recurrent ragamoffyn ramblin'
what is it about this image of "paganarchy" that i find mildly disturbing, yet funny at the same time?
am i genuinely amused at the juxtaposition of belief and denial, or am i just covering up some sort of fear or anxiety with nervous humor (i.e. laughing from true comedic appreciation or in denial and tragic discomfort?)
perhaps it could it be a mixture?
Veatch's Theory of Humor seems to underscore this idea
` ` What I meant by humor is what I now call "slippage humor." I know it sounds like somebody slipping on a banana peel, but it isn't. It means the slippage of concepts. It means intellectual humor - humor based on the play of ideas. Maybe it's what one could call wit - clever remarks. That's the kind of humor I'm most interested in. ' '
- from a Wired interview with Douglas Hofstadter
i suppose it does depend a lot on ambiguity in definitions?
so, i am skeptically contemplating many different angles on this question...
and attemping to determine how many different perspectives i can maintain simultaneously
although some people may suggest that this could lead to DSN-IV 667.00 Pseudo-Simultaneous Awareness Disorder (pseudomultignosis) ...formerly Awareness Oscillation Disorder.
others would suggest that it is useful for interpretation of unbounded systems, which i believe could providing solutions to the inherent limitations of Aristotelian logic (wow, i just had a crazy feeling of deja vu).
perhaps, if i get off my butt and go study some more mathematical logic and computer programming, i might be able to develop some sort of useful application of this sort of stuff, like: Easel, an emergent algorithm simulation language and environment.
it seems right down my alley... i have always been fascinated by complex systems theories and simultaneity in general...
Alfred Korzybski's E-prime has been suggested as a useful tool in overcoming potential contradictions in communication.
and the Jains have an entire philosophical system which is useful for contemplating such things...
` `Underlying Jain epistemology is the idea that reality is multifaceted (anekanta, or ‘non-one-sided’), such that no one view can capture it in its entirety; that is, no single statement or set of statements captures the complete truth about the objects they describe. This insight, illustrated by the famous story of the blind men trying to describe an elephant, grounds both a kind of fallibilism in epistemology and a sevenfold classification of statements in logic. ' '
- from Jain Epistemology and Logic
( further explorations of alternate logical systems can be found elsewhere 2004-10-13 02:21:00 ADDENDUM)
here's another fun essay:
Searching for Cyberspace: Joyce, Borges and Pynchon(...which reminds me of GEB again in some sort of strange loop)
although there do seem to be cycles in our lives, perhaps they aren't simply repetative?
maybe life is recursive (like the Fibonacci Series & The Golden Ratio, or otherwise self-referential?
or perhaps it's composed of many strange loops?
i would also like to explore more syncretism... and i am reminded of gamelan, and my buddies with the East Babylon Symphony who have moved to San Antonio...
` ` By allowing for the unpredictability of simultaneous truths, certain humans start growing more receptive to signals beyond the realm of their own minds. It is here in the Concept-Free Zones where humans can unwrap their high-frequency antennae from self-preoccupation and direct it towards each other.. and down to the planetary entitiy.. on up to the stars and.. beyond. ' '
- Antero Alli -_Akashic Record Player_
(addended 05/07/04 @ 12:17)