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Yesterday's New York Times reports, "The
Latest Theory Is That Theory Doesn't Matter," (page A17), and
in that article, a graduate student from Jamaica asks, "So
is theory simply a nice, simple
intellectual exercise, or something that should be transformative?"
The article goes on to say several panelists "weighed in before
Mr. Gates stood up. As far as he could tell, he said, theory had
never directly liberated anyone." That's so funny. The theories
of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau directly liberated
me. The theories of David
Daniels directly transformed me. And what about taxi1010.com,
which is my take on some of this? And what about the Theory of Dream
Funnels? I mean, have you ever noticed when you fall asleep, you
don't exactly remember things from when you were just previously
awake? It's as if you funnel into a dream leaving all your worldly
memories behind! Now the opposite is not true. When you wake up,
you sometimes remember your dreams. So what are implications of
this? Maybe dreams are being used to bury painful or unsuccessful
experiences. Maybe some dreams are only partially successful at
burying memories, leaving you with depression, misery or neuroses.
Have you ever considered the fact that aggression (or anger) cures
all neuroses? Have you ever noticed that placing someone you like
on your weak side (your left side if you are right handed, or vice
versa) enhances your feelings for them? Have you ever wondered whether,
when you are alone reading The New York Times at a cafeteria
table, whether you should sit in the left seat with your breakfast
off to the right, in the unoccupied position, or vice versa? And
what about rice in a Vietnamese restaurant.
Should you place it to the left of your main dish, or to the right
of your main dish? Hmm?
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