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"Following the footsteps of Jeroboam," I returned. "Hmm? "Oh, nothing. Tell me," I asked more solemnly, "What position does Wagner hold among the Canitaurs?" FOLLOWING THE FOOTSTEPS OF JEROBEAM I RETURNED HUM AH NOTHING TELL ME I ASKED MORE SOLEMNLY WHAT POSITION DOES WAGNER HOLD AMONG THE CANADOURS
and began: "You desire me to tell you about myself without literally telling you of myself. I suppose you mean that we discourse on some variety of subjects, so that you can see who I am discreetly," he said. "Exactly," I replied, "You say it better than I." "Perhaps it is for the best, as you will draw your own conclusions rather than be given mine, and instead of my telling you what I would like to think I am, you would see what I am in truth. Strange, isn't it, that though we think we know ourselves, we very much do not, and it is only the unbiased observer who sees us as we are. You know, I was once thinking of writing my memoirs, and I would have, except that I was afraid that if I read them afterward I would be forced to see myself as I am and be horrified at the truth." "Damn the truth," I said. "You're starting to sound like a philosopher," he laughed. "And you a psychologist," I rejoined. "And where would that place us on the scale of artificial intelligence," Bernibus jested. TIVE DEMEANOUR POURED HIS EYES TO MINE AND BEGAN YOU DESIRE ME TO TELL YOU ABOUT MYSELF WITHOUT LITERALLY TELLING YOU OF MYSELF I SUPPOSE YOU MEAN THAT WE DISCOURSE ON SOME VARIETY OF SUBJECTS SO THAT YOU CAN SEE WHO I AM DISCREETLY HE SAID EXACTLY I REPLIED YOU SAY IT BETTER THAN I PERHAPS IT IS FOR THE BEST AS YOU WILL DRAW YOUR OWN CONCLUSIONS RATHER THAN BE GIVEN MINE AND INSTEAD OF MY TELLING YOU WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO THINK I AM YOU WOULD SEE WHAT I AM IN TRUTH STRANGE ISN'T IT THAT THOUGH WE THINK WE KNOW OURSELVES WE VERY MUCH DO NOT AND IT IS ONLY THE UNBIASED OBSERVER WHO SEES US AS WE ARE YOU KNOW I WAS ONCE THINKING OF WRITING MY MEMOIRS AND I WOULD HAVE EXCEPT THAT I WAS AFRAID THAT IF I READ THEM AFTERWARDS I WOULD BE FORCED TO SEE MYSELF AS I AM AND BE HORRIFIED AT THAT TRUTH DAMN THE TRUTH I SAID YOU ARE STARTING TO SOUND LIKE A PHILOSOPHER HE LAUGHED AND YOU ARE A PSYCHOLOGIST I REJOINED AND WHERE WOULD THAT PLACE US ON THE SCALE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BONABUS JESTED
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