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This reminds me of a recent observation by (I think) some Princeton ethical philosopher, that any theory of human behavior becomes invalid once it becomes known
by philipov 10y ago
This reminds me of a recent observation by (I think) some Princeton ethical philosopher, that any theory of human behavior becomes invalid once it becomes known by a significant proportion of the population, because people's behavior anticipates expectations of their behavior.
- kordless 10y agoThis is simply thinking about thinking, which is allowed (at least in Zen) as long as one doesn't think about thinking about thinking. In other words, holding irrational beliefs and spreading those beliefs in a viral way, either in the population, or inside one's own head, creates suffering if there is no means to end holding the irrational beliefs.