Something people should know about me, my thoughts, the way I approach discussions, etc. -There is little that I am a die-hard proponent of. Science may be the only thing. So when I put forth ideas such as the one on my previous post, I'm mostly playing devil's advocate. I find it more fun and interesting to do so. It's Socratic; the process of inquiry and rebuttal or confirmation or embellishment is enjoyable in of itself.
I've realized that people come to believe that I fully endorse whichever side of an argument I'm supporting. The reality is that I don't really support anything, I mostly just don't support many things. This angle corroborates my general life strategy, namely, "I'm all about the experience." I'd rather support fallacious arguments for a while and perhaps gain some understanding as to why they exist than be right all the time. Hopefully, by slowly, and personally, discrediting most claims on truthhood I'll arrive at at least a semi-close version of it, and have stories/experiences/insights to show as well. It's as if I was canoeing down a river, and the rest of the canoes arrived at the destination rock at some point in the river. I would arrive long after the latest canoe, and would explain that I had had to examine every rock outcrop, marsh, bank, or spring. I'd rather know the river through and through and be last; I feel like it would render the finishing rock that much more appealing.
During my dreams last night I heard "Cafe Mocha" repeatedly, and in one of my dreams I was making a cafe mocha and I was mixing whole avocados in. I don't think I'm going to try that one. It reminds me of a hilarious dream I once had though, in South Padre Island. I was intoxicated during the dream, in fact, and I dreamt that I was doing a beer bong of water, and there were advil pills floating around the top.
Thursday, February 28, 2008
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