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@@ -14,37 +14,27 @@ project: | |||
14 | link: proverbs | 14 | link: proverbs |
15 | ... | 15 | ... |
16 | 16 | ||
17 | A dog moving sideways is sick; a man moving sideways is drunk. Thus if | 17 | A dog moving sideways is sick; a man moving sideways is drunk. |
18 | you want to be mindful of the movings of the universe sideways, become | 18 | Thus if you want to be mindful of the movings of the universe sideways, become either drunk or sick. |
19 | either drunk or sick. By doing this you remove yourself from the | 19 | By doing this you remove yourself from the equation, and are able to observe, without being observed, the universe as it dances sideways drunkenly. |
20 | equation, and are able to observe, without being observed, the universe | 20 | |
21 | as it dances sideways drunkenly. | 21 | Shit wait. |
22 | 22 | The problem is not that by observing you are observed (although quantum mechanics may disagree[^1]), because obviously dogs don't know we're observing them when we watch them through cameras in their little yard while they play and eat and poop---who poops knowingly on camera? | |
23 | Shit wait. The problem is not that by observing you are observed | 23 | The problem is *the actual act of observing that distorts the world into what we want it to be*. |
24 | (although quantum mechanics may disagree[^1]), because obviously dogs | 24 | |
25 | don't know we're observing them when we watch them through cameras in | 25 | What I want to know is this: Why is this necessarily a problem? |
26 | their little yard while they play and eat and poop---who poops knowingly | 26 | The dog is made, by mankind, to frolic and poop and sniff and growl and dig. |
27 | on camera? The problem is *the actual act of observing that distorts the | 27 | Why cannot the man be made to observe the world incorrectly around him, and worry about it? |
28 | world into what we want it to be*. | 28 | Men have always wandered about the earth; does it not make sense that also they should wonder in their minds what makes it all work?[^2] |
29 | 29 | In fact this is the very center of the creative being: the ability to move sideways, to dance with reality and judge it as it judges you, much like teenagers at the junior prom. | |
30 | What I want to know is this: Why is this necessarily a problem? The dog | 30 | |
31 | is made, by mankind, to frolic and poop and sniff and growl and dig. Why | 31 | Of course, reality doesn't judge us back. |
32 | cannot the man be made to observe the world incorrectly around him, and | 32 | But that doesn't mean that it doesn't! |
33 | worry about it? Men have always wandered about the earth; does it not | 33 | If you think it's judging you, then *observe in your surroundings your own insecurities*. |
34 | make sense that also they should wonder in their minds what makes it all | 34 | It is obvious that this way of doing things is far from vogue; usually projecting [inner pain][] onto the outer world is classified as pathology. |
35 | work?[^2] In fact this is the very center of the creative being: the | 35 | However, this is because it is assumed that the outer world is *on its own terms*, which it obviously isn't, as far as we know. |
36 | ability to move sideways, to dance with reality and judge it as it | 36 | It follows that as [there is no backdrop][backdrop] against which to judge our quirks, the quirks must not exist. |
37 | judges you, much like teenagers at the junior prom. | 37 | Thus all is right with the world. |
38 | |||
39 | Of course, reality doesn't judge us back. But that doesn't mean that it | ||
40 | doesn't! If you think it's judging you, then *observe in your | ||
41 | surroundings your own insecurities*. It is obvious that this way of | ||
42 | doing things is far from vogue; usually projecting [inner pain][] onto the | ||
43 | outer world is classified as pathology. However, this is because it is | ||
44 | assumed that the outer world is *on its own terms*, which it obviously | ||
45 | isn't, as far as we know. It follows that as [there is no backdrop][backdrop] | ||
46 | against which to judge our quirks, the quirks must not exist. Thus all | ||
47 | is right with the world. | ||
48 | 38 | ||
49 | [inner pain]: telemarketer.html | 39 | [inner pain]: telemarketer.html |
50 | [backdrop]: philosophy.html | 40 | [backdrop]: philosophy.html |
@@ -60,4 +50,4 @@ is right with the world. | |||
60 | 50 | ||
61 | [^2]: I attempted to strike this terrible pun from the account, but | 51 | [^2]: I attempted to strike this terrible pun from the account, but |
62 | Hezekiah demanded I keep it if he were to continue the relation of | 52 | Hezekiah demanded I keep it if he were to continue the relation of |
63 | his prophecy-slash-advice column | 53 | his prophecy-slash-advice column. |