A novice, upon observing a brain scan, said: “Two neural pathways bring signals to the limbic system. One of them is right, and the other one is wrong.”
An old master listened to his words, and said: “What is the true nature of the neural pathway that brought you to this conclusion? Monkey, riding an elephant! Which one of them has more Buddha nature?”
The novice was not enlightened, but peer pressure made him pretend he was. The master then collected tuition fees from all bystanders.
Later in the evening, the master took a pain pill, opened Less Wrong on his smartphone, and wrote:
Chronic back pain tortures my body I put an electrode in my brain Sakura petals flowing in the breeze
A novice, upon observing a brain scan, said: “Two neural pathways bring signals to the limbic system. One of them is right, and the other one is wrong.”
An old master listened to his words, and said: “What is the true nature of the neural pathway that brought you to this conclusion? Monkey, riding an elephant! Which one of them has more Buddha nature?”
The novice was not enlightened, but peer pressure made him pretend he was. The master then collected tuition fees from all bystanders.
Later in the evening, the master took a pain pill, opened Less Wrong on his smartphone, and wrote:
Chronic back pain tortures my body
I put an electrode in my brain
Sakura petals flowing in the breeze