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Who then now?

Sat Dec 2, 2006, 4:06 PM
The mind is not like a wax tablet. On a tablet you cannot write the new till you rub out the old; on the mind you cannot rub out the old except by writing in the new. Beware of the idols of the mind, the fallacies into which undisciplined thinkers most easily fall. They are the real distorting prisms of human nature. Among them, idols of the tribe assume more order than exists in chaotic nature; those of the imprisoning cave, the idiosyncrasies of individual belief and passion; of the market place, the power of mere words to induce belief in non-existent things; and of the theater, unquestioning acceptance of philosophical beliefs and misleading demonstration. Stay clear of these idols, observe the world around you as it truly is, and reflect on the best means of transmitting reality as you have experienced it; put into it every fiber of your being.

Outside our heads there is freestanding reality. Only madmen and a scattering of constructivist philosophers doubts its existence. Inside our heads is a reconstitution of reality based on sensory input and the self-assembly of concepts. Input and self-asembly, rather than an independent entity in the brain - the "ghost in the machine," in the philosopher Gilbert Ryle's famous derogation - constitute the mind. The alignment of outer existence with its inner representation has been distorted by the idiosyncrasies of human evolution. That is, natural selection built the brain to survive in the world and only incidentally to understand it at a depth greater than is needed to survive. The proper task of scientists is to diagnose and correct the misalignment. The effort to do so has only begun. No one should suppose that objective truth is impossible to attain, even when the most committed philosophers urge us to acknowledge that incapacity. In particularly it is too early for scientists, the foot soldiers of epistemology, to yield ground so vital to their mission.

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  • Current Residence: SoCal
  • Interests: epistemology, neuroethology, music programming.
  • Favourite genre of music: ambient/minimal/hypnotic idm & techno, underground hiphop, and post rock.

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=ssaymssik09:iconssaymssik09: Jun 24, 2009, 8:44:38 AM
Hey there stranger.

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=PimpinRose:iconPimpinRose: May 17, 2009, 4:07:05 PM
Did you die?

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That is happiness; to be dissolved into something completely great.
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~ishkabibbleblue:iconishkabibbleblue: Dec 27, 2008, 8:04:46 AM
dude about your Piece Reflections. AH-FUCKIN-MEN. have a very warped and stupid repetitive mind. which makes me constantly think about random shit like copyright.. or like the fact that everything has basiclt been done already. if you create something its already been done or said before, your just refrasing it or like.. idk. anyWays this piece reminds me of a time in my life when i was alittle over the top crazy about certant things like, influence and how everything you do or everything you have incountered no mater how small willmay have a huge impact on you... ah idk what im talking about. but anyways keep up the writing man
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*Carbon-A:iconCarbon-A: May 20, 2008, 1:57:13 AM
I love your gallery, it is so dark and wonderful. :)

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Why is Alex so awesome?

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~iesope-drift:iconiesope-drift: Jun 7, 2008, 2:02:00 PM
Thanks.
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~NowWhatDave:iconNowWhatDave: Sep 22, 2007, 12:56:15 PM
Eh, not a whole lot going on. Busy with work and school. You know how it is.

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~NowWhatDave:iconNowWhatDave: Sep 20, 2007, 2:01:14 PM
Hey kid, what have you been up to?

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~eccentric-0ne:iconeccentric-0ne: Sep 19, 2007, 5:13:05 PM
i am in such a deep love with you<333
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~Anaiyak:iconAnaiyak: Sep 18, 2007, 3:32:54 AM
Penis.

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