MDDM Stig's tale & Powers (663) WAS Re: Gudrid's vision

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Scalding? I would rather say sarcastically condescending. The
interesting thing is that there is much truth in what Mason says
until the final "They who control..." comment on downward 
causality, you quote below, which seems to belie a certain
political naivete' characteristic of the *Man of Science.*

[Interesting sub-textual reflection on the actuality of the
 "Two Cultures" problem and its unfortunate political
 consequences, here.]

The Indian's sarcastic corrective demonstrates a
recognition that true power in the course of human events
is political, i.e.: They who control the controllers of the
microskopic- who own, co-opt or otherwise coerce them-
control the world. All of which seems to speak directly 
to the ambiguous situation Mason & Dixon find themselves
in, in the middle of the woods amongst "savages." Savages
who sound remarkably like Pynchon, I might add.


In a message dated 7/25/02 2:16:11 PM, millison at online-journalist.com writes:

<< This pairs nicely with Stig's tale, and offers a scalding rebuke of the
claim of superiority  that comes just before, "They who control the
Microskopick, control the World" (663),  exposing imo the Europeans for the
second-rate devils that so many of them are in this novel.
 >>