Q.E.D.

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From my Cognition class’ online message board:

“I do understand what descartes are, symbols that allow the mind to remember things in an easier way, or that is what I took from it, but I do not understand the mechanics behind it. How does the brain actually do that? And is the Godel numbering system just an example of how it works?”

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research paper idea

The Metaphysics of The Furry.

I was talking about furries with my partner a while back and it made me realize that there’s some strange metaphysics going on there. While some among the furry fandom probably just like the art (and the porn) or the RP (and the ERP), a certain type of furry identifies with animals in an integral, deeply personal way.

There’s an interesting ontological relationship here, between personally identifying with animals or animal characteristics and the characters such a person constructs to bear out the ways they identify in this manner. Stepping into a fursona and roleplaying allows people to elevate these characteristics they have found within themselves, and explore them in a safe environment with like-minded individuals. And oftentimes, I guess, to jack off.

Perhaps this is isn’t unusual, or even unique. There’s actually an existing literature on identity fluidity resulting from socialization in virtual spaces. Existing anonymously or pseudonymously lets people discover aspects of their identities that they may be too afraid to explore or unable to fulfill in everyday life. The deepest kind of identifying as a furry might simply be this type of identity play, borne out to its logical extreme and with a wide variety of subcultural quirks.

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