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[jd.cypherpunks]

So - imo it's not too hard to understand what's going on.
First - John isn't insane.
Second - read again the first statement.

I think you have to re-read his post and try to understand the underlining
context.
Try - and try again!

All the best
--Michael

On 06.12.2012 05:09 Ted Smith <tedks at riseup.net>:

> On Wed, 2012-12-05 at 20:04 -0800, Greg Broiles wrote:
>> On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 7:44 PM, Cincinnatus <cincinnatus at lavabit.com>
>> wrote:
>>        Everyone respects John for what he does, but it's clear the
>>        cheese has
>>        slipped further off his cracker in the last couple years.
>>         It's saddening.
>>
>> While I imagine John appreciates the plausible deniability provided by
>> the possibility of mental illness or declining faculties (cf. Uncle
>> Junior), I think you're failing to appreciate the opportunity here to
>> watch a master at work. It's all part of the show, right? John
>> understands the long game (long con?) better than most.
>>
>
> Well, there are the following options:
>
>      * John plays at level 0: he is insane
>      * John plays at level 1: he is sane, pretending to be insane, and
>        we are deceived by this (in this world, you play at level 2,
>        Greg)
>
> But it's also possible for a mask to lie beneath the mask, for him to be
> insane pretending to be sane pretending to be insane. And so on and so
> forth all the way down the rabbit hole.
>
> I'm sure if we asked him what level he played at, he'd only respond "one
> level higher than you."
>
> It's definitely a great show.
>
> --
> Sent from Ubuntu