The Human Animal (Humans)

by David Turell , Thursday, August 13, 2009, 16:08 (5580 days ago) @ xeno6696

How do you claim free will when you don't control your thoughts? When I finished my stint with Buddhism, I was no better at *controlling* thought, only focusing my mind--but you still get errant thoughts no matter how hard you try to stick to one topic. - I'm interested in your self-proclaimed lack of mind control. I think it is a matter of practice. If I am sleepy I can wander a bit, but when I am rested and interested in a subject, I can really concentrate, just as in testing. Everyone is different. I'm convinced my will is absolutely free. What is not free is my concern for others in society, or for my wife.
 
> The second is (hopefully) Mutual of Omaha, a company who made the surprising decision to sell their health insurance unit last year. I'm intrigued by this... - They may have decided to beat Obama to the punch and get out before the storm. A goverment insurance program will be very expensive to the country, and when tested in court under the 14th Amendment, 1st section, the Equal Protection Clause, everyone will have to be covered equally: huge expense, huge rationing, probably coverage of illegal aliens (given liberal federal judges, etc.