The good student is duty-bound, tied by destiny to a life of ego-erosion, and so, for them, the only honest response to the truth is to moan and complain, to bewail the immensity of the work each truth proposes. It is the perennially mediocre student who responds aesthetically to the truth, who loudly advertises their delight in such beautiful and mind-shattering statements. The only reason they respond in this manner is because their ego has absolutely no intention of doing any of the work required to internalize such truths. At least the poor student, who laughs and mocks, is honest.
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