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To: epicure who wrote (22742)	6/4/1998 12:34:00 PM
From: Father Terrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

X: Free thinkers are a dime a dozen. Valuable free thinking means being creative plus having organized and disciplined thought, or it is worthless. Stream of consciousness or Kantian mind-puzzles are worthless, whereas Whiteheadian metaphysics leads towards possible answers. Free thinking does not mean unfettered with reality, but understanding reality better and then building upon it to work with or even modify reality. Believing in reality works better than believing in non-reality. It also moves the world forward and can even help you create wealth. Sitting on a mushroom, head on hand, musing about alternate realities and the ultimate causality of entropy in the cosmos and how it can be applied to create a universe in a box is okay, but creative thinking followed by creative action is the motive power that actually moves the world forward. My 180+ IQ mind is not limited: by tradition, man-made boundaries, the fear of invisible ubiquitous, omniscient dieties, or your drooping sarcasm. I have probably forgotten more than you'll ever know, seen more than you imagine exists, been to more places in the world and immersed myself in more cultures and views on life than you'd care to have me relate. So far what you've shared with me is intellectually boring and extremely pedestrian. I am not the blind disciple of Ayn Rand you think me to be, although many of her philosophical insights are valid. What works best is liberty and freedom. The freer people are, the greater advancement there can be in the long run and the more wealth there will be for everyone. It is the economics of abundance vs. the economics of scarcity. FT