the only point of knowledge is to let us explore new & better ignorances. the best knowledge lays bare a fresh new vista of beckoning ignorance, where before was a familiar mess
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Replying to @DRMacIver
yes! the point of doing things is ultimately rooted in ignorance of the future (else why bother?)
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Replying to @DRMacIver
(gesticulating wildly) hunger and similar feelings are kinds of knowledge that dominate consciousness until satisfied (what does it say about me that I thought of coffee before food?)
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Replying to @literalbanana
Hmm. I'm not sure I buy that. Things that are not capable of learning in the way that a human does still experience hunger (arguments about whether animals have qualia notwithstanding).
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Replying to @DRMacIver
yeah animals and plants don't have this problem of mental mess I don't think - I suspect it comes from language but who knows
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