Principia Discordia

Principia Discordia => Think for Yourself, Schmuck! => Topic started by: LMNO on March 07, 2007, 02:42:17 PM

Title: Idea.
Post by: LMNO on March 07, 2007, 02:42:17 PM
(http://www.gliffy.com/pubdoc/1181837/L.jpg)
Title: Re: Idea.
Post by: LHX on March 07, 2007, 02:48:31 PM
a loop



yeah mofo i can dig it

this is good - clean and simple


can i expand on this?
Title: Re: Idea.
Post by: LMNO on March 07, 2007, 02:50:14 PM
I don't see why not.


It interests me that once the input is received, there need not be more input.

I'm trying to find a way to separate REALITY from BELIEF to an even greater degree, but I'm undr a deadline at work.
Title: Re: Idea.
Post by: LHX on March 07, 2007, 02:54:23 PM
its like a membrane that closes

some sort of disease



its almost as tho the belief system begins to shape the person rather than the person shaping the belief system...


i think we got something here


if you dont actively keep the shit open - it will get shut down and it will shut you down


damn
Title: Re: Idea.
Post by: LMNO on March 07, 2007, 04:23:41 PM
A graphic about how things are "filtered"

(http://www.gliffy.com/pubdoc/1181963/L.jpg)
Title: Re: Idea.
Post by: Triple Zero on March 07, 2007, 04:25:27 PM
i like how the polygons get less and less sides. i wouldn't make the thing square and have the "flow" all curled up like that for no reason btw.

also like how "our personal belief" is a pentagon ;-)
Title: Re: Idea.
Post by: LMNO on March 07, 2007, 04:26:26 PM
I curled it for space considerations.
Title: Re: Idea.
Post by: AFK on March 07, 2007, 04:29:11 PM
I like this one.  For the first one wouldn't Belief System and Conclusions about Reality be the same thing? 
Title: Re: Idea.
Post by: LMNO on March 07, 2007, 04:34:18 PM
Not really.  I consider "Belief system" to be a process in which data is interpreted, and "conclusions" to be the data at the end result of that process.
Title: Re: Idea.
Post by: LHX on March 07, 2007, 05:37:15 PM
a filter

interesting
Title: Re: Idea.
Post by: P3nT4gR4m on March 07, 2007, 05:38:38 PM
Quote from: LMNO on March 07, 2007, 04:34:18 PM
Not really.  I consider "Belief system" to be a process in which data is interpreted, and "conclusions" to be the data at the end result of that process.

That strikes me as very 'chicken and egg'

- not an argument just an observation
Title: Re: Idea.
Post by: LMNO on March 07, 2007, 05:41:02 PM
Hence the first image.


BTW, in the second image, the captions would be better suited as:

Reality

How our senses receive Reality

How our culture interprets what we receive of Reality

How our personal beliefs interpret what our culture interprets what we receive of Reality

What we think Reality IS.
Title: Re: Idea.
Post by: LHX on March 07, 2007, 05:43:03 PM
which kind of relates to the maps we were discussing during the doc howl week
Title: Re: Idea.
Post by: LMNO on March 07, 2007, 05:57:12 PM
Trying to combine the two...

(http://www.gliffy.com/pubdoc/1181963/L.jpg)
Title: Re: Idea.
Post by: P3nT4gR4m on March 07, 2007, 06:12:19 PM
(http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i312/P3nT4gR4m/reality.jpg)

my take with more emphasis on the 'no way out' aspect
Title: Re: Idea.
Post by: Cain on March 07, 2007, 06:58:43 PM
You want factors effecting actions and beliefs?

Personal psychology
Social status/peer group
Socio-economic status
Unitary actor levels (bureaucratic level)
Legal/State level
Cultural/linguistic/ religious level
Abstract/strategic level

.....for a quick roundup.  No doubt Critical Theorists and Marxists would add even more.
Title: Re: Idea.
Post by: LMNO on March 07, 2007, 07:00:23 PM
Yeah.


Any quick buzzword to sum all that up?

Title: Re: Idea.
Post by: P3nT4gR4m on March 07, 2007, 07:08:22 PM
"inhibitors"?
Title: Re: Idea.
Post by: Cain on March 07, 2007, 07:10:22 PM
Quote from: LMNO on March 07, 2007, 07:00:23 PM
Yeah.


Any quick buzzword to sum all that up?



"Everything"?
Title: Re: Idea.
Post by: LMNO on March 07, 2007, 07:15:10 PM
Heh.


The point being, in the flowchart, we have a set of limitations.  The first is biological, the second cultural (subconcious), the third personal (concious).  The result of these filters gets fed into a loop of cultural and personal filters, reinforcing itself.
Title: Re: Idea.
Post by: Cain on March 07, 2007, 07:23:42 PM
Ah, you want a method of influence classification.  I'll see what I can do.
Title: Re: Idea.
Post by: Jenne on March 08, 2007, 06:50:52 AM
Quote from: SillyCybin on March 07, 2007, 06:12:19 PM
(http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i312/P3nT4gR4m/reality.jpg)

my take with more emphasis on the 'no way out' aspect

I agree that "reality" is much broader and larger a concept, but this means it's only contained within our conceptual precepts and conclusions.  Not sure if reality is so confined, really, though there's lots of empty space not defined here either.
Title: Re: Idea.
Post by: Triple Zero on March 08, 2007, 08:18:45 AM
that diagram is supposed to mean reality = everything outside the circle, right?

i like that
Title: Re: Idea.
Post by: P3nT4gR4m on March 08, 2007, 08:39:40 AM
It was more along the lines of my 'inside the sphere' analogy

We're inside reality so it's impossible to see it in context.

We sussed out the cosmos cos we originally found ourselves on the outside of a sphere - earth.

We thot it was flat to begin with but we pretty quickly worked out the troof by going around it and maths and stuff. Then we figured out what the stars and planets were.

Imagine if we'd been born inside a dyson sphere instead.
Title: Re: Idea.
Post by: LMNO on March 08, 2007, 01:07:45 PM
Quote from: Jenne on March 08, 2007, 06:50:52 AM
Quote from: SillyCybin on March 07, 2007, 06:12:19 PM
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i312/P3nT4gR4m/reality.jpg

my take with more emphasis on the 'no way out' aspect

I agree that "reality" is much broader and larger a concept, but this means it's only contained within our conceptual precepts and conclusions.  Not sure if reality is so confined, really, though there's lots of empty space not defined here either.

It seems the issue here is how to represent "Reality" in a flowchart.  This does, however, lead us away from the entire point of the chart, which is the process of perception, and how "Reality" as represented by a circle is first distorted by the senses into an octagon.