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Meaning isn't an emotion. Meaning is a story. A story we tell ourselves, over and over again, until we forget it is a lie.
by petra 10y ago
Meaning isn't an emotion. Meaning is a story. A story we tell ourselves, over and over again, until we forget it is a lie.
- dwaltrip 10y agoOnly in the fairly reductionist view that every human thought is a "lie" [1]. There is some meaning in this idea, but it clearly bulldozes over lots of useful distinctions that can be made when considering all human thought. [1] This brings to mind the famous quote: "The map is not the territory" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map–territory_relation#.22The_map_is_not_the_territory.22 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map–territory_relation#.22Th...