Bo,Platt, Maggie, Bartz, and every likable person,
BO: yes I think your "perception is reality" fits nicely with how I
>understand it (as Platt pointed out) on the condition that perception doesn't
>solely imply biological sensing because inorganic value is also part of the
>Quality universe.
>
ERIN: Okay it is not sitting well with me that you can
agree perception but not liking is reality.
You are and are not postmodernists;)
I am not exactly sure why it doesn't sit well.
Okay so I am trying to tease out the differences by thinking out
loud if you can show me what I am missing I would appreciate it:
"reality is what you like" I do not agree with
"liking is a good guide to reality" I do agree with
What gets me about "reality is what you like" is wrong is when it
is interpreted as whatever you like is what is real.
I also would not agree with whatever you perceive is what is real.
In that case...let's not go there that's too trippy.
So when read like that I do not agree with it but when I read
"reality is what you like" as a heuristic or rule of thumb then I do agree
with it because it is saying basically the same as liking as a guide to
reality.
So this reminded me of E-prime. I had sent out an article by
R. Wilson when Platt lovingly asked me to define "is" for him.
There are scientists who use this language that avoids "is".
this X is a Y is an Aristotlerian framework and encounters
trouble when you come across paradoxes like light is
a particle or light is a wave. He suggest wording such as light appears as
a particle when measured by this instrument, etc.
So in that art gallery quote where it says to take things as
provisionally true then isn't everything a heuristic?
How exactly do we separate a true heuristic and a truth.
erin
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