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[lojban-beginners] Re: Yoda quote



As in, "you think that you are 'trying' but in reality, you have already decided internally whether you will succeed or fail.  In this way you do not 'try' you merely do, or do not do.  Therefore, choose to do".

Sounds like some hippy power-of-positive-thinking bullshit, but consider when star wars came out.

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 10:36 AM, Ryan Leach <rsw.leach@gmail.com> wrote:
Okay I could see that. I have to ask a question though. What does it
mean for trying to be an illusion?

On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 9:56 PM, Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu> wrote:
> On Tuesday 20 October 2009 00:46:11 Luke Bergen wrote:
>> see I understood yoda to be saying "you either do, or do not do.  'trying'
>> is an illusion".  As in, you either do what you intend to do, or you do
>> not, there is no such thing as "try".
>
> That's how I too understand it. That's why I said "troci na'i".
>
> Pierre
> --
> li ze te'a ci vu'u ci bi'e te'a mu du
> li ci su'i ze te'a mu bi'e vu'u ci
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