Mark Measday wrote:
>
> Yep, if that makes any sense, though I don't know about the zen bit. So
> can we expect a golden socialist future of mutual understanding based on
> some scientific knowledge tempered with wisdom? Or the same old
> dialectic between opposite understandings?
>
> MM
>
> Thomas Lunde wrote:
>
> > >In a world of pure self-interest, can there be any paradigms of
> > >communication?
> >
> > Thomas: This question sounds like one of those zen koans where you
> > feel
> > there should be an obvious answer and every time you put one forth,
> > the
> > master answers "nyet".
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I've been thinking about these Zen masters lately, in
part based on thinking about how they exploit their students
as cheap labor. And I had an idea for an answer to
that famous Koan:
What is the sound of one hand clapping?
The student should simply amputate one of the master's
hands, so that the master could learn.
\brad mccormick
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