Paradigm shift

[Janvier]

Nope.

Ah. I think I'm getting the picture.

Hmm.  Well, I'll give it a shot.


In a few Robert Anton Wilson (RAW) books, he talks about how we use models to describe how we see reality, and how we don't realize that we often treat the models as the actual reality itself.

He makes the analogy to treating a map (which is a highly redacted and abbreviated approximation) as if it were the actual territory.

He also references a friend describing it as, "Going to a restaraunt, and eating the menu."  That is to say, treating the words "cumin-dusted baby lamb chops with a pomagranite blood orange sauce" as the actual food.


So, when we say someone is "eating the menu", we mean that they are taking their models and treating them as reality.


Please don't make me regret I took the time to explain this.

I am treating my model as reality because I think it stands a fighting chance. Isn't that obvious?
And what is your personal appetite?

[fomenter]

Please don't make me regret I took the time to explain this.


didn't even have enough time to tell you " never gonna happen"

[Janvier]

Please don't make me regret I took the time to explain this.


didn't even have enough time to tell you " never gonna happen"

Don't you know? Or do you and don't you? Or do you and don't you, and maybe know more than I do?

[Eve]

Nope.

Ah. I think I'm getting the picture.

Hmm.  Well, I'll give it a shot.


In a few Robert Anton Wilson (RAW) books, he talks about how we use models to describe how we see reality, and how we don't realize that we often treat the models as the actual reality itself.

He makes the analogy to treating a map (which is a highly redacted and abbreviated approximation) as if it were the actual territory.

He also references a friend describing it as, "Going to a restaraunt, and eating the menu."  That is to say, treating the words "cumin-dusted baby lamb chops with a pomagranite blood orange sauce" as the actual food.


So, when we say someone is "eating the menu", we mean that they are taking their models and treating them as reality.


Please don't make me regret I took the time to explain this.

I am treating my model as reality because I think it stands a fighting chance. Isn't that obvious?
And what is your personal appetite?

Don't you know? Or do you and don't you? Or do you and don't you, and maybe know more than I do?

[LMNO]

I am treating my model as reality because I think it stands a fighting chance. Isn't that obvious?
And what is your personal appetite?

Does a paper menu stand a fighting chance of tasting like a steak cooked medium rare with truffle butter and sea salt?

[Janvier]

I am treating my model as reality because I think it stands a fighting chance. Isn't that obvious?
And what is your personal appetite?

Does a paper menu stand a fighting chance of tasting like a steak cooked medium rare with truffle butter and sea salt?

It tastes like it had two more garnishes.

[Darth Cupcake]

I am treating my model as reality because I think it stands a fighting chance. Isn't that obvious?
And what is your personal appetite?

Does a paper menu stand a fighting chance of tasting like a steak cooked medium rare with truffle butter and sea salt?

I wish.

I want that inside me.

[LMNO]

I am treating my model as reality because I think it stands a fighting chance. Isn't that obvious?
And what is your personal appetite?

Does a paper menu stand a fighting chance of tasting like a steak cooked medium rare with truffle butter and sea salt?

It tastes like it had two more garnishes.

I am treating my model as reality because I think it stands a fighting chance. Isn't that obvious?
And what is your personal appetite?

Does a paper menu stand a fighting chance of tasting like a steak cooked medium rare with truffle butter and sea salt?

I wish.

I want that inside me.

::innuendo::

[Janvier]

I am treating my model as reality because I think it stands a fighting chance. Isn't that obvious?
And what is your personal appetite?

Does a paper menu stand a fighting chance of tasting like a steak cooked medium rare with truffle butter and sea salt?

It tastes like it had two more garnishes.

I am treating my model as reality because I think it stands a fighting chance. Isn't that obvious?
And what is your personal appetite?

Does a paper menu stand a fighting chance of tasting like a steak cooked medium rare with truffle butter and sea salt?

I wish.

I want that inside me.

::innuendo::

Ever read Hegel?

[Darth Cupcake]

PHILOSOPHY 101

NOW PLAYING ON THE INTERNETS

[Eve]

PHILOSOPHY 101

NOW PLAYING ON THE INTERNETS

OH GOODY. WHEN DO WE TALK ABOUT EXISTENTIALISM?!

[The Good Reverend Roger]

the OP in this thread was bordering on interesting until it was revealed that it was just another "HEY MAN LET'S ALL DO ACID!!" pitch.

I enjoy hallucinogenics as much as the next guy, but THERE IS NOTHING TO YOUR ACID TRIP BESIDES AN ACID TRIP. NO GREATER MEANING, NO "ONENESS WITH THE UNIVERSE", NO REVEALING OF COSMIC TRUTHS.

JUST YOUR SYNAPSES GOING APESHIT AND MAKING YOU FEEL FUNNY AND SEE THINGS.

Bingo. 

You aren't "on a different plane", you're just fucked up.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Please don't make me regret I took the time to explain this.


didn't even have enough time to tell you " never gonna happen"

Don't you know? Or do you and don't you? Or do you and don't you, and maybe know more than I do?

[Janvier]

Please don't make me regret I took the time to explain this.


didn't even have enough time to tell you " never gonna happen"

Don't you know? Or do you and don't you? Or do you and don't you, and maybe know more than I do?

I used to fear that, but I don't give a shit now.
I hate hippies for their peaceful, almost Buddhistic, will-denying bullshit approach.
I hate people who think drugs can't expand your mind. Fucking idiots.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

I used to fear that, but I don't give a shit now.

Oddly enough, neither do I.

I hate people who think drugs can't expand your mind. Fucking idiots.

But WE love YOU.  I, for example, think you're a fucking prince.