The Alchemist
If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle. Sun Tzu, The Art of War Scientific method seeks to understand things as they are, while alchemy seeks to bring about a desired state of affairs. To put it another way, the primary objective of science is truth, - that of alchemy, operational success. George Soros, The Alchemy of Finance Treat a person as he is, and he will remain as he is. Treat a person as if he were where he could be and should be, and he will become what he could be and should be. Jimmy Johnson How many Masonic 13’s are on a Federal Reserve Note [pyrAmids]? Who owns The Federal Reserve? If an entity is near insolvency (incoming cash flows primarily services interest on debt) than aren’t the secured creditors a larger part of the planning proces...