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Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Drugs / Last Night Man Stares at His Own Vomit
Posted by Trent Moorman on Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 1:17 PM
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A man stood calmly next to the dumpsters behind The Comet last night staring at a puddle of his own vomit. He was pondering it, like an ancient searching the stars for answers. And evidently, the constellation within his vomit produced answers, because he repeatedly nodded his head saying, “A-ha, a-ha.” It was like his vomit had been explaining the physics of flight to him for years, and he was just now getting it. He had had a stick in his hand, and every once in a while he stirred at the bubbly, meat stricken gelatinous pulp-mucous that had produced itself out of his stomach. I watched him for a couple minutes, then approached.
I said, “Are you in a K-hole?”
He said, “I play metal.”
I said, “Are you OK?”
He said, “I’m in an I.E. hole.”
I said, “E? Did you have too much E? Do you need help?”
Then he said, “Bootstrap hypotheses. Deny existence of fundamental ingredients of matter. No fundamental entities whatsoever.”
I said, “So you don’t need a cab?”
And he said, “Symmetry is possible,” returning his steadfast gaze to his constellation vomit.
I stared with him in silence for a bit, and he continued to vocally affirm what he saw. He had eaten peas and carrots. It was clear he was going to stare for some time, so I slipped away. Answers, they come in all shapes, at all times. We just have to be open to them.
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When vomit is meat-stricken you need to be careful. Not sure this a K-Hole though. Reach for the stars!
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Is this really more far-fetched than Niels Bohr dreaming of atomic structure? Or Archimedes leaping out of the bath shouting "EUREKA!"????
I think not.
I think not.
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"...like an ancient searching the stars for answers. And evidently, the constellation within his vomit produced answers..."
I like it when Charles Mudede edits Line Out posts.
I like it when Charles Mudede edits Line Out posts.
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This guy sounds like he got a stray hit of enlightenment from the gestalt. (It's true, if you deny ANY fundamental entities, symmetry becomes possible; there's some good reason to doubt the fundamental ingredients of matter. The question becomes, from where do you bootstrap the hypotheses from that point? It's somewhere in pure mathematics, obviously, but bootstrapping from that point would appear to require something with no basis in counting, which takes out most (but not all). Boolean algebra? Denial of existence implies a boolean duality (exist or not exist)...)
Of course, it's likely that it wasn't a completely stray hit from the gestalt; hopefully, he retained something of the enlightenment. Thanks to the author for capturing this for us.
Of course, it's likely that it wasn't a completely stray hit from the gestalt; hopefully, he retained something of the enlightenment. Thanks to the author for capturing this for us.
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