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I miss you all :) The forum was a great point in my life. Noddy's written his novel. I just loved 2008. Hey EB ;) Thanks Melkor - if it wasn't for you (and my daughter) I wouldn't be here now.

Exploring life sounds good Auburn! How did you like Europe and how's Australia? Are you travelling alone, backpacking? You must be about 21 now, aren't you? Sorry to be nosy but it sounds like you are going through an exciting period that is obviously stimulating a great deal of creativity...

Hi Auburn I don't know if you are still active on the forum. I haven't visited for a year I'm afraid. I hope everything is going well for you. I must say in the very rare moments I get time to myself, I do think about all of you and wonder what you are all talking about. My life is very full...

well, as Vrecknidj said, you have to define what you mean by spiritual. It is a word that appears to be elastic in that it takes on whatever the user wants it to. For me, it derives from the notion of spirt which is in some ways different from material. For me, spiritual is definitely NOT...

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Hi Chimera, how are you doing? Nice to see your familiar 'face' ;) I feel totally out of touch - what's a glomp emote? @Minuend - those were fun days! I've lost touch with everyone now and I am going to be sucked up into term next week, and probably not be allowed out for another year. You young...

old enough for you all to be my children except EditorOne and Vrecknidj and Jennywocky :) Hi guys :D How's things?

AI you are not communicating; you are obfuscating. Impressive but boring.

Happy Christmas to everyone - this is a picture of my church, looking very christmassy. Yeah, I know its corny but I am enjoying my Christmas this year :p

Fogive me; I don't know you and have just sneaked onto the forum amidst all the chaos of a family Christmas. I too am a mum and also I have just begun to lecture at a small university. What I notice is that you have lots of questions and it seems to me that you are scared of the answers they...

I think with a lot of INTPs that we are afraid of our intellect and where it might lead us. We don't want responsibility - we'd rather comment from afar. AI is one of the most intelligent people I have come across irl and online but he doesn't want to hear that. One of the reasons is that...

I can't go along with this. I do think there is a core 'self'. Otherwise you are subject to so many situationist forces. There are many out there who do not believe in character at all - you are simply a reflection of the situation in which you find yourself. I truly believe I am not. For...

I like this Jennywocky, its a great metaphor. I think I have been living in the tree for some time, as I have been raising my kids. I have just got out of the tree and I look up longingly at the tree again. It's tough actually having to do stuff and meet other people's expectations. But the...

Hi Ermine, good to see you back again - good for me or you? As you can see, I have returned after having thought I'd kicked the habit. I am crazily busy but as Melkor said, the busier I am he more I find this a relaxing place to 'switch off' funnily enough. Its like an easy hobby...

I would recommend as unputdownable 'the empty mirror: experiences in a japanese zen monastry' by Janwillem van de wetering. Simply brilliant - and a quick read. He was a Dutch student who sought enlightenment in the 70s so went to Japan to join a Zen Monastery. The first book is his story...

Very insightful Flow - I enjoyed reading your post. For those who are interested you can map your MBTI onto Belbin's team roles using the Margerison McCann team wheel. I think INTPs come out as Plants and Monitor Evaluators - not sure though and have got to rush. This reinforces much of what...

Ubunto is the fair trade alternative to Coke. www.ubuntu-trading.com Coke exploits the powerless in India by stealing their water supplies in desert regions to make Coke and export it to regions plentiful in water. That's only one of the accusations against them. So please seek out ubunto...

Wow, I didn't even realise it was you :0 You look a lot younger without the grey hair and beard (I hope you don't mind me saying). I like the previous look though - it was wise and reassuring - like your comments. Hmmm, if you could get a balance between the two you'd look young and wise -...

I had the most awesome party this summer with 90 guests. It went really well and had lots of compliments afterwards. Secret of success: my esfj friend - who's greatly into detail and has tons of contacts. She got the caterers in, bought the flowers, bossed me around, came dress shopping...

What about emotional intelligence? Despite the problems associated with it, I do think it has some use as a notion. I like the idea of intelligence as being the ability to understand, channel and harness emotions and to empathise with others in order to achieve a preferred outcome. Funny...

Oh well. I guess I'm not feeling very holy atm. one of those dry spells, I guess.

don't worry da Blob - I didn't take offence - I think its funny. Go for it - though I think the odds are stacked against you!

thanks Cog; I'll follow those links up. It's nice to think I'm a tool in a game - at last I have some use :D

Okay, Cog, I'm lost.....I've obviously been out of the game so long I've forgotten the lingo. What the heck do you mean??? Anyway, thought you might like to know that I mentioned transhumanism to my students the other day - out of complete ignorance, though I could set them up to go an...

Da Blob asked if I had anything of interest to add to this thread. Well, it might be of interest to me but I'm not sure about anyone else here. But anyway, here goes: www.bethinking.org - an apologetics website aimed at students. Nothing startlingly original but some great thinkers and...

Okay, I was tired last night!

lets see if this works

well, you won't know her but you know what they say - there's only six people who separate you from every person on the planet so you will know someone who knows someone who knows someone who knows someone who knows someone who knows her!

Happy Birthday Sapphire ;) I have sent you a birthday card but it got swallowed up by the spam blocker. I don't even know if it has 'worked' - I am hopeless with technology. So you may get something else appear here but I have no idea what it will look like. Well, the thought was there -...

Hey Decaf, I thought of you today. I have a student from Oregon and she was sooooo pleased when I could tell her where it was and shared some of my impressions of the place. She said I was the first Brit who knew where Oregon was. I said I had a 'friend' who lived there! I didn't tell her...

There are many psychological experiments that demonstrate how behaviour is often elicited by the context rather than individual traits. Some situationist psychologists believe that all behaviour is elicited by the context. Hence the Darley and Batson experiment that asked a group of priests in...

I was facilitating a group of young people talking about responsibility in business. They all agreed that they probably would not put themselves out to buy goods produced by more ethical companies because: they couldn't be bothered it was hard to break habits they couldn't afford the...

Well, Ive had an interesting birthday so far - not one I'd want to repeat as its been very stressful teaching a bunch of students stuff that I am only one step ahead of and seeing my 'to do' pile grow remorsely higher. So its nice to relax at INTPf, eat my cake, probably die of food poisoning...

Well I rarely lurk nowadays as I have so little time, but I wondered on here tonight and look what I find! I really don't deserve all your good wishes as I so rarely frequent the forum and contribute to your discussions - though I was tempted to join the sick of god threads thread:p I tend to...

I'm in a weird mood too - struggling with my new job. Funny about the childhood emotions - often bring new insights and thoughts with them, don't you find. My 'think while you drink' evening was an attempt to do 'emergent church' in my village - or another way of putting it, bringing a God...

Hey Noddy, how are you? missing you. We had a great 'think while you drink' evening. I'll tell you what my resident agnostic/atheist thought if you like. Nia

Kidege, that was wonderful - and a brilliant translation. I can't but wonder how you extract optimism out of a situation like that. Did I hear on the radio the other day that a person 'disappeared' again in Argentina? I have always wondered how on earth you would keep your sanity if you...

Yep, you've got it :D daimon and demon mean essentially the same thing - spirit. I have used the notion of spirit in its metaphorical rather than literal sense, so eudemonia means spirit of goodness and happiness. To me it incorporates Aristotle's notion of 'virtue' - that in order to flourish...

Noddy, I can't tell you how sad that makes me feel. People are ruthless when it comes to imprisoning people in boxes and silencing controversial voices. It must be hell to be surrounded by people who really don't get you. I feel privileged to have caught sight of the real you and feel that...

Me too. The trouble is that what I think about and how I think does not really resonate with anyone around me. For example, last night I was refreshing my memory about social constructionism, and it felt like I had understood it for the first time. It literally opened my eyes and I saw the world...

I'd spend much more time with my children and friends.

What does it feel like to be listened to? How well do you feel you are listened to by the people in your life? What role does this forum play in your sense of being listened to? Is the sense of being listened to, important to you?

what scares you? its probably your fear that stops you listening to yourself. Only when you face your fear will you be free. But its easier said than done. My fear was of mediocrity. It was only when I could face that fear of mediocrity and accept I was mediocre, that I started to be free. What...

Hi Chimera, good to see you too (this is genuine and not small talk :)). I just love your avatar and its a long time since I've seen your unique posting style :cool:. I take the point about exploration and age - I think I was panicking last night. Both my husband and I had an eery...

Some great points! Firstly, I went on IRC and met Anthile and others. That was nice! Secondly, I agree I used to 'over-think' things but eventually I developed the skills of smalltalk. Being skillful is useful but you can, if you are not careful, lose sight of who you are. It's a balance; I...

Do INTPs do banality? Sometimes I just feel like posting on the forum nothing much really. Like saying 'hi, I'm here. What are you up to?' But all the threads are either very deep (I can't be bothered to think atm) or humorous (I enjoy but can't contribute). I suppose I am beginning to...

Thanks Kid... We read this poem today in an undergradate class on responsible management. I asked them what Okri suggested were the two futures open to us; how the first and second paragraphs were related - our passive indifference juxtaposed to genocide in Rwanda for example.Then I asked...

I have really been re-discovering the beauty and contribution of the arts recently. To starved souls the arts can open up vistas and possibilities that we often do not allow ourselves to imagine. So here is a poem for starved souls. Feast on it and post your reactions if you like. Mental...

well one way to introduce the ideas is to get the group to take the test beforehand and determine the scores. You could then split the group, unbeknown to them, into two: say one group more I oriented and one group more E oriented. You could then ask them a simple question, when you come home...

I came to view the collage you designed of us all, Auburn. Oh, happy times :D Are you still going out with the girl you met back then?