grgr (34): kreplach
Lorentzen / Nicklaus
lorentzen-nicklaus at t-online.de
Sun Aug 27 07:45:03 CDT 2000
"remember the story about the kid who hates kreplach? hates and fears ...'fear
of the unknown,' diagnoses this gray emeninence, ... now i'm cutting it up into
squares---' 'this is terr i f, mom! 'now i spoon some of the hamburger into this
little square, and now i fold it over into a tri---' 'g a a h h h h !' screames
the kid, in absolute terror --- 'k r e p l a c h!'" (737)
... no weisenburger comment on that ... what seems safe to say is that there is
a phenomenon of e m e r g e n c e ... the qualitative jump, which cannot be
traced back to the single qualities of the involved elements on their lower
level of aggregation ... unintended consequences, spin-off effects ... the
emergence of horror, the horror of emermergence ... but what, the hell, does it
mean here?! anyone? ... kfl ...
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