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[marion_roberts]

Be like Socrates, stand by your principles even in the face of overwhelming number of idiots.

[denzali]

My tutor at Uni said to me
“Make the most of the connections you make here and get the best job from it.
Because the £20, 000 debt your about to accrue is a waste if not. You can learn anything I’ll teach you for free in a library”.

[lm-nxeb]

I like most of your content. I have contributed on PayPal and will continue to do so. One request....Ken, educate yourself on Autism. We are not all dumb. In fact, some of us are quite intelligent. Peace.

[sundarAKintelart]

Well said.

Let not your school
Interfere with your education.

'Mark Twain'

[CNTHINGS]

I was brought to your channel by my curiosity of vintage camera lenses. But I must say that the genuine nature of your videos has really drawn me in. It's clear you know a thing or two and have the urge to share it in the effort to guide others. I appreciate that. I also appreciate you sharing your unfeigned insights. I'm not a kiss ass but I do believe I've gotten a great deal of information from your videos, both camera related and otherwise. So giving credit where credit is due.

[fernandatellez]

I've got something very important to tell you. It´s about the video you recently published saying we shouldn´t watch it. I comment this in this new video 'cause I guess I've got more chances that you read it. Ok, let´s think about Tesla an d number three. Number 1 is one extreme, number 2 is the other, for example, cold and hot. Nobody wants to be frozen, nor burnt, so we've still got number three. Perfect balance, the center, when, as you said your mind just keeps going amazingly fast, and you cannot stop it, you are at one extreme, by the way, the masculine energy one, but you need to be at your center, getting a balance between masculine energy (your thoughts and ideas) and your feminine energy (feelings, sensitivity) ... you need to let your mind rest, be silent, its hard but not impossible, I can suggest you meditation, and to spend more time with yourself. I wish you the best, you're such a great person Ken!! Greetings from Mexico!!

[patrickjordan]

Review of today's Episode:
Thumbnail: Master Ken, chief Abbot of the Theoria Apophasis Monastery high in the mountains of Florida, was imaged by a soul-capturing device in a contemplative attitude of: Lettuce Prey.
Master Ken then exhorted his herd of cats that his Koan would be useful for even Rats of the Rug type, which, in the ancient traditions of the Monastery is taken to mean be-diapered toddlers; yet in classic Oriental Fashion, Master Ken completed his sentence with the disclaimer that his lesson was not the kind of thing that is shared in high school or college. Since the Abbot is world-renown for Whip Kung Fu we all suffered serious cranial displacement wondering what kind of toddlers are now roaming the hallowed halls of the Schools of High and Collages (certainly put together with newspaper and glue)?
Koan for the Day: Koan for Life: "Nothing True is Popular; and Nothing Popular is True." [So as to differentiate that The Abbot is NOT referring to the Tree that everyone misprounces].
The following is rated PG-13. The Abbot then advised that Sellers were prostitutes that Pimp Crap, which on the face of it, is just as bad as pimping crack.
And now we return you to the Abbot's message already in progress...
"CONSENSUS!" is word that will probably get you sweeping out the courtyard on your knees and running the prayer beads in both hands at once. A beating by your fellow monks might follow the use of the phrase "Peer Review!" so please do not tempt the patience of the leader of our sancutary.
It was subtle and the Master throws things out there in his messages so that only the true Adepts can learn: Master Ken revealed the secret of how Idiocy builds like resonance in a Free Energy device through the use of the Sychopantic Circle! The Sychophantic Circle was invented long before the cyclotron particle collider. It is capable of generating Jigawatts of pure Idiocy. A short while later Master Ken described how to make the Sychopantic Circle through the ingenious coupling of Ovines placed nose to butt and butt to nose.

Academics (the rival monestary that has branches all over the world, not just the mountains of Florida) were outed as showing the weakness of their religion by using ambiguity and EQUIVOCATION! The religion of Academics canon is aimed as far away from a Conclusion as possible and still qualify for the current grant money while begging for more grant money because ALL problems in Academia: Need More Study!
Continuing with earlier lessons such as: "This is NOT a Soul.", Master Ken taught us that Wise Men are not a Puss. This is in contradistinction to Pus which is a hole 'notha topic. But it is widely held that Chinese monks view Cats as Demons. Therefore an Academic being a puss-demon is in keeping with the Abbot's teaching. There will come a time, several hundred years from now when Master Ken's teachings will be corrupted into a religion raising an 80-foot tall Statue of him made out of recycled hemp dust bonded with urea formaldehyde glue. Those followers of Wheelerism might disagree with that reading of the word: Puss, by CONSENSUS under PEER REVIEW of the collected works of Abbot Wheeler translated from the Dead Language of English, but for now: we're stickin' with Cats.
When The Abbot raised his fervor to a higher level over the word: "Believe", he actually took a stone in his hand, which causes all of us lesser monks to cringe and duck even though we're hidden behind a screen.
The Abbot then closes his lesson with the reveal that the Stick of Evil and Ignorance has two ends: One being the "Bandwagon Fallacy" with the other being: "All Opinions are Valid."

Abbot then leaves us with the Word of the Day: Nescience which means: Lack of knowledge, or: Ignorance. For us lesser monks we have all come up into awareness that Ignorance is not inherently a 'bad' thing since it can be corrected. In fact: "I don't know." is actually the beginning of Science and Inquiry. Only when WILLFUL Ignorance is pursued as a career does it lead straight into the be-gatored moat surrounding the Monestary.
In Conclusion: It was decided by Consensus after Peer Review of the most learned presentation by The Abbot, that he may be totally right; and... if there are those who disagree with his findings and the nature of the Two-Headed Stick of Death, then they are entitled to their opinion, because these are deep questions that need more study and there are great gobs of stolen tax money that can be squandered in the pursuit of ambiguity, equivocation, and conclusionlessness.

[Whatisright]

Group Consensus"
"The Titanic is an unsinkable ship."

Me(Iceberg) an intellectual:
"Have you actually tried sinking it?"

[StevenSchmitt]

Another example based on the bandwagon fallacy would be referring to the New York Times Best Seller List as the source of fine literature - it's what everyone is reading, it must be great.

[Docchucklilchuck]

Many aspects of “science” can be considered Faith. I am not saying that all science has elements of faith. We know there are scientific “laws”. We know there are scientific “theories”. (Such as germ theory) What I am saying is how science progresses is based on the beliefs and/or popular beliefs of the topic at hand as it dynamically progresses..That may or not may be true. We have faith in it until proven otherwise.

[ioncladstudio]

I don't even debate peer reviewed 'smart' people in their little circle anymore. It's like the Terminator paradox... yeah.. who invented the chip? Miles Dyson.. yeah but he got it from the smashed terminator that came from the future.. using a chip you invented.. from the smashed terminator.. .. you don't see a problem with this? nope. It's canon. :P

[davidgiles]

interesting that the sudo-christians don't know that it was consensus that released Barabbas and therefore crucified Jesus with a consensus driven vote [a real result of democracy in action]

[christopherTheCarpenter]

Thank you Mr. Wheeler, I have learned more from you than my 5 years of college. Thank you for your insight.

[heregulmithal]

I met wisdom once . She is absolutely lovely .

[naehh]

Tyranny of the Also, you put words to the reason I dropped out of Academia :‚-( I feel less lonely having watch this video. Thank you mister

[davidgiles]

ever looked at the origin of the word 'idiot' i like to think that i am an original idiot, i know you like languages

[Docchucklilchuck]

Bandwagon Fallacy: My back hurts, let’s go to pain management!! (Dopes)

Me: lose weight, exercise, go to the Chiropractor who is all natural and conservative. Even the Orthopedic texts in medical school say, “the conservative approach is better than invasive procedures”
Ie shots/meds...

Anyone think otherwise Is better, it’s your body, good luck...

[jackspencer]

Question: "Who's the number one seller of cameras right now?"


Answer: "Which restaurant is most popular throughout the world right now? Because surely they make the best food, right?

[lc]

A never-ending story. The fourth word to add to your list, Ken. Never. We never don't know what we don't know. As an example, up to this date, just today, I never knew in nature, there are white rainbows. That there could even be such a thing. Now, I ponder, is it really then a rainbow, if it is void of pretty colors? I do believe, I will never know it all. The quest to find out is what makes life so colorfully interesting. Using ones own hands, one could make the analogy between developing a good film versus- it already developed for you on a camera, digitally. I always keep in mind, though, display monitor's vary.

[tomfull]

One billion chinese can’t be wrong - eat rice!
..just sayin!