Thanks to the Philosophy Matters FB page for this observation.
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“God is an infinite sphere, the centre of which is everywhere and the circumference nowhere.”
- Hermes Trismegistus
I hope that this is not considered political @Richard.Dane …?
Thanks to a chap I trained with long ago for this - as shared on FB
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Tradition (n)
Peer pressure from dead people
(As seen on other social fora)
Sophistication (n)
The adoption of other people’s prejudices
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Einstein showed us the speed of Light. But couldn’t the speed of Dark.
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There are 42 examples of cod philosophy from Douglas Adams on the BBC website. My favourites are:
“The quality of any advice anybody has to offer has to be judged against the quality of life they actually lead.”
And
“It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.”
Also for people who like to fiddle and meddle with their audio system:
“If you try and take a cat apart to see how it works, the first thing you have on your hands is a non-working cat.”
All the 42 are at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2bcFfMt6rGLTPpbG0yLwPw0/42-douglas-adams-quotes-to-live-by
Quite a number of these have resonance in the context of this forum!
Best
David
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I was watching Outaw Josey Wales the other night love the quote from John Vernon
"Don’t p*$ss down my back and tell me it’s raining!
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I always enjoyed - “Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.”
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another one from me
God gave us two ears and one mouth for good reason!
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I so need this right now!!
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…but he also gave us a drinking problem by giving us two hands and only one mouth!! Hmm! 
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“I refuse to prove that I exist” says god, “because proof denies faith and without faith, I am nothing.”
“But the Babel fish is a dead give-away” says man - “it proves you exist and so therefore, you don’t.”
“Oh dear, I hadn’t thought of that” says god, and promptly dissappears in a puff of logic.
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just wish this had been manidtory when the Greeks thought it!!!
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