The “disappearing donkey” trick is the epitome of ideas about ideas about ideas, paintings of paintings... the meta-programming circuit...
[No-] Map / [No-] Territory
Bruno / McLuhan / Net
"Paul Levinson regards Bruno's de-centered universe as the perfect model of cyberspace ... Bruno's universe, infinite in both space and time..."
My reality-tunnels
Here's a brief biographic noodle, included here to show "where I'm coming from", and how it may have led to my writing this blog on RAW...
RAW’s ·5· relativisms
A fifth relativism - a sort of meta-relativism - is mentioned by Wilson, typically approached through the lens of basic conceptual pairings...
This’ll Kill Ya
The story concerns a book which kills people. The reader becomes cautious, as the book they're reading is the book they're reading *about*.
Robert Morning Sky
RAW’s references to Robert Morning Sky always intrigued me, as if he had some special significance for Wilson – above others claiming extraterrestrial visits.
“Consciousness” science?
I once observed RAW discussing “out-of-body experiences” with a young man who argued they provided evidence of brain-independent consciousness.
Dissociation of ideas
RAW practised - and recommended - a sort of semantic strategy called "dissociation of ideas" (coined by French writer, Remy de Gourmont)...
Borders & spatial relations
The spatial concept of physical division tends to serve as the prototype for our idea of difference, generally - including ideological difference...
Inherent “physicality”
We're so accustomed to thinking in spatial, physicalist terms, that it imbues our whole experience with notions of separation and also difference...
