You will die like a dog for no good reason. ~Ernest Hemingway
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We are such small and limited things that this is no great surprise. We do not wander through life blind, more we drift through life bereft of senses (and indeed, sense!).
The world we see is an echo of an illusion concocted by crude senses, and guided by a thought process that (while beautiful) is limited in what it can conceive.
Still, like a flower anchored to earth and at the mercy of all around it, we bloom and blossom to the delight of much around us - we play our part in the chaotic heartbeat of all around us.
So it's not all cosmic apathy and horror, more blissful optimism with a hint of cosmic humour.
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Bojler eladó !
ez a válasz is kiszámítható volt, mint a felületi gradiáns
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Reminds me of that picture I saw going around of two snakes and some wires.
The first snake bit a wire and electrocuted itself, and the second snake bit the first snake and electrocuted itself.
And I always thought, that first snake was an idiot and probably thought he was biting another snake, and he paid the price for it. But the second snake had the exact same thought, only he was right. He really was biting another snake, but he still suffered the same fate.
You can do everything right, and still lose.
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Reminds me of that picture I saw going around of two snakes and some wires.
The first snake bit a wire and electrocuted itself, and the second snake bit the first snake and electrocuted itself.
And I always thought, that first snake was an idiot and probably thought he was biting another snake, and he paid the price for it. But the second snake had the exact same thought, only he was right. He really was biting another snake, but he still suffered the same fate.
::: spoiler I was curious so I found the picture
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Those bolt heads were probably the perfect size and shape for it's little grabbies, and if it had chosen the pair to the left or right it would have been fine and still oblivious to the danger.
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::: spoiler I was curious so I found the picture
:::Thanks! That's the one.
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I need more of this
Almost no one even noticed he was gone, and the few who did would also vanish along with any memory of his existence.
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We are such small and limited things that this is no great surprise. We do not wander through life blind, more we drift through life bereft of senses (and indeed, sense!).
The world we see is an echo of an illusion concocted by crude senses, and guided by a thought process that (while beautiful) is limited in what it can conceive.
Still, like a flower anchored to earth and at the mercy of all around it, we bloom and blossom to the delight of much around us - we play our part in the chaotic heartbeat of all around us.
So it's not all cosmic apathy and horror, more blissful optimism with a hint of cosmic humour.
"Brains are survival engines, not truth detectors. If self-deception promotes fitness, the brain lies. Stops noticing— irrelevant things. Truth never matters. Only fitness. By now you don't experience the world as it exists at all. You experience a simulation built from assumptions. Shortcuts. Lies. Whole species is agnosiac by default."
~Blindsight
BTW, I'll not read better poetry than you post this day!
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"Brains are survival engines, not truth detectors. If self-deception promotes fitness, the brain lies. Stops noticing— irrelevant things. Truth never matters. Only fitness. By now you don't experience the world as it exists at all. You experience a simulation built from assumptions. Shortcuts. Lies. Whole species is agnosiac by default."
~Blindsight
BTW, I'll not read better poetry than you post this day!
I've not read blindsight, now I feel I need to!
Thanks for the quote ^_^
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Reminds me of that picture I saw going around of two snakes and some wires.
The first snake bit a wire and electrocuted itself, and the second snake bit the first snake and electrocuted itself.
And I always thought, that first snake was an idiot and probably thought he was biting another snake, and he paid the price for it. But the second snake had the exact same thought, only he was right. He really was biting another snake, but he still suffered the same fate.
Maybe it happened in reverse and the first snake was like “that’s it. I’m taking you down with me”
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I've not read blindsight, now I feel I need to!
Thanks for the quote ^_^
You've activated my trap card! Read the book 14 times or so, and it's not a long read. Finally feel I've caught most of the thing. Caveat: I'm not that bright.
Here's another taste to whet your appetite:
“I brought her flowers one dusky Tuesday evening when the light was perfect. I pointed out the irony of that romantic old tradition— the severed genitalia of another species, offered as a pre-copulatory bribe—and then I recited my story just as we were about to fuck. To this day, I still don't know what went wrong.”
(The character quoted had half his brain dug out as a child, some sort of viral epilepsy, replaced with some sort of electronics. He's basically hyper-autistic. He's also the unreliable narrator.)
Blindsight is hard science fiction. The spaceship captain is a vampire, an obligate carnivore from the Pleistocene era, our ancient enemy. Yes, it works.
