False Dichotomies & An Aikidoist's Understanding How to Move The Mind of Opposites

1. One recurrent lesson about the US debt crisis, soon to become debt default, is to not underestimate the power of false dichotomies. Expect huge volatilities in US debt related markets--which means anything that sounds like "US Treasury related" will become pariah much like "asset-backed securities" became in 2007 when practically all qualified investors withdrew their support from what they thought was the plague. Imagine the disgust, the frightening laughs of those who would take advantage of such events. An old George Soros comes to mind, trading against the pound...

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2. It's so much easier to move the body of another by realising how the "mind" of an individual continuously attempts to right itself in the face of stimuli. Ask an Aikidoist to demonstrate. By holding the edge of your shirt at hip level, she can flip you in any direction by jerking your shirt downwards and understanding that you will naturally try to adjust your balance by moving your body upwards. At this moment, the Aikidoist will help you upwards at which point you will immediately adjust your weight downwards. And it is at this point, the Aikidoist will help you to accelerate downwards so you cannot maintain your balance and down you go like falling timber. However, from your consciousness all the Aikidoist did was lightly tug the bottom of your T-shirt. The first time this happens, it is totally incomprehensible to the one thrown. But after a couple years of being thrown around like a rag doll, comprehension sets in. By being thrown thousands and thousands of times, one gets a feeling of how to throw. And the principle of throwing is reduced to a few words or gestures and becomes incorporated into a repertoire of mind-body behaviours that can be applied generally and to many seemingly different situations.

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