Was it my post? 😂
Summaries and reinterpretations can really only take you so far because at the core of some philosophy is that logic itself is a false presupposition for understanding. So they write in a purposely disorienting way to take you outside of your normal logical structures and into an experiential flow of the work. You still need to have some background with whom they're referencing to understand, but the cadence of prose itself is supposed to put you into some altered state.
But also, Vibe Philosophy is wild. A bunch of my wikinostr posts have been derived from such brainstorming sessions.
Indeed it was your post
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It might have been, I honestly don't remember, maybe it was Jay? Probably you though, if you're connecting it to my comment lol. Resonated with me, and is reason I've always put off reading much philosophy
Oh and I think you're right about the disorienting thing. Can never be sure it's not just cope on my part for failing to grasp something, but starting to suspect not the case. The recent exception has been praxeology, which I've not even read a full book on (so I should probably shut up), which seems to embrace reducing things to first princinples WHILE staying grounded or plain enough that I can mostly follow.
I don't think you should worry about not reading a full book. I've darted around through many books over the past six months learning a lot but not finishing any of them and coming back to them when I'm curious again. You're just kind of meandering around different ideas and topics, trying to build up a pile of ideas before you can come back to the source of interest. I've only recently started reading semi-frequently because I recognized that I had an interest and affinity to the ideas.
I think if you're not reading for a test, take your time, leave for a bit to digest/integrate what you read, go to something else and then come back to it later on.
Yeah, jives with how I'm thinking lately. Been hopping around more than normal across all sorts of topics, no particular goal in mind (well, a small one I shall keep to myself for now) and feel like I've got far more interesting thoughts and ideas to share as a result
Would be curious what you're thinking about. Maybe put it on wikistr.com if you ever consider putting it to words. Or not, just writing it down can be useful in of itself 😁
Oh, it's nothing special. We shall see. Might publish under diff account though, if I ever do, so I can share irl without revealing this name lol
I'm still not further (like at all) than where I originally was when writing this post 🤣
though the ideas are swimming around, morphing and connecting to different ideas I already have.
I do wonder if there will be a point where I suddenly understand and reality shatters, dunno what happens then.
Its a procrastionation hobby, cautiously tipptoing into the realm of productive insantity 💀
