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Sure, it's a harmless observation, which doesn't explain much about the intent in selecting it. Here's a similar quote from Phillip K. Dick "Reality is that whi
by wwarner 3y ago
Sure, it's a harmless observation, which doesn't explain much about the intent in selecting it. Here's a similar quote from Phillip K. Dick "Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." There are lots of others. But this is a paper about intelligence, so choosing Rand seems important, and in fact makes it worthless.
- robocat 3y agoPKD is a strange choice to quote about reality! Much of his fiction is about exploring unreal situations: that reflects a little on reality but he usually cares more about the story than hard sci-fi. E.g.: So I ask, in my writing, What is real? Because unceasingly we are bombarded with pseudo-realities manufactured by very sophisticated people using very sophisticated electronic mechanisms. I do not distrust their motives; I distrust their power. They have a lot of it. And it is an astonishing power: that of creating whole universes, universes of the mind. I ought to know. I do the same thing. It is my job to create universes, as the basis of one novel after another. And I have to build them in such a way that they do not fall apart two days later. Or at least that is what my editors hope. However, I will reveal a secret to you: I like to build universes which do fall apart. I like to see them come unglued, and I like to see how the characters in the novels cope with this problem. I have a secret love of chaos. https://urbigenous.net/library/how_to_build.html https://urbigenous.net/library/how_to_build.html Of course, I'm unsure whether Ayn Rand is a shining example of rational thinking either! https://www.scifiblog.org/2023/03/philip-k-dicks-intriguing-take-on.html https://www.scifiblog.org/2023/03/philip-k-dicks-intriguing-...