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Major Changes coming!

Sense and Nonsense is going to change radically over the next few months. The first change you will notice is that a lot of the items and pictures that have been here for a while are going to disappear.

I'll post more as the changeover from Microsoft based web management to OpenSource website management progresses. It will be a totally new and more user-friendly site when the changes are complete - hopefully, before the end of the year.

When it is done, it should be easier for users to contribute to Sense and Nonsense if they choose to do so.

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How Can That Be?

When there is significant difference between what we think and what we experience, then something is wrong. The truth about ourselves and the world around us is not what we think, feel, hope, or believe. The truth is in what we do and the results those actions produce. The trick is to distinguish between Sense and Nonsense.

Believing nonsense is like believing that large objects can fit within smaller objects just because Swedish artist Oscar Reutersvard drew a picture that makes it appear possible. (copied from "Incredible Visual Illusions" by Al Seckel) Sometimes it is amusing to be deceived for short periods of time. Surprises are nice.

But, if we try to make daily decision based on things that simply can't be true, the results are frustrating. Things don't work out the way we think they should. At that point, people have a tendency to blame someone else rather than examine the basis of their beliefs. The result is usually resentment, strife and failure.

Here we will take a look at a few popular misconceptions. Most come down to the belief that there is a way to get and keep something of value without earning it. There is always a price to pay, now or later, one way or another. To believe otherwise is nonsense.