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There is something about mathematics that is logical and perfectly balanced. The powerful new novella his R.F. Georgy argues that we have all become number four. That is to say, the very idea of progress based on rational and measurable. In one of the most powerful quotes his (this book is full of memorable quotes, Georgy says, “You believe in progress. You believe in the perfectibility of man. You believe in rational ranking people. You believe in Crystal Palace. You believe in … wait , no Worship number four. “What Georgy means by worshiping the number four is that we live in an age of science, which has succeeded in stripping us from irrational character, he rejects utopia we have built an illusion and that our true nature is irrational . Let’s consider the digital age in a minute. According to Georgy, “Information paint, no picture, sing no song, and do not write poetry.” In one powerful reference, Georgy uses a different mathematical analogy to describe us, “We are unfortunate zero is in the denominator of the fraction. We are undefined, the most unfortunate occurrence, give I unto you. “
There is this big metaphor that is the heart of both Dostoevsky and arguments Georgy is against the idea of progress. The rational arrangement of people expected that we can all been molded in the image of science. There is something both disturbing and unsettling about the mathematical analogy Georgy is. Just as zero is forever undefined is placed in the denomination of the offense, our existence is also undefined. We are ontology puzzle and despite all our efforts to get this existential wall, we are always met with silence. Here is a sad irony; we construct the perfect knowledge domain, both the balance and common sense, and yet we are irrational. creatures. It is perhaps this absurdity of our existence that drives us to look perpetually answer. Unfortunately, the answers are not forthcoming.
What is Georgy do with the indefinite nature of our? He uses it less science for answers to what we will not come conveniently packaged for our consumption. It is t say, science is not the intellectual authority it wants to believe. As Shakespeare reminds
. “There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamed of in the philosophy”
Notes from Cafe is a powerful indictment against science, technology, progress, and the basis of the information. This book should be assigned the reading of all the questions the idea of progress that we all so close.
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