Comments for briankeever.com http://briankeever.com Cognition, Creativity & Computing Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:29:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 Comment on The concept of Mind… by Diana http://briankeever.com/2008/02/10/the-concept-of-mind/#comment-6 Diana Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:45:34 +0000 http://briankeever.com/2008/02/10/the-concept-of-mind/#comment-6 "What the hell was wrong with me, I often wondered." LOL- Talk about a leading question! But seriously, what set you apart and made you 'different' is that you DO ask questions - and the first step to ANY answer is in the asking of the right questions. So keep asking. The answers will come - maybe not the ones you want lol, but the answers WILL come. ;) The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking. A. A. Milne “What the hell was wrong with me, I often wondered.”

LOL- Talk about a leading question!

But seriously, what set you apart and made you ‘different’ is that you DO ask questions - and the first step to ANY answer is in the asking of the right questions. So keep asking. The answers will come - maybe not the ones you want lol, but the answers WILL come.

;)

The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.
A. A. Milne

]]> Comment on How to Scrub XML Squeeky Clean by SQL Danger « Alexander The Great http://briankeever.com/2007/08/31/how-to-scrub-xml-squeeky-clean/#comment-5 SQL Danger « Alexander The Great Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:53:20 +0000 http://briankeever.com/2007/08/31/how-to-scrub-xml-squeeky-clean/#comment-5 [...] XML processing is an example of something that does none of those things. And while SQL has good XML support, for [...] […] XML processing is an example of something that does none of those things. And while SQL has good XML support, for […]

]]> Comment on How to Scrub XML Squeeky Clean by XML Purification « Alexander The Great http://briankeever.com/2007/08/31/how-to-scrub-xml-squeeky-clean/#comment-4 XML Purification « Alexander The Great Mon, 31 Dec 2007 19:19:23 +0000 http://briankeever.com/2007/08/31/how-to-scrub-xml-squeeky-clean/#comment-4 [...] it’s still worth covering, in purely academic terms. Brian Keever has written a post on XML Purification, or turning non-compliant into well-formed [...] […] it’s still worth covering, in purely academic terms. Brian Keever has written a post on XML Purification, or turning non-compliant into well-formed […]

]]> Comment on Questions to explore by Forrest http://briankeever.com/2007/08/24/questions-to-explore/#comment-3 Forrest Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:10:28 +0000 http://briankeever.com/2007/08/24/questions-to-explore/#comment-3 <b>What is consciousness and are there different types of consciousness?</b> Remember the movie <i>Altered States</i>? Drugs, obviously, have the ability to move a person between different types or levels of consciousness; be it street drugs, anxiety medicine at the hospital, or anti-depressants that have become so popular. ( <i>Mother's Little Helper</i> by the Rolling Stones? ) <b>What does “free will” really mean and are humans really free to do as they wish?</b> Free will is a fascinating question, and a very multi-faceted one. Nietzsche didn't believe in it on cause and effect grounds. But in today's world, you could say that we aren't truly free to do as we wish because of external factors ... people who've made stupid jokes about the president, and then got a visit from the FBI under the <i>USA PATRIOT ACT</i>. Great questions to raise, and I can't wait to read your answers, or at least your thoughts on the matters. What is consciousness and are there different types of consciousness?

Remember the movie Altered States? Drugs, obviously, have the ability to move a person between different types or levels of consciousness; be it street drugs, anxiety medicine at the hospital, or anti-depressants that have become so popular. ( Mother’s Little Helper by the Rolling Stones? )

What does “free will” really mean and are humans really free to do as they wish?

Free will is a fascinating question, and a very multi-faceted one. Nietzsche didn’t believe in it on cause and effect grounds. But in today’s world, you could say that we aren’t truly free to do as we wish because of external factors … people who’ve made stupid jokes about the president, and then got a visit from the FBI under the USA PATRIOT ACT.

Great questions to raise, and I can’t wait to read your answers, or at least your thoughts on the matters.

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