It's Belief (not hope)

For those of you hoping that I'll cancel Monday's paper, all I can say is it's about belief, not hope, and do you really believe that's going to happpen!?
Seriously though, Hannah brought up the distinction between hope and belief, and it's a good point since many studies have shown that hope isn't enough -- people have to believe something will happen. They need to visualize it at some point in their future, whether it's a green traffic light or a well body or a cancelled paper. But Nick also brings up a good point -- that sometimes things aren't meant to be. And this might be because in order to get what you desire, someone else might need to sacrifice something. Muddies the waters a bit, doesn't it? Danny talks about "false hope," but I like to think that hope is just that -- hope. And I tend to think that hope makes us feel good. (You need to be careful who you sit next to in the library, Danny!). That leads me to Jill's question about the princeton students being "better wishers." Perhaps they're just the type of person used to getting their own way, and therfore they automatically believe that what they want to happen will happen.
I'm glad that most of you came to eventually enjoy and learn from the book. Much of the content is still questionable, and its a good thing that you're questioning it. But it's also a good thing that you're welcoming different perspectives. Tim mentioned the coming together of science and religion in the book, and Jaime the coming together of science and spirituality. Slightly different things -- religion and spirituality -- but close enough to be used together in contrast with science. What does all this have to do with creativity? Stay tuned. We'll start to find out next week. In the meantime, I hope you have all been "charmed into further investigation," as Dusty so eloquently puts it. By the way, for further investigation into some weird gravity stuff, take a look at this site -- http://coralcastle.com/ . It's a place in Coral Gables, Florida built, apparently, by one man who "knew the secrets of the pyramids." Here's one theory on the place http://www.world-mysteries.com/coralcastle.htm