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One may be skeptical that a dog can solve differential equations better than an accomplished mathematician, but it is none the less true. Likewise it is easy to doubt that the spiritual enlightenment of a human has discerned a profound truth about physics, cosmology, or consciousness because like the dog, they cannot write down the formula for the epagogic mind to follow.



You'd think that argument would apply to physics, which is knowledge that exists in the mind and is nothing like everyday experience, but nobody has trouble writing that down. The most likely explanation is that nothing about this person's "enlightenment" can be written down because nothing substantial is there. In this case it's especially easy to realize that, because apparently his idea of enlightenment was to realize that his teachings were pointless...

Cult leaders, bad politicians and the dark side of enterprise software sales all run on the same principle: big false promises ("you will become God"), combined with a teaspoon of truth to make it believable to some ("you do not have control of your autonomic nervous system"), backed up by personal charisma of the salsesman (see: his description in the article).

Trying to extract the "nugget of truth," which was put in there just to make the false parts believable, is one of the worst possible ways to find truth. It's like looking for cheese in a mousetrap.


>bad politicians "bad" = "successful"


Wait... you are saying that a dog can solve differential equations better than an accomplished mathematician?

If so, please explain.

I'm guessing it has to do with chasing rabbits, but I suspect there are quite a few pro linebackers/jugglers/baseball players with similar abilities.

Just because a being is doing a physical thing well, it doesn't mean they are "math-ing".




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