"Ceci n'est pas une pipe" or whatever it is
...which I could of course google right now to make sure I spelled it correctly, but I'd rather offer you my imperfect memory for details. You know that picture of the pipe? Which has the caption meaning, "This is not a pipe"? (I googled the image some time ago, and was particularly tickled by the primitive-graphics-rendition with the caption, "It's a pipe, artsy retard.")
I have this issue, whereby I get hooked on some idea or other and see it everywhere.
Lately, I'm all about how the map isn't the territory, the drawing isn't the thing, the model is not the phenomenon. There's an acquaintence of mine who's always saying things like, "That's not really Socialism..." or "That's not really Capitalism because..." or "This is what Bakunin meant when he said..." which annoy the dogshit out of me. Error bars are the only truth we ever write down.
The model not being the phenomenon just feels like such an important thing for me to hold on to, and not just these days. Everything of substance I hear, lately (Hey you know, I'm going to edit that to just read, "Everything I hear, lately...") seems to be not just an oversimplification, but a self-serving one.
As if everybody who builds a philosophical model of anything is allowed one free Mary-Sue or whatever you call it.
Dear god, I hope I'm not doing that too often. Maybe I'm doing it all the time. Oh dear god.
I have this issue, whereby I get hooked on some idea or other and see it everywhere.
Lately, I'm all about how the map isn't the territory, the drawing isn't the thing, the model is not the phenomenon. There's an acquaintence of mine who's always saying things like, "That's not really Socialism..." or "That's not really Capitalism because..." or "This is what Bakunin meant when he said..." which annoy the dogshit out of me. Error bars are the only truth we ever write down.
The model not being the phenomenon just feels like such an important thing for me to hold on to, and not just these days. Everything of substance I hear, lately (Hey you know, I'm going to edit that to just read, "Everything I hear, lately...") seems to be not just an oversimplification, but a self-serving one.
As if everybody who builds a philosophical model of anything is allowed one free Mary-Sue or whatever you call it.
Dear god, I hope I'm not doing that too often. Maybe I'm doing it all the time. Oh dear god.