From: Jeffrey Epstein <[email protected]> To: Victoria Stodden Subject: Re: Books Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:07:35 +0000 no true„ for example subliminal experminets. showed a strong bias toward info without a concious recognition. . predisposition towards certain outcomes based on faster than cognizable inputs.. , and just think that if statisically, a large numbner of people are doing the same thing , but have wildly different rationales. , wouldn;t we be able to discount their explanaitons. On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Victoria Stodden > wrote: But your hypothesis Isn't faisifiable: we can't tell whether one's Internal decision making occurs before or after the decision, if we assume the thinker always believes it to be before regardless of the truth. It seems like the free will controversy - If it feels like free will, does it really matter if it Isn't? On 9/11/09 5:26 AM, "Jeffrey Epstein" < > wrote: thank you„ I will do so this weekend.. however, my view is they like most others suffer from the socializaition gene. The behavior dictated by what benefits the group, and then rationalized in the individual mind. this is much more exciting. On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 7:02 PM, Victoria Stodden <-> wrote: Dear Jeffrey, I wanted to explain the books that should have arrived at your house today. They both can up in our discussion in responses to questions you had. 1. IWoz: I immediately identified with Steve Wozniak's thinking within the first few pages (honesty, truth, sense of discovery, building). The reason I sent it is that he does an excellent job of articulating why and how he feels a desire to be useful and helpful to others, as a framing philosophy in life. Personally, I find this discourse fascinating. Here's a quote from the book: "I felt these were really mighty goals in life: looking consciously at the sort of person you want to be, the sort of life you want to live, the sort of society you want to help build." 2. Atomic