If YOU don't know, who does?
From now on, I'm going to Outsource all MY questions (and Intelligence) to Google with its' OpenSource AI 4o Assistant! The "technology" that REALLY knows the answers.
...cuz it says that what plant's crave is "electrolytes"!
Plants need electrolytes, which are ionic compounds with high electrical conductivity. Plants use electrolytes for many purposes, including:
Ion exchange: Plants use ions like potassium, calcium, magnesium, phosphate, nitrate, and chloride through cells.Plant cell life: Plant cell life thrives in an aqueous environment with an ionic/electrolyte background.
...and Brawndo HAS what plant's crave. It's GOT ELECTROLYTES!
What could go wrong?
You want the "appearance" of Enlightenment or the REAL THING?
Gnothi Seauton!
...or at least, 'Temet Nosce'
Plato, "Phaedrus"
ReplyDeleteSOCRATES: I have heard a tradition of the ancients, whether true or not they only know; although if we had found the truth ourselves, do you think that we should care much about the opinions of men?
PHAEDRUS: Your question needs no answer; but I wish that you would tell me what you say that you have heard.
SOCRATES: At the Egyptian city of Naucratis, there was a famous old god, whose name was Theuth; the bird which is called the Ibis is sacred to him, and he was the inventor of many arts, such as arithmetic and calculation and geometry and astronomy and draughts and dice, but his great discovery was the use of letters. Now in those days the god Thamus was the king of the whole country of Egypt; and he dwelt in that great city of Upper Egypt which the Hellenes call Egyptian Thebes, and the god himself is called by them Ammon. To him came Theuth and showed his inventions, desiring that the other Egyptians might be allowed to have the benefit of them; he enumerated them, and Thamus enquired about their several uses, and praised some of them and censured others, as he approved or disapproved of them. It would take a long time to repeat all that Thamus said to Theuth in praise or blame of the various arts. But when they came to letters, This, said Theuth, will make the Egyptians wiser and give them better memories; it is a specific both for the memory and for the wit. Thamus replied: O most ingenious Theuth, the parent or inventor of an art is not always the best judge of the utility or inutility of his own inventions to the users of them. And in this instance, you who are the father of letters, from a paternal love of your own children have been led to attribute to them a quality which they cannot have; for this discovery of yours will create forgetfulness in the learners' souls, because they will not use their memories; they will trust to the external written characters and not remember of themselves. The specific which you have discovered is an aid not to memory, but to reminiscence, and you give your disciples not truth, but only the semblance of truth; they will be hearers of many things and will have learned nothing; they will appear to be omniscient and will generally know nothing; they will be tiresome company, having the show of wisdom without the reality.
PHAEDRUS: Yes, Socrates, you can easily invent tales of Egypt, or of any other country.
SOCRATES: There was a tradition in the temple of Dodona that oaks first gave prophetic utterances. The men of old, unlike in their simplicity to young philosophy, deemed that if they heard the truth even from 'oak or rock,' it was enough for them; whereas you seem to consider not whether a thing is or is not true, but who the speaker is and from what country the tale comes.
PHAEDRUS: I acknowledge the justice of your rebuke; and I think that the Theban is right in his view about letters.
:P
ReplyDelete"...and Brawndo HAS what plant's crave. It's GOT ELECTROLYTES!"
ReplyDeleteYou added that. The Google AI did not say plants can be watered with a sports drink. Sports drinks are for humans, not plants. But, yes plants need electrolytes.
Hoh... so you succeeded with luring Derpy in here? :-)))))))))))))))))))))))))))0
ReplyDeleteWanna some "expert" opinion... from a cretin. :-))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
Hah... one post minus. What's up this time??? :-)))
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ReplyDeleteWhat is the pH of plant roots?
Most plants do well when the soil pH is between 6.2 and 6.8. pH is a measure of the acidity and alkalinity of a material. The pH range is 0 (extremely acid) to 14 (extremely alkaline) with 7 being neutral.
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Means... NO, plants DO NOT like "electrolites". ;-P
Like in batteries.
What is the pH of a battery?
In this context, battery acid has an acidic pH of 0.8. This is why it needs to be handled with caution. Lead-acid batteries are made of two conductive lead plates called electrodes, that are filled with a viscous gel-like substance.
For the reference.
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Pure distilled water generally has a pH of 7, which means it's technically neutral on the pH scale. Substances with a pH below this are classed as an acid, whereas those with a pH above 7 are a base or alkali.
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Means???
PLANTS NEED ***WATER***!!!!!!!!!
And you can continue drink Bwando, cretin!
Bu-ga-gah!!!
And also... they NEED:
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What chemicals are used in hydroponics?
Macronutrients include carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, sulfur, calcium, and magnesium. Micronutrients include iron, manganese, zinc, boron, molybdenum, chlorine, copper, and nickel.
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Troglidite??? %-))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
ReplyDeleteThat is Ukrainian kindergarten Putin attacks because of your DEMN Biden
ReplyDeleteIf there'd be children -- their blood would be on Biden's hands.
Hah... spamfilter DON'T LIKE Ukrainian kindergartens.
ReplyDeleteIt hates short comments with links, I suspect (like most Spam).
ReplyDeleteDid the article say NOT to water plants with sports drinks, Derv?
ReplyDelete...and why do we say "water the plants"?
ReplyDeleteSo why does the AI say that plants crave "electrolytes" and not "water"?
ReplyDeletebtw - I watered the plants on my front porch this morning, and unlike Dervy, no "sports drinks" OTHER that water were used. Cuz athletes would never drink "water" would they? They crave "electrolytes".
ReplyDeleteHave you become an advert-moron, Derv?
ReplyDeleteblood
ReplyDeletechildren
ReplyDeletePutin
ReplyDeleteBiden
ReplyDeletetalk
ReplyDeletepeace
ReplyDeletebtw - Coca Cola. Is it a long-term thirst quencher, or a short-term one?
ReplyDeleteElectrolytes, long term solution, or short-term?
Do plants "exercise"?
ReplyDeleteAI, short term solution? Or long-term?
ReplyDeleteDoes AI ever gain "muscle memory"?
ReplyDelete...through anything beyond "trial and error"?
ReplyDeleteWhen I was undergoing "Indoctrination" at the Academy they used to make us take "salt pills" to prevent dehydration... along with ingesting "plenty of fluids". Since my day, they've stopped handing out the "salt pills" and stuck with the "plenty of fluids" approach. I wonder if Brawndo is one of the "recommended fluids".... :(
ReplyDelete...it does "mutilate thirst" after all (at least in the short term).
ReplyDeleteI need to go exercise my brain. Should I pour myself some Brawndo, or coffee first? See ya later!
ReplyDeleteI heard this morning that "seniors" were overdosing on legal marijuana and requiring hospitalization. I need to start hanging out with a different crowd...
ReplyDeleteIf there'd be children -- their blood would be on Biden's hands.
ReplyDeleteI trying to find out what spamfilter reacted to.
\\I need to go exercise my brain.
ReplyDeleteIf you know a way -- share it, if you please? ;-)
That is Ukrainian kindergarten Putin attacks because of your DEMN Biden
ReplyDeleteSure, I never finished Deleuze's "Sound Continuum" post. Loved the Apollo/ Dionysian distinction. I was too dumb to make the connection before between "part" and "whole" of human consciousness. The nature of the "out-of-field" to "in-field visual image". The relative and the whole.
ReplyDelete...and external Absolute.
ReplyDeleteLearn the "art" of cinema, for it is the ultimate "Pervert's" art.
ReplyDeleteZizek paraphrased quote from "The Pervert's Guide to Cinema"
ReplyDeleteHint - Teaching people "what to desire" isn't for a sex change operation, as dervy might think.
ReplyDelete\\...else you ain't living in Reality. You're living in a Hyper-Reality. The digital world of images and appearances (Simulacra) that are "The Matrix".
ReplyDeleteNaaah.
Just a traditional society culture. ;-P
Global Village.
And stupid peasants as a villagers. :-)))))))))))))))))
Ya-a-a-a-a-awn!
ReplyDelete...the perfume of the timeless. ;)
ReplyDelete"I condemn you to live in time of changes"(c) Chinese curse... they say. ;-P
ReplyDeleteWhat is the Chinese curse quote?
ReplyDelete"May you live in interesting times" is an English expression that is claimed to be a translation of a traditional Chinese curse. The expression is ironic: "interesting" times are usually times of trouble.
May you live in interesting times - Wikipedia
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ReplyDeleteBiden, the anti-laxative chocolate for President!
ReplyDelete\\Slavoj Žižek – Macron vs Le Pen (2017)
ReplyDeleteYawn.
Old story.
Call it a Chinese curse.
ReplyDeleteWelcome to the boredom of interesting times.
In "The Burnout Society", Byung-Chul Han writes that “boredom to the mind is like sleep to the body”. We often forget to decompress and appreciate that a clear, unstimulated mind can be beneficial in sprouting our creativity, although it seems paradoxical to think so.
ReplyDelete*Yawn*
Minus: So why does the AI say that plants crave "electrolytes" and not "water"?
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't. That's another of your delusions.
ME: Do plants crave electrolytes?
Google AI: Plants don't exactly "crave" anything, but they do need certain minerals to survive and function properly. Electrolytes, which are dissolved minerals that conduct electricity, fall into this category.
Here's a breakdown:
Plants need electrolytes: Electrolytes come in the form of ions that plants absorb through their roots.expand_more These ions are crucial for various plant functions, like regulating water balance, conducting nerve impulses (similar to animals), and participating in photosynthesis.
Potassium is a key electrolyte for plants: One important plant electrolyte is potassium. It helps plants open and close their stomata (tiny pores on leaves for gas exchange) and is involved in other vital processes.
Balance is important: While electrolytes are necessary, too much of a good thing can be bad. Overfertilizing with electrolytes can harm plants.
So, to answer your question directly, plants don't crave electrolytes in the same way humans might crave sugary drinks. However, they do need specific electrolytes like potassium for healthy growth.
Qtard: That is Ukrainian kindergarten Putin attacks because of your DEMN Biden.
Another imaginary person? What happened to the imaginary "Bi-den"? Replaced by the imaginary "Demn Biden"? Or are working together to help their puppet master, Putin and thwart the efforts of US president Joe Biden, who is on the side of Ukraine and stands with the Ukrainian people in opposing Putin's aggression?
Whatever. It doesn't matter how many imaginary Bidens or Bi-dens join forces to help Putin. They're all imaginary. Their imaginary efforts will result in bupkis. Why Putin wants his REAL puppet, donald tRump, back in the White House.
Qtard: Wanna some "expert" opinion... from a cretin.
Minus engages with you, so obviously the answer is "yes".
So what does the AI recommend you "dissolve" minerals with in order for the plant roots to "absorb the minerals" from the soil? Brawndo?
ReplyDeletebtw - I love the number of stomata that plant's had on the "early Earth"...
ReplyDelete:)
ReplyDeleteHow soon before the Greenies propose to regulate stomata densities?
ReplyDeleteFor fine-tuning Carbon Capture...
ReplyDeleteI'd better go invest more money in Neoplants. Everyone needs to live like Cmdr. Saru in Star Trek Discovery... whose quarters are filled with plants and plant "misters".
ReplyDeletebtw - I love Assembly Theory!
ReplyDelete\\Here's a breakdown:
ReplyDelete\\Plants need electrolytes: Electrolytes come in the form of ions that plants absorb through their roots.expand_more These ions are crucial for various plant functions, like regulating water balance, conducting nerve impulses (similar to animals), and participating in photosynthesis.
"E-le-c-tro-lytes"... that's pretty much ANY liquid or molten matter.
Electrolyte
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An electrolyte is a medium containing ions that are electrically conductive through the movement of those ions, but not conducting electrons.
So... what RELATION to "Plants need" have molten lava or liquid nitrogen -- which are BOTH are perfectly are electrolytes. ;-P
Ah, cretin? ;-P
That thinks that repeating after Google can make it look smart. :-)))))))))))))))))))))))))0
But... continue-continue, cretin, consuming Bwando of propaganda. :-))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
\\Qtard: That is Ukrainian kindergarten Putin attacks because of your DEMN Biden.
ReplyDelete\\Another imaginary person? What happened to the imaginary "Bi-den"? Replaced by the imaginary "Demn Biden"?
Yeah???
Because Biden is not Democrat? But secretly are Rep? ;-p
:-)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
\\US president Joe Biden, who is on the side of Ukraine and stands with the Ukrainian people in opposing Putin's aggression?
With NOT providing F-16s???
And with staggering military aid... for almost a YEAR????
With such "allies"... enemies -- not needed.
Bleh.
\\Whatever. It doesn't matter how many imaginary Bidens or Bi-dens join forces to help Putin. They're all imaginary. Their imaginary efforts will result in bupkis. Why Putin wants his REAL puppet, donald tRump, back in the White House.
Yap.
And that's why it ENDORSES Biden. With "for RFia he is more preferable... because -- predictable". :-))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
\\Qtard: Wanna some "expert" opinion... from a cretin.
ReplyDelete\\Minus engages with you, so obviously the answer is "yes".
And that is... absolutely most acidic things your devised to come up with, yeah, cretin?????
Not impressive. :-))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
But, continue-continue, cretin -- confirming how UNcreative and dense you are... in your cretinity. :-))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
Well... peaceful times come to an end. For all World.
ReplyDeleteChina decided to attack Taiwan for real.
Yawn.
PS "Let you live in interesting times". ;-P
PPS Hope... it will be interesting ENOUGH... and not needed to wait for REAL Pearl Harbor 2.0.
But such hope is slim.
And unreasonable. :-(((((((
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Well... last chance for "great and mighty" USA to start showing submissiveness. ;-P
ReplyDeleteGood news. ;-P
ReplyDeleteMaybe Biden would agree to kiss Putin's *ss, the suck Xi's d*ck....
ReplyDeleteI know Obama and Big Mike would LOVE to perform the latter. ;)
ReplyDeleteMinus: So what does the AI recommend you "dissolve" minerals with in order for the plant roots to "absorb the minerals" from the soil? Brawndo?
ReplyDeleteThe answer is NO. But you think it's yes, right? Isn't that what your delusions are telling you?
Minus: I know Obama and Big Mike would LOVE to perform the latter.
Yeah, you "know" that. Same as Qtard "knows" what IT does about the imaginary "Bi-den" and his ally "Demn Biden". TWO evil demons working for their master, "liliPut". They are all working together to bring about WW3, which Qtard is eagerly anticipating. IT can't wait for WW3 to start.
I'm just speculating here, but Qtard might think IT can take advantage of the ensuing lawlessness (Fallout-style) to fulfill it's "sexual play" and "rape fantasies". Though it will ONLY be Qtard pretending. The men IT rapes will definitely not be "roleplaying" :P
\\The answer is NO. But you think it's yes, right? Isn't that what your delusions are telling you?
ReplyDeleteNitric oxide, you say. :-))))))))))))))))))
Nitric oxide
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Pretty much... that must be that substance your broken mind depend on. :-))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
Oh... Now I know what your so often used "NO" mean.
"It's "Nitric Oxide" is the Answer"... to everything, yes cretinum???? :-))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
\\Yeah, you "know" that. Same as Qtard "knows" what IT does about the imaginary "Bi-den" and his ally "Demn Biden". TWO evil demons working for their master, "liliPut". They are all working together to bring about WW3, which Qtard is eagerly anticipating. IT can't wait for WW3 to start.
Thank you on debriefing us here about your heinous sect plans, cretin. :-))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
\\I'm just speculating here, but Qtard might think IT can take advantage of the ensuing lawlessness (Fallout-style) to fulfill it's "sexual play" and "rape fantasies". Though it will ONLY be Qtard pretending. The men IT rapes will definitely not be "roleplaying" :P
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You???? :-)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))0
\\Maybe Biden would agree to kiss Putin's *ss, the suck Xi's d*ck....
ReplyDeletePlace already occupied.
And there is endless queue of asskissers. ;-P
Too late. ;-P
He'd make a great human footstool... aka 'Ottoman' (Turk).
ReplyDeleteOccupied! ;-P
ReplyDeleteOur planet surely doesn't lack for sycophants!
ReplyDeleteTraditional society culture. ;-P
ReplyDeleteWhat do woman to a man. ;-)
Yep. but what "Used to do". Tradwives are priceless and altogether far too few.
ReplyDeleteHah...
ReplyDeletego take one from Honduras. ;-P
From some muslim country whole bunch of em can be delivered too. ;-P
ReplyDeleteTraditional... means cheap as dirt. ;-P
ReplyDeleteHow long before they'd "turn Western". Like dropping pure water into the ocean. It doesn't remain "drinkable" for long.
ReplyDeleteMaintaining tradition in a corrupt environment is pretty difficult. So far, only the Jews have mastered it. Okay, maybe some Han Chinese, too.
ReplyDeletePft!
ReplyDeleteAgain that "Noble Savage" idea. ;-P
Barbarians called barbarians not without reasons. ;-P
ReplyDeleteSeems like you lived in utopia for too long. ;-P
ReplyDelete\\Maintaining tradition in a corrupt environment is pretty difficult.
ReplyDeleteOh, please. "Corruption" IT IS tradition.
You just know no trivia.
Yawn.
Like I said, "Maintaining tradition in a corrupt environment is pretty difficult".
ReplyDeleteIMO, a backwards interpretation (ie cause-effect).
The environment is "corruption". Cultural tradition, an attempted exception to that environment that makes it "different". Stability isn't the "environment". Change, is. ;P
And the ancient Greeks called all non-Hellenes "barbarians". It has nothing to do with "savagery" other than having different customs and traditions used to adapt to these natural deteriorative changes... from a Golden Age, to a Silver Age, to a Bronze Age, to an Iron Age.... 'til the "modern", or as ts eliot remarked, "we are the hollow men"... to the post ('authentic) and 'profilic' meta-Modern men of today.
Culture and tradition are "adaptations" meant to slow down the rate of change.
ReplyDelete...and try to understand our "best collective strategies" for coping with it.
ReplyDelete...but as you know, America has different ideas than Russia, for our "environmental issues" are particular to our geopolitical and geographic locations (w/ unique weakness/strengths and challenges)
ReplyDeleteAdopting Western values would be the death of most arid Islamic cultures. They're wholly unsuitable for meeting the geopolitical and geographic challenges.
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm afraid to say, the same seems likely for Ukraine.
/You just know no trivia.
ReplyDeleteNo. I don't know YOUR trivia. MY trivia is different, applicable only to my environment, not yours. YOUR trivia is (largely) unique to your geographic and geopolitical environment, not mine. Yes we can talk about it, try to understand it, but there will always by a cultural abyss lying between us, preventing us from grokking one another completely.
\\Like I said, "Maintaining tradition in a corrupt environment is pretty difficult".
ReplyDeleteGo try to unwind this claim. ;-)
\\to the post ('authentic) and 'profilic' meta-Modern men of today.
Yeah... you have not enough thickness of cultural soil.
Yawn.
\\Culture and tradition are "adaptations" meant to slow down the rate of change.
How come?
\\...and try to understand our "best collective strategies" for coping with it.
Oh, please.
Like somebody was keen enough for that.
\\...but as you know, America has different ideas than Russia, for our "environmental issues" are particular to our geopolitical and geographic locations (w/ unique weakness/strengths and challenges)
No. I do not.
I am not your fellow USAian.
And do not know such trivias.
\\/You just know no trivia.
\\No. I don't know YOUR trivia. MY trivia is different, applicable only to my environment, not yours.
We all... just a miserly crew on Spaceship Earth.
\\ YOUR trivia is (largely) unique to your geographic and geopolitical environment, not mine.
Hardly.
It can be limited to Europe.
But.
Europe -- is in the center of geography and geopolitic... still.
\\Yes we can talk about it, try to understand it, but there will always by a cultural abyss lying between us, preventing us from grokking one another completely.
More like... Uncanny Valley. ;-)
I see.
ReplyDeleteYou like asking question... but dislike answering.
And trying to curtail glaring answers into "Zizek said" or "Han said"... or whatever "... said".
Yawn.
....and I mean this is the most charitable way... any one ever tell you what a Euro-centric *sshole you were? It's a shame that so few members of the tribe remained in Europe to educate you in the value of tradition.
ReplyDelete\\any one ever tell you what a Euro-centric *sshole you were?
ReplyDeleteWhatever.
Europe -- IS the center of the World. ;-P
Same as Africa are origin of Homo Sapiens.
Bear with it. That is bare fact. ;-)
\\ It's a shame that so few members of the tribe remained in Europe to educate you in the value of tradition.
Oh, shuddup. ;-P
And how do you know that that is not my tribe? ;-P
well, despite the star in my avatar, neither am I. I identify with a distinctly different tribe.
ReplyDeleteThat is... telling nothing to me.
ReplyDeleteYou really do not want to me to treat you on a base of some spagetti vesterns experience? ;-P
Or maybe "Lone Ranger"... that, with Jonny. ;-P
Kimosabe. Sabe, Spanish for knowing.
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ReplyDeleteGojko Mitić
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PS They are surely is on Youtube... or elsewhre (torrents? ;-P)
Interesting... West #1 vs. East #2.
ReplyDeleteThe hubris of history.
Yawn... edutainment.
ReplyDeleteGee, I wonder why the American culture is a mile wide... but only an inch deep?
ReplyDeleteGuess what I saw today?
ReplyDeleteIt's good to be young...
ReplyDeleteOld Good Mad Max... is better. ;-)
ReplyDeleteThat's the future... ;)
ReplyDeleteYeah... American Dream. ;-P
ReplyDeleteThat Future will be THAT simple. :-)))
Don't you know that coda of psycho-terapy -- that what you avoiding, will hunt you down? ;-)
ReplyDeleteOr... you never have met any real world practicing psychoterapist... only edutainment from Youtube?
And you, I see it as obvious, avoiding COMPLEXITY. ;-P
ReplyDeleteThat's because if that IS the future, I can live with it. It's certainly a more "human" future.
ReplyDeleteAdaptability is our greatest strength. Complexity is NOT.
you never have met any real world practicing psychoterapist.
ReplyDeleteOnly the ones who treated ME. So I have an "inside" view.
Today, all psychiatric treatment is medicinal... and merely treats symptoms.
ReplyDelete\\Adaptability is our greatest strength. Complexity is NOT.
ReplyDeleteSaid entity consisting out of billions cells. With formulating that answer with zillions neuronet paths. And transmitted through thin air and inexplicable number of atoms in between -- to other side of the even bigger lump of atoms...
Bu-ga-gah!
\\Today, all psychiatric treatment is medicinal... and merely treats symptoms.
Go seek for some Kamar-Taj, then. ;-P
Isn't that the internet?
ReplyDeleteThen... you can call me Dr.Strange... for knowing its ins and outs. ;-P
ReplyDeleteYo! Marines should give at a try. ;-P
ReplyDelete@@
ReplyDeletePerhaps I need only mumble a Charmidean charm.
ReplyDeleteOn The Planet Charmidean
ReplyDeleteOn Charmidean, Poets resident
on that bucolic world directed their
cunning and capable machinery---
huge golems, small homunculi---to build,
in the great city, Coerulescence (where
no prejudice or hatefulness may thrive,
or even find the slightest of footholds),
a huge colossus representing Troy's
most beautiful of all its lovely young
men, Ganymede (his adolescence in
full blossom), perfectly proportioned in
his limbs, slender, long haired (a full cascade
of curls reaching almost down to his waist);
naked, partly aroused---upon his face
a look of most exquisite pleasure (that,
one might conclude, was an effect of his
partial arousal), but his smile quite shy
(given to no pride and no arrogance),
his eyes sparkling and gazing toward the stars,
as he had done upon the highest tower
of Troy when Eros, looking out from his
pavillion on Olympus noticed him---
and without hesitation fell in love,
and made determination (at that hour;
he who was Aphrodite's son, wielding
profound romantic powers) that he should be
to Ganymede, lover, boyfriend, best friend,
protector and encourager. Therefore,
this huge but intricate construction must
present the beauty that Eros perceived.
And thus instructed in all the details
required for the accomplishment of this
great task, the golems and homunculis
set to their work and spared no effort to
achieve the Poets' plan. Just look at it---
as sparkling and as pristine as the day
it was unveiled to be enjoyed by all.
Around its pedestal---quite higher than
certain municipal buildings could boast---
lilac and lavender, and next to them,
ladslove (its common name appropriate)
thrived, blooming thickest profusion and
scenting the air with exquisite fragrance.
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Pity that you have not read that Lem's "Mask"... yawn.
ReplyDeleteBecause I cannot explain its poetic on words...
...and you the complete works of Plato.
ReplyDeleteBecause I cannot explain its' poetic on words.
\\...and you the complete works of Plato.
ReplyDeleteThat... not needed.
As it already integrated into body of intelligence of today(through multitude of those who have read and used tidbits of it)or... it outdated. Lem's -- not.
Was Plato stating questions of artifical life? Authencity of his own?
I'm sure that he would have found it a pale imitation.
ReplyDeleteKhm...
ReplyDeleteWell... most Lemesque USA writer I know is:
ReplyDeleteFredric Brown
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In his smaller forms.
He able to nail something... I'd call concept here (like that your reference to Joice?).
I'll demonstrate with summary of one his small text.
It is short... so meaning hardly will be lost.
People was making "thinking machines". Smarter and smarter.
And every time... so happen to be... asked em same question "Is there God?".
To which, they obviously was not able to answer.
But at last -- biggest and smartest of it came out of prototype stage.
And was asked same question. And answer was "Now... IT is". ;-)
To what first reaction of the closest operator was... to make it break.
To which thunder and flash from the sky, which destroyed *first* god-fighter and closed enter to a control room...
Well,,, I do not think that being as smart as Lem's. ;-P
But, who knows???
As that dude I read about importance of P=NP said -- "if P really equal NP... it might mean that Magic is possible". ;-)
Sci-Fi=belief in "magic".
ReplyDeleteBS.
ReplyDeleteThey know that its truth challenges, even threatens, all that is false, all that is phony, unnecessary, and trivial in the life they have let themselves be forced into living. They are afraid of dragons, because they are afraid of freedom.
ReplyDeleteWhy are Americans Afraid of Dragons? (1974) by Ursula K ...
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I don't believe in techno-magic. Call me Ishmael.
ReplyDeleteWhatever.
ReplyDeleteYou still using it.
On the way from computer to the toilet, with intermediary visit of a fridge. ;-P
Spoken like a true capitalist, where the solution to every "need" is a product (as opposed to a re-evaluation of one's needs).
ReplyDeleteTechnology -- that is just "a task... and methods of solving that task"(c) ;-)
ReplyDeleteWhen our predecessors was roaming among Africa.
ReplyDeleteThey was not capitalists. Neither commies. Or any other of miriads of misnomers civilization invented.
Yawn.
But they... was surely technologist -- when they saw a problem, and was trying to solve it. ;-)
Lindy!
We are clever monkeys... that trying to solve (their?) problems. ;-)
That's what we always did... and I presume -- what we'll ever do.
ReplyDeleteUntil... and when, we'd not -- we'll cease to exist. ;-P
A monkey's needs are endless. And filling them all seem to be their preoccupation. We need to return to the tree's instead of trying to fight off every possible predator that dwells on the forest floor.
ReplyDelete\\A monkey's needs are endless.
ReplyDeleteMonkeys... prone to misconceptions.
Like calling themself "tribe of a bears". Or thinking being "children of Gawd". Or etc...
\\We need to return to the tree's instead of trying to fight...
If you'd be able to make your female to do that. ;-P
Just leave her on the ground by herself.
ReplyDeleteTo find some other male? ;-P
ReplyDeleteThat would be her problem.
ReplyDeleteNo common bank account? ;-P
ReplyDeleteThen... my congrats, you are wiseman.
Can you joint custody a 401K?
ReplyDeleteLike I have any clue what it is??? Like I care to know. :-)))))))))))))))))00
ReplyDeletePS Does it pass test of NOT being USAian? ;-P
It might, it's a retirement account for workers.
ReplyDeleteYeah... I know that much...
ReplyDeletebut, why should I care???
I suffer not from wisdom so much as bureaucratic happenstance.
ReplyDeleteToday they even deem to dictate my morality.
ReplyDeletePolitically, Kafka sends us back to first principles. What is human subjectivity? What moral standing does the individual possessed of an inner life have in the face of tyranny or mechanized abjection? Granted that our fundamental rights are inalienable, what forces seek to alienate us from them? On what grounds do we guard our privacy—our dreams and aspirations, our cherished beliefs and disappointed hopes—from encroachment by an all-controlling state?
ReplyDeleteWhatever.
ReplyDeleteIt oscillate between male and female political doctrines: paternalism and legalism.
Female -- paternalism. Because leaders are symbolically "fathers of nation" -- and that is female's view -- every she wants him to be father benevolent to here children.
Male -- legalism. Because leaders are symbolical "commanders of hunting party" -- and need to behave in accordance with some "rules", for that party to be successful and same time there'd be no party member unhappy, punished unlawfully or feel underplayed.
That doctrines -- cannot work simultaneously. Because they are opposite. Any strengthening of one, makes suffering to other.
That... china's philosophers devised more then 2000 years ago.
Therefore Ying-Yang.
And therefore -- nothing and never will change. ;-P
As far as we are civilization of clever monkeys... that consist of males and females. ;-)
By the way... their answeer was the same as your -- caritas. ;-)
ReplyDeletehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucianism
That leader must a "noble man".
But.
Unsurprisingly.
They still was NOT able to make one.
In 2000 years!!!!! :-))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
Because? It need to be fully-functional hermaphrodite... maybe. ;-P
ReplyDeleteA Tiresias, who existed as both sexes at separate times.
ReplyDeleteTiresias was a mythological Greek figure who was famous for his prophecies and for transforming into a woman for seven years. Tiresias was a blind prophet in Thebes, a city in central Greece. He existed through seven generations in Thebes and was a prophet of Apollo.
\\A Tiresias, who existed as both sexes at separate times.
ReplyDeleteNaaah. Simultaneously. ;-P
Both and neither
ReplyDelete???
ReplyDeleteMale descent into femininity
ReplyDeleteboth and neither
ReplyDeleteKhm...
ReplyDeleteWe all born as females... in womb. ;-P
Or, that is what that nasty doctors say.