A third possible outcome of the Gom Jabbar test

rooty arpspoof at protonmail.com
Sat Nov 9 13:17:49 PST 2019


HI RYAN XOXO

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On Nov 9, 2019, 1:14 PM, Ryan Carboni wrote:

> To quote von Hammerstein-Equord:
>
> "The man who is clever and lazy qualifies for the highest leadership
> posts. He has the requisite nerves and the mental clarity for
> difficult decisions. But whoever is stupid and industrious must be got
> rid of, for he is too dangerous."
>
> Thus I posit a third possible outcome of the Gom Jabbar test, that the
> person could potentially stick his hand further into the box,
> exclaiming "I nearly have it!" Even though it was never mentioned to
> begin with that there is anything in the box other than pain.
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