tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13929434.post112346482235383671..comments2023-10-28T04:12:12.714-06:00Comments on THIS DIVIDED STATE - Official Blog of the Filmmakers: A CaveatEliashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08600841645881080576noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13929434.post-1123489901295240952005-08-08T02:31:00.000-06:002005-08-08T02:31:00.000-06:00Enlightened and Informed keep it up...Enlightened and Informed keep it up...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13929434.post-1123481994605210922005-08-08T00:19:00.000-06:002005-08-08T00:19:00.000-06:00I have a faint hope that blogging will help people...I have a faint hope that blogging will help people discover the lost art of discourse.<BR/><BR/>It is good that you feel vulnerable when blogging. In classical discourse, the ideal is that statements should be clear and refutable. When we speak in clear, refutable statements, then we start communicating information.<BR/><BR/>The problem with classical reasoning is that our statements become refutable and we feel vulnerable. <BR/><BR/>Modern discourse seems to be dominated by weird <A HREF="http://plusroot.com/page.html?a=129" REL="nofollow">dialectical</A> systems where people speak in <A HREF="http://descmath.com/diag/" REL="nofollow">paradoxes</A>, intentionally injecting logical errors into discourse, or simply resorting to ridicule of one's enemies.<BR/><BR/>These new ways of talk make people feel invulnerable. For example, if all you do is ridicule enemies, you will find yourself feeling on top of the world. But real discourse stops.<BR/><BR/>I haven't been able to force myself to see <I>This Divided State</I>. I don't want to see people engaged in non-communication.<BR/><BR/>I hope you continue to feel vulnerable in blogging. It is a sign that you are doing things right.y-intercepthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03389285761013186443noreply@blogger.com