Re: virus: Re:What's your law?

From: Jake Sapiens (every1hz@earthlink.net)
Date: Wed Jan 28 2004 - 18:20:39 MST

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    "The optimist believes that we live in the best of all possible universes.
    The pessimist fears that this is true."

    A quote whose source I can no longer remember.

    Love,

    -Jake

    > [Original Message]
    > From: Jei <jei@cc.hut.fi>
    > To: <virus@lucifer.com>
    > Date: 01/28/2004 8:00:45 AM
    > Subject: Re: virus: Re:What's your law?
    >
    >
    > Of course, one might add that people who do worst in life, are
    > absolute optimists, who expect only the best things to come true.
    >
    > On Wed, 28 Jan 2004, Jei wrote:
    >
    > >
    > > Well, here's mine, let's call it Jei's Law:
    > >
    > > The people who do best in life are absolute pessimists. -
    > > They never fail to achieve at least their own worst nightmares
    > > and thus experience only over-achievement and pure success.
    > >
    > > On Wed, 28 Jan 2004, David McFadzean wrote:
    > >
    > > >
    > > > ----- Original Message -----
    > > > From: "Mermaid"
    > > > Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 7:08 AM
    > > >
    > > > > The Law of the Game (or Lucifer's First Law)
    > > > > Those who are doing best in life are playing it like a game.
    > > > >
    > > > > [Mermaid]this is vague to me. it begs the question of what 'best in
    life' really means...apparently, one is a winner if one
    > > > decides that he has won and when he will win the game. its like
    playing poker with oneself?
    > > >
    > > > [Lucifer] It is the nature of concise laws to be vague.
    > > > The point is to explore the consequences given the
    > > > tentative assumption that the law is true.
    > > >
    > > > > [Mermaid]On the other hand, if we are to assume that all of us are
    playing the same "game of life", what are the rules of the
    > > > game? If you really think about it, people who want to play the same
    games form groups and play against each other. e.g. All the
    > > > employees of a corporation play a game within the confined by the
    corporate rules.
    > > >
    > > > [Lucifer] The game of life consists of all the games you are in,
    > > > consciously or unconsciously. I suspect most games are participated
    > > > in unconciously in which case you are more like a pawn than a player.
    > > >
    > > > > [Mermaid]If I can alter Lucifer's First Law, I would say that those
    who do best in life are those who play the game after they
    > > > pick their team and opponents well.
    > > >
    > > > [Lucifer] Of course you may alter it, but then you have to give it
    > > > a new name. Your variation is now Mermaid's Law.
    > > >
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