proteanmix
Plumage and Moult
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Yesterday I got another comment that I should be a lawyer. I swear that is the one thing that is most consistently said to me by people. Half the time it's meant as a compliment and the other half it's a criticism. Public policy and law go together really well I suppose.
When I think about myself and what I am phrases like "preventative maintenance" and "early warning system" always pop into my head. I am not a problem solver. Once it's happened I'm pretty much useless. But I will shout to the rafters that it's going to happen. It upsets me when I tell people something
dis cern
1. to perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect; see, recognize, or apprehend
2. to distinguish mentally; recognize as distinct or different; discriminate:
dis cern ment
1. the faculty of discerning; discrimination; acuteness of judgment and understanding.
2. the act or an instance of discerning.
perspicacity
2. the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions
I've always worried about not being able to tell the difference between what is true and is a lie, what is right and wrong, what is evil and good. I love to dwell at the exact point where gray turns either white or black. It's like my Bing Bang, the exact moment when the sun finally dips under the horizon, it's like a snap or shift.
What is true is true and that will never change. What's changing is the means and methods that are used to obfuscate the truth, to make it harder to find. So what we need are better screening and detection methods. Counterfeiting money is an art. Maybe 20 years ago all you needed was a pen that would tell the difference between a fake and the real thing. Just as the technology to counterfeit money and other valuable objects is grown more advanced, so does the ability to tell fact from fiction.
Maybe truth is buried at the back page of a unpopular research study, in poorly circulated newspaper, an obscure website, or from the mouth of a homeless beggar. The question I ask myself is are people trying to hide the truth more now than in the past. Is there more at stake now then say 50 or 100 years ago? It seems to me there is. I don't know what is at stake but I know they've have been raised. When the stakes are raised in a game there's more to lose and more to gain. That means more protection, more insurance, more tactics, more anything. Flowers and weeds grow together. It's easier for the weeds to overtake and displace the flowers that the flowers to choke the weeds. You can look at any field and see that.
Just some thoughts about discernment and truth.
When I think about myself and what I am phrases like "preventative maintenance" and "early warning system" always pop into my head. I am not a problem solver. Once it's happened I'm pretty much useless. But I will shout to the rafters that it's going to happen. It upsets me when I tell people something
dis cern
1. to perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect; see, recognize, or apprehend
2. to distinguish mentally; recognize as distinct or different; discriminate:
dis cern ment
1. the faculty of discerning; discrimination; acuteness of judgment and understanding.
2. the act or an instance of discerning.
perspicacity
2. the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions
I've always worried about not being able to tell the difference between what is true and is a lie, what is right and wrong, what is evil and good. I love to dwell at the exact point where gray turns either white or black. It's like my Bing Bang, the exact moment when the sun finally dips under the horizon, it's like a snap or shift.
What is true is true and that will never change. What's changing is the means and methods that are used to obfuscate the truth, to make it harder to find. So what we need are better screening and detection methods. Counterfeiting money is an art. Maybe 20 years ago all you needed was a pen that would tell the difference between a fake and the real thing. Just as the technology to counterfeit money and other valuable objects is grown more advanced, so does the ability to tell fact from fiction.
Maybe truth is buried at the back page of a unpopular research study, in poorly circulated newspaper, an obscure website, or from the mouth of a homeless beggar. The question I ask myself is are people trying to hide the truth more now than in the past. Is there more at stake now then say 50 or 100 years ago? It seems to me there is. I don't know what is at stake but I know they've have been raised. When the stakes are raised in a game there's more to lose and more to gain. That means more protection, more insurance, more tactics, more anything. Flowers and weeds grow together. It's easier for the weeds to overtake and displace the flowers that the flowers to choke the weeds. You can look at any field and see that.
Just some thoughts about discernment and truth.
