doctor, what's the matter?

sir, well i've deduced that you have a malfunctioning logic gland

doctor, how do you know that?

sir, i deduced it. you came to me for a head cold, but i see no evidence to explain the head cold - aha! so your logic is faulty, sir, this is the first symptom.

doctor, i'm glad i came to you for help, for i see that your argument is sound and valid.

sir, it's worse than i feared, for you see, there are more questions to ask! such as, are the other conditions for this condition being satisfied? what of the other symptoms? how do i even know that there is a logic gland at all?

sir, i'm glad that you came to me for help, it'll all be taken care of swiftly, now.

doctor, this is all so much -

sir, don't talk now, it's too taxing - and for that matter, don't even try to think. you see there are only a few ways out that i can see, and only two of those are allowed by the association. One is to submit yourself to the association, sure we'll have to tell you everything for a while (and no, we won't allow you to think [at first]). The other is to, well, i take that back now - the association only allows one form of treatment, and i've chosen the former!

doctor, but -

Now sir, since i'm not allowing you to think anymore, i gotsta do it for the both of us. you see, it's communal responsibility, the golden rule, karma (we prefer the golden rule - it's a much smaller burden philosophically).

You'll have to stay here for a while. And though for a while, you will be sick, and i will walk beside you. And though for a while, you will hate me, and i will love you. And there will come a time, a shower of sparks, a glimpse of god, and you will see again, like you used to. Try to wait for the end, and i will be there.

Now sir -

Sir.

Sir!

Sir, don't you understand that you are sick?! Come back here! This instant! We can't have you spouting off nonsense to susceptible individuals! You are carrying a virus! Remember all of our long talks about the golden rule?!

Sir!

i deduced it, poor sir.