Meta-Dialogue: feb 21

Most of the discoveries mentioned in the Copernican Revolution were done just by observation. This can be related to Cassandra´s class, which is based on observation, on searching for the details in things, in order to draw the,
By observing, we attach meaning to things. This is what happened with the constellations, they gave them names of people or objects. It also has to do with the formal systems in Godel, Escher, Bach, we give them our own meaning, specifically talking about isomorphisms.

By observing we discover.


Zen philosophy: allowing contradictions.
In order to be in peace with the world, do we need contradictions?
This can be related to Critos dialogue: when we were all talking abut values and it turned out that everyone has different values.


Consistency/Completeness:

How do we measure consistency? Can it be measured by both myself and the mob?
Can one be happy with being consistent with oneself but not consistent with society? One will always have to choose one.
If a system is complete, can it have a meta-system?

4 things to be consistent with (Amable and Walter Castro)
thing
feel
say
do
compared with emerson, that we don't need consistency in our thoughts, these are different because they happen in the moment. Emerson says that what we thing and feel can be one way today and think and feel another way tomorrow. But if in a moment we think and feel one thing and the next moment we don't, then we are a hypocrite. That is why we have to be consistent in these four things.


In order to change society, we have to model an example. Are we modeling for the MPC? Are we being consistent with what we say in class and what we want it to be and our actions? Are we actually taking example or giving example or are we just complaining and not doing anything?

ITS OKAY IF WE DONT SEEM CONSISTENT AS LONG AS WE ARE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE FEEL AND THINK.