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PREREQUISITE FOR PERSONAL GENIUS 125 beautiful flower. And what if, when you awoke, you had the flower in your hand. Ah, what then? John: Well, it's time for your tonal to grab again, so come on back. You're probably wondering, "This is obvious," right? (laughter)(drawing on chalkboard) This is obviously second attention. These are obviously the afferent nerve tracks and these are the efferent nerve tracks. You are probably wondering what this is though, right? You know it looks like an amoeba, but this is reality, so in case you've wondered what the hell it looks like . . . (laughter) Judy; There it is.

John: It's my best representation, I'll tell you that much. A big amoeba. I did make a factual error as I was talking about 160,000,000 light sensitive receptors in each retina; it's only 130,000,000. So if you feel impoverished by this difference, then elaborate your own retinas. Epistemology is what we're doing. Epistemology applies at the level of personal organization, epistemology applies at the level of social organization


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