From: Dr Sebby (drsebby@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed Jan 28 2004 - 19:22:45 MST
...Jei's law is flawed since by definition a "pessimist" expects the
"worst"...therefore even if results meet expectations ..they have already
been defined by the person himself as the "worst" case. assuming that the
words "bad" or "worst" havent changed definitions for this person; they can
never be very happy since they are convinced that something bad is just
around the corner.
...consider Jei's law negated and no more.
DrSebby.
"Courage...and shuffle the cards".
----Original Message Follows----
From: Jei <jei@cc.hut.fi>
Reply-To: virus@lucifer.com
To: virus@lucifer.com
Subject: Re: virus: Re:What's your law?
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 17:58:30 +0200 (EET)
Well, here's mine, let's call it Jei's Law:
The people who do best in life are absolute pessimists. -
They never fail to achieve at least their own worst nightmares
and thus experience only over-achievement and pure success.
On Wed, 28 Jan 2004, David McFadzean wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mermaid"
> Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 7:08 AM
>
> > The Law of the Game (or Lucifer's First Law)
> > Those who are doing best in life are playing it like a game.
> >
> > [Mermaid]this is vague to me. it begs the question of what 'best in
life' really means...apparently, one is a winner if one
> decides that he has won and when he will win the game. its like playing
poker with oneself?
>
> [Lucifer] It is the nature of concise laws to be vague.
> The point is to explore the consequences given the
> tentative assumption that the law is true.
>
> > [Mermaid]On the other hand, if we are to assume that all of us are
playing the same "game of life", what are the rules of the
> game? If you really think about it, people who want to play the same
games form groups and play against each other. e.g. All the
> employees of a corporation play a game within the confined by the
corporate rules.
>
> [Lucifer] The game of life consists of all the games you are in,
> consciously or unconsciously. I suspect most games are participated
> in unconciously in which case you are more like a pawn than a player.
>
> > [Mermaid]If I can alter Lucifer's First Law, I would say that those who
do best in life are those who play the game after they
> pick their team and opponents well.
>
> [Lucifer] Of course you may alter it, but then you have to give it
> a new name. Your variation is now Mermaid's Law.
>
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