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Article 7657 of comp.ai.philosophy:
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Subject: Re: Search within
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Date: 16 Nov 92 11:16:13 +0100
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In article <Stafford-131192112127@stafford.winona.msus.edu>, Stafford@Vax2.Winona.MSUS.EDU (John Stafford) writes:
> In article <qHm2TB1w165w@pinn.nacjack.gen.nz>, glex@pinn.nacjack.gen.nz
> (glenn dillon) wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> We all know ourselves, our own minds much better than we can ever learn 
>> from the minds of other people or animals. We are continually with 
>> ourselves, we can continually examine our own reactions, mistakes, and 
>> anylyse them (If we are honest enough with ourselves).
> 
> Not so.  Consider it possible that there are persons who are
> outer-motivated
> and outer-directed who will never introspect to a _significant_ extent and
> that some of these people find a comfortable and respectable career in
> the hard sciences.

Are you joking? Nobody can be outer-motivated or -directed without having
dicided and deciding continually to behave in this way.


