no problem

I will get back to you soon

Just pop by here.

Or: open a gmail acct with ‘0apjiyukk9′?

Prease/can/possible?

Sorry to pollute your post but I cant seem to enter your portfolio kh. Have you changed the password?

lol. actually you are right. perhaps I’m just not used to thinking in uncertain terms. =)

When one encounters pronouncements from the government, one can choose from THREE stances to take if you decide not to believe:

(1) take the default position that the government is ALWAYS lying, unless evidence proves otherwise

(2) take the default position that the government is ALWAYS acting in good faith, even though misguided

(3) take the default position that the government is SOMETIMES lying and OTHER TIMES acting in good faith, even though misguided.

The attitude of Australians to life is actually not that different from the attitude of Singaporeans at the dawn of independence.

The Australians have in their national myths the notion of the larrikin.

The Australian larrikin rebels against the very harsh interior of the bush, while the Singaporean at the dawn of independence rebels against the very harsh exterior.

For I summarise Singapore’s history thus:

Must an island state be a political joke?
If there’s no precedent, then there’s no ‘best move’.
So, just try.

When one encounters pronouncements from the government, you can choose from 2 stances to take if you decide not to believe:

(1) take the default position that the government is always lying, unless evidence proves otherwise

(2) take the default position that the government is acting in good faith, even though misguided

Option (2) is skepticism, option (1) is paranoia. Personally I think option (2) is more realistic and prudent.

Ray:

I think the interesting thing about my steps is that the questions are not directed at external events that are out of our control. All these questions are directed at the self, and go towards understanding the self.

Central to my arguments here is that there is only one thing in the world that is within our ability to control and understand, and that is ourselves. The information problem is commonly cited as a flaw of the free market, but I think this definitely does not apply in the case of understanding your own self.

Non-believer:

I have no idea what you’re going on about. My questions here have nothing to do with who said there will be lots of jobs. In fact, my entire post and argument is exactly about being sceptical with regards to statements like those you mentioned.

Ah, don’t worry about it. I tend to be very tangential.

As I’ve said I’m happy-go-lucky myself.

I wasn’t advocating *complete* knowledge. I was advocating an education (or some other method of obtaining background), so you can make an informed decision. As Han has pointed out, people change, over time you’ll find yourself re-evaluating anyway. I just thought he’d missed mentioning the base assumption.

At the end of it all, what matters is that you act on whatever information that is available.

Precisely my point; the better the available information, the better the decision =).