TR Gaddis tears into Dale Carnegie Pt 2 ch 1

[Paul Mackin]

On 6/3/2011 9:38 AM, cfabel wrote:
> ...or how about an analogy to Heisenberg's uncertainty principle? Or to the
> idea that an electron is actually a particle riding a wave or a cloud more
> dense at "points?" Or "Schrodenger's cat," a "thought experiment"
> demonstrating how indeterminacy may be resolved by taking action in a
> situation, merging "blurred" and discrete"  models" of reality?

All good possibilities but I'm getting kind of dizzy.  :-)

P
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> On 6/2/2011 4:40 PM, cfabel wrote:
>> Perhaps stopped seeking "Self" alone, as tough self were something by
>> itself?
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> Is the Self like the falling tree in the forest, not there unless unless
> someone's watching (seeking) it?
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>> C. F. Abel
>> Chair
>> Department of Government
>> Stephen F. Austin State University
>> Nacogdoches, Texas 75962
>> (936) 468-3903
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>> From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On
>> Behalf Of Mark Kohut
>> Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2011 2:37 PM
>> To: David Payne; Paul Mackin; Michael Bailey; Pynchon-l
>> Subject: Re: TR Gaddis tears into Dale Carnegie Pt 2 ch 1
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>> Why does Gaddis cap "Self"?....must play into whatever is/are the
>> meaning(s)...???
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>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: David Payne<dpayne1912 at hotmail.com>
>> To: Paul Mackin<mackin.paul at verizon.net>; Michael Bailey
>> <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>; Pynchon-l<pynchon-l at waste.org>
>> Sent: Thu, June 2, 2011 3:18:47 PM
>> Subject: RE: TR Gaddis tears into Dale Carnegie Pt 2 ch 1
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>> Maybe I read it wrong or am forgetting the context, but I recall
>> taking this as a comment on the irony of mass-marketed means toward
>> individualization.
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>> Like reading a best seller for guidance on how to become a rising star
>> at work, or wearing customized cufflinks, because you know my
>> cufflinks are different
>>
>> than yours, there're so totally me.
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>> A forged self.
>>
>> But I think that there's also something going on here about how trying
>> to be
>>
>> original, to create new things, is a fool's game, so I donno...
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>>> On 6/2/2011 12:39 PM, Michael Bailey wrote:
>>>>> What I don't quite get is the meaning of the ". . . . the Self
>>>>> which
>> had
>>>>> ceased to exist the day they stopped seeking it alone."
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