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Regarding Grains of Sand

It seems to me that trying to decide on sand pile/not a pile involves two distinct parts. One is external to us (the sand) whilst the other (deciding if the grains form a pile) is inside us and is akin to a belief-system. The pile 'belief' is sticky, so to speak, so if you saw a pile yesterday you'd be more likely to see a pile today even though grains had been removed. Each new person viewing the pile would decide afresh and individually about the sand. Beliefs linger, so each new person viewing the grains would be more likely, when seeing the grains shortly afterwards, to stick to their original decision.

Put another way it's like seeing Jesus in a piece of toast. If you are from another planet you probably see toast (sand) but not Jesus (pile). A person might see Jesus in the toast long after the toast had been toasted a bit more to even out the browning, because what has been seen cannot be unseen (i.e. beliefs are sticky). Coming from the other direction a person seeing a piece of toast fully browned might miss a portrait of Jesus (or Robert Browning) that is revealed bit by bit.

Also, an A doesn't much resemble a D, but a B is a lot like a D with a very tight belt on (or perhaps a female D).

*shakes her fist and scowls as she tries to think about something else*

Posted 11 months ago by Osprey Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • I've heard rumor that stoot is an expert at explaining when a pile of sand is still a pile or when it's just a bunch of grains of sand...maybe he'll weigh in...lol
    Posted 11 months ago by b3achy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Does this have a game application that I'm not seeing, or did you get lost on the way to off-topic?
    Posted 11 months ago by Shiromisa Kaya Subscriber! | Permalink
  • :: giggles at Kaya ::  I think this relates in a obscure kind of way, as it's a spin-off of something stoot went off about in a Staff post...
    Posted 11 months ago by ♪♥~ Auren ~♥♪ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I had to look up Ludwig Wittgenstein to decide if I really wanted a doll.  I didn't like the other philosophers.   After reading about Mr Wittgenstein I was even more convinced that philosopher dolls had no place in Glitch.    They just have got nothing to do with the game of being inside of the Giants' imaginations.    

    I asked for  a pet monkey in one threads.    After reading about the philosophers I want a pet monkey more than ever.  To hell with dolls and piles of sand.
    Posted 11 months ago by Treesa Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I want a pile of dolls.
    Posted 11 months ago by anacronismo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • which of the Giants are associated with those dolls?   If you were going to donate one to a shrine, which shrine would it be?
    Posted 11 months ago by Treesa Subscriber! | Permalink
  • There is a toaster that you can buy now that will take care of the Jesus face for you.  Everyone can see Jesus on their toast.

    The sand.... 

    oh look a firelfly!
    Posted 11 months ago by Thursday Soleil Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Treesa - YES!!! Pet monkey. I've been begging for the same thing for quite awhile :)
    Posted 11 months ago by Djabriil Subscriber! | Permalink
  • bacon
    Posted 11 months ago by natsumi Subscriber! | Permalink