Friday, January 10, 2014

The Basics - 1/10/2014

So the purpose of this thing is for me to develop the habit of writing a minimum of 200 words a night. I want to feel uncomfortable if I haven't sat down and done this every day. What am I going to talk about? No clue. Why? Because.

Sounds good to me.

So, a few rules.

1) There are very few situations where there is a right answer. There are an infinity of truly wrong answers (How much is two and two? Horse), but only rarely is there a single right answer. If I say something that disagrees with something that you say, that doesn't mean either of us is wrong. Doesn't mean either of us is right, either. We can argue all day whether two and two equals Horse or Elliptical, and we're still both wrong.

2) What that means is, everything you read here is pretty much how I see things. It is the manner in which I interpret reality. My interpretation of reality is, necessarily, incomplete. So is yours. We are both human (I presume), and lack both the perceptual and cognitive qualities which would allow us to encompass the entirety of creation and everything else. In other words, we ain't smart enough to be more than kinda-a-little-bit right.

3) Which further means that, if we disagree, that doesn't mean that we should spend energy trying to figure out which of us is right and which wrong. We should explore the possibilities in such a way that both of us end up with a more complete interpretation of reality than we started with. We may still not agree on what is going on, but we have the opportunity to understand our own interpretations better, if nothing else.

4) There are some issues upon which I will not bend, even a little. Don't try to make me, unless you have some really good and clearly thought out arguments.

5) I have (and will post), my own fairly straightforward Ethics. Expect them to be the cornerstone of my interpretation of reality.

6) I have no particular axe to grind with any group or philosophy, and will primarily use this forum as a way to wander through my own skull. Please do not expect anything in particular from me. My two favorite subjects are games and fiction, so storytelling will be a significant part of this journal.


7) On the other hand, everything that Is, is part of a larger story...

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