[MD] The Word is Not the Thing

[Platt Holden]

On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 11:43 AM, Arlo Bensinger <ajb102 at psu.edu> wrote:

> [Arlo asked]
> Can anyone name ANY static pattern that is NOT in some manner of flux?
>
> [Platt]
> The static meaning of your contention never fluxes.
>
> [Arlo]
> Sure it does. It did not exist a million years ago. I will not exist in a
> million years. Along the way, we contend as best we can with the paradox
> inherent in any self-reflexive symbolic system, and as our understand
> improves, so to can we craft better pointers. In fact, my own personal
> "meaning" in how I see this has changed a great deal over my life.
>
> I
>
Thanks. Just as I thought. The philosopher Roger Scruton said it best:

"A man who tells you truth doesn't exist is asking you not to believe him.
So don't

So I won't.