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>Hi,
>
>"Davorin Mestric" <davorin.mestric@zg.tel.hr> asks:
>> who said that person who can hold two conflicting world
>> views at the same time is a genius?
>
>On this list, that would have to be Brodie... let's see here... ah yes.
>
>"Level 3 is characterized by the ability to flex your meme-space on
>the fly; to use multiple models depending upon your purpose and
>priorities. It's possible to gain an intellectual understanding of
>what this means from Level 2, but probably not possible to really
>feel the impact of the difference in life experience. The Level-3
>mind has a great capacity to hold dissonant, contradictory beliefs.
>(Einstein was said to have this ability.)" -- Richard Brodie
>
>If I were you, I'd ignore everything that Brodie has to say. Read it,
>perhaps, but don't put any weight on it! Level-3 strikes me as nothing
but
>holding "Double-Think" as a virtue... as if that isn't the quickest way
to
>intellectual death!
>
>> when people argue, they will look for reasons why one side is
>> right, and other wrong. and there will be many reasons. so
>> after a fight, two sides usually come out with even stronger
>> beliefs. so, don't fight, but agree to the other side.
>
>Another alternative is to debate THE OTHER SIDE. You'd be surprised
how
>easy it is, once you have been assigned to it... Although only one side
is
>right (true), it always helps to have a through understanding of BOTH
sides
>before making a decision.
>
>ERiC
>
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