The Origins of Certitude

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I've been writing a historical novel the last year and one of the conclusions I came to is that certitude belongs only to those who own the on one encyclopedia. This is Wilson's 23rd law. And what you got to do is try to find out how old Mozart was when he wrote his first symphony to start with. If you're looking five sources, you'll be totally confused. The belief in certitude, I think, I suspect is a primate habit. Almost all pessimism results from watching what the government is doing and not paying attention to the important things. People think the world is going to hell in a hand basket.

Guest speaker: Robert Anton Wilson PROGRAM NOTES: Date this lecture was recorded: February 1982 [NOTE: All quotations are by Robert Anton Wilson.] "The belief in certitude, I suspect, is a primate habit." "One thing I want to make absolutely clear is that almost all pessimism results from watching what the government is doing. . . . because the government is the last place that important change is registered. And so if you're looking at the government you're looking at the past." "Certitude only belongs to those people who own just one encyclopedia." Download MP3 PCs – Right click, select option Macs – Ctrl-Click, select option