or perhaps the joke is that everything matters, but in its own context. I guess it's all a question of perspective. An amusing quote on the subject: "everything could be considered true in one sense, false in another, and meaningless in a third." Though I would rather think the third would be mystery, when you don't know if something is true or false, so you just have to chalk it up to the unknown.
This seems to be one of philosophy's biggest problems, when statements are posited as eternal truths, and are really only a limited perspective based on the author's context. What's worse perhaps is when an author tries to make it clear that their views are just that, yet are still treated like they think they know everything. I certainly don't, even if I might come off that way. Anything from my mouth is just my own limited perspective. Whether I stumble upon "truth" or not is purely the fault of being too perceptive for my own good
This seems to be one of philosophy's biggest problems, when statements are posited as eternal truths, and are really only a limited perspective based on the author's context. What's worse perhaps is when an author tries to make it clear that their views are just that, yet are still treated like they think they know everything. I certainly don't, even if I might come off that way. Anything from my mouth is just my own limited perspective. Whether I stumble upon "truth" or not is purely the fault of being too perceptive for my own good
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pitpat:
Yeah, but my bullshit is the freshest, not like that dried up crusty bullshit that gets thrown around. My bullshit splatters.
pitpat:
I agree with you metatait. I think of philosphy as the study of creating questions, if you think you found an answer then you have probably screwed the whole thing up.