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[alice wellintown]

> Well, see, alice, that's an example of *personification*. It doesn't mean
> Technology has, y'know, lungs and vocal cords and a functioning Broca's area
> and all.)
>
> You, by contrast, proceed from the line above to many many lines of the
> usual erudite logorrhea ("Another gnosticising factor is present,
> ironically, in the mere existence of the
> epistemological question"), amazing us all with your range of reference
> (from Zappa to Voegelin, whoah!) ... without ever quite getting around to an
> example from the texts of Pynchon non-parodically, non-metaphorically
> ascribing agency to technology.
>
> I'm sure you meant to, but you're a very very busy busy lady or fellow, as
> the case may be, and I won't take up any more of your time.

And when I provide several examples from the text, with page numbers,
you tell me to take drugs. Nice reply. Is it too humiliating fro you
to admit that you are simply wrong about one of the most obvious
issues in the texts? Respond to the post.