Hi Scott,
I am a little trigger happy about deleting emails and with
the archives not updated I can't pull up your email again.
So I am just going to respond to it from memory.
I chewed on your idea about eating menus for awhile and not only
did I swallow it but it left a good aftertaste.
Okay enough corny puns. Seriously I liked it but I don't know why it goes
against "map is not the territory".
Unless you don't swallow that int & soc is subjective and
bio and inorganic is objective?
I like it as a metaphor but it seems like it leads to
something like "eating an idea and thining about an apple" which
sounds silly. I think I like the idea that maps and territories
as metaphors for each other.
You are what you eat and what you think.
I would be interested in exploring at how this relates to
how you think the internal/external as illusionary.
eating an apple--destroying the apple (external) but creating
internal energy
wilderness of ideas---thinking seems to be hacking out this wilderness
at the same time building internal mental energy
interesting sidenote: the idea of swallowing spit in your mouth
doesn't gross people out but the idea of spitting out the spit in a
cup and then swallowing it does gross people out
I can see how you wouldn't like the map is not the territory
if you don't believe in a internal/external divide but
I find myself wishy washy about rejecting the internal/external
divide. It may be an illusion but if you want to function it is
really hard to leave it.
erin
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