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On Sat, 03 Jun 2000, Wade T.Smith wrote:
>Chuck made this comment not too long ago --
>
>>But then again, what does "really,
>>really" mean. Does an adequate theory qualify?
>
>'Really, really' means 'really, really' - a full list of all of their
>reasons and motivations and urges and stimuli.
>
>My personal 'adequate' theory of why I've done certain things at certain
>times unfortunately includes the empirical knowledge that I didn't have
>the first clue about some of the big, underlying, and prompting reasons
>for my behavior at the time....
I feel I have to support you here, Wade. The beginning of self-knowledge
is exactly that realization. Those who think they do know what they're
doing, without first having gone through the stage of realizing they
haven't a clue, haven't a clue.
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