• Someone was hit by a poisoned arrow and I am trying to cure him.

  • If a person struck by a poisoned arrow prioritizes getting the answer to “who struck this poisoned arrow” over treatment, he or she will die before getting the answer.

  • Some questions serve a purpose to answer and others do not.

  • Not all questions need to be answered.

  • pragmatism] ideas that do not value answers to unhelpful questions.

  • I said Buddha.

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