04-14-2006, 07:03 AM
Hello
a profound question:
How do you distinguish charlatans?
Another profound questions:
Are you sure charlatans include all fakes?
Variation on the second question (a rephrasing):
Can a fake be sincere and hence not a charlatan?
Aside questions (actually the main issue?):
Are humans always true to themselves? (We know they lie to others! see charlatans). Can a person lie to himself? Can a person self deceive himself? Can a person profoundly believe in something and yet that something be complete non-sense? Does depth of conviction make something automatically true? Can a claim be considered authentic simply because the person making the claim appears to be or truly is sincere?
Of course we all know that wishful thinking, and brain-washing really do happen! So, again, How do you distinguish a fake? (A charlatan may be unmasked by tapping his phone or by trying to catch him with his pants down.)
a profound question:
How do you distinguish charlatans?
Another profound questions:
Are you sure charlatans include all fakes?
Variation on the second question (a rephrasing):
Can a fake be sincere and hence not a charlatan?
Aside questions (actually the main issue?):
Are humans always true to themselves? (We know they lie to others! see charlatans). Can a person lie to himself? Can a person self deceive himself? Can a person profoundly believe in something and yet that something be complete non-sense? Does depth of conviction make something automatically true? Can a claim be considered authentic simply because the person making the claim appears to be or truly is sincere?
Of course we all know that wishful thinking, and brain-washing really do happen! So, again, How do you distinguish a fake? (A charlatan may be unmasked by tapping his phone or by trying to catch him with his pants down.)
Jeffery Wyss
"Si vos es non secui of solutio tunc vos es secui of preciptate."
"Si vos es non secui of solutio tunc vos es secui of preciptate."
