where’s mantrid ? (bit like where’s wally?)
As you say, bonnee, fair enough. You raise good and interesting points, and I’ll be the first to admit that I’m grossly oversimplifying things when it comes to the 2 q’s. I was trying to say that what most people accept as “fact” is that which is perceived to be more quantitative: if you can count it and put it in a box, it’s a fact. If you can’t, it’s in that ethereal qualitative realm. Both are malleable in some ways by the perception of the individual (such as: do our concepts of 1000 marbles jibe? do we even share the same concepts of the number “1000” and the object “marble”?), but for the most part, the concept of 1000 marbles can be agreed upon by more people than “who’s the best actor of all time?” That being said, the concept of 1000 marbles is, since it’s been agreed upon and is “known” (to refer to the Meno/Socrates dialogue) is not as important. As you say, the meaningful issue is qualitative. It’s *that* which we seek to discuss. But to present what is primarily an inner truth (“Season 4 blows monkey chunks” being a part of one’s own reality tunnel, which may or may not be part of the consensus reality tunnel — forgive me, I just wanted to use the phrase “blows monkey chunks”) as an outer truth (something that is part of the consensus reality tunnel — like “LEXX is a television program starring Brian Downey, Xenia Seeburg, Michael McManus, among others”) — again, grossly oversimplifying and muddying the matter, but I think you see what I’m getting at — precludes any attempt at dialogue or discussion among others who may not see as “truth” what you see.
And, actually, I just remembered the Hassan i Sabbah quote from my Robert Anton Wilson/Tim Leary days, and thought it was appropo. [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
–Aleck