@AnarchoPapist @cathedralwhatev The System is, 4 all practical purposes, a godlike alien creature. Its only value 2 me is its value *2 me*.
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@St_Rev there's a difference between complexity of thought and just junk thought that fills in the cracks. -
@soapjackal Let me leave it at 'I have actually studied & thought about these issues very hard and do you have six months so I can explain?' -
@St_Rev I have years, that's why I did not intend to "burn you" -
@soapjackal OK. Then consider the 'demon' metaphor as a point of view in the Zhuangist mode, *a* (not *the*) dao. cf. http://st-rev.livejournal.com/400106.html -
@St_Rev I think your metaphor functions quite well in multiple aspects, I have agreed with the same basic idea, but... -
@St_Rev the more the demon resembles a philosophical zombie the more it seems to align with what you are communicating -
@soapjackal In this metaphor 'demons' are certainly intelligent, & *in some sense* sentient inasmuch as they use human brains to think with. -
@St_Rev the difficulty is if your demon is self directed - 4 more replies
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. Banned in Sweden. SubGenius, Zhuangist, white-hat troll. Defrocked mathematician. Brain problems.