A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
-Robert A. Heinlein
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Greg Mamishian wrote:
Sonja Draven wrote:I wouldn't have believed it before I watched her die and I don't expect anyone here to either. It is just my story. She is just one person and one anecdote. But there is a link if you want to follow it.
Your experience says... everyone dies from something.
Over the last three years, I've spent time with hundreds of dying folks, and they are teaching me a valuable lesson that there is ~something else~ going on...
...and it has absolutely ~nothing~ to do with "science".
The wishbone never could replace the backbone.
Chris Kott wrote:Scientific belief is an oxymoron...
Sonja Draven wrote:
Greg Mamishian wrote:
Sonja Draven wrote:I wouldn't have believed it before I watched her die and I don't expect anyone here to either. It is just my story. She is just one person and one anecdote. But there is a link if you want to follow it.
Your experience says... everyone dies from something.
Over the last three years, I've spent time with hundreds of dying folks, and they are teaching me a valuable lesson that there is ~something else~ going on...
...and it has absolutely ~nothing~ to do with "science".
Well, that was harsh. And the science I was referring to was in the links I added. I acknowledged that my experience was anecdotal.
Standing on the shoulders of giants. Giants with dirt under their nails
Sonja Draven wrote:
Greg Mamishian wrote:
Sonja Draven wrote:I wouldn't have believed it before I watched her die and I don't expect anyone here to either. It is just my story. She is just one person and one anecdote. But there is a link if you want to follow it.
Your experience says... everyone dies from something.
Over the last three years, I've spent time with hundreds of dying folks, and they are teaching me a valuable lesson that there is ~something else~ going on...
...and it has absolutely ~nothing~ to do with "science".
Well, that was harsh. And some of the science I was referring to was in the links I added. I acknowledged that my experience was anecdotal. My experience just made me open to the science.
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
-Robert A. Heinlein
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