Caleb Smith
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Caleb Smith
@CDS_Midwest
“Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.” - C.S. Lewis




Wire brushing down some pine beams!


Imagine a hypothetical intelligent species that is incapable of sensations. They are born, need food and water, reproduce, and die like we do, but none of these provide them with any sensations whatsoever. Let's assume as axiomatic that, despite lacking feelings as motivators, this species nonetheless chooses to exist, have children, and thus exist over time. And during that time they develop a language that is strictly logical. Because they lack any emotions to distract them from consistent logically coherent thinking, they develop a language as perfectly consistent and coherent as our model logics and mathematics. Their language is pure math, and they use it every day. Now, it'd be absolutely absurd to say that, for instance, when they describe a planet revolving around a star, that their descriptions actually supervene on the planet and star themselves, that their descriptions are somehow more "primary" or "real" or "true" than the actual planet and star observed. So then why do so many people think mathematics is anything more than just a language, nothing more and nothing less?








@AppWoodHome They really believe that their food comes from grocery stores so… southern country folk, blacks and whites, can build anything out of nothing. There’s a resurgence building in both communities to bring back old school methods and regenerative agriculture.







i can't believe i'm almost at 30k but follower inflation has hit so hard i'm still a fucking midbie


The fact that surgically severing the connection between the brain’s hemispheres essentially results in two separate “beings” inhabiting the same body, but they choose to cooperate despite differences in opinion, seems like it warrants a lot more explanation



I spent 30 hours with the Amish in Ohio and everything I thought I knew was wrong… : They WANT to talk to us : They are NOT all healthy : They are NOT all the same : Many use cell phones, propane, and freezers : They ride in cars, just don’t drive them : Some get online regularly One-on-one? Absolutely wonderful people. I owe them an apology for my assumptions.














