Well, if that’s the case, I can state with high confidence that I am not vulnerable to the forbidden idea. I don’t believe it, and even if I saw something that would rationally convince me, I am too much of a constitutional optimist to let that kind of danger get me.
So, what’s the secret knock so people will tell me the secret? I promise I can keep a secret, and I know I can keep a promise. In fact, the past shows that I am more likely to draw attention to the idea accidentally, in ignorance, than deliberately.
(Of course, I would have to know a little more about the extent of my promise before I’d consider it binding. But I believe I’d make such a promise, once I knew more about its bounds.)
Interesting.
Well, if that’s the case, I can state with high confidence that I am not vulnerable to the forbidden idea. I don’t believe it, and even if I saw something that would rationally convince me, I am too much of a constitutional optimist to let that kind of danger get me.
So, what’s the secret knock so people will tell me the secret? I promise I can keep a secret, and I know I can keep a promise. In fact, the past shows that I am more likely to draw attention to the idea accidentally, in ignorance, than deliberately.
(Of course, I would have to know a little more about the extent of my promise before I’d consider it binding. But I believe I’d make such a promise, once I knew more about its bounds.)