Perhaps even the purpose of use can be the similar: to find out whether the person tested is deserves the title 'human' or is best referred to as 'animal'.
The Bene Gesserit were relatively benevolent and hoped for the first outcome. Those who will use it on others in our world hope for the second.
One's conscious mind is obliterated and created anew constantly; that's probably what a decent definition of time is.
You are more or less who you were a moment ago (temporal dislocation), and you'll probably be more or less yourself when teleported (spatial dislocation).
If you have proper motivation and a bit of personal integrity, you can learn anything - and do it fast.
When someone asks me to teach them something, actually teaching them is the easier part. The hard part is removing their preconcieved notions, and school systems do a good job at planting such preconcieved notions with their directives: "learning = memorization" and "authority is right".
The schools of today are much more about 'conditioning' rather than 'learning'.
Gatto's book sounds paranoid because we're not used to looking at things this way. People may label it as a 'conspiracy theory', but there is no need for that: people talk to each other. That's all there is to it.
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I'd rather invest in training mentats.
Perhaps even the purpose of use can be the similar: to find out whether the person tested is deserves the title 'human' or is best referred to as 'animal'.
The Bene Gesserit were relatively benevolent and hoped for the first outcome. Those who will use it on others in our world hope for the second.
One's conscious mind is obliterated and created anew constantly; that's probably what a decent definition of time is.
You are more or less who you were a moment ago (temporal dislocation), and you'll probably be more or less yourself when teleported (spatial dislocation).
We die all the time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jun_Ji-hyun
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Sassy_Girl
"Good ol' rock. Nothing beats rock."
-Rhirhok, goblin archer
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Visions, Magic the Gathering
"I personally fear the day that a machine or algorithm can better determine the purpose for my keyword-based search than I can."
I wonder how this will influence our language and communication in general. Can language itself (not only its use) assimilated by marketing?
I shudder at the thought of 'marketspeak'...
If you have proper motivation and a bit of personal integrity, you can learn anything - and do it fast.
When someone asks me to teach them something, actually teaching them is the easier part. The hard part is removing their preconcieved notions, and school systems do a good job at planting such preconcieved notions with their directives: "learning = memorization" and "authority is right".
The schools of today are much more about 'conditioning' rather than 'learning'.
Gatto's book sounds paranoid because we're not used to looking at things this way. People may label it as a 'conspiracy theory', but there is no need for that: people talk to each other. That's all there is to it.
Underground History of American Education
Being a Dune fan, I prefer "Absolute power attracts the absolutely corruptible." (Chapterhouse Dune by Frank Herbert.)