Everyone knows what a definition is. A definition is an effort to put down the meaning of a concrete or abstract object in the world in concrete terms, in order that there may be no confusion about what is meant when we use the word or symbol that stands for it. An ideal definition rigidly pins down the …
Category: Views and Observations
Black & White
There’s a black me. There’s a white me. There’s also a white you and a black you, isn’t there? There is a black and white to everyone. The white is for everyone to see, for small talk and school and business meetings. The white is everywhere. That’s all you see. That’s all there is supposed to be. Different shades of white. …
The Universal Principles #1
This is a new serial blog I am starting. I don’t know if I’ll have the patience and perseverance to continue it, but I had the idea of it since a long time ago, and I found some time today, and I decided to start with it. The Universal Principles will be an effort to …
Broken
I have seen Even if you believe you are right, you are broken in ways you don’t know You need fixing, but if I were to tell you so You’d get mad at me and think I need fixing I don’t deny Everyone’s broken in many ways, some of them know they have a loose …
The Walls
Sometimes it feels good to feel so useless. Not this time. There are shimmering, transparent walls in each group of over two. I can see them clearly, like in school. Those who deny the existence of such a thing are the ones most active in maintaining its existence. They won’t listen, they won’t see, they …