Sep 22 2006
You Can Lead a Horse to Water…
I was conversing with Doug Wakefield a moment ago (see our 9/20 recorded interview). We both agreed that the nature of the material we produce generates one of two reactions. Either it is with an immediate rejection (usually heavily reinforced by the nature of both of herd mentality and safety in numbers), or it is with open arms. Many in former group will tell you, point blank, that you are nuts, dangerous, or a just a self-promoting fear-monger. The latter, of course, sees the other side of the coin that the first group is missing.
Otherwise, there really is no in between, with the exception of the increasing numbers of folks for whom an internal-thought-switch was suddenly flicked. This last group is just emerging from the self-limiting mental box of “conventional wisdom”, and is now in search of the answers - the truth, if you will.
Anyway, Doug and I both agreed that we enjoy helping this last group, and conversing with our peers among the enlightened. As for the former group, we’ve given up attempting to convert them since there is no point in beating ones head against the wall. As the sayings go, “you can lead a horse to water…” and “when the student is ready, the teacher appears”. We can afford to be patient.
At any rate, the discussion - especially the part about those who are often insulting to people like me and Doug because of our warnings against the conventional wisdom - well, it reminded me of one of my favorite proverbs from the days when those speaking Latin “ruled the world”. We think our readers would benefit remembering it as they go through life and contemplate their financial future. It might not hurt to think about it during election season, either.
Here it is in T-Shirt format:
Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur. by intelligentdesign
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