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In The Mind in the Making, James Harvey Robinson says: . "Our convictions on important matters are not the result of knowledge or critical thought, nor...are they often dictated by self-interest. Most of them are pure prejudices in the proper sense of that word. We do not form them ourselves." [Almost all "beliefs" are inherited from parents, nation, language, school, religion, and politics.] "They are not really our own ideas, but those of others no more well informed or inspired than ourselves, who have got them in the same ... manner as we." "It should be our pride to revise our ideas..." I teach young people how to do research and to ask: "What is the actual PROBATIVE EVIDENCE for what we hold to be true?" Often, there is none.
The pages of LexiLine represent 30 years of intensive thought and research.
My mentor at Stanford University was the late Professor John Kaplan: No. 1 at Harvard in physics and law, and an expert in evidence. John said "Go to the ORIGINAL SOURCES first".
My score on the U.S. GCT Intelligence Test given to all entering armed forces personnel was the highest ever achieved - it had to be - I answered ALL the questions correctly. It does not mean I am infallible - but it does mean for the mainstream critics - watch your *#+! step. I am always amazed that idiots who have done no more than a few hours of research feel competent to comment on matters about which they know next to nothing.
Success in life is like being an infant. When you are hungry, it is better to yell - LOUD. The world is not a mind-reader. Money means economic freedom - but it gives no rank. As some wise man once said, only death reveals the eminent.
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My family came to the USA rather than be sent by tyrants to Siberia. Scientific Inquiry depends on freedom. But look around you. The tyrants are everywhere. Rather than working to achieve a noble end many persons simply want to have power over others without the requisite skill or knowledge to lead them to a better life. Look in a mirror every morning and ask - am I making the most of my life? - if not, change your ways - IMPROVE.
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As an associate at the New York law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, which I regarded to be the best law firm in the US at the time that I chose to go there, my boss and friend was Peter Haje, now Counselor of AOL Time-Warner, world's largest communications company.
My affiliation with FIVE universities (Stanford, Nebraska, Arizona State, Kiel, and Trier) have proven that Popper & Kuhn are right about the stubbornness of mainstream ideas. Established paradigms are difficult to crack. As Newton might have stated on inertia, human comfort in the status quo is a powerful force.
But there is a basic rule in life: NEVER quit. Robert Frost & Lao Tse have written: "The true road is hard". There are many who want us to follow THEIR allegedly easy path, a path which leads nowhere and to a waste of life.
No one gets anywhere without support of some kind. Family, friends and loved ones make the difference. Thank you all.
Happiness is getting your fair share of the fullness of life.
But this applies to everyone.
So we must Give to Receive.
Love must be Learned.
See my site at Andis Kaulins
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