It looked like nonsense to me. I stopped reading after a few sentences.
I thought it was a puzzle or riddle, so I went back and looked at it again. My first guess was that it was something to do with running, then paper airplanes (which can be made from newspaper, but not a magazine). The rock as anchor made me realize there needed to be something attached, which made me realize it was a kite.
On the other hand, I don’t have any trouble seeing alternative interpretations; perhaps it’s because I already tried several and came to the conclusion myself. (Or maybe it’s just that I’m more used to looking at things with multiple interpretations; it’s a pretty core skill to changing one’s self.)
Then again, I also don’t see the paragraph as infused with irreversible knowing. I read the words literally every time, and have to add words like, “for flying a kite” to the sentences in order to make the link. I could just as easily add “in bed”, though, at which point the paragraph actually becomes pretty hilarious—much like a strung-together collage of fortune cookie quotes… in bed. ;-)
The reason I posted the link to epiphany addiction was that this quote is an example of how confusion doesn’t feel good (it prompted you to stop reading...), and that “sense of knowing” feels pleasant. The danger being that we have very little control over when we feel either, so the feeling of knowing is no substitute for rationality.
Thanks. I had no idea that was what you had in mind.
“The feeling of knowing” is probably worth examining in detail.
Sorry no cite, but I heard about a prisoner whose jailers talked nonsense to him for a week. When they finally asked him a straight question it was such a relief he blurted out the answer.
It looked like nonsense to me. I stopped reading after a few sentences.
I’m not saying I’m immune to epiphany addiction, but I want the good stuff.
I thought it was a puzzle or riddle, so I went back and looked at it again. My first guess was that it was something to do with running, then paper airplanes (which can be made from newspaper, but not a magazine). The rock as anchor made me realize there needed to be something attached, which made me realize it was a kite.
On the other hand, I don’t have any trouble seeing alternative interpretations; perhaps it’s because I already tried several and came to the conclusion myself. (Or maybe it’s just that I’m more used to looking at things with multiple interpretations; it’s a pretty core skill to changing one’s self.)
Then again, I also don’t see the paragraph as infused with irreversible knowing. I read the words literally every time, and have to add words like, “for flying a kite” to the sentences in order to make the link. I could just as easily add “in bed”, though, at which point the paragraph actually becomes pretty hilarious—much like a strung-together collage of fortune cookie quotes… in bed. ;-)
:-D
The reason I posted the link to epiphany addiction was that this quote is an example of how confusion doesn’t feel good (it prompted you to stop reading...), and that “sense of knowing” feels pleasant. The danger being that we have very little control over when we feel either, so the feeling of knowing is no substitute for rationality.
Thanks. I had no idea that was what you had in mind.
“The feeling of knowing” is probably worth examining in detail.
Sorry no cite, but I heard about a prisoner whose jailers talked nonsense to him for a week. When they finally asked him a straight question it was such a relief he blurted out the answer.