Robert Anton Wilson. His writings have taught me how to have a sense of humor about things like anarcho-capitalists (even though he probably was one) and more importantly, introduced me to the notion of zeteticism, or “model agnosticism.”
Name someone who has significantly influenced the way you see the world.
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2 responses to “Name someone who has significantly influenced the way you see the world.”
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I think I’d raise my hand if somebody at the front of the room called for all pseudo-skeptics and pseudo-intellectuals.
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I looked up zeteticism, so that was on my mind…
ONE NAME: Victor Hugo
I read Les Miserables three times before I was 15. The only other book I read more than once was Animal Farm. I have a hypothesis that Hunchback of Notre Dame is an allegory about the brain, otherwise known back in the day as the mind. The cathedral represents the person as a whole. The characters, couples, groups, and organizations represent various neurophysiological and cognitive subsystems of the mind. I am saying all this to keep myself from thinking of and listing other names of people who influenced me.
Most people would probably say their mother or father, right?
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