[MD] The Word is Not the Thing

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On 20 Sep 2009 at 22:04, ARLO J BENSINGER JR wrote:

> [Andre]
> But some things appear more pervasive and permanent than others.
> 
> [Arlo]
> "more permanent"... i like that... "permanence" is an illusion... everything
> changes, somethings in microseconds, others over eons... one thing i personally
> never liked about the word "static" is it can imply this "permanence", but no
> "static pattern" is truly completely without change over time, even if that
> change is imperceptible within a human lifetime, or the span of human
> civilizations....

"Everything changes" except the fact that everything changes. The 
postmodern mind at work.