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one guess is "there are no straight lines" might be a form of map/territory distinction

The lines vs waves bit seems more like a form vs substancelessness distinction, which are both aspects of the map but we usually think of it more as form. The "in between space" is pretty telling. But also I think this guy is legit having a psychotic break and in worried abt him

"If one times one equals one that means that two is of no value because one times itself has no effect." This is a nonsensical statement. I am going to read the lines, and between the lines, and draw on some of my professional experience and what I've understood of TH's history.

I think his mental health stuff showed up at engineering school. He came in there with a huge allostatic load, fairly high level of ACEs (Adverse Childhood Events) & trauma, possibly some family / genetic susceptibility. Suggests somewhere on (again, putative) schizophrenic...

spectrum. There's a lot there in his dogged insistence. This is a really poignant thing to say. He is standing up, and fighting against, the imputation that he is perceiving others tell him that "two is of no value" It's possible if TH had had better access to resources...

Thanks for digging. I assumed if he'd always been this wacky people would have noticed and he wouldn't be so successful so figured it was a recent break. This makes me a lot more interested in his history/experience