Edgar Applewhite was a Fuller fan early on, as a teenager, and worked with Fuller full time off and on. He also had a career in the CIA which took him to Berlin and Lebanon.
Ed and I got off on the wrong foot maybe, in that I considered him a fictional character at first. Dr. Fuller had this famous mind / brain distinction wherein the brain was the filer and collator of special case experiences, which it ordered according to intuitions coming in from a higher source (mind).
Cosmic Fishing by this Applewhite guy seemed to capture this relationship, and I wondered if Applewhite was a pseudonym and metaphor for Fuller's brain. Later, reading a Futurist magazine, I saw his picture and talked myself out of my little fantasy.
When Ed and I later got to be friends, I explained my misconception and I think it worried him more than offended him, as he was thinking I could be a key player -- but not if I was into harboring deep delusions.
Later he coined the term "techno-invective" for a genre of writing I was into. Looking back, I'd say anyone defending Synergetics is bound to get caught up in technical arguments, but if it's a debate one also needs zing, hence the term.
Fuller and Ed had a somewhat rocky relationship at times. Even if one is conscious of the underlying psychology, that doesn't always mean smooth sailing. Rocky relationships are sometimes just the ticket anyway. I'm not suggesting Ed and I were always in sync either.
