All From Steadman's _Sigmund Freud_ (was Re: antw. Re: antw. re: What about Entropy?)

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As Freud, Jung, and Ferenczi pulled into New York Harbor, Ferenczi is
suddenly compelled to throw up over the side of the ship. "Ohoooeroh! It
must have been something I ate!"

Freud turns away squeamishly and whispers: "Unless it was something he
thought."
To which Jung replies: "Perhaps it was something he thought he ate."

-And if he said he thought he ate something, and he hadn't?
-Then he would be sick before he thought he hadn't.
-But if he hadn't and he found out before he was sick?
-Then he wouldn't be sick.
-But if he found out before he was sick that he hadn't eaten what he thought
he had and, in fact, had eaten something that would make him sick, then he
would be sick whether he thought it or not.
-Not if the thought he had that he hadn't eaten something that would make
him sick was strong ... then he wouldn't.
-Of course he would my dear Jung. There are some things that even the power
of thought cannot dissuade.
-I don't agree, insisted Jung vehemently....

...a few moments later, even as Ferenczi was heaving a great sigh of relief,
both Freud and Jung turned, as if with a single thought, and emptied the
contents of their stomachs into the harbor. It must have been the only time
the two men were in complete agreement.

Ferenczi turned and gazed at the two bowed figures on the deck and declared:

"It must have been something I ate!"