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You've already read about Robert McCoy,
professional skeptic and founder of the
Museum of Questionable Medical Devices. He listed
a number of worthless products on the market today. Products that would never last without
a lot of people faithfully dialing flashing 800 numbers.
If
you ever feel tempted to try some weight-reducing, hair-growing, virility boosting,
get-rich-quick, cure all, keep in mind McCoy's quick quack profile:
"They make promises that seem to good to be true, and don't want you check
with other sources and to get a second opinion. And if they offer information that seems
unbelievable such as some magic thing will occur to you, which you know is against your
better judgment."
So much for quacks. What about sincere creative thinkers who spend their lives
on dreams that go nowhere? How do we keep our own intuition from going off the deep end?
"Well," Robert says, "you have to test the waters carefully. You
have to do some research saying is this so or not? But I think the most useful thing is to
have a trusted friend. Share these intuitive ideas, maybe enrich
them, and get some encouragement or some suggestions and maybe think twice about
this."
In other words your right brain depends on good solid
information from the left. And we know the left brain won't work unless the right brain
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