tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9914668.post4360174374102025940..comments2008-02-06T15:00:29.624+11:00Gordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00191390829928066637noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9914668.post-33389076969582743712008-02-06T14:43:00.000+11:002008-02-06T14:43:00.000+11:00"<I>I'm annoyed that things don't just come into existence because I think of them.</I>"<BR/><BR/>Short: the tension between "is" and "ought" exists only in the mind, because it's not "out there" at all ... nothing teleological happening.<BR/><BR/>Or how about this: you're one step away from a profound insight into the nature of humans as fallible and finite. I won't give it away on yuh. *snort*<BR/><BR/>Or this one: Heidegger's "essay on technology" explores precisely that stuff. But he disagrees with you. Because you didn't speak precisely you didn't really say anything. What you actually meant / implied was "Frustrated that they don't come into being in the moment simply by the act of me thinking of them". Because, as argues Heidegger ("<I>techne</I>", doncha know) us thinking of them is precisely the only prime cause of our innovation ... is where techne comes in: real-izing what we thought of, making manifest what had been only potential.<BR/><BR/>So yaa ... you thinking of it isn't sufficient, but it sure as shit is necessary!<BR/><BR/>BTW: if you and I ever talk about my design (I'm not kidding about stealth mode ... hey, you know anybody in the defense / intelligence analysis game? I got a widget they'd like.) it'll be after you groked the extraordinary significance of, say, paper-clip ... or zipper.<BR/>Or ToC ... dead obvious, after the fact, like "index" or footnotes ... but ToC, like those other two, didn't just come to be under some toad-stool ... all 3 are artifacts i.e. products of invention ergo. somebody thought of it then made it so. And it hadn't been so before. At all. Ever. Pret'near god-like, doncha think?<BR/><BR/>cheers<BR/>--bentremBenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04097630017893920397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9914668.post-20659234294860932562007-06-04T11:17:00.000+10:002007-06-04T11:17:00.000+10:00You sound like Malcolm Fraser. This could be the start of an excellent philosophical discussion.<BR/><BR/>I think the thinking part is the easiest part and the most fun part. <BR/>Now I am not working I can spend lots of time doing my favorite thing - DAYDREAMING and I won't get in trouble for it like I did at school and at work. Funny thing is, lots of my daydreams DO come true - eventually. But the doing part comes a lot easier when you are not under pressure to do it by SOMEBODY ELSE.Michele's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06598987179111608473noreply@blogger.com