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The matter is perhaps rather similar to the claim that the will always acts on the stronger motive, the stronger motive being implicitly defined as that motive on which the will acts. - (Blood Brothers of Gor, Chapter 30, Sentence #52)

A more typical distinction would have been not between true and false medicines, but between weaker and stronger medicines. The red savage is usually quite willing to grant that the enemy has medicine; it is his hope, however, of course, that his medicine will prove stronger. On the other hand, if the medicine of the enemy was false medicine altogether, then what had he to fear? The test for the stronger medicine, incidentally, implicitly, appears to be victory or success. The matter is perhaps rather similar to the claim that the will always acts on the stronger motive, the stronger motive being implicitly defined as that motive on which the will acts. In a creature priding itself on its rationality this penchant for irrefutable fables is, at least at first glance, somewhat remarkable; scrutinized more closely, however, it appears that such fables, in many cases, play psychologically significant roles; this perhaps explains their prevalence in all, or most, cultures, and their appearance in all, or most, human beings; allegiance to such fables, for example, it is clear, can be conducive to tribality; tribality, in turn, is often conducive to group survival. It is thus possible, interestingly, that a readiness to subscribe to ideologies, with no particular regard for their nature, has been selected for. Clearly, however, these belief systems must be at least of certain general sorts; for example, a belief that individuals could drink sand would not be likely to achieve an impressive longevity; it might last approximately seventy-two hours. - (Blood Brothers of Gor)