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2、WhenIreadtranscriptsofmypsychologytalksgivenIwanttoimitatetosomeextentthebequestpracticesofaboutfifteenyearsago,IrealizedthatIcouldnowcre-threecharacters:theprotagonistinJohnBunyan’sPil-ateamorelogicalbutmuchlonger“talk,”includinggrimsProgress,BenjaminFranklin,andmyf
3、irstem-mostofwhatIhadearliersaid.ButIimmediatelysawployer,ErnestBuffett.Bunyan’scharacter,theknightfourbigdisadvantages.wonderfullynamed“OldValiantforTruth,”makestheFirst,thelonger“talk,”becauseitwaswrittenoutonlypracticalbequestavailabletohimwhenhesaysatwithmorelogi
4、calcompleteness,wouldbemoreboringtheendofhislife:“MyswordIleavetohimwhocanandconfusingtomanypeoplethananyearliertalk.Thiswearit.”Andlikethisman,Idon’tmindifIhavemis-wouldhappenbecauseIwoulduseidiosyncraticdefini-appraisedmysword,providedIhavetriedtoseeitcor-tionsofps
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6、ausemyformalpsychologicalknowl-phy,hisAlmanacks,andmuchelse.AndErnestBuffettedgecameonlyfromskimmingthreepsychologytext-didthebesthecouldinthesamemodewhenheleftbooksaboutfifteenyearsago,Iknowvirtuallynothingbehind“HowtoRunaGroceryStoreandaFewThingsaboutanyacademicpsy
7、chologylaterdeveloped.Yet,inIHaveLearnedaboutFishing.”Whetherornotthislastalongertalkcontainingguesses,Iwouldbecriticizingcontributiontothegenrewasthebest,Iwillnotsay.muchacademicpsychology.ThissortofintrusionintoaButIwillreportthatIhavenowknownfourgenera-professiona
8、lterritorybyanamateurwouldbesuretobetionsofErnestBuffett’sdescendantsandthattheresultsresentedbyprofessorswhowouldrejoiceinfindingm
