Monday, February 9, 2009

Def Man (Author Unk)

I take it that clause one is "symbol using animal." In the conclusion, it states that we develop symbols about symbols. The author seems to be referring to meta-symbols. symols about symbols.
Someday I want to write a sarcastic essay called "Meta-meta."
Because I think that meta is overused and too clever for its own good.
For example, meta communication is comm about comm. That's not deep. If I try to say that all communication is really metacommunication and there is really no metacommunication I will be pretending to understand something that I am saying cannot be understood, and being clever about something I think people are too clever about.
Let's feta-talk. You know, talk about feta. Beta-talk. When I talk about those beautiful fighting fish.
If meta symbols are so complex, how could we prove animals don't think in terms of meta symbols?
Like the bird trying to fly away by going up toward the ceiling. It would have to be a really deep bird to think that flying up into a solid object translates into open skies. And if that is what they think, then doesn't that mean flying up is a symbol for that which the bird desires, open skies, and open skies is simply representing other things that it wants, to see food, and seeing food is symbolic for other things that it wants, to eat food and eating food is symbolic for other things, feeling full, and feeling full is necessary to relax and relax leads to go to sleep and go to sleep means not to do tiring actions like bumping our head against the ceiling.

maybe humans are tame animals and any animal that is tamed becomes human.
meta-animal means animal about animal or really excited about dogs.
meta-dog means dog about dog.
like dog tired or puppy love
bored about dogs or excited about dogs.

metametametametametametametametametametameta
metametametametametametametameta
metametametametametametametametametametameta
Do you see what I see? A A A A
between t and m
with a something something something.

2 comments:

  1. Lee, you sound like a brilliant crazy person. I've gotta sit on this one for a while. You must know, that meta is my favorite of prefixes. But perhaps I like it because its "clever clever," and not for some real intellectual reason.

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