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As if human society is a giant truth producing machine.
Probably not.

Being true is not the most believable thing there is.

Being true and being believable can be opposites.

The believable acts on the receptivity to appealing to the sense of belief.

The truth does not have a hidden message, or an appealing quality.
The truth is just a neutral fact. It does not appeal to the audience.

Propaganda works.
This was learned during the world wars.

I would suggest that trueness does not equate to believability.

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I love that image of someone (or you, if it is you) petting that skunk.
Now THAT is a relationship. Trust, attention, empathy, intimacy.

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Note to Arc:

In high society skunk perfum is desirable among friends. , although not sure where I heard it.

Just like among Vassar girls and Harvard men it’s ‘in’ to speak Thai

Even among the educated , image may be everything , for a lot of the have to keep up appearances to be able to sell themselves to Madison Avenue or their desired partners.

It’s a sad corollary to the rules of upper strata society’s reputation

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Some weirdo country folk like the smell of skunk. Some weirdo city folk like the smell o weed. Some other weirdo green thumbs like the smell of fertilizer. Some weirdo fisherman like the smell of fish. Some (the best) perfumes have a little stench in them. Animals are weird. Humans are weirdest. God… Greatest Maximal Weirdo.

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I did not know that. I would be curious as to its scent. Hopefully much refined.
That skunk was de-skunked Meno.
He is called Sullivan (dark eyes) or Sulli.

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You have never driven down a country road with skunk roadkill on it?

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As unbelievable that is, I kind of like skunk scent, and really find not much about it as too weird,

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like attracts like :stuck_out_tongue:

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Some skunks need or enjoy attention more than others.
They are smart little foofs though and they need friends to pass the time.

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As always even in my more poetic phase , never did I mean to offend at the cost of comic relief,

However, Arc, here is a little tidbit:

google.com/search?q=a+ea+sk … &oshop=apv

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Again a terrible unintended oversight, as always: meno aka obey/orbey

believe it or not, my intention is to avoid published in believe it or not book of records, on the contrary, if it is, the opposite is true. maybe

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Sometimes the truth hurts/stinks.

A good con artist camouflages their rose-colored glasses they’re selling you.

Makes it look like they’re just improving your vision, but you’re looking at staged props.

Be okay with dying, be okay with hunger, be okay with blindness, be okay with never measuring up to their “standards”, be okay with going without their “quality”… you’re a harder sell [unless you don’t have better “food” they don’t know about (that they can’t steal, kill, or destroy)].

Truth (ontology—be) always withstands the fire of reason (epistemology—do), and love resonates (teleology—end). You need all three.

curtsies

(but not court)

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In synch with what was about posted meta phoreally, really, as approach to colors/Wittgenstein was you keen on.

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I hope that I get to study that. I’m sure I will eventually, even if it’s going to be in person. Phoreal phoreal :wink:

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Meno

Are you speaking in terms of having offended me, Meno? You did not offend me in the slightest. What was there, in what you wrote, to offend?

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Dan

That is sweet.

Then perhaps they are more self-aware than we humans can be.

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Arc you don’t know what a relief it is to hear

that , I think I will revert to my poesic phase,

But please don’t misunderstand it is really not a reversion, more like back to the future.