- 16 Jan 2013 22:47
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I think that after a certain threshold, say the start of the 20th century, with the advent of imaginary numbers and leading to things like String Theory and Quantum Physics - when people ceased to be using math for practical straight-forward things dealing with clear objective matters - we have entered a terrain of thought experiment better suited to an understanding of inner matters such as thought itself and even metaphysics. Quantum physics in particular, though pointed at the sub-atomic realm seems to me to be looking at an ink-blot. String theory is similar in that it seems to begin with sets of pure symbolism, cosmology, the realms of the very large, like the realms of the very small reveal more about what symbols a mind needs to function than they do about what is actually out there.
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Wild geese flying over a lake don't intend to cast a reflection
and the water has no mind to retain their image
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Wild geese flying over a lake don't intend to cast a reflection
and the water has no mind to retain their image