By the way, I am officially burned out on the Bright Meme. Basically I had only two issues: 1) I thought the name was a tad pretentious, if not silly, and 2) my objections were in regards solely to the issue of intellectual prejudice when operating in the realm of the mind, where I think there is a prevailing assumption that anyone who believe in the supernatural in any way is somehow less intellectually capable.
Although I will say that Dean Esmay's talk about "negative energy" in some comments the other day sure sounded rather metaphysical, if not downright supernatural, to me ;)
I've stayed out of that one because I don't like the "negative energy" of flamewars. (And you are quite right that the term "negative energy" is rather metaphysical.)
I prefer the rather hippie-ish 70's (don't let them fool ya, most hippie memes are 70's) expression of "bad vibes, man, baaaad vibes".
It's not metaphysical in either case, it's a matter of how an individual reacts to a specific situation.
Posted by: Kathy K at July 15, 2024 07:39 PM:)
And no flaming intended. Just some good, clean banter and intellectually stimulating argumentation! (or, at least banter...)
Posted by: Steven at July 15, 2024 07:45 PMKathy. "Good Vibrations," which was the origin meme of "bad vibes" was released in 1966.
Posted by: John Lemon at July 16, 2024 12:21 AM