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  • I relate. Dread every day.

    My answer was to draw and read scifi all day. Let my grades slide. Ignore everything.

    I graduated because... I dunno. I think they just wanted me out of there.

  • It could be inherently flawed. We look at a picture or a symbol and pretend it's real. That's insane. I mean, I know that's kinda how it works, but still. Insane.

    Or maybe it's imprecise to call it a flaw. Maybe call it a trap, to be careful of. But nobody's careful. (So that's maybe an "out of control" situation)

    (I know I'm not. I mean case in point. I'm watching this movie "don't look up" right now and I'm getting all teary-eyed and stuff. It's a fucking movie. An illusion of flickering images and bullshit. I know with great certainty that it's just a fantasy but I'm still having this reaction. So that's insane)

  • We could order understanding by quality.

    First there is perception. That's the closest. Then there is thought about that. Then there is the secondhand form of that, gotten from a friend. Then gotten from a mere associate. Then a stranger. Thirdhand and fourthhand. And so on.

    Close to far. That close kind you don't even have to think or talk about it.

    Perceptions like rightness, beauty, gut make a good guide. Art and invention are proof of that. Call it a good source of truth.

    Not too good for building objective consensuses tho.

  • Hypothetically, one could step away from the whole internet/media/information system. Stick with firsthand experience and the testimony of trusted friends.

    To what degree would that include "science"?

    What would that look like. Amish?

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world

    Are we drinking out of lead cups? (informationally speaking)

    Showerthoughts @lemmy.world

    Feet are as expressive as the face. Moreso because they are uncorrupted by intelligence.