tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6653940794693704941.post2622256465775121818..comments2024-03-28T03:13:48.224-04:00Comments on Kent Bottles Private Views: KBT2FOE: The Blog & YouTube ProjectKent Bottleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12993140567796683570noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6653940794693704941.post-29032677991423860032010-08-10T22:54:59.277-04:002010-08-10T22:54:59.277-04:00Kent,
Sorry to hear about the firing. I hope this...Kent,<br /><br />Sorry to hear about the firing. I hope this new chapter presents you opportunities that bring you joy and fulfillment. I look forward to reading about your quest from the sidelines. <br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />Tom GetchiusThomas Getchiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01673024444431942200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6653940794693704941.post-29457375493859679932010-08-01T21:56:13.979-04:002010-08-01T21:56:13.979-04:00Kent,
Great new start. Look forward to more of yo...Kent,<br /><br />Great new start. Look forward to more of your private views.<br /><br />Best wishes,<br /><br />Gary SchwitzerUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03039446947307265386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6653940794693704941.post-81037959661387242692010-08-01T15:45:30.734-04:002010-08-01T15:45:30.734-04:00Kent - sorry to hear of your dislocation, but I am...Kent - sorry to hear of your dislocation, but I am certain that I want to follow your journey of discovery. I tend to be pessimistic about theories of thought and meaning as most are unprovable and do not survive very long - until they are renamed and recycle for the next generation. We all create our own reality and perhaps your journey will lead you to a reality more to your pleasing. As for me - I will continue to apply my limited cognitive resources towards understanding neuroscience. Maybe if we gain a better understanding of perception and cognition - how we create our reality - we can understand more about ourselves. And if that doesn't work there's always the hypersexual and excessively violent American entertainment conglomerate to distract me from my failure to understand my place in the cosmos.rvaughnMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09958728840526322073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6653940794693704941.post-74195918003482294842010-08-01T15:37:07.162-04:002010-08-01T15:37:07.162-04:00Part two
On the topic of sources of great wisdom, ...Part two<br />On the topic of sources of great wisdom, Socrates, at least the one we all know from Plato's writings, once said something I thought fell into the trap such views of inner darkness weave. In the Phaedrus, Socrates equates insanity with wisdom. Have you ever sat and listened—really listened—to the ranting of a schizophrenic? It's difficult to do. We all grow up learning to edit out lunacy. Once a discussion goes orthogonal, the little voice in the back of your head starts waving its vacuum-hose arms, shouting, "Danger Will Robinson!"<br /><br />Sixteen years ago, I sat talking to my young ward's birth mother, trying to understood this healthy-looking, rational-seeming woman, who I'll call Jane. Why had the state of Texas taken four children from Jane? We were visiting with her and her ex-mother-in-law (who had custody of the Jane's second child), and with a dazed-looking child (Jane's second), who everyone was just ignoring. I was trying to get Jane's view of her latest child, of why I and my then-wife (Jane's half-sister) should or should not be taking him away from her. Jane told me a horrifying tale of rape while she was strapped to a gurney in the hospital (which her attorney later denied—Jane wasn't in the hospital within six months of the conception), and I asked how the rape affected her view of her latest son. I'll never forget her reply. "Well, I hoped he'd be healthy and all, but then, I was sitting in the park, watching some white birds fly into the windows of this big building. Closed windows, but they kept going in and out. That's when it hit me, they were flying in and out of the windows, and I thought, 'This could be a cure for AIDS.' I tried talking to doctors about it, but they won't listen." <br /><br />Over the years, I've vacillated between (1) certainty that Jane's talk was simply the uncontrolled synapses of a schizophrenic with a history of going off her meds, and (2) wondering if those uncontrolled synaptic jumps didn't actually have some bearing on reality. Did she absorb some scraps of overheard medical conversation, of permeable and impermeable surfaces? What, then were the white birds? Leukocytes? Monocytes, traveling through cell walls? <br /><br />Remember that quote of yours from Gazzinga, "Order must be made." Nine years ago, a handful of nasty shark incidents on the Gulf Coast and Altlantic seaboard of the U.S. prompted the media to name that season the "Summer of the Shark." One ichthyologist explained the media frenzy with a statement reminiscent of Gazzinga. He said, "Humans are pattern seeking animals. If we can't find the patterns we need, we'll create them."<br /><br />So, seeking patterns, we go in through the Gate of Horn and out through the Gate of Ivory. In the end, I think it's just important that, like Aeneus, we not remain within. Keep searching Doc, and keep sharing what you find. You do it well.MedicalBillDoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16296647732378492114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6653940794693704941.post-76704005133461920372010-08-01T15:36:01.425-04:002010-08-01T15:36:01.425-04:00Blogspot limits how much I can say, so I’m going t...Blogspot limits how much I can say, so I’m going to have to split my comments in two. <br />Part One.<br />Wow, Kent, I am truly astonished to hear that the [name of institute withheld] dumped you. I know how that feels. I was dumped by a famous Three Letter Corporation after ten years of what I thought was solid and faithful service. I understand that feeling that you've been discarded. All you can do is continue to do what you do well. In your position, a physician with a solid reputation and a following within the Health 2.0 community, I would keep taking on problems of the U.S. healthcare system. Any and all of those problems. I know some are close to your heart. Go after them. I'll follow you. Shameless plug: I'm still hoping you'll answer my call for speakers at SXSW (assuming my proposal really selected) on the topic of finding a way to help healthcare workers everywhere share learning experiences.<br /><br />You've looked into, and shared, a lot of interesting works for models of wisdom and continuation, but some of them are a little disturbing. Aristotle? Confucius? I don't know too many who can measure up to such high standards. No longer suffered perplexities at 40? I'm past fifty and still not certain about that "firmly upon the ground” concept. I know I'm perplexed by what Confucius says he felt at 50. <br /><br />As for David Foster Wallace, ironically, both you and I—based on my samplings of your writings and my own—write like DFW. At least, that's what http://iwl.me/ says. I hope that doesn't mean much, as far as ultimate life choices go. DFW ended, as you know, in a foolish act of destruction. I almost went that route myself, a while back. I don't recommend it. Despite the clear attractions of their writings, I think we have to view works by writers like DFW and Simone with a weather eye out for self-deception and depression. We all need to see and know our own inner darkness, but we also need to know how hypnotic and attractive that darkness can be. Be informed. Don’t be taken in.MedicalBillDoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16296647732378492114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6653940794693704941.post-81230220103365781882010-08-01T13:06:41.996-04:002010-08-01T13:06:41.996-04:00Kent
All the best to you - sometimes the slamming...Kent<br /><br />All the best to you - sometimes the slamming of one door shudders others to open onto better views.<br /><br />Volunteering for Philabundance is definitely a smart move in my view. It gives you something to do, is worthwhile - you may even meet good people who you otherwise never would.<br /><br />Great meeting you last week too!<br /><br />Good works come out of clearings.<br /><br />PhilPhilBaumannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13168188607039308162noreply@blogger.com