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C'mon now, admit it.....we all fear some things irrationally. I fear heights and I really don't like spiders.....but what about you?
btw, Firday the 13th, bushwah!
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Posted 2007-April-13, 08:37
The Grand Design, reflected in the face of Chaos...it's a fluke!
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Posted 2007-April-13, 09:45
If everyone else is unlucky, shouldn't I be very lucky today?
BTW fear of 13 called Triskaidekaphobia
Ancient Greek for 13 = Tris KAI Deka (i.e. 3 and 10)
I kinda like spiders - not only fascinating creatures but they eat mosquitoes and I really don't like mosquitoes. But I don't fear those either.
BTW fear of 13 called Triskaidekaphobia
Ancient Greek for 13 = Tris KAI Deka (i.e. 3 and 10)
I kinda like spiders - not only fascinating creatures but they eat mosquitoes and I really don't like mosquitoes. But I don't fear those either.
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Posted 2007-April-13, 11:51
Damn! Well I certainly have no fear of phonetics! 
The Grand Design, reflected in the face of Chaos...it's a fluke!
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Posted 2007-April-13, 13:24
Aibohphobia - fear of palindromes.
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Posted 2007-April-13, 13:39
What is the name for "fear of forgetting to try to win the last trick with the beer card". One must focus on the important things in life
You must know the rules well - so that you may break them wisely!
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Posted 2007-April-13, 13:55
septadamasobliviophobia - fear to forget ♦7
sept = 7
adamas = diamond
oblivere = to forget
sept = 7
adamas = diamond
oblivere = to forget
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Posted 2007-April-13, 14:52
I was adopted on a Friday the 13th in 1990, so I always smile a little more than usual.
"Champions aren't made in gyms, champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have last-minute stamina, they have to be a little faster, they have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill. " - M. Ali
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Posted 2007-April-13, 17:30
I read in the paper that Norwich Union Insurance group confirm that fear of Friday 13th is not irrational but statistically sound. Empirical evidence, so we are led to believe, is that it truly is unlucky. Perhaps it is a self-fulfilling prophesy. If you are driving along worrying about its being Friday 13th you may not be concentrating on missing that pedestrian.
Psych (pron. saik): A gross and deliberate misstatement of honour strength and/or suit length. Expressly permitted under Law 73E but forbidden contrary to that law by Acol club tourneys.
Psyche (pron. sahy-kee): The human soul, spirit or mind (derived, personification thereof, beloved of Eros, Greek myth).
Masterminding (pron. m
s
t
r-m
nd
ing) tr. v. - Any bid made by bridge player with which partner disagrees.
"Gentlemen, when the barrage lifts." 9th battalion, King's own Yorkshire light infantry,
2000 years earlier: "morituri te salutant"
"I will be with you, whatever". Blair to Bush, precursor to invasion of Iraq
Psyche (pron. sahy-kee): The human soul, spirit or mind (derived, personification thereof, beloved of Eros, Greek myth).
Masterminding (pron. m
str-mnding) tr. v. - Any bid made by bridge player with which partner disagrees."Gentlemen, when the barrage lifts." 9th battalion, King's own Yorkshire light infantry,
2000 years earlier: "morituri te salutant"
"I will be with you, whatever". Blair to Bush, precursor to invasion of Iraq
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Posted 2007-April-13, 19:25
Phobophobia - I have an irrational fear of having irrational fears.
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Posted 2007-April-13, 22:29
Winstonm, on Apr 14 2007, 01:25 AM, said:
Phobophobia - I have an irrational fear of having irrational fears.
I think fearing having irrational fears is quite a rational fear considering how damaging irrational fears can be.
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Posted 2007-April-14, 00:01
EricK, on Apr 13 2007, 11:29 PM, said:
Winstonm, on Apr 14 2007, 01:25 AM, said:
Phobophobia - I have an irrational fear of having irrational fears.
I think fearing having irrational fears is quite a rational fear considering how damaging irrational fears can be.
So you are saying if there is rational reason for irrationality with regards to a rational rationale then irrationality becomes rational reasoning?
Right.
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Posted 2007-April-14, 00:24
No
But perhaps a fear of knowledge ala Boghossian?
There is a way things are that is independent of human opinion, and we are capable of arriving at belief about how things are that is objectable, binding on anyone capable of appreciating the relevant evidence regardless of their social or cultural perspective.
for other viewpoints see Kuhn, T or Rorty, R.
But perhaps a fear of knowledge ala Boghossian?
There is a way things are that is independent of human opinion, and we are capable of arriving at belief about how things are that is objectable, binding on anyone capable of appreciating the relevant evidence regardless of their social or cultural perspective.
for other viewpoints see Kuhn, T or Rorty, R.
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Posted 2007-April-14, 01:13
Winstonm, on Apr 14 2007, 06:01 AM, said:
EricK, on Apr 13 2007, 11:29 PM, said:
Winstonm, on Apr 14 2007, 01:25 AM, said:
Phobophobia - I have an irrational fear of having irrational fears.
I think fearing having irrational fears is quite a rational fear considering how damaging irrational fears can be.
So you are saying if there is rational reason for irrationality with regards to a rational rationale then irrationality becomes rational reasoning?
That's one way of looking at it. It might become clearer if we consider phobophobiaphobia (the fear of having a fear of having fears). Since most phobias (or should that be phobiae) are irrational, it is rational to fear having them. But then to fear fearing having fears is again irrational.
I hope that clarifies matters.
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Posted 2007-April-14, 01:20
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia - fear of long words
Psych (pron. saik): A gross and deliberate misstatement of honour strength and/or suit length. Expressly permitted under Law 73E but forbidden contrary to that law by Acol club tourneys.
Psyche (pron. sahy-kee): The human soul, spirit or mind (derived, personification thereof, beloved of Eros, Greek myth).
Masterminding (pron. mstr-mnding) tr. v. - Any bid made by bridge player with which partner disagrees.
"Gentlemen, when the barrage lifts." 9th battalion, King's own Yorkshire light infantry,
2000 years earlier: "morituri te salutant"
"I will be with you, whatever". Blair to Bush, precursor to invasion of Iraq
Psyche (pron. sahy-kee): The human soul, spirit or mind (derived, personification thereof, beloved of Eros, Greek myth).
Masterminding (pron. m
str-mnding) tr. v. - Any bid made by bridge player with which partner disagrees."Gentlemen, when the barrage lifts." 9th battalion, King's own Yorkshire light infantry,
2000 years earlier: "morituri te salutant"
"I will be with you, whatever". Blair to Bush, precursor to invasion of Iraq
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Posted 2007-April-14, 01:42
Phobophobia is in fact listed in The American Heritage Stedman's medical dictionary, 2nd edition copyright 2004 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Just because the fear of fear may be rationalised it does not necessarily mean that an individual's morbid or obsessive fear of it follows that rationale. Indeed it seems that quite a lot of individuals have it, often alongside another phobia.
I may fear wasps and rottweilers. There may be some rational foundation for that fear. But if I break out into a cold sweat and panic attack when a wasp enters the room, I may yet be suffering from a phobia.
I may fear wasps and rottweilers. There may be some rational foundation for that fear. But if I break out into a cold sweat and panic attack when a wasp enters the room, I may yet be suffering from a phobia.
Psych (pron. saik): A gross and deliberate misstatement of honour strength and/or suit length. Expressly permitted under Law 73E but forbidden contrary to that law by Acol club tourneys.
Psyche (pron. sahy-kee): The human soul, spirit or mind (derived, personification thereof, beloved of Eros, Greek myth).
Masterminding (pron. mstr-mnding) tr. v. - Any bid made by bridge player with which partner disagrees.
"Gentlemen, when the barrage lifts." 9th battalion, King's own Yorkshire light infantry,
2000 years earlier: "morituri te salutant"
"I will be with you, whatever". Blair to Bush, precursor to invasion of Iraq
Psyche (pron. sahy-kee): The human soul, spirit or mind (derived, personification thereof, beloved of Eros, Greek myth).
Masterminding (pron. m
str-mnding) tr. v. - Any bid made by bridge player with which partner disagrees."Gentlemen, when the barrage lifts." 9th battalion, King's own Yorkshire light infantry,
2000 years earlier: "morituri te salutant"
"I will be with you, whatever". Blair to Bush, precursor to invasion of Iraq
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Posted 2007-April-16, 02:01
Amnesiphobia- Fear of amnesia
I used to have a problem with this, but I've forgotten what it was.
Geoff
I used to have a problem with this, but I've forgotten what it was.
Geoff
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Posted 2007-April-16, 14:59
Or even, veritasaphobia aka Bush et al, fear of the truth.....
The Grand Design, reflected in the face of Chaos...it's a fluke!
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Posted 2007-April-16, 15:00
Al_U_Card, on Apr 16 2007, 03:59 PM, said:
Or even, veritasaphobia aka Bush et al, fear of the truth.....
Pardon me, they don't fear it as they have never acknowledged its presence....
The Grand Design, reflected in the face of Chaos...it's a fluke!
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