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Not physically disfigured, no. But ... constrained. Narrowed. Awaiting a chance to provide answers, but not questions.
by at_a_remove 5y ago
Not physically disfigured, no. But ... constrained. Narrowed. Awaiting a chance to provide answers, but not questions.
- javajosh 5y agoBy that definition, professional guitarists are disfigured, constrained, narrowed. They go through painful physical changes (callouses, uncomfortable fingerings), and learned to be a guitarist to the exclusion of so much else they could have done or learned. Plus many of them don't even compose music, and just play the music of others - never providing their own musical ideas, only regurgitating the work of others.
- zepto 5y agoYes?
- javajosh 5y agoIf you're up-in-arms about "soul disfigurement", perhaps it's better to lobby against professional musicianship first before lobbying against the use of hypothetical mentats?
- at_a_remove 5y agoIt's a matter of degree, not kind. I was engaged as a private tutor for many years. Some of the children involved had worn spots on their necks, permanent scars, from the viola. They often had little else in their lives. Exaggerate that to the degree required to get a mentat, and yes, I think you've got a case for disfiguring the human soul.
- slowmovintarget 5y agoWhich was the point of the Golden Path and the Scattering. Cause the pot to boil over, give the reigns to evolution.