Robert Anton Wilson
Robert Anton Wilson
Robert Anton Wilsonwas an American author, novelist, essayist, editor, playwright, poet, futurist, psychologist, and self-described agnostic mystic. Recognized as an Episkopos, Pope, and saint of Discordianism, Wilson helped publicize the group through his writings and interviews...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth18 January 1932
CountryUnited States of America
Robert Anton Wilson quotes about
attitude reality tunnels
Belief in the traditional sense, or certitude, or dogma, amounts to the grandiose delusion, "My current model" -- or grid, or map, or reality-tunnel -- "contains the whole universe and will never need to be revised." In terms of the history of science and knowledge in general, this appears absurd and arrogant to me, and I am perpetually astonished that so many people still manage to live with such a medieval attitude.
money weapons taxation
Taxation is robbery based on monopoly of weapons
atheist cutting random-chance
I used to be an atheist, until I realized I had nothing to shout during blowjobs. Oh Random Chance! Oh Random Chance! just doesn't cut it….
perfect gentleman majority
Most of our ancestors were not perfect ladies and gentlemen. The majority of them weren't even mammals.
goes-on conclusion
In conlusion, there is no conclusion. Things will go on as they always have, getting weirder all the time.
weakness individual obedience
The individual act of obedience is the cornerstone not only of the strength of authoritarian society but also of its weakness.
stupid resemblance-is too-much
The totally convinced and the totally stupid have too much in common for the resemblance to be accidental.
disciple humans human-beings
A disciple is an asshole looking for a human being to attach itself to.
might moments appearance
Is," "is," "is"—the idiocy of the word haunts me. If it were abolished, human thought might begin to make sense. I don't know what anything "is"; I only know how it seems to me at this moment.
metaphor constructs trapped
We're trapped in linguistic constructs... all that is is metaphor.
goal slave enlightened
An Enlightened Master is ideal only if your goal is to become a Benighted Slave.
atheist civilization keys
The Bible tells us to be like God, and then on page after page it describes God as a mass murderer. This may be the single most important key to the political behavior of Western Civilization.
thinking years law
I have read a great deal of economic theory for over 50 years now, but have found only one economic "law" to which I can find NO exceptions: Where the State prevents a free market, by banning any form of goods or services, consumer demand will create a black market for those goods or services, at vastly higher prices. Can YOU think of a single exception to this law?
running mind use
We can't run out of resources. Resources exist when the human mind sees how to use something.