Can’t Be an Expert Without Speaking of a Field Outside of Self
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#912 Dec 25, 1991 – 1:00
Notes by TK
Kyroot to :20.. Speech serves to establish self-ref and external sources of authority for collective thought. E.g., an expert cannot be so unless he speaks of his field, and it exists outside him. Thought cannot operate w/o external sources of authority (outside the silent, Primary Level World external authority of genes/hormones, which are no longer sufficient for man).
The News
Least anything go wrong, this one man would never begin. He is presently on the receiving end of some three and a half billion law suits for plagiarism. …(At a quite early age, one kid thought, “What’s the fun in being ‘ordinary’ if so many people’s already thought of it.”)
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Speech establishes much more than mere disturbances in the air waves.
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One guy had more “Best friends” than he did actual friends. (He says it’s a “safety measure”……..he says he wishes he knew how to do this with his thinking.)
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Having a nickname that refers to your physical condition is the easy way out.
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{…A T-E-R-R-I-B-L-E force, once attempting to take over a certain city, declared to one and all, “Anybody can ‘feign’ disappointment, but only a REAL man can say — ‘Go to hell!,’ and no one know whether he means it or not.”}
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{…When it’d get r-e-a-l cold this one guy’s ideas would shrivel up.}
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If you direct enough inquiries to an expert in any field, he will eventually pause, and say, “THAT’S a very good question.” — (and you know what THAT means.)
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{…The dread of death as a kind of “separation” has valid grounding, but not simply as applies between human figures.}
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One talkative traveler would only visit places whose names he could hardly pronounce. He said it not only made the places seem more exotic, but him more intelligent for having gone there.
…(There remains the rumor of a whole people who once had this same approach toward what they thought in important matters.)
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{…One guy’s take on the matters: If you don’t like it, at least order the large economy size.”}
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The young Grand Flash Philosophy Master over in city park told a small crowd, “It’s no longer sufficient to just know ‘What to do’ — Now days you gotta know REALLY what-to-do.” …(Some of the more mature listeners, and those who’d heard variations of this before, didn’t seem all that amused — much less impressed.
…[“Of course,” notes a guy over my shoulder, “if you get old enough, you aren’t impressed by hardly anything.” — Hey!, what a reason to live, eh troopers.])
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In all finite areas there’s a place that produces “conclusions-to-thoughts,” and “ends-to-sentences.” …(“Yes, you the little boy way in the back?” “Please Sir, might I be such a place?”)
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Recently a fellow identified “sophistication” as the ability to listen to almost anything without getting angry, except for the sound of a bullet headed your way.
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If a train travels fast enough it’s not necessary to shout out a warning before flushing the on-board commodes. (And a chap passing by, with periodic back problems, wants to know, “Do you say that from the view of those on the train, or those by the tracks?” …[The speed of some higher nervous system operations are such that man’s mind can easily confuse tempo for melody
…(Using, of course, the word “confuse” in its most confusing sense.)])
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As the king-of-food and the lord-of-ideas have both said, “Being poor in these parts is no obstruction to starving.”
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{…Later that evening at a dinner party an under-secretary noted, “Why would one who has not your best interests at heart bother to mislead you?”}
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One man located his largest missile site right by his mental control center.
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{…a mind with enemies, both foreign and domestic, is a mind in secondary bloom.}
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Over in the city, a firm known as The Guaranteed Needed Sign Company refuses to paint any that say, “Advice Sought Here.”
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{…One Friday a young child queried an older relative, “If I’m not being too presumptuous (or perhaps unprofitably re-covering old ground), may I ask — why is it so easy to make fun of humans?” And the one wearing more age bent down and said, “Are you sure you’re part of this family?” ……….(And as always, upon being asked this — he wasn’t.)}
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Then there was this one chap who used to “Number his pages,” just (as he jokingly put it) to help keep them in order. …(What is it now-a-days? Is the world completely filled with low flying comedians?!! …[See, boys & girls, what I just did was kinda like a special kind of joke whereby you try and gets kids to laugh at something that ain’t really funny; …Well, I’m sure you know what I mean — Right? Bye, boys & girls.])
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The ordinary see no authority if it not be “out there somewhere.” (Thus is the revolution saved from submissive dilettantes.)
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This one city cult had a leader who was constantly saying to the flock, “There’ll BE no soreheads in paradise — Except,” (he would add, puffing out his chest, with head held high) “Except for those justified in their attitude.” …(Few followers ever bothered to play, “I Wonder Who He Could Be Referring To?”)
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{…One man made quite serious arrangements to call himself at a certain time every morning — and then he left town. (Yeah, I know, you wish you’d thought of it first.)}
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One local reality told the creatures that, “Better beans mean better coffee,” and that, “You are what you eat,” when it knew darn well that they’d believe such things.
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{…The captain was quite clear in his orders: “Never put a man with glasses in charge of the ship’s radio.”
…(Nautical Tip-er-roonie: The oceans are no place to try and divide wet from waves; those who fail to divine the connection between wind and sails are doomed to repeat them.)
…(Just then the First Mate added, “Also, keep the enigmatic away from the Ship’s intercom;…things are vague enough as it is up here on de bridge.”)}
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One man had a typewriter that had a “Brain of its own,” (which he said worked out “real well,” and made them quite a formidable combo.)
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{…A fellow crouching over near some shrubs says he doesn’t “theoretically object” to modern technological advancements, but that he is somewhat “personally offended” to have a pop-up toaster that’s smarter than he is.}
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All actors hope to someday play two particular parts: The role of someone smarter than they are, and the role of someone dumber. …(Say, ole man, mightn’t we conclude that we’re all…,” “Hold it, son. Knowing how these ‘Kyroot-things’ usually go, we can all guess what you want to know.”
…[Additional Principle (free with the above offer): Why force a child to say that which you already know! Collateral Response: Why else have a child!])
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One man kept several spare attitudes on ice. (Which, [as you all know], is NOT the norm.)
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Carefully surveying the living remains of the city, the first one said, “What we have here is an Enigma Field.” And his associate said, “Not to worry yourself — I’ll call my brother. He’s got a middle name NO one can pronounce.”
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{…Once upon a time in one land they believed that the “Shape of one’s thoughts” was a reflection of one’s physical figure, while just over the horizon was another people who believed just the opposite. (Boy! — Do you think these guys ever had to picnic or fight all by themselves?!!!
…[“The very best thing about myths,” said one planet, “is that you can ‘make them up.'” “Assuming,” added his orbit, “that such a thing is possible.”
…(One chap had a motto that, “Too many semi-colons and parentheses spoil the broth.” He had this motto in spite of the glaring fact that he despised all forms of soup, which again goes to show the impartiality words have regarding their temporary places of residence.)])}
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To try and come up with real good, personal ideas, this one man used to seriously study the ideas of others. (He has a listed phone number.)
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{…Many people remain convinced that they’d be offered a contract if the gig was just “Further out of town.” …(Those of you who begin to recognize all Interstates as neural network reflections, may move on to the divertimento on page fifty-seven.)}
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Without a personal “axe to grind,” the ordinary mind would never become sharp; imaginarily sharp enough to cut down all the illusionary trees threatening to choke off life in the city.
…(Before he would lay down, this one man would always put on a coat.)
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{…Armament Supplement to page seventeen: “‘Protection from oneself’ requires a faux-defense against specious foes” — But, Hey! — what ELSE is new.
…(And a viewer writes: “I just adore it when you seem to ‘stoop to the obvious’ in your comments; I don’t know… it just makes me feel so… so… well, so — Adequate.”)}
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“Just remember son,” said the ole man as he saw him off to the city, “over there, if you start out on the ‘wrong foot,’ you won’t be alone on the dance floor for long.” (Then armed with this heat-giving assurance, off he went.)
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One guy says he may have suffered a “mini-stroke,” but adds that it may not be as good as it first sounds, since he only has a small brain to be so stricken.
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The most utilized form of mental self-defense is self-reference. …(Ofttimes, keeping one’s balance is merely a matter of saying, “I, I, I,” over and over again.)
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{…Last Tuesday, the two o’clock speaker in the park barked, and de-parked, “Under some conditions, the seeking of relief will only exacerbate the problem.” “And,” (he added the next afternoon), “especially if you have used the word ‘exacerbate’ more than twice in the last two weeks.” …(Several of those who listen to these guys over in the park say that the fauna and flora over there sometimes looks “strangely” familiar.
…[Let’s all stop for a lemonade and say “H-u-m-m-m-m-m-m-m.”])}
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One man thusly reassured himself, “Hey forget about ‘thought’ — you couldn’t even talk unless somebody else told you how and what to say.” (Frightening — but true;…Frightening, but Un-true;…Frightening, but frightening;…Frightening, but A-H-H, Forget it!)
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(You might care to jot this down): The human intellect IS another version of something.
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For something to “be a trick” someone must benefit from it: Someone benefits from Every thing. (So concludes today’s class in, “The What Should Be Obvious” 101. …[“Yes, you — the freshman in the fifth row?” “Sir, as in ‘What-should-be-obvious’ to WHO?” “Decent question, my lad. To those who can be told to ‘Go to hell!’ and not take it personally. Now — Go to hell, my boy, go to Academic, Inquiry Hell.” …(Seeing as how he was behind in his alimony and tuition, the young student let pass this obvious breech of intellectual etiquette.)])
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The first man who ever thought of the concept, “I surrender,” won a prize. (Too bad he didn’t stick around to collect it. …I’m sorry, did I say “didn’t” or “couldn’t?”)
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{…To help calm the fears of many, just before take off the flight attendants would come by and say, “Now don’t you worry — we’re not going anywhere.” …(Although you don’t “see” many ballrooms in airplanes that doesn’t mean they’re not there. [The original “Movable Feast” was beneath the feet of man’s intellectual push-&-pull.])}
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Four million men thinking something is not the same as one man thinking it. (And, “Thanks be to Zeus,” said several “one mans.”)
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{…In your fair city is a man who said that the cause of his depression was “mainly physical.” (And his mama said that if ‘mainly’ got any bigger she’d have to let out its pants yet again.)}
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{…One man said that the more he looked, the more stuff he SAW. (He says that once he started he just can’t stop.)}
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{…A certain ole man told his certain kid, “You can’t be personally ‘serious about’ more than one thing at a time.” And the young whipper-slapper immediately took this as his “Life’s Motto” until next Thursday, or ’til he understood how the lightning struck and the goo-field grew — which ever came first.}
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{…One man asks that his name not be used.}
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{…and yet another man writes: “Sir — you have made a fool of me long enough.”}
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