Miscellaneous Thoughts Part 4

• Direct democracy is the principle that rules the brain. There is no central neuron that controls the other neurons.
• Optimists think realists are pessimistic. Pessimists think realists are optimistic. Realists just can't win.
• I think paintings should valued not only by esthetic value but also by talent. Anyone can put a cross in a glass of urine and call it art. But can anyone paint the Mona Lisa or any painting by Michaelangelo? I don't think so. It takes artistic talent to do real art.
• Owning private property is not only a God given right but a natural instinct for the human race. A primitive people called the Kalahari Bushmen owned private property.
• I think the National Endowment for the Arts should be abolished. Gov't bureaucrats should not be defining what is good or bad art.
• Once a business is defined as a monopoly by the gov't it is that forever. Trains are defined as a monopoly to this day.
• Liberalism is all about power. Who has it and how can we Liberals get more.
• If you don't vote in elections then your criticisms of gov't is less meaningful.
• Atheism is a religion. Not believing in anything is the same as believing in something.
• Machines should not be completely autonomous. That is people should be able to take control of machines if they need to.