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“And those who were dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.” Friedrich Nietzsche
The following adaptation from an old story is used to illustrate some differences between 1. training and education, and 2. The debilitating effects of excessive obedience to authority. When one doesn’t invent one’s own brain, one often looks to others to do so.
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Pritscher, C.P. (2011). Jim and John. In: Pritscher, C.P. (eds) Brains Inventing Themselves. Transgressions: Cultural Studies and Education, vol 78. SensePublishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-708-0_9
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