Neitzsche realized that all code is untethered, and it drove him mad (the option of floating in the void not being part of his calculus). But even that aphelion is neither an apex nor a release from the wheel, as both Goethe and various bodhisattvas differently understood. The point is to return to belief, chosen… Continue reading
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unconscious
The idea that there's both a conscious mind and an unconscious mind is a misconception brought about by language. There is what we call the conscious mind that generally emerges from the social practice of inner dialog: internal speech and signing that we metaphorically attribute to thinking. And there is also the vast spectrum of… Continue reading
silence
Wittgenstein found the wall, white and endless, and explained that there was only silence on the other side. We have silence on this side too, someone argued. And so he hung a plain white painting on the white wall and explained that this might be what you would see if there were a window, except… Continue reading
constructivism vs. genetics
Just as Sraffa’s gesture revealed to Wittgenstein the limitations of logical atomism, so did Jason thoroughly dissolve the boundaries of my social constructivist weltanschaung. Meanwhile, HanShan simply laughs.
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