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    Joe Rogan's "You're a Fucking Human Being"

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    This was a very well done video. I have a lot of respect of Joe Rogan since I start watching his podcasts. I can't say that I agree with everything he says but he did challenge my beliefs & that pushed me to do my own research to form my own true opinion & not just the truth that's been passed onto me.

    I balooned up to 398lbs & I started my diet almost 2 weeks ago & I'm down to 380 today. He talks about getting healthier & knowing what it feels like for your body to run like a well oiled machine. I still don't know what that feels like, my body is still adjusting & I'm a very paranoid person anyway so It's a struggle.

    I also liked his points on living life. It's a great video & it also makes you think.
    Last edited by Kevin Sparks; 09-02-2010 at 07:08 AM.

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    Im a pretty cynical guy but I find Joe Rogans stuff a refreshing. There are still smart people in the world.

    Kevin, good on you for having a crack and telling us about it. Doing shit like what your trying to do in isolation is tough, so keep us posted on progress.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tim Elliott View Post
    Im a pretty cynical guy but I find Joe Rogans stuff a refreshing. There are still smart people in the world.

    Kevin, good on you for having a crack and telling us about it. Doing shit like what your trying to do in isolation is tough, so keep us posted on progress.
    Thanks for your support, I'll be putting new pics on my facebook once per month & I will upload them on my 10th Planet Photo Album.

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    Good Shit

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    I agree with Joe most of the time.

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    Meh. He's wrong about religion. But I get a funny feeling this aint a good place to talk about that. Seems like if you hate on the right people, it doesn't matter what you say, the people who like what you're saying back you up and everyone else keeps quiet.

    I don't like that. Especially since it's that kind of blind following that he's really criticizing.

    Seems like some folks are pretty freakin open minded clear up until someone disagrees with them, then they get pissed. As long as you listen to them, they're good. If you have something to say, then you aren't listening and that pisses them off.

    But seriously, does "be cool to people" involve publicly slandering a huge group of the world out on a public forum for the amusement of those who agree with you?

    I'm not trying to start a flamewar here. Not trying to proselytize either. I'm hoping that 10th planet open mindedness can make for a respectful discussion rather than a one-way information flow from Joe Rogan's head to yours. That's programming too.

    We're not all retarded. We're not all blind. You don't have to treat us like we are publicly. That's all I'm saying.

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    For those of us on the outside of religion, it can seem pretty damn odd. Plus, there are many religions. As only one can be right (for most religions) then logic dictates that the majority must be wrong about religion.

    So Joes statement is not flawed.

    I probably shouldnt mix logic and reason with religion. I dont mind mixing religion and physics though.

    Im cool with any religion that doesnt feel the need to expand.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Joshua Jarboe View Post
    Meh. He's wrong about religion.
    He didn't slam religious people. He slammed people who faithfully follow religion without critically questioning it. If you just read a book and view it's ideals and rules as law, without coming to your own personal rational conclusions, then you are taking the easy way out.

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    meh, Joshua is wrong about religion.

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    @Tim: Joe's statement is flawed in two important ways. The first is what I call recursive application. Apply the mindset to itself and look for areas where it seems to contradict itself. To give you an example, if I come to you and say "Don't talk. No one should ever talk" you could easily laugh me off. I'm not obeying my own rule. If I can't obey it, why should you?

    The core idea here seems to be Reason. Be reasonable. So in the spirit of his assertion, lets analyze his assertion reasonably.

    1) He's telling you not to follow a road and giving you a system of beliefs that represents a road. He doesn't want you to attach to an ideology, but he's feeding you one. Be cool to people. Do what you want to do. Eat healthy, do something that allows you to enjoy your body. If I'm going to do what I want, why do I need a life coach? Who has trouble doing what they want? Nobody. They just make stupid decisions. How do you know the decisions are stupid? Ultimately, they make them unhappy. But if you obey the system presented here, you shouldn't care.
    2) He's telling you to be cool to people but he just got done calling my people blind and stupid and suggesting that some of us are icy manipulators.
    3) He's subtly suggesting that you should follow reason but he's not seeing that reason got me where I am. Therefore if you swallow his assertion hook line and sinker that religions are founded on 'unreason' without thinking it through, you're violating the entire premise of the system.

    The second is more philosophical. The entire argument has a basis in morality or it wouldn't be important. That entire 5 minute clip is a moral argument. He cites a couple great examples, both of which are chilling to me. So chilling, I don't want to repeat them. They make me angry. They are intended to.

    Those examples, what those people are doing is wrong ya know? But we have no moral common ground (Joe and I) that is based in reason. The whole system is rooted in an evolutionary mindset which must acknowledge that morality is a series of chemical reactions in your brain which can either be obeyed or not. You get a choice. And nothing happens to you if you choose the wrong path, there is no vengeful god watching you and choosing to punish you. There are presumably a lot of happy dictators in various countries around the world who are obeying the core philosophy here rather well.

    I don't want to bore you but that fact must permeate your viewpoint if you're going to be consistent. If you have freedom to live the way you want to, so do I. Which means I don't care if you're not cool if we expand. I'm not asking permission. Traditional BJJ isn't cool if 10th Planet expands. 10th Planet isn't asking permission. 10th planet doesn't care if you don't like it. Whatever belief set we're talking about isn't cool with any religion expanding. We aren't asking. And we're a bit confused about why you care.

    I think we can all agree with "be cool to people, eat right, exercise, don't brainwash people." That's pretty basic.

    I'm taking a good look at what AJ said, I think this is a sharp point and I want to check it.
    Last edited by Joshua Jarboe; 09-02-2010 at 10:15 AM. Reason: catch up with the conversation flow

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