[“Delusions can be regarded as ‘theories’ that the subject constructs to impose order and meaning on anomalous experiences.” – Tim Bayne] Let’s just give up trying to impose order and meaning on our world, shall we? It’s just a delusion, anyway. … [Read more...]
“Reality Check” / Memorable Fancies #621
21 February, 2014 by Leave a Comment
But there are some of you that believe not. — John 6:64 Spare us all your gape-jawed tales of way back then when nothing was, or what will be when nothing is; but let us have to do with things of real life: Number as order; time as accrual; substance as trade. Save your breath: revelation wraps tomorrow’s fish. <END> If you liked this post, please tell your friends and share a comment here or in StumbleUpon, Reddit, Facebook, or other social … [Read more...]
“The Real” / Memorable Fancies #542
8 December, 2013 by Leave a Comment
[“… the master entity of reality generator.” – Victoria Nelson] Reality is dictated to us by the Commissar of Reality, and we have no choice but to act on it. We do not, however, need to believe in it. <END> If you liked this post, please tell your friends and share a comment here or in StumbleUpon, Reddit, Facebook, or other social websites. Subscriptions to this blog are available at www.amazon.com/author/terencekuch or at www.bit.ly/Fancies. – or you can just … [Read more...]
“Reality Check” / Memorable Fancies #502
27 October, 2013 by Leave a Comment
[But there are some of you that believe not. – John 6:64] Spare us all your gape-jawed tales of way back then when nothing was, or what will be when nothing is. Let us have to do instead with real things: – Number as order; – Time as accrual; – Substance as trade. Save your breath: revelation wraps tomorrow’s fish. <END> If you liked this post, please tell your friends and share a comment here or in StumbleUpon, Reddit, Facebook, or … [Read more...]
“The Real” / A Memorable Fancy #201
31 December, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The film opened to much fanfare. It was a great popular success, the hero and heroine battling through poverty, disease, betrayal, to reach their apotheosis in a massive, exhausting bout of love of body and spirit. The audience went away enchanted. Gradually their lives of poverty, disease, and betrayal seemed to them not quite real, certainly not as real as the film. There was only left, death. That was still real. [– after Slavoj Zizek] … [Read more...]
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