Morally Neutral Knowledge (was: Frayn âs âCopenhagenâ

[jbor]

David Morris wrote:

[...]
> So, is Slothrop moving past Analysis into another mode, and if so, what is it?
> Anti-paranoia?  I’m not sure if that’s it.  I’d call it the “Unfiltered
> Experience,” which might be akin to “Nirvana,” if one can handle it.  Is
> Slothrop approaching the Buddha?
> 
> Try not to think about it.

Or else, just rationalise it away altogether:

For if my mental processes are determined wholly by the motions of atoms in
my brain, I have no reason to suppose that my beliefs are true. ... And
hence I have no reason for supposing my brain to be composed of atoms.
(J.B.S. Haldane. _Possible Worlds_. London: Chatto & Windus, 1927, p. 209)

In Pynchon's work these issues around scientific "truth", "consciousness",
and "morality" (all of them undefined variables) remain inconclusive,
unanswerable. Round here it's just more of the same old same old:

http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=9810&msg=32537&keywords=haldane

best