#noology

[nothoward]

Misguided, or Sloppy Thinking is More Prevalent Than We Might Be Comfortable With...

...Even from the minds of the confident, or the competent.

It is epidemic at the moment. Not spread by kissing, but other kinds of contact. Like memes, and infographics. Especially, the well designed, and colorful. This is something that has been bugging me for a while, now.

There's a new/obscure sub-field primarily of psychology, and philosophy. It's called "Noology". The "-ology" part most people understand as indicating a field of study. The "No-" part is the same as the "kno-" in knowing, and knowledge. It's the same as the "gno-" in gnostic. As I understand it Noology is specifically the study of thinking. Thought processes. How we think, how we arrive at conclusions.

My suggestion is to think about thinking. Think about what you are hearing, especially what you are repeating. Viral doesn't mean correct, even if it's enthusiastic, or colorful. Repeating is you. No matter the source, even if the historic person you most admire is accredited. Once you repeat it it becomes your credibility, it reflects you. This is a silly, and potentially costly way to be trendy.

[nothoward]

Upon seeing me eating she asked "Are you a cow!" I told her I'd get back to her on it. I had to ruminate.

[nothoward]

I'm well used to people missing my point. This interwebs, social media has invented an whole new level of how people missing my point manifest. I have strangers self-righteously, condemning me. I understand that in correcting my trespass they become powerful. Meanwhile, a large enough sample of the people who respond seem to understand, even appreciate. But they never let a thing like learning get in their way. It's human, but cruel on their part, and sad. I don't find their missing the point makes me feel better. But it is in their blithely, charging ahead that keeps me from communicating with them.

[nothoward]

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…but then I realized I can never hear myself think.

[nothoward]

The People Who...

...do those “thought for the day” things...

...I hope they don’t operate heavy machinery.

[nothoward]

Chicago Life, #751

The radio news reader says that the latest attraction in the city is the result of some major engineering!!! I'm interested. The story comes on. Next to the Navy Pier is the great new whatchmajigger!!! It's a year round outdoor ice skating rink!!! This engineering feat? In essence, they made a huge freezer, with no door. I'm so proud to live in this town in which we brag about our greatest minds upping their doltage at once by leaps and bounds! Did they not get the memo about global warming? Shame on me! I must have forgotten to send it to them.

[nothoward]

Noodling. Noological. Silliness.

If you look at it, the thing that isn’t is always correct!

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It’s never late. It’s Sunday.There is no mail delivery on Sunday.The mail that wasn’t coming didn’t come, right on time!

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“Are we there yet?” Well, no. No matter where we are we are always here, and never there! Thus there is never here, and here is where we are.

Here wouldn’t exist without us. Here, perceived by us living in time is never the same. Here changes, constantly.

That here is always here, and no matter our influence here is where we are. We’re always here. Here never changes. We are, in a sense never lost! There is great comfort here.

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Who hasn’t worried about tomorrow?

… but why? Today is at the end of every journey. Tomorrow is a place we will never be. Today is the day we will always people.

Tomorrow must be an awful place. Of course in that it makes sense that we would worry about tomorrow. It’s mysterious, unknown, dark, and foreboding. Just like the country of a child’s nightmare.

It is that very set of characteristics that makes worrying about it simply naïve. That strange land too, only exists in our imagination. Tomorrow may be our key to today, that’s all! Tomorrow never happens, and the closest we can ever get to it is today.

Since it doesn’t actually manifest we can forget it. It makes much more sense to be today without tomorrow. Because being today while occupied by tomorrow makes today very nearly as useless as tomorrow.

Perhaps there is sunshine in tomorrow, but we will never be in it. And that could sound awful, but it is today’s sun that warms us. It is todays night that comforts us. It is the inevitability of today that makes it all quite beautiful.

[worldtemple]

Nu University .... Noologist Teachers