{"id":659,"date":"2006-11-19T13:05:51","date_gmt":"2006-11-19T20:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=659"},"modified":"2006-11-19T13:37:14","modified_gmt":"2006-11-19T20:37:14","slug":"dual-agency-smack-down-fear-of-perception-breeds-false-logic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/659\/dual-agency-smack-down-fear-of-perception-breeds-false-logic\/","title":{"rendered":"Dual Agency Smack-Down: Fear Of Perception Breeds False Logic"},"content":{"rendered":"

First of all Greg, my wife’s cat now officially hates you. Today it was hazelnut. Reintroducing yourself to Russell was perfection. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

But on to persuading the unpersuadable. Galileo faced down the most powerful institution outside of government that insisted the earth was the center of the universe. The church was terrified of the perception that what Galileo said seemed<\/em> to contradict the Bible, which of course it did not. The church just recently apologized for its actions – and only centuries after schools first began teaching fourth graders that Galileo was 100% correct.<\/p>\n

Principle – Perception may be ‘reality’ to a thirsty man in the desert, but the water still isn’t there.
\nPrinciple – False logic will always eventually be proven as such. Thirsty man discovers this by way of a mouth full of sand.
\nPrinciple – When the universe in which you operate disagrees with you – it’s possible you might be mistaken.<\/p>\n

Gravity, when applied, works every time. However, much like dual agency, the consequences of applied gravity are not always desired. If I jump from a two foot ledge I’ll probably survive. If I fall or am pushed from the balcony of a 10th floor office window I probably won’t. Gravity is ruthlessly consistent. The consequences of its use are universally predictable. The apple, no matter how many times it falls from the tree, will never fall up.<\/p>\n

The ‘angelic’ school of dual agency has its foundation in a false premise. The man who either accidently fell, or was pushed from that window either accidentally caused his own death, or was murdered. Gravity, like dual agency, has no will of its own. There are infinite examples available illustrating this. I’ll use just one.<\/p>\n

You may use a gun for target practice. Or to acquire food through hunting. Or to avoid your wife getting half of your net worth. The gun didn’t do any of those things. The person shooting the gun did them. That’s a principle, and the gun doesn’t have an opinion. Even when my wife kills me accidentally while cleaning her gun, am I not just as dead as the murder victim?<\/p>\n

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First of all Greg, my wife’s cat now officially hates you. Today it was hazelnut. Reintroducing yourself to Russell was perfection. \ud83d\ude42 But on to persuading the unpersuadable. Galileo faced down the most powerful institution outside of government that insisted the earth was the center of the universe. 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