MONKEYS shove you around, are you?

The monkeys around here are a bit more imposing than the majority of the population.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

I just sorta want to let the thread die a quiet death at this point.

I get these ideas sometimes. I bring them here and run with them. People here are good at what they do, which is tearing things apart to see how they work.

Then I walk away with a better understanding of what I was talking about.

Maybe I'll actually get the courage to make an Emergence religion someday.

Cowboy up, Kai.  You aren't going to let MONKEYS shove you around, are you?

The monkeys around here are a bit more imposing than the majority of the population.

So what?  It's still just chest thumping.

It's only a bit louder here.

Wake the fuck up.  Their opinions are not your reality.

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

I just sorta want to let the thread die a quiet death at this point.

I get these ideas sometimes. I bring them here and run with them. People here are good at what they do, which is tearing things apart to see how they work.

Then I walk away with a better understanding of what I was talking about.

Maybe I'll actually get the courage to make an Emergence religion someday.

Cowboy up, Kai.  You aren't going to let MONKEYS shove you around, are you?

The monkeys around here are a bit more imposing than the majority of the population.

So what?  It's still just chest thumping.

It's only a bit louder here.

Wake the fuck up.  Their opinions are not your reality.

This is the correct monkey motorcycle.

We have good and loud opinions here, but they're still just opinions.

[Cramulus]

[Pope Pixie Pickle]

 

[Kai]

I just sorta want to let the thread die a quiet death at this point.

I get these ideas sometimes. I bring them here and run with them. People here are good at what they do, which is tearing things apart to see how they work.

Then I walk away with a better understanding of what I was talking about.

Maybe I'll actually get the courage to make an Emergence religion someday.

Cowboy up, Kai.  You aren't going to let MONKEYS shove you around, are you?

The monkeys around here are a bit more imposing than the majority of the population.

So what?  It's still just chest thumping.

It's only a bit louder here.

Wake the fuck up.  Their opinions are not your reality.

They aren't. Reality however is that I like it around here, and the more contentious and contradictory I get (or unwillingness to put up with certain "stupid" questions) the more likely someone is to take the piss and then all the bullshit drama starts up.

I have enough drama here in South Carolina to keep me busy.



Oh fuck it. THIS IS WHAT I MENTALLY FAP TO (IE BELIEVE/RELIGION) AND IF YOU GIVE ME SHIT I'LL YOU IN THE NADS. THE /NADS/! 

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Oh fuck it. THIS IS WHAT I MENTALLY FAP TO (IE BELIEVE/RELIGION) AND IF YOU GIVE ME SHIT I'LL YOU IN THE NADS. THE /NADS/! 

This.

Criticism is a good thing, in cases like this, because it can point out flaws that you might have missed.

Also, it's good training for your PhD defense, which will make this place look like a veritable paradise.

[Kai]

Oh fuck it. THIS IS WHAT I MENTALLY FAP TO (IE BELIEVE/RELIGION) AND IF YOU GIVE ME SHIT I'LL YOU IN THE NADS. THE /NADS/! 

This.

Criticism is a good thing, in cases like this, because it can point out flaws that you might have missed.

Also, it's good training for your PhD defense, which will make this place look like a veritable paradise.

Gotta get through my master's defense before I can ever consider a PhD. 

[Telarus]

I've been following this thread, Kai, and I see some real potential in the metaphors you are shaping this belief system out of.

I'd have more to say, but I got fired today for barely missing a sales quota for 2 weeks, so I'm not exactly thinking straight.