# The Fourth Way.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fourth-way/463972>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [September 17, 2008, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fourth-way/463972 "2008-09-17T12:34:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fourth-way/463972/21 "2008-09-18T05:26:42Z")

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Five tons of flax.

Stranger

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**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fourth-way/463972/22 "2008-09-18T07:14:27Z")

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> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#):
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> Five tons of flax.
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> Stranger

Really?  
fnord  
What makes you say that?

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**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fourth-way/463972/23 "2008-09-18T07:37:50Z")

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Trust not a man who’s rich in flax.  
His morals may be sadly lax.

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**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fourth-way/463972/24 "2008-09-18T11:02:21Z")

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> [@mswas](#):
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> Really?  
> fnord  
> What makes you say that?

I think **Stranger** may be a member of the Gurdjieff = ‘charlatan’ camp.

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**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fourth-way/463972/25 "2008-09-18T18:26:06Z")

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> [@ivan\_astikov](#):
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> I think **Stranger** may be a member of the Gurdjieff = ‘charlatan’ camp.

It’s possible.  
Fnord

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**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2008, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fourth-way/463972/26 "2008-09-20T05:09:38Z")

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The very end of the video says he developed psychic powers in secret schools in the Caucusus. So I vote charlatan (or extremely misguided).

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