A late late post

I won't go into the circumstances that made this so late, as it would bore you. Just know, that these circumstances prevented me from getting the book till Monday, at which point every bookstore known to man ran out of Cat's Cradle. Aside that, I finally have the book. And, therefore, you have this blog.

So, I am all caught up and I must say: woah. This book makes you think, that's for sure. And I'm pretty sure no one can argue AGAINST its Postmodern tendencies.

First off, (the advantage of doing this late) you can apply it to Deconstructionism. For example, the lady who said a real truth was: God is love. And Honneiker replied "What is God? What is love?" In both cases, there is an interpretation of the definitions of God and Love. And clearly, with both of these people, neither will change. Both HAVE to exist and have a chance to take turns in the 'center.'

So... I'm still not entirely sure what to make of any of this. Let's see...
What it seems to be saying, is that the "center" or viewpoint of something depends on the current society. Such as, the definition of Love has certainly changed. (Arranged marriages vs. Free Choice)

This is seen the the satire Theif of Time. When the 5th Horseman of the Apocolypse (yes... 5. Just go with me so I don't have to explain) Kaos, realizes that he doesn't really fit in anymore. No one remembered him, so he didn't exist. And Death became the whole Skeleton thing because humans gave him human characteristics. In the end, Kaos switched to Chaos, a sort of organized, modern version of the two.

Another thing I notice is that Bokonon thinks everything is a lie, and that there is no truth. So, instead of one transcendent truth, it's gone the other way entirely.

What is with people and extremes?!!? Why can't we ever just find a happy medium. Some things are true and some aren't? In the end, I believe in the concept of a transcendent Truth. (see previous entries on my thoughts of truth vs. perception).

Take, religion. . In the end, we'll all die, and find out what was right. We'll either be in Heaven/Hell, Nirvana, reduced to Carbon Matter etc. Either way, whatever is TRUE will happen.

Which, makes me wonder about this concept of Pure Research that they are advocating. I mean, in THAT case, why bother? Whether or not we know how it happens, it's still gonna happen. So now we know WHY the rain falls, have we been able to make it fall more? Oh, well I guess that BETTERS society, so it's not pure. Pure research is fun and intersting, but it will not, as Breed says, make all troubles go away.

I'll never understand why people want to delve so deeply into such ideas like this too. I mean, "Live by the fomas that make you happy... healthy..." etc. I mean, I know we're a more ADVANCED society now, but I;d almost rather live in the old family oriented time. RELAITONSHIP oriented times. Thinking about how we're perhaps marginalizing others is a good thing, but why can't we just stop there? Maybe? And maybe this is a cop-out, unintelligent way of running away, but it makes me happy. It's my foma to focus on what's important to me, what I believe, and frankly, I'm less concerned with those who don't agree with me and judge me for it.

(like my neighbor who stood on his doorstep in just shorts on halloween calling it a Devil's holiday, so no candy etc. That was ridiculous. Turn your light off! But really, I don't care about him, and he shouldn't care about me. Like, when people do things I don't agree with, I just don't do them and that's it)/

Am I rambling? Who knows.

OH! One big major philosophical concept I wanted to share with you guys, brought to my attention by the brilliant YouTuber: Dan Brown.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRzpQrZo-TE

It is the concept of Tribes!
Basically, it says that everyone acts on one of 5 tribal levels.

1--- life sucks
2---MY life sucks
3--- I am cool, and YOU suck (IE, selfishness. Most interactions are this)
4--- I'm cool, and so are you.
5--- Life is awesome!

And you could apply the term Tribe to Karass? What kinds of interactions does this group have? Are they conscious. I've been thinking about this lately. It's an interesting idea no? I will explore it more next time.

Night all.