The people became agitated with their increased workload, and no longer had enough time to contemplate. The materialistic accounts of the origin of man, for example, are guilty of this fallacy. The temperament that is content to consider only a part of experience, to accept that section of it that can comfortably fit in to its own requirements, this is the temperament that is satisfied with materialistic accounts of the universe, with the superstition and arbitrariness of idolatry itself. Thus, according to Rabbi Miller, if you want to know the truth, you must put in the requisite time and effort. And, in the world of bridge, you can see that the poor players play their hands, get their scores, and happily go home.
Medium players discuss the hands afterwards, mostly bragging about their good boards.
Great players will discuss a single hand for hours, and in addition to playing bridge they read books and magazines about bridge. Pharaoh, said, 'I will let you go, that you may sacrifice to God in the wilderness . . . Most people, when reading the saga of the ten plagues, are probably perplexed by Pharaoh's obstinacy. Each time he suffers from a devastating plague, he pleads with Moses for relief, promising to let the Israelites worship in the desert. No sooner is he relieved of the plague then he reneges on his promise. . . .