Big Think

Angel Jimenez commented on Geithner Answers Questions on His Financial Plan on May 8, 2009, 3:50 PM

TG said something the other night on Charlie Rose. He vehemently stated that he didn't think government should legislate executive compensation. I think TG was lying when he said that the reason he asked that bonuses be put back into the stimulus package was that Connecticut had some crazy-ass law about doubling contractual amounts if companies defaulted on the terms. I think he was acting out his own agenda and lied through his teeth to ward off public indignation.  Question is, how else is this man lying to us. TG, I don't forget; I'm still working on finding the wording for that Connecticut statute you so conveniently used to cover your butt.

Angel Jimenez commented on Dean Baker on the First 100 Days of Barack Obama on May 8, 2009, 3:19 PM

While I agree that Wall Street is beneficial to companies, it does not benefit average man. We have seen what happens to retirement accounts. We have seen people "playing" the stock market and getting burned because the big boys know how to manipulate the system--SEC or no SEC. I say eliminate the stock market and you and I can trade stocks on ebay or, dare I say it, Graig's list. Let's not let them tell us about the great efficiency of the market. They can take that efficiency and shove it where the Sun don't shine. I am tired of seeing our money go into bonuses for brokers and profits for the rich. Please keep up the dissemination of your progressive stand on the stock market.

Angel Jimenez commented on Tom Stemberg: How Can You Make The Most Of Technological Revolution? on May 8, 2009, 2:55 PM

Are you proud of taking in a used printer cartridge and giving the customer one cent for it? Had I noticed at the counter, I would have raised holy hell; instead, I'll just rely on word of mouth to tell others about your ethical company.

Angel Jimenez commented on Christians and logic on April 15, 2009, 8:21 PM

Why does your concept of power not allow the creation of an uncontrollable object? Really now. Perhaps God wanted to endow people with free will. If that be the case, he must also make us uncontrollable. Also, why do you use paradoxes to explain the non-existence of God? Are you happy that you can't get from point A to point B as Zeno proved? Lastly, for those people who put catholics in the same league with other Christians, please note that Catholics are the only Christians who believe in evolution. Give them time and all else shall come to pass. Respectfully and IMHO.

Angel Jimenez commented on Re: What is free will? on April 15, 2009, 7:53 PM

Randomness may just be an essential component of our thought processes. When you brainstorm, are the thoughts you come up with not nonsense, non sequiturs, silly, etc.? I don't think that any mathematician working on new concepts, goes from step A to step B in an absolutely logical manner. Ideas come from left field. It is an evolutionary device to ensure our survival when our brain just may not have the best answer to a dilemma.   You see it in the movement of animals as they search for food. If they can't tune into it with their senses, they go about at random like Scoopy, our neighborhood squirrel. He comes looking for handouts and I see him searching our yard in a random manner. Sure, he's attracted to something that may look like a nut but those objects are randomly dispersed and he finds them using a random search pattern.   I guess the reason I believe in this is because of the random nature of evolution. If evolution functions by reason of its randomness and I'm convinced it does, then there is a good chance that brain processes would also have a random component.   You are not aware of randomness because the brain has evolved to diminish the random input when it recognizes beneficial patterns of behavior which should be repeated. Now that Scoopy recognizes me as a sucker, he comes directly to my window as do the starlings, crows, pigeons, and whatnot that I've befriended with my uncooked rice handouts. Interestingly, the starlings begin their meal from the perimeter of the strewn rice and work their way inward while the pigeons land randomly and start eating in whatever direction they were facing when they landed.   Today, the Starlings exibited a random behavior. I stood by my window and gave them an Italian derogatory hand sign (because I had already fed them), two of them proceeded to fly close to my window and momentarily flew like hummingbirds as if to tell me that what I had to do next was open the window and give them food--creatures! You can't live with them . . .