26 DEC 2008The InquisitionTriple logic is a challenge to learn, and also a challenge to the age-old established orthodoxy of serious world. What kind of opposition can we expect? Theoretically none. Defenders of orthodoxy live in flatland and can see only seriousness, which they will defend to the death. Funniness passes over their heads, is disregarded, has no impact on serious world. Funniness is not seen as a threat. Only an alternative serious view would be seen as a threat. Serious world will attack only our seriousness, performing the valuable service of quality control. Far from opposing funniness, serious world enforces funniness. It hastens its succession. Instead of fighting old thinking for a generation, we can apply triple logic right away. But first we have to unlearn our seriousness. Every student planning to become a funny heretic is first sworn in as a secret agent of the Inquisition. We're going to put our old thinking to use, detecting seriousness, performing quality control. Must be funny is the rule we follow, applied rigorously at every step. If we're even a little bit serious, serious world can latch on to it and pull us down. We apply this analysis to every funny statement, plan, theory, action, idea, invention, attitude, performance or proposal. If any of our secret Inquisition agents detects seriousness -- busted!
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