Quotes from book
Quantum Psychology

Quantum Psychology

Quantum Psychology: How Brain Software Programs You & Your World is a book written by Robert Anton Wilson, originally published in 1990. It deals with the subject of quantum psychology, an area Wilson often wrote about.Some consider Quantum Psychology a follow-up to Wilson's earlier volume Prometheus Rising, mainly for the presence of practical exercises to demonstrate its concepts at the end of each chapter . It focuses primarily on the metaphysical and epistemological problems of Aristotelean reasoning and its use in everyday language, covering E-Prime and how it addresses many of the semantic "spooks" that common language lets in.


Robert Anton Wilson photo

“Most animals, including most domesticated primates (humans) show a truly staggering ability to "ignore" certain kinds of information — that which does not "fit" their imprinted/conditioned reality-tunnel. We generally call this "conservatism" or "stupidity", but it appears in all parts of the political spectrum, and in learned societies as well as in the Ku Klux Klan.”

Robert Anton Wilson book Quantum Psychology

Quantum Psychology : How Brain Software Programs You and Your World (1990), p. 45
Context: Obviously, the faster we process information, the more rich and complex our models or glosses — our reality-tunnels — will become.
Resistance to new information, however, has a strong neurological foundation in all animals, as indicated by studies of imprinting and conditioning. Most animals, including most domesticated primates (humans) show a truly staggering ability to "ignore" certain kinds of information — that which does not "fit" their imprinted/conditioned reality-tunnel. We generally call this "conservatism" or "stupidity", but it appears in all parts of the political spectrum, and in learned societies as well as in the Ku Klux Klan.

Robert Anton Wilson photo

“Obviously, the faster we process information, the more rich and complex our models or glosses — our reality-tunnels — will become.”

Robert Anton Wilson book Quantum Psychology

Quantum Psychology : How Brain Software Programs You and Your World (1990), p. 45
Context: Obviously, the faster we process information, the more rich and complex our models or glosses — our reality-tunnels — will become.
Resistance to new information, however, has a strong neurological foundation in all animals, as indicated by studies of imprinting and conditioning. Most animals, including most domesticated primates (humans) show a truly staggering ability to "ignore" certain kinds of information — that which does not "fit" their imprinted/conditioned reality-tunnel. We generally call this "conservatism" or "stupidity", but it appears in all parts of the political spectrum, and in learned societies as well as in the Ku Klux Klan.

Similar authors

Robert Anton Wilson photo
Robert Anton Wilson110
American author and polymath 1932–2007
Rabindranath Tagore photo
Rabindranath Tagore178
Bengali polymath None
H.P. Lovecraft photo
H.P. Lovecraft203
American author None
Napoleon Hill photo
Napoleon Hill104
American author None
Stephen King photo
Stephen King733
American author None
Robert T. Kiyosaki photo
Robert T. Kiyosaki151
American finance author , investor None
John C. Maxwell photo
John C. Maxwell145
American author, speaker and pastor None
 Edward Abbey photo
Edward Abbey146
American author and essayist None
Helen Keller photo
Helen Keller156
American author and political activist None
 Carlos Castaneda photo
Carlos Castaneda98
Peruvian-American author None