And, of the methodology of social studies, the lady spoke, saying,
“It should be art and not science.”
Make it poetry, not dictum.
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Art inspires; science Informs.
science is Hard. judges.
Art is soft. Encourages.
one is known by how it Does;
One is known by the noun containing It.
A real Kant of a reckoning:
The false premise that existence is a predicate.
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Existing adds nothing to the essence of a being.
De quocumque prædicatur aliquid quod non.
Of whomsoever it is used in reference to something which is not.
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Ontological argument:
one is observer bias.
One is observer effect.
But, Which is which and of whom is Who?
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Make it unironically magnanimous.
Make it impervious to dogma susceptible to leveraging.
Make it conversational and able to play devil’s advocate with no consequence.
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The difference between a petty enemy and a formidable foe is metaphysically existential.
The Art of making a soft dialectic is the diabolical epitome of all that is Holy and Hard, of having an ally in the brethren of the adversarial.
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“Let the catbird/s sing,” she whispers.
“All that is well and good;” he redundently says, “but, how do we pragmatically comply with this epistle?”
“How should I know? I’m a poet not a scientist,” she concedes, giggling at the purposeful farce of her own reasoning.
♤
(And for the Time-Being, she continues to enjoy the half and half in her coffee.)
