J-A,
On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 2:11 AM, Jan Anders Andersson <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear John > > Maybe you should rather go and get a fish license for your pet halibut.. > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnq96W9jtuw > But I ain't that mean, I prefer to try to find a constructive way. I don't > think you are so stupid. > Jc: No, not SO stupid perhaps. Stupid is a relative term; so in some company I'd be considered stupid. J-A: > > I have followed your appearance here for a while. It is quite obvious to > me that you don't use your own brain rationally. You seem to be stuck by > the outer fields of your automatic thinking, called "System 1" by Daniel > Kahneman. You seem to be convinced that you see everything there is to see. > > Jc: Wrong. I am convinced that I see what I see, but there is always more to be seen. J-A: > To reach yor own mind and get your "System 2" started I'd suggest some > excercises. (Yes, I know that if things like this spread, it will in the > end start a couple of religious sects, but most of them looney and lonely > people would do something stupid like that anyway) > > 1. Stop using any kind of drugs. Stop kidding people around you. Don't > fool yourself. > > 2. Take just any object into your hand and hold your attention to it for > some minutes. Not too long because you may drop it. > > 3. Notice its weight, its size and the power you must use to hold it. > > 4. When you can do that, redirect your attention to its form, long or > round, squared or thin, what material it is made of etc. > > 5. Go back to # 3 and notice the freedom and independence between the > conditions for size and form. > > 6. When you can do that it is time to think about what you might be able > to use it for. How can it possibly be applied? What skills are neccessary > and so on. Who's going to pay for the work? When is the right time for it? > > 7. Go back to # 3 again and go through it again till you loose focus and > get enough for today. > > 8. Repeat this little excercise once a day. (and try to avoid starting a > religious sect called "The Holy Forklifters" will you, please.) > > You see, by this little excercise you soon will be well experienced and > aware of how DQ is at least divided in three. You can't do anything against > that, but you might be able to use it wherever it's handy. Motorcycle > maintenance, writing good contributions to MD or applying for a space at > the local funny farm. > > Dont forget to read Lila once again. > > Best wishes > > Jan-Anders > > Sorry Jan-Anders, I couldn't get past #1. Fooling myself and kidding those around me are inescapable. But I will re-read Lila. Just as soon as I finish Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymous Bosh. (thanks Dan, I forgot to mention it came) JohnC Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
