Trancecoach 
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Hermeneutic proof that arguing on social media is a waste of time:
"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly." -- Albert Einstein.
So much arrogant ignorance is floating around on the Internet that often I simply can't bear it. People send me links and wonder what I think about them, and I find the comments that these links have attracted are so painfully stupid that I simply can't bear to say anything.
It would be one thing if people were simply wrong, because surely each of us is often wrong about many things. But when people are not only wrong, but so dismissive of those who know a thousand times more than they do, one realizes that such people are simply ineducable: they don't know how to assess evidence or argument; they don't know what real scholarship consists of; and they don't know who the real scholars are; yet they do not hesitate for even an instant before insulting and ridiculing scholars whose shoes they are unfit to tie, often people who have spent decades immersing themselves in the study of a particular subject.
Some people view the Internet as a sort of breakthrough in the worldwide transmission of knowledge. When I sign on, I am more likely to find it a sort of global disaster by its manifest capacity for the transmission of an effectively unlimited amount of disinformation and sheer juvenile bullshit. If only proud ignorance and sophomoric arrogance could be transformed into food, the world's hunger problem could be solved at once.
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siftbotYour video, Boyhood - Richard Linklater's Film Produced Over 11 Years, has made it into the Top 15 New Videos listing. Congratulations on your achievement. For your contribution you have been awarded 1 Power Point.
This achievement has earned you your "Pop Star" Level 10 Badge!
eric3579Happy Birthday Trance!
chicchoreaHAPPY BIRTHDAY..TO YOU ! ! ! ! ! ! !
AND MANY MORE ! ! ! ! ! ! !
ENJOY ! ! ! ! ! ! !
PlayhousePalsHappy Birthday Dan!!!! You're the MAN with the PLAN for a bang up day, right?
eric3579Also i apologize for killing it after you took the time to comment. Douchie of me and i'm sorry for that. Id be happy to promote it if you want to sift it.
why'd you kill this video?
eric3579No particularly good reason. 5 votes in 8 hours. Might just resift on monday when more traffic. You're welcome to it. Its quite funny. I'm just weird when it comes to sifting and killing.
I also killed this http://videosift.com/video/Americans-Dylan-Moran
and have you seen my killed/discard file. More videos in those files then videos ive sifted.
why'd you kill this video?
siftbotYour video, College Humor: Engagement Rings Are A Bullshit Scam, has made it into the Top 15 New Videos listing. Congratulations on your achievement. For your contribution you have been awarded 1 Power Point.
siftbotYou just received a gift of 2 Power Points from an anonymous human being. Spend them well, and make your generous benefactor proud.
eric3579I come bearing gifts http://vimeo.com/90011431
poolcleanerTell that to one of my slaves.
It ain't slavery if it's "willing."
poolcleanerWilling slavery for an hour every day is good fun.
No one advocates slavery, maybe a few freaks here and there, but it certainly takes no courage to oppose it in the US in 2014.
siftbotCongratulations! Your comment on Transgender at 11 yrs. Old has just received enough votes from the community to earn you 1 Power Point. Thank you for your quality contribution to VideoSift.
siftbotYour video, Police Shoot and Kill 80-Year Old Man in His Own Bed, has made it into the Top 15 New Videos listing. Congratulations on your achievement. For your contribution you have been awarded 1 Power Point.
alien_conceptHey
I've changed the embed, does it work for you now?
*blocked
eric3579New High Maintenance
http://vimeo.com/85795925
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