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Len OppenheimEconomics 17 Mar 2011
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Volatility in the Casino: Musing #1246 by Len Oppenheim Comment (0)

“There are only two ways to live your life: as though nothing is a miracle, or as though everything is a miracle.” Albert Einstein
 
“A single neuron may be rather dumb, but it is dumb in many subtle ways.” Francis Crick
 
“You see, one thing is, I can live with doubt and uncertainty and not knowing. I think it’s much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong. I
Len OppenheimEconomics 8 Mar 2011
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Conundrums by Len Oppenheim Comment (0)
Musing #1344
 
“All the miseries of mankind come from one thing, not knowing how to remain alone.” Blaise Pascal
 
“Be kind to people whether they deserve your kindness or not. If your kindness reaches the deserving good for you; if your kindness reaches the undeserving take joy in your compassion.” James Fadiman
 
“The quieter you become the more you can hear.”  Ram Dass
 
“Anger dwells only in the
Len OppenheimEconomics 8 Mar 2011
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Trying to make my point more clearly by Len Oppenheim Comment (0)
Musing #1343:  “If the only prayer you say is ‘Thank you,’ that will suffice.” —Meister Eckhart
 
Thanks to the many of you who provided me feedback. I think that the point of my comments about what society does or does not permit a woman to do with her body was not clear to everyone.
 
First, I love men and I love women. I love them differently and I treat them differently. I discriminate. 
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Dangerous Thoughts from an Idle Mind by Len Oppenheim Comment (0)
Musing #1342
 
“A woman is always a fickle, unstable thing.” —Virgil (Aeneid)
 
“The usual masculine disillusionment in discovering that a woman has a brain.” Margaret Mitchell (Gone with the Wind)
 
I love people. I love my friends, be they female or male, liberal or conservative, married or single, gay or straight, and rich or poor. I try to respect all strangers regardless of race, color, religious
Len OppenheimIowa newsEconomics 24 Feb 2011
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Paradigms: Why They are Important by Len Oppenheim Comment (0)

“Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real.”  Niels Bohr
 
Musings #1341. Attached is a link to one of those cutsie cartoons that have become so popular. This one pokes some holes in the arguments of the Climate Change proponents. I think it makes some good points. However, as a good friend pointed out to me, many of the “deniers” have a financial interest in
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