Comments on: By the power of their own imaginations http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/06/14/by-the-power-of-their-own-imaginations-2/ public domain playground. friendly entities welcome. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:21:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Ktulu http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/06/14/by-the-power-of-their-own-imaginations-2/comment-page-1/#comment-17470 Ktulu Thu, 15 Jun 2006 19:51:26 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/06/14/by-the-power-of-their-own-imaginations-2/#comment-17470 Bravo! I'm right with you all on that one. Conspiracy theory has mostly lost its appeal with me (perhaps until the next major world event occurs :-P), and I'm turning towards other pursuits to devote my time in. It's kinda sad when you spend 1/2 of your day reading every article and every blog post on every website you can find to feed the info addiction. There comes a point when enough is enough, especially when not much is going on in the world that can't wait until tomorrow. :) cheers :) Bravo! I’m right with you all on that one. Conspiracy theory has mostly lost its appeal with me (perhaps until the next major world event occurs :-P), and I’m turning towards other pursuits to devote my time in. It’s kinda sad when you spend 1/2 of your day reading every article and every blog post on every website you can find to feed the info addiction. There comes a point when enough is enough, especially when not much is going on in the world that can’t wait until tomorrow.

:) cheers :)

]]> By: Chriss Pagani http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/06/14/by-the-power-of-their-own-imaginations-2/comment-page-1/#comment-17466 Chriss Pagani Thu, 15 Jun 2006 17:19:36 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/06/14/by-the-power-of-their-own-imaginations-2/#comment-17466 The human brain is a mean-seeking machine. We're so wired for finding meaning in things that when none exists we just make it up. Really, that's okay, isn't it? Because it is just who we are. We make up conspiracies for mindless events, relgions to explain things we don't understand. Perhaps the secret of living with all this is that we try to NOT take ourselves and our theories about how the world works quite so seriously. :) The human brain is a mean-seeking machine. We’re so wired for finding meaning in things that when none exists we just make it up. Really, that’s okay, isn’t it? Because it is just who we are.

We make up conspiracies for mindless events, relgions to explain things we don’t understand. Perhaps the secret of living with all this is that we try to NOT take ourselves and our theories about how the world works quite so seriously. :)

]]> By: On Life as a Sarcastic FringeHead http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/06/14/by-the-power-of-their-own-imaginations-2/comment-page-1/#comment-17464 On Life as a Sarcastic FringeHead Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:10:56 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/06/14/by-the-power-of-their-own-imaginations-2/#comment-17464 <strong>Fiction Site Grand Opening...</strong> Tim Boucher of Pop Occulture has given birth to a 10-lb. fiction site. It's Conspiracy Fiction and Tim is welcoming all comers for submissions. Tin foil hat wearing writers who also happen to be reading this space, head on over and...... Fiction Site Grand Opening…

Tim Boucher of Pop Occulture has given birth to a 10-lb. fiction site. It’s Conspiracy Fiction and Tim is welcoming all comers for submissions. Tin foil hat wearing writers who also happen to be reading this space, head on over and……

]]> By: caroline http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/06/14/by-the-power-of-their-own-imaginations-2/comment-page-1/#comment-17463 caroline Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:10:11 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/06/14/by-the-power-of-their-own-imaginations-2/#comment-17463 i think of the act of writing conspiracy theory fiction using existing groups (like the amish and the atlanteans) as following in the gnostic tradition of rewriting and recontextualizing existing mythologies. umberto eco did a really great job of working with this idea in "focault's pendulum." i think of the act of writing conspiracy theory fiction using existing groups (like the amish and the atlanteans) as following in the gnostic tradition of rewriting and recontextualizing existing mythologies. umberto eco did a really great job of working with this idea in “focault’s pendulum.”

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