Pynchon knows this, I say. Sorta always known.

[Keith Davis]

Amen


On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 10:31 AM, Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:

> This is an excellent, brief but substantial rebuttal to the tidy
> mathematical models of Hawking and his presumptions about the meaning and
> explanatory power of those models. Hawking sees himself as part of the
> clear-headed data-based scientific revolution, when he is largely a
> conservative voice defending a particular POV that has been around with
> variations since the Enlightenment. I often feel that science has been
> politicized into the same name-calling and two party divisions which
> dominate political thought. It's a matter of survival,  allies in a tough
> market place rather than truly independent thinking .  All of this is
> discussed in Pynchon's essay( Is it O.K. to be a Luddite?) referring to CP
> Snow's lecture- "The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution" .
>
> Mostly it looks a lot like talking monkeys heaving shit at each other when
> they/we reach the limits of their/our ability to  explain, know or
> understand. To me part of the mindset I have imperfectly come to ( I still
> throw shit from time to time), is a willingness to live with many
> unanswered questions. I feel less hardened in this space, and I feel
> Pynchon and many artists occupy this space and ask us to try it out.  It
> allows for the deepest kind of curiosity without promising answers. I think
> it allows for taking philosophic , spiritual, or moral positions without
> being self -righteously blind to the inconsistencies or problems in our
> model.
>
>
> On May 27, 2013, at 5:31 AM, Markekohut wrote:
>
> >
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