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Comment on Sour Dough Starter Experiment

Nicole Sauce — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:32:10 GMT

An interesting start from 1847.

http://www.accidentalhedonist.com/index.php/2006/12/02/mr_carl_griffith_and_his_amazing_1847_so

Comment on What do you think about collective knowledge?

Diesel Mike — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:56:39 GMT

I agree that it is a loaded question, but I was considering it from another angle...
I felt the question was a moot point, because regardless of who is 'smarter' or comes up with a 'better' set of standards, the masses will win the toss by default.
Name me king of the world tomorrow, I'll declare that I'm laying out the new standards for our society and I'm starting with the edict that everyone should wear a bone through their nose and raw egg in their hair. The only real new standard for society that I'd set is it would become 'standard' for society to ignore me.
It's a silly example, but the bottom line is that it will be the masses that set the standards. If the standards are set by an elite few, the masses force the standards to shift and adjust to accommodate them. Does everyone drive the speed limit? We have police to enforce it, and yet it is so 'standard' for people to exceed the limit that they do not issue a citation unless you were well in excess or did something else to get his attention. The new 'standard' has become (standard limit + 5 to 10), may vary from state to state depending on circumstance and how much those local masses pushed the standard from it's original point.
The standards in our society shift constantly, driven by the attitudes of the masses. For better or worse, right or wrong, I think inertia wins over intelligence.

Comment on What do you think about collective knowledge?

mom — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:23:45 GMT

Please add "more" between "even" and "unrealistic" in paragraph 1.

Comment on What do you think about collective knowledge?

mom — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:20:16 GMT

It's a loaded question. Of course the collective wisdom, especially if based on thought, heart, and experience, would be better. But collective wisdom? The mean of American society's? The average? The norm? Some other country's? The whole of humanity's? What about animals? The sum of collective wisdom sounds even unrealistic.
Then the question might be stated: Which do you think is better at developing the standards of society -- all of us, some of us (and who gets to choose the "some"), or the elite? To which I would add: If you will leave me to live, I will let you decide your societal standards. If your pursuit of life limits or destroys mine, you will hear about it.
So my answer: I desire to be the expert who gets to decide societal standards for myself and my dependents -- until I transgress your space and life.

Comment on Hello Fresh Veggies!

Nicole Sauce — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:12:42 GMT

For sure! We should do tomatoes when I get back into town. They are $1 a pound out here!

Comment on Sauteed Green Tomato and Summer Squash Ensalata

Nicole Sauce — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:11:13 GMT

no pancakes!!

Comment on Hello Fresh Veggies!

Lannae — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:35:50 GMT

Peppers, mmmm hot! So, when are you going to can? Can I help can for an hour or 2 one day?

Comment on Sauteed Green Tomato and Summer Squash Ensalata

mama sauce — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:19:15 GMT

So you make a "pancake" of veggies? Or you keep the pieces separate?

Comment on Himmel und Erde mit Schwung

Nicole Sauce — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:22:30 GMT

Mamma Sauce is goin to be LIVING at Leo.org now...

Comment on Hello Fresh Veggies!

Nicole Sauce — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:21:01 GMT

Really?! Send some over...