Office White Board: Aristotle, motorcycles, and metaphysics

James Burleigh · Aug 12, 2014

I think enterprise risk management appeals to me because it's very Aristotelian: Here I am in my office working a priori on a Supreme Model of the Risk Universe for the campus, trying to categorize and account for all the risk-related influences and their relationships.

It's exactly like Aristotle coming up, first, with his Physics, followed by his Metaphysics. Exactly, sort of.

wheatonFJR · Aug 12, 2014

Or you can jes ride dem wheels off da bike oblivious to all but the joys of motion.

Geezer · Aug 12, 2014

Um, yeah. If you are concerned about the risk of being eaten by a crocodile then you simply worry too much.

ionbeam · Aug 12, 2014

He's doing it again :lol:

beemerdons · Aug 12, 2014

ionbeam said:
He's doing it again

I hear you loud and clear my Brother Alan, Hombre do I ever hear you ese! jes' sayin' and nuff said, Kumbaya!

Dr. Rich · Aug 12, 2014

beemerdons said:
ionbeam said:

He's doing it again

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I hear you loud and clear my Brother Alan, Hombre do I ever hear you ese! jes' sayin' and nuff said, Kumbaya!

Never Ending Pointless Thread ?

Bounce · Aug 12, 2014

It's more to do with RECURRING.

James Burleigh · Aug 12, 2014

I think it's more to do with THREAD--because we're all just dangling by a thread!

HotRodZilla · Aug 13, 2014

You dummies! Extensive research has shown that living causes death in 100% of those who try it.

Redfish Hunter · Aug 13, 2014

HotRodZilla said:
You dummies! Extensive research has shown that living causes death in 100% of those who try it.

That is Really Good Stuff. Even the fact that you said it does not rob it of its eloquence.

The fact is that just existing still results in the same ending. Continuing to dwell on the consequences of living a happy life seems just a bit too gloomy and depressing for me. Instead of worrying about what can go wrong, I wish to focus on what will go right. I think I will leave this deep dark pondering of dire consequences for Hans and do something happy instead. I am going to plan my Next Big Ride.

SacramentoMike · Aug 13, 2014

I must be getting smarter.

I knew who started this thread just from the title.

Yes, Hans, you're just like Aristotle.

beemerdons · Aug 13, 2014

SacramentoMike said:
I must be getting smarter.
I knew who started this thread just from the title.

Yes, Hans, you're just like ~~Aristotle~~ Socrates!

La Pregunta para SacramentoMiguel: Does hemlock grow well in Beserkely? Inquiring minds DO want to know! jes' sayin' and nuff said, ese!

Hudson · Aug 15, 2014

I think, therefore I am.

I think too much, therefore I am... Hans.

Hudson · Aug 15, 2014

Why we ride -- a DVD I really enjoyed.

Why we ride? -- a NEPRHT (never-ending, pointless recurring Hans thread)

Fred W · Aug 15, 2014

SacramentoMike said:
Yes, Hans, you're just like Aristotle.

Onassis? I didn't know Hand had that much money.

I call BS. If so, why would he still work in an office with a whiteboard and do risk analyses? Wouldn't he just pay someone else to do that?

If you are talking about that old Greek guy (with no last name), then i don't think JB is very much like he was, really. That Aristotle was a firm believer in empiricism, which requires one to actually experience something to have real knowledge about it, not the innatism of sitting around in a cubicle doing mental gymnastics.

mcatrophy · Aug 15, 2014

I sometimes think, therefore I might be - mcatrophy

wheatonFJR · Aug 15, 2014

mcatrophy said:
I sometimes think, therefore I might be - mcatrophy

I sometimes think, the other times I just eat donuts and drink beer.

beemerdons · Aug 15, 2014

wheatonFJR said:
mcatrophy said:

I sometimes think, therefore I might be - mcatrophy

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I sometimes think, the other times I just eat donuts and drink beer.

Great minds think alike Wheatie, however Papa Chuy Viejo also eats tamales and drinks Tequila! JSNS!

HotRodZilla · Aug 16, 2014

Mmmmmmmmmm. Tamales and Tequila.

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