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To: robert b furman who wrote (12055)	10/3/2021 4:06:43 PM
From: Sun Tzu	2 Recommendations Recommended By Kirk © rdkflorida2 Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26766

You remind me of a passage in Sam Harris' Waking Up book. He recalls an encounter between a friend of his and an Indian traveller who were seated next to each other in an airplane. The American, well educated and intelligent, was on his way to India to seek wisdom and knowledge by spending time with yogis and learning about the Indian way of life and what not. He had a spiritual thirst that was not satisfied by the Western thought. The Indian was had come to the US for the same purpose. He was fed up with what he perceived as Indian BS and had come to America in search of knowledge and wisdom. Specifically he had become a doctor and learned the Western analytical skills. He didn't believe in anything that didn't have science behind it. As Harris tells it, their conversation was brief and surreal and the two sat quietly next to each other for the remainder of the trip. I promise you that if you were to be having this conversation with an Indian, who intimately knows how untrustworthy anything coming out of the Indian government and various institutions are, they will look at you in shock as they much prefer the word of the US government over their own. You will have a very similar encounter as Sam Harris' friend had with his fellow traveller.