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Tao Stoic 18

"Pseudologists, " said the Master while teaching Stupidology, "are only studying behaviour, if that, without knowing that it is ideation that determines behaviour (control). Behaviour is only the manifestation of that what causes it. They do not want to study Mind and ideation for fear ... that it has been in the books for thousands of years."

"But", said Ven, "they do speak of consciousness, the subconscious, intelligence, attitude, and so forth."

"Ah, but then ask them. You will soon find out that they do not define these terms and often they mean by them everything, in other words, just as the terms Mind, and Idea do. The only advantage they have then, is a lack of 'contradiction' of self-critic, of self-correction. Anything goes."

"I do not understand"..

"Well, if you do not define intelligence for instance, which is a limitation, so as to be standard for all partners, cannot you ascribe it freely to plants, steam engines, and so on, without feeling in your toes that you are on the wrong Way? It is Stupid!" [20], [30], [36]


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Ven 2005-01-24