MDDM Ben Franklin

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In a message dated 1/24/02 6:02:28 PM, vmaeder at valderlaw.com writes:

<< Yes, I agree with that analysis. The prime example for me is the GR

character Hilbert Spaess (spelling?)

 >>

Yes. An Hilbert Space is a particularly interesting abstraction (and not
only for textual "mappings" but list considerations, as well, but...) given
the re-introduction of the measurement concept: a "Red Pubick Hair" or,
R.P.H. The de-genderization of this unit of measure- it was "Red Cunt Hair" 
in GR (p. 664, Viking)- is interesting in this regard.  This represents a 
generalization of the notion of cause and effect, which opens that scene
in GR. A scene, you'll recall, which goes on to speculate on Franklin as a 
Mason and prankster of cosmic proportions, and into the much be-labored (no 
pun
intended) Dora/175s issue.

This generalization is an interesting indication of the evolution of the 
author. There's no Rev'd invovled here, obviously. My best mathemtical/
physics spin on this change would be to suggest a parallel suggested itself 
by the opening of that GR section: "You will want cause and effect..." (663
Viking- just below the sprocket holes) :

It would be as if Dr. Eigenvalue had changed his name, and his "shingle," to
read: Dr. Lyapunov, General Practice.

It's interesting that this "wanting" of cause and effect suggests both the 
(quantum) lack of causality, and, the conscious craving for it- i.e., need 
for 
meaning, which may not exist on the most fundamental level. In the
macroscopic realm, there is sensitive dependence on initial conditions, or
brute causality. If any system under study exhibits behavior that indicates
an amelioration of that causal interdiction, one can be fairly sure that there
is a life form involved, carbon based or not, as the case may be.

This wish for casuality and the simultaneous desire for control (by one's
own will) is Freudian, in some respects. I am surprised that no one has
brought up Mason's oedipal fears, w/r/t Franklin's Scythe, a much larger
dagger ( I forget how to spell that capetown version), or maybe they have
and I missed it. It generalizes to society's fear of cutting off it's "causal
roots" and entering into a new "contractual relationship" between it's own 
need
for control, and, well... It was not a blonde pubick hair, after all.