[MD] What is ideas?

[MarshaV]

At 10:42 AM 3/18/2008, you wrote:

> > At 06:14 PM 3/17/2008, Chris wrote:
> >>Not concerned with social or biological needs or perceptions of Quality.
> >>They are a mythical entity outside of everything else.
> >>They live their own life in conflict with everything else.
> >>Because they are free, and yet not free.
> >>Knowing nothing.
> >>Knowing everything.
> >>Ideas.
> >>Thoughts.
> >>
> >>?
> >>
> >>// A Tired Chris
> >
> >
> > Hi tired Chris,
> >
> > Ideas are patterns.  Awesome, huh?
> >
> >
>Marsha

Greetings Chris,


>Yes, indeed. But what kind of  patterns?

All kinds, from quantum mechanics to flame licking patterns.


>  And what is the nature of these
>patterns?  What do you think?

Repetitious, yet ever-changing, relational clusters of analogy.



>I tried to put myself in the thinking of a SOMist and try to explain Ideas
>from that point. It gave me a headache. How can they stand it? They just go
>about their business as there is nothing strange with not knowing the first
>thing about what Ideas really ARE.

It's better to go about one's business knowing that ideas are empty, 
empty, empty.



>Well, back to my books about the Russian Revolution now.
>
>PS Now THAT is a fun thing to try to explain if you don't know what Ideas
>are. =) DS
>

You must enjoy such books if you chose a class that required them.  I 
bet it's interesting.  What is your major?


Marsha






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