Thinking and Acting about Thinking and Acting (Long!)

In the course of my daily life, I engage in a wide range of often quite difficult technical tasks. This of course necessitates a great deal of research. But my interests are not truncuated, even though this is demanding on my time. There is also research that I do "for fun". Although this research has a formal, institutionalized agenda, it is not directly related to my work.

Part of this research has to do with developing a logical system about thoughts and actions. It's derived from an interest in the basis of consciousness (which I guess everyone has) and a disappointment in people who confuse opinion with fact, feelings with thoughts and basically end up making very muddled, unverified assertions yet still cling to them like shit to a sheep's arse. There is, of course, nothing wrong with being ignorant or inexperienced. After all, none of us have perfect knowledge or have experienced everything. But it is terribly sad when a person has a pathological motivation and becomes incapable of reflection and improvement.

Anyway, seeming that I've just spent a few days working on what is the final draft of about almost ten years work on this, it is worthwhile jotting down where all this has come to - and of course, with the invitation of reponses from dear reader of this journal.
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