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I slept, most of the way here. i arrived, on time, as per my schedule. i'm tired as fuck, and tomorrow begins the cycle of visiting with the Family.... i can't say that i'm exactly looking forward to it. What i AM looking forward to is saturday. That should be cool... Trip to Philly, and all that. Friends, not family. More for fun, than out of a sense of duty, which, unfortunately, is where a lot of my trips to DC come from. I feel obligated, and i do love my family, but i don't always enjoy myself, here. As i said, i don't really have any friends, here, anymore...
Speaking of which, all of the people i know, up this way, i'm here till monday. Make with the Email, we can figure something out, i'm sure.
I had some thoughts, while on the plane, of things about which i want to talk... Mainly a theme, touched upon by a friend, and, often, by myself: That which we, now, take as scientific fact, will, most likely, one day, be proven as untrue. "It is disconcerting to reflect on the number of students we have flunked in chemistry for not knowing what we later found to be untrue." -Robert L. Weber. We don't know what tomorrow will bring, by way of scientific "Facts," or if they will even bear the slightest resemblance to what we "know", today. The fucked up thing is, Michael Chrighton was right. "A million years from now, people will look back at us and say 'Can you believe they thought molecules held everything together?'"
Pirsig said, fisrt as a joke, then as a horrible realisation, that if we're given enough time, we can disprove ANY scientific hypothesis. That includes theories, "Laws," anything. We're smart animals... We simply don't know how to accept things. We feel as though we must always explain everything. Fine. Explain it. Debate it, learn it, "know" it, whatever, but don't Force it on others. Figure out what way works, for you, and then try and Accept the commonality. That is a Tree. Good. What that Tree Is, is subjective, in many respects, but we can agree on many things, about said tree. The things upon which we agree, and the things upon which we disagree, are of equal value. In finding many people, with whom you agree, on different points, everyone will eventually find that they have something in common. There will be some shared world view, even if that sharing only encompasses the ideal that stone is hard (and, given the option, you'd be amazed how many people would disagree on that.).
But i believe that i've gone into the "Babbling" mode of things, rather than the "Philosophising" mode, that i wanted... Damn those thin dark lines... I should return, tomorrow, and i probably won't remember my dreams. I rarely do, when i sleep on the couch, here, and, at present, i have no real choice in the matter. Ah Well. Good night, loyal readers.
Dream Well
Speaking of which, all of the people i know, up this way, i'm here till monday. Make with the Email, we can figure something out, i'm sure.
I had some thoughts, while on the plane, of things about which i want to talk... Mainly a theme, touched upon by a friend, and, often, by myself: That which we, now, take as scientific fact, will, most likely, one day, be proven as untrue. "It is disconcerting to reflect on the number of students we have flunked in chemistry for not knowing what we later found to be untrue." -Robert L. Weber. We don't know what tomorrow will bring, by way of scientific "Facts," or if they will even bear the slightest resemblance to what we "know", today. The fucked up thing is, Michael Chrighton was right. "A million years from now, people will look back at us and say 'Can you believe they thought molecules held everything together?'"
Pirsig said, fisrt as a joke, then as a horrible realisation, that if we're given enough time, we can disprove ANY scientific hypothesis. That includes theories, "Laws," anything. We're smart animals... We simply don't know how to accept things. We feel as though we must always explain everything. Fine. Explain it. Debate it, learn it, "know" it, whatever, but don't Force it on others. Figure out what way works, for you, and then try and Accept the commonality. That is a Tree. Good. What that Tree Is, is subjective, in many respects, but we can agree on many things, about said tree. The things upon which we agree, and the things upon which we disagree, are of equal value. In finding many people, with whom you agree, on different points, everyone will eventually find that they have something in common. There will be some shared world view, even if that sharing only encompasses the ideal that stone is hard (and, given the option, you'd be amazed how many people would disagree on that.).
But i believe that i've gone into the "Babbling" mode of things, rather than the "Philosophising" mode, that i wanted... Damn those thin dark lines... I should return, tomorrow, and i probably won't remember my dreams. I rarely do, when i sleep on the couch, here, and, at present, i have no real choice in the matter. Ah Well. Good night, loyal readers.
Dream Well
