# Stanislav Stodulka
## Stanislav Stodůlka (born 1982)

Stanislav Stodůlka (born June 5, 1982) is a Slovak author known for his book ERROR, which explores the human mind and subconscious. He has worked in senior management at Apple Inc., HP, and Atlas Copco, and supports personal growth and alternative education initiatives.

## Sourced Quotes

* „Paradox: When our neocortex, the intellectual part of the brain, is merely a servant in the hands of the animal part of the brain.“
** ERROR (groWsoul, 2024), p. 181
* „We are an animal that has acquired the ability to perceive that it is an animal.“
** ERROR (groWsoul, 2024), p. 237
* „Paradox: We don’t have strong enough willpower to have free will.“
** ERROR (groWsoul, 2024), p. 179
* „Who knows, maybe it's totally awesome after death. We just don't know, so we are afraid, and so we often try to hold on here 'tooth and nail'.“
** ERROR (groWsoul, 2024), p. 204
* „Paradox: We harm children in the long run by wanting to help them (out of love or short-term convenience).“
** ERROR (groWsoul, 2024), p. 129
* „A healthy body, with the help of oxytocin and other hormones, creates very intense feelings towards the offspring. Long-term feelings, strong enough to have us feel an endless need to protect the child throughout life, even at the cost of our own. Thanks to these feelings, however, we protect them not only from the environment and its own indiscretions, but often also from ourselves, and therefore from actions stemming from our emotions.“
** ERROR (groWsoul, 2024), p. 121
* „Want to be a good parent? Be a good person!“
** ERROR (groWsoul, 2024), p. 131
* „If you want to take proper care of others, you must first take proper care of yourself.“
** ERROR (groWsoul, 2024), p. 132
* „The expectation that someone else will, in the long run, make us happy is the perfect way to end up unhappy.“
** ERROR (groWsoul, 2024), p. 101
* „We are often but slaves to the feelings our own body subjects us to.“
** ERROR (groWsoul, 2024), p. 91
* „The male body, for example, is specific in terms of its participation in the reproductive process because of its relative simplicity, but above all its speed. After all, the phrase 'he lasted three whole minutes' didn’t just come about by accident.“
** ERROR (groWsoul, 2024), p. 117
* „Being sexually attracted to someone does not guarantee that they will be a suitable life partner.“
** ERROR (groWsoul, 2024), p. 119
* „Paradox: These feelings of jealousy are triggered by the body trying to protect us from potentially losing our partner. However, the way excessive jealousy manifests itself ends up driving our partner away.“
** ERROR (groWsoul, 2024), p. 108
* „Paradox: While we want to control the other person's every move, or even every thought, we ourselves often desire freedom and liberty.“
** ERROR (groWsoul, 2024), p. 107
* „So we often use the intellectual part of the brain to fulfil the wishes of the animal part.“
** ERROR (groWsoul, 2024), p. 237
* „So, life is often very difficult, and we can mainly be content with how we managed to live that difficult life.“
** ERROR (groWsoul, 2024), p. 205
* „And if you think you've messed up everything you possibly could have? If you believe in reincarnation, you can at least console yourself with the idea that, in the next life, you will try again and do it better. That is, if you're 'lucky' enough to come back here as a human and not as, say, a Thanksgiving turkey.“
** ERROR (groWsoul, 2024), p. 242
* „Life begins > I lie down > I can't walk > I can't control excretion > can’t control excretion > can't walk > I lie down > life ends“
** ERROR (groWsoul, 2024), p. 241
* „Give an animal better intelligence and you get man.“
** ERROR (groWsoul, 2024), p. 240
* „Let's live in a way so that we don't have to be afraid to die!“
** ERROR (groWsoul, 2024), p. 204

## External links

* Official website of Stanislav Stodůlka and ERROR
* Mini ERROR: Programming Children on Internet Archive
* Ingram Content Group – printer of ERROR