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The mind quickly falls apart when interaction-deprived (at least human one). This whole “comes from the mind” is just a metaphor, because the mind is also the a
by wruza 2y ago
The mind quickly falls apart when interaction-deprived (at least human one). This whole “comes from the mind” is just a metaphor, because the mind is also the arriving point, so it’s like “knowledge is defined by and comes from where it arrives to, on itself”. This semantic no-op nonsense originates in taking this metaphor literally, which one should not do.
What physically happens is that a mind accumulates and (sometimes) systematizes information from outside, and knowledge is the result of this concentration process. Akin to a puddle collecting water from higher grounds. But it doesn’t synthesize water by simply being concave.
Blowing ideas out of poor metaphors is a regular thing in religious texts, so be careful with that if you want to build some practical world view.
- freilanzer 2y agoI think you're too hung up on the mind part. I don't understand this as saying the mind synthesizes knowledge from nothing. That's why I said, there is no fundamental difference for me - whether the mind conceives of something new, or synthesizes knowledge from outside information is not very interesting a difference, since a mind is required to grasp this knowledge. Maybe a better term would be information vs. knowledge.